1807
Post mill built
Ashbourne Mill was built in 1807 as a post corn mill at Tenterden.
Site overview
Ashbourne Mill was a post corn mill at Tenterden, standing about a mile west-south-west of the church near Rolvenden Road. Built in 1807, it worked as a wind-powered corn mill until 1910. The mill was then taken down in December 1912.
Photographs from 1908 and from the demolition period show the post mill upright with sails and later being dismantled. The windmill structure no longer survives on site, but the documented location preserves the memory of one of Tenterden's former post mills.
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History
Ashbourne Mill was a post mill at Tenterden. It was built in 1807 and stood about a mile west-south-west of Tenterden church, near Rolvenden Road and the Ashbourne area. The mill worked as a wind-powered corn mill and formed part of the town's wider group of historic windmill sites.
The mill remained in working use until 1910. It was photographed before the end of its life, including an image dated 1908, and photographs of its demolition show the post mill still upright with sails before being dismantled. The mill was taken down in December 1912.
The complete post mill has gone, and the site is now a former windmill site rather than a standing survival. Its history is nevertheless well defined by its construction date, working life, and documented demolition, making Ashbourne Mill one of Tenterden's identifiable lost wind-powered corn mills.
Timeline
1908
Working-period mill photographed
Ashbourne Mill was photographed in 1908 before demolition.
1910
Wind milling ended
The post mill worked until 1910.
1912
Mill demolished
Ashbourne Mill was taken down in December 1912.
Sources and records
Mills Archive catalogue entry: Ashbourne Post Mill, Tenterden
Mills Archive image: Demolition, Ashbourne windmill, Tenterden
List of windmills in Kent
Tenterden and District Museum local history material
Wikimedia Commons image: Ashbourne windmill, Tenterden
Mills Archive image: Demolition, Ashbourne windmill, Tenterden
List of windmills in Kent
Tenterden and District Museum local history material
Wikimedia Commons image: Ashbourne windmill, Tenterden