1845
Hillside Mill active by 1845
Hillside Mill at Ditton Priors is recorded as a tower mill active by 1845.
Site overview
Hillside Mill at Ditton Priors is a former tower corn mill in Shropshire. The supplied coordinates match Ditton Priors rather than Much Wenlock. Specialist windmill records identify the site as Hillside Mill, Ditton Priors, with wind as the power source and corn milling as the function.
Windmill World records the same coordinates and notes the tower mill, with photographic evidence from 2008 describing the windmill as hidden among trees. A county windmill list records the Ditton Priors tower mill as active between at least 1845 and 1883. The consulted sources do not provide a detailed structural description, machinery inventory, ownership sequence, or exact closure date.
The present record is therefore based on the evidenced identity of the site, its tower-mill form, corn-milling role, and visible survival within woodland.
Map
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No site photograph is currently available. Images will be added as field visits are carried out.
History
Hillside Mill is the windmill site at Ditton Priors, Shropshire, matching the supplied coordinates. It should not be confused with Much Wenlock windmill, which is a separate listed tower at different coordinates. Hillside Mill is recorded as a tower windmill powered by wind and used for corn milling.
A Shropshire windmill list records it as a Ditton Priors tower mill active between at least 1845 and 1883. Windmill World and Mills Archive entries identify the same site as Hillside Mill, Ditton Priors. Later photographic evidence from 2008 describes the windmill as hidden among trees, indicating surviving visible remains at that date.
The evidence found for this site is limited and does not include a detailed account of construction, millers, machinery, alteration, or closure. The site is therefore best documented as a former tower corn mill whose remains survive in a wooded setting at Ditton Priors.
Timeline
1883
Mill still recorded in 1883
The Ditton Priors tower mill is recorded through 1883.
2008
Wooded remains photographed
The windmill was photographed hidden among trees.
Sources and records
Windmill World entry: Ditton Priors windmill, Shropshire
Mills Archive record: Hillside Mill, Ditton Priors
All Windmills entry: Hillside Mill, Ditton Priors
List of windmills in Shropshire
Mills Archive record: Hillside Mill, Ditton Priors
All Windmills entry: Hillside Mill, Ditton Priors
List of windmills in Shropshire