1809
Post mill built
Ashburnham Mill was built at Ninfield after earlier use at Boreham Street.
Site overview
Ashburnham Mill at Ninfield was a post corn mill. It was built in 1809 after earlier use at Boreham Street and stood on the High Road at Ninfield. The mill was still standing in 1936 but had been demolished by September 1937.
No standing post mill structure survives at the site.
Map
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No site photograph is currently available. Images will be added as field visits are carried out.
History
Ashburnham Mill stood at Ninfield as a post corn mill. It was built in 1809 after having been used for many years at Boreham Street. The mill stood on the High Road and remained standing into the twentieth century.
It was still present in 1936 but had been demolished by September 1937. The standing mill body, trestle, sails, and working machinery have gone, leaving the site as a former post mill location rather than a surviving windmill structure.
Timeline
1936
Mill still standing
The post mill was still standing at Ninfield.
1937
Mill demolished
The post mill had been demolished by September.
Sources and records
Historypin image record: Ninfield Post Mill
List of windmills in East Sussex
Mills Archive catalogue entry
Sussex Mills Group windmills gazetteer
List of windmills in East Sussex
Mills Archive catalogue entry
Sussex Mills Group windmills gazetteer