1834
Smock mill built
Telegraph Hill Mill was built at Icklesham in 1834.
Site overview
Telegraph Hill Mill was a smock mill at Icklesham, near the road between Hastings and Rye. It was built in 1834 and later gave its name to the local mill site. The mill was pulled down around 1922.
No standing smock-mill structure survives.
Map
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No site photograph is currently available. Images will be added as field visits are carried out.
History
Telegraph Hill Mill stood at Icklesham and was a smock mill. It was built in 1834 and stood on the north side of the Winchelsea to Hastings road. The mill took its name from Telegraph House, later known as the Mill House.
It survived into the early twentieth century but was pulled down around 1922. No standing smock-mill structure survives at the site.
Timeline
1922
Mill demolished
Telegraph Hill Mill was pulled down around 1922.
Sources and records
Wikipedia article: List of windmills in East Sussex
Kiddle article: List of windmills in East Sussex
Sussex Industrial Archaeology Society newsletter: Icklesham Telegraph Hill Mill
Sussex Mills Group: Lost Mills
Kiddle article: List of windmills in East Sussex
Sussex Industrial Archaeology Society newsletter: Icklesham Telegraph Hill Mill
Sussex Mills Group: Lost Mills