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Post corn mill recorded
Holywell was recorded as a post mill used for corn milling.
Site overview
Holywell was a post mill used for corn milling. The site is recorded near Holywell, west of St Ives, and is identified in specialist mill records as a former wind-powered corn mill. The surviving public record is brief, but it places the mill within the local group of Cambridgeshire post mills and distinguishes it from nearby mills at Fenstanton, Hemingford Grey, and other villages along the Ouse valley.
The present site is represented as a former windmill site rather than a complete standing mill.
Map
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No site photograph is currently available. Images will be added as field visits are carried out.
History
Holywell was a post mill serving the corn-milling needs of the local agricultural landscape. The mill is recorded at an approximate location near Holywell and is identified as a post mill rather than a tower or smock mill. Its working function was corn milling, placing it among the small wind-powered rural mills that once served Cambridgeshire villages and farms.
The surviving record for the site is concentrated on identification, type, location, and function. No standing mill structure is now recorded in the site summary, and the site is treated as a former windmill location. The name Holywell is the clearest researched site identity associated with the coordinates.
Timeline
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Former mill site recorded
The windmill is represented as a former site rather than a complete surviving mill.
Sources and records
Windmill World site entry
Mills Archive database entry
Mills Archive database entry