1757
Pothouse Mill built
Pothouse Mill was built in 1757 before its later move to Four Lanes End.
Site overview
Four Lanes End Mill was a tower windmill at Crich. It developed from the earlier Pothouse Mill, which was built in 1757 and moved to Four Lanes End in 1764. The relocated mill then operated as a tower mill at its new site.
Its recorded history ended dramatically on 15 February 1849, when the mill burnt out. The surviving record identifies the site as part of Crich's eighteenth-century wind-powered milling landscape, with a working history defined by relocation from Pothouse Mill, operation at Four Lanes End, and destruction by fire in the mid nineteenth century.
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History
Four Lanes End Mill was a tower windmill in the Crich area. Its history began with Pothouse Mill, built in 1757. In 1764 that mill was moved to Four Lanes End, where it became the tower mill known as Four Lanes End Mill.
The mill formed part of the eighteenth-century wind-powered milling landscape around Crich, a parish that also included other settlements and industrial sites. The key recorded transition was the move from Pothouse Mill to Four Lanes End, showing continuity of milling activity while changing the mill's site and form.
Four Lanes End Mill remained part of the local milling record until 15 February 1849, when it burnt out. The fire marks the end of the main recorded lifecycle of the mill. The site is now best understood as a former tower windmill site, with its historical identity preserved through specialist mill records and the broader Derbyshire windmill gazetteer tradition.
Timeline
1764
Mill moved to Four Lanes End
Pothouse Mill was moved to Four Lanes End in 1764, where the site was recorded as a tower mill.
1764–1849
Tower mill operated at Four Lanes End
Four Lanes End Mill operated as a tower windmill after the 1764 relocation.
1849
Mill burnt out
Four Lanes End Mill burnt out on 15 February 1849.
Sources and records
List of windmills in Derbyshire
Derbyshire windmill gazetteer material
Windmill World references
Derbyshire windmill gazetteer material
Windmill World references