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Base remains
The site survives as the base remains of the former smock corn mill.
Site overview
Bodsham Green Mill was a smock corn mill at Elmsted. It stood about six furlongs north-west of Elmsted church and worked until 1890. The mill was demolished around 1895, leaving the base.
Later photographic records show the remaining base at Bodsham Green, and specialist mill records continue to identify the site as a smock corn mill with base remains. The surviving fabric is therefore a reduced remnant rather than a complete smock mill, but it preserves the position and lower structure of a former wind-powered corn mill in the Elmsted landscape.
Map
Map markers and directions links are provided for location reference only and do not indicate public access or permission to enter a site.
No site photograph is currently available. Images will be added as field visits are carried out.
History
Bodsham Green Mill was a smock corn mill at Elmsted. It stood about six furlongs north-west of Elmsted church and was one of several windmill sites recorded around the parish. The mill worked as a wind-powered corn mill until 1890.
The complete smock mill was demolished around 1895. Its base remained, and a photographic record from 4 August 1935 described the base at Bodsham Green. Later windmill gazetteers and specialist records continue to identify the site as a smock mill with base remains.
The surviving remains do not include a complete smock body, cap, sails, windshaft, or machinery. Their value lies in preserving the lower physical trace of Bodsham Green Mill after the loss of the working windmill. The site is a fragmentary but identifiable survival of Elmsted's nineteenth-century wind-powered corn-milling landscape.
Timeline
1890
Wind milling ended
Bodsham Green Mill worked until 1890.
1895
Mill demolished
The smock mill was demolished around 1895, leaving the base.
1935
Base photographed
The base of the former mill at Bodsham Green was photographed on 4 August 1935.
Sources and records
Windmill World site entry
Windmill World Kent windmills list
List of windmills in Kent
Mills Archive catalogue entry: Bodsham Green Mill, Elmsted
University of Kent Muggeridge Collection record
Windmill World Kent windmills list
List of windmills in Kent
Mills Archive catalogue entry: Bodsham Green Mill, Elmsted
University of Kent Muggeridge Collection record