1833
Tower mill constructed
The tower corn mill was built in 1833.
Site overview
Welbourne windmill is a former tower corn mill in Welbourne. Specialist mill sources identify it as a tower corn mill and record a construction date of 1833. Later photographic material records the base of the tower in the late twentieth century, including a datestone and the stump incorporated into another building.
The surviving remains now represent the reduced lower part of the former windmill rather than a complete tower, preserving a fragment of Welbourne's nineteenth-century wind-powered corn-milling landscape.
Map
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No site photograph is currently available. Images will be added as field visits are carried out.
History
Welbourne windmill was built in 1833 as a tower corn mill. The surviving record is strongest for its later reduced state. Specialist mill sources identify the site as a former tower corn mill, and photographic archive material records the base of the structure in the late twentieth century.
Images from 1978 show the datestone and the stump of the tower incorporated into another building, while later photographs record the stump in the 2000s. The mill no longer survives as a complete tower, but its lower structure remains legible as a remnant of the nineteenth-century windmill. The converted stump preserves a small but identifiable part of Welbourne's former corn-milling history.
Timeline
1978
Stump photographed
Photographic records show the datestone and the stump of the tower incorporated into another building.
2000–2009
Converted stump recorded
Later photographs record the remaining stump of the tower.
Sources and records
Windmill World site entry: Welbourne windmill
Mills Archive catalogue record: Tower mill, Welbourne
Mills Archive catalogue item: Welbourne Windmill Exterior
Guy Blythman addenda to Lincolnshire windmill photographs
List of windmills in Lincolnshire
Mills Archive catalogue record: Tower mill, Welbourne
Mills Archive catalogue item: Welbourne Windmill Exterior
Guy Blythman addenda to Lincolnshire windmill photographs
List of windmills in Lincolnshire