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Tower mill survives
The former tower mill survives at Kingswinford.
Site overview
Kingswinford Windmill was a wind-powered tower corn mill at Kingswinford, historically in Staffordshire and now in the West Midlands. The site is recorded as a tower mill and corn mill, with surviving remains identified at Kingswinford. The mill appears in nineteenth-century windmill listings for Staffordshire, with activity recorded by 1818 and later nineteenth-century references.
Detailed structural, machinery and closure information has 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
Kingswinford Windmill was a wind-powered tower corn mill at Kingswinford. The mill stood in the historic county of Staffordshire and is now within the West Midlands. It is recorded as a tower mill used for corn milling. Nineteenth-century references place the mill within the active period of Staffordshire wind-powered milling.
The surviving site is identified as a former tower mill at Kingswinford. Details of the tower's original height, cap, sails, machinery and final closure have not been established. The mill remains significant as one of the surviving windmill sites in the Kingswinford area.
Timeline
1818
Kingswinford tower mill active
Kingswinford Windmill was active as a tower corn mill by the nineteenth century.
Sources and records
Mills Archive mill record: Tower mill, Kingswinford
Windmill World entry: Kingswinford windmill
List of windmills in Staffordshire
Windmill World entry: Kingswinford windmill
List of windmills in Staffordshire