1783
Mill existence recorded before 1783
Upton Mill was already built before 1783.
Site overview
Upton Mill is the recorded tower corn mill near Shifnal. The mill was built before 1783, and a Hereford millwright, Benjamin Cartwright, carried out work there. Pigot's Directory of Shropshire for 1828–1829 names Thomas Langley as miller.
Specialist mill records identify the site as a wind-powered tower corn mill at National Grid Reference SJ 756 066, matching the supplied coordinates. Modern photographs from 2007 and 2008 show the old windmill ruin and the surviving remains at Upton Farm. The accessible evidence establishes the mill type, corn-milling function, pre-1783 existence, an identified millwright intervention, an early nineteenth-century miller, and ruinous modern survival.
No statutory listing has been identified in the consulted records.
Map
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No site photograph is currently available. Images will be added as field visits are carried out.
History
Upton Mill stands near Shifnal and is recorded at the supplied coordinate location. The mill was a wind-powered tower corn mill. It existed before 1783, and Benjamin Cartwright, a millwright from Hereford, carried out work there.
The mill appears in Pigot's Directory of Shropshire for 1828–1829, when Thomas Langley was named as the miller. The site is recorded in specialist mill sources at National Grid Reference SJ 756 066, with latitude and longitude 52.65671135, -2.36229955. Later photographic records show the structure as an old windmill ruin.
Images from 2007 and 2008 describe the remains as “The Monument,” “Shifnal windmill,” and views through the old windmill towards Upton Farm. The consulted sources do not identify the original builder, detailed machinery arrangement, final working date, or closure circumstances. The site survives in ruinous form rather than as a complete tower mill.
Timeline
1828–1829
Thomas Langley recorded as miller
Pigot's Directory of Shropshire for 1828–1829 recorded Thomas Langley as the miller.
2007
Ruin photographed
The ruined tower mill was photographed as “The Monument.”
2008
Surviving remains photographed
The remains of Shifnal windmill were photographed in ruinous condition.
Sources and records
Mills Archive database entry: Upton Mill, Shifnal
Windmill World entry: Shifnal windmill, Shropshire
Geograph photographic records for Shifnal windmill
Pigot's Directory of Shropshire 1828-1829
Benjamin Cartwright's notebook, Hereford Archives
List of windmills in Shropshire
Windmill World entry: Shifnal windmill, Shropshire
Geograph photographic records for Shifnal windmill
Pigot's Directory of Shropshire 1828-1829
Benjamin Cartwright's notebook, Hereford Archives
List of windmills in Shropshire