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Duck End and the Windmill |
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left:
There were once eight or nine windmills in the parish
of Finchingfield. This post mill is the only one to survive. It can be
traced back to 1756. This view is from 1896.
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The mill fell into disuse a few years after this photo was taken. The tapered chimney
just to the right of the prominent cottage belonged to a steam powered mill.
Picture supplied by Ron Hawkins.
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right:
The mill has had much work done on it in recent
years and looked pretty good when this photo was taken in the early 1990s.
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left:
A few years before the above photo, the windmill still
lacked its sails. This view shows the part of the village known as Duck End,
looking towards the centre of the village.
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On the left is a view of the mill probably taken from the footpath by the side of No.1
Duck End. The cottage's chimney has since been removed. The cottage in the picture on
the right is probably the prominent one in the first photo on this page. Both 1930s.
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This photo probably dates from the early years of the twentieth century, and is looking
out of the village. The last cottage on the right of the road no longer exists.
Anita Watson sent this photo from Kansas! She spent four years living in the Old Mill Cottage,
just in front of the mill, in the late 1950s, though this photo was taken earlier than that.
It shows the view looking towards the centre of the village.
And here is Anita's own photo of Old Mill Cottage, taken in 1958. Anita recalls that the
the cottage was re-thatched during her time in the village, and that the mill itself underwent
restoration.
Copyright Roger Beckwith 2000-4. All rights reserved.
This page last modified 5th November 2004.
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