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Corn mill in use
Maw's Mill worked as a wind-powered tower corn mill at Epworth.
Site overview
Maw's Mill is a former tower corn mill at Epworth. It was built in 1783 for the miller Richard Maw. Specialist mill sources identify it as a wind-powered tower corn mill and record its location at Station Road, Epworth.
The mill is separately identifiable from Brook's Mill and the other recorded Epworth tower mill sites. Historic photographs record the building in later life, including views of the disused mill and beacon. The surviving structure is protected as a listed building, preserving one of the town's eighteenth-century wind-powered milling sites.
Map
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No site photograph is currently available. Images will be added as field visits are carried out.
History
Maw's Mill was built in 1783 for Richard Maw, a miller at Epworth. It was a tower corn mill, belonging to the brick-built windmill tradition that gave Epworth several substantial milling structures. Its date makes it one of the older recorded tower mills in the town.
The mill is identified in specialist sources as Maw's Mill and is recorded at Station Road. Photographic collections preserve later views of the disused tower, including images showing the mill in relation to the local beacon. The building is listed, underlining the continuing significance of its surviving fabric.
Maw's Mill is distinct from Brook's Mill, which stood nearby and had a later documented Brooks family association. Together with other Epworth windmill sites, it reflects the density of wind-powered corn milling in the Isle of Axholme landscape. Maw's Mill survives as a protected reminder of that late eighteenth-century milling economy.
Timeline
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Disused mill photographed
Later photographs recorded the disused tower mill at Station Road, Epworth.
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Listed building designation
Maw's Mill is recorded as a listed windmill structure at Station Road, Epworth.
1783
Tower mill built
Maw's Mill was built in 1783 for the miller Richard Maw.
Sources and records
Historic England listed building entry
Historic England Images of England photograph
Mills Archive site record
Windmill World site entry
Lincolnshire Windmills by Peter Dolman
Muggeridge Collection photographs
Geograph photograph records
Historic England Images of England photograph
Mills Archive site record
Windmill World site entry
Lincolnshire Windmills by Peter Dolman
Muggeridge Collection photographs
Geograph photograph records