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North Mill was a tower corn mill at Belchamp Otten. Specialist mill records identify the site as Belchamp Otten tower mill and the Mills Archive records it as North Mill, Belchamp Otten. The mill was photographed in disused condition with its cap in 1936, and later photographic register material records it as derelict with windshaft.

The tower was demolished in 1958. Modern windmill records note that some timbers may still remain on the site, making the survival a site-only or fragmentary remnant rather than a standing tower. The site preserves the recorded position of a former wind-powered corn mill in the Belchamp Otten landscape.

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History

North Mill was a tower corn mill at Belchamp Otten. The mill is recorded in specialist windmill sources as Belchamp Otten tower mill, and Mills Archive material uses the name North Mill, Belchamp Otten.

The mill survived into the twentieth century. Photographic register material records it in 1936 as disused but still with its cap. Later addenda record the mill as derelict with its windshaft. This sequence places the later history of the mill within the familiar pattern of wind-powered corn mills losing working use before structural loss.

The tower was demolished in 1958. Modern specialist records describe the site as a demolished tower mill, with some timbers possibly still on site. North Mill is therefore now represented by a site-only or fragmentary survival rather than a standing tower. It remains part of the wind-powered corn-milling record of the Belchamp Otten area.

Timeline

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Corn milling function recorded

North Mill at Belchamp Otten is recorded as a tower mill used for corn milling.
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Possible timber survival recorded

Modern specialist records note that some timbers from the former tower mill may still remain on the site.
1936

Disused tower mill photographed

Belchamp Otten tower mill was photographed in 1936 in disused condition with its cap.
1958

Tower mill demolished

The tower mill at Belchamp Otten was demolished in 1958.

Sources and records

Windmill World site entry
Mills Archive site record
Guy Blythman photographic register
Guy Blythman photographic register addenda