1824
Post mill in operation
Withermarsh Green Mill was a post mill at TM 006 369 and was in existence by 1824.
Site overview
Withermarsh Green Mill was a wind-powered post mill at Withermarsh Green, in the civil parish of Stoke by Nayland. The mill was in existence by 1824 and stood at grid reference TM 006 369. It was later moved to Polstead around 1875.
The post-mill body no longer remains on the site, but the roundhouse was still identifiable in the later twentieth century.
Map
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No site photograph is currently available. Images will be added as field visits are carried out.
History
Withermarsh Green Mill was a Suffolk post mill standing at Withermarsh Green, a locality within Stoke by Nayland parish. The mill was in existence by 1824 and formed part of the local corn-milling landscape of the Stour valley area. Around 1875 the mill was moved to Polstead.
Its original post-mill body therefore ceased to stand at Withermarsh Green, but the roundhouse remained identifiable afterwards. Later photographic material from 1975 shows the roundhouse as a surviving remnant of the former mill site.
Timeline
1875
Mill moved to Polstead
The post mill was moved from Withermarsh Green to Polstead around 1875.
1975
Roundhouse photographed
The roundhouse remained identifiable at Withermarsh Green in 1975.
Sources and records
Suffolk Mills Group windmill gazetteer
Mills Archive catalogue entry: Roundhouse, Withermarsh Green Mill, Stoke by Nayland
List of windmills in Suffolk
Mills Archive catalogue entry: Roundhouse, Withermarsh Green Mill, Stoke by Nayland
List of windmills in Suffolk