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Wind-powered corn mill
Bramford Mill operated as a wind-powered tower corn mill.
Site overview
Bramford Mill is a former wind-powered corn mill at Coseley, historically in Staffordshire and now in the West Midlands. It was a tower mill, and the surviving structure is identified with the Coseley windmill recorded by specialist mill records. The site is recorded as a wind-powered corn mill, with the surviving tower marking the former milling site.
Detailed dates for construction, working life and closure have not been established.
Map
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No site photograph is currently available. Images will be added as field visits are carried out.
History
Bramford Mill at Coseley was a wind-powered corn mill. The mill was a tower mill and is identified with the surviving Coseley windmill. Its precise construction date and the details of its machinery have not been established. The mill belonged historically to Staffordshire before the area became part of the modern West Midlands.
The surviving tower marks the former wind-powered milling site. No final working date has been identified, and the later alteration history remains unclear. The site is retained as a surviving former tower mill structure at Coseley.
Timeline
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Tower survives
The former tower mill structure survives at Coseley.
Sources and records
Mills Archive mill record: Bramford Mill, Coseley
Windmill World entry: Coseley windmill
List of windmills in Staffordshire
Windmill World entry: Coseley windmill
List of windmills in Staffordshire