1698
Windmill recorded at Upper Beeding
A windmill was associated with Upper Beeding by the late seventeenth century.
Site overview
Windmill Hill Mill stood on Windmill Hill at Upper Beeding. It was a wind-powered corn mill of post-mill type. A windmill at Upper Beeding was recorded by the late seventeenth century, and the later post mill remained a local landmark into the nineteenth century.
It was last noted in the 1870s and had gone by 1896.
Map
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History
Windmill Hill Mill stood on Windmill Hill east of Upper Beeding village. It was a post mill used for corn milling. A windmill at Upper Beeding was first recorded in 1698, and the later post mill was associated with the Windmill Hill site.
The mill remained in use or standing through the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It was still present in the 1870s, but by 1896 it had gone. No standing windmill structure survives at the site.
Timeline
1779
Post mill standing
The Upper Beeding post mill was standing by the late eighteenth century.
1875
Mill still present
Windmill Hill Mill remained present in the 1870s.
1896
Mill gone
The Upper Beeding post mill had gone by 1896.
Sources and records
Mills Archive entry: Windmill Hill Mill, Upper Beeding
List of windmills in West Sussex
Windmill Photographic Register
British History Online: Upper Beeding
List of windmills in West Sussex
Windmill Photographic Register
British History Online: Upper Beeding