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Store or garage replacement
The former mill site was later represented by a base and store or garage use.
Site overview
Cloke's Mill was a smock corn mill at Waltham, near Canterbury. Built in 1872, it worked into the early twentieth century and was later recorded in derelict condition. Historic photographs from 1930 show the mill as a derelict smock corn mill.
It was blown down on 11 February 1931, leaving the base. Later records describe the site as replaced by a store or garage, with the former mill base forming the surviving windmill-derived fabric. The site is therefore a reduced survival rather than a standing smock mill, but it preserves the location of one of Waltham's former wind-powered corn mills.
Map
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No site photograph is currently available. Images will be added as field visits are carried out.
History
Cloke's Mill was one of two recorded smock mills at Waltham. It was built in 1872 and worked as a wind-powered corn mill. The mill belonged to the later phase of Kentish smock-mill construction and stood within the agricultural landscape around the village.
The mill worked into the early twentieth century. By 1930 it was derelict, and Historic England archive photographs taken on 10 June 1930 show a derelict smock mill identified as Cloke's Mill. The mill was blown down on 11 February 1931, leaving the base. Later descriptions note that the mill appears to have disappeared by about 1931 and was replaced by a store or garage.
The complete smock mill no longer survives. The cap, sails, smock body, windshaft, and working machinery have gone, and the site is represented by the lower base and later adapted building use. Cloke's Mill remains a recorded physical survival of Waltham's wind-powered corn-milling history.
Timeline
1872
Smock mill built
Cloke's Mill was built in 1872 as a smock corn mill at Waltham.
1900–1910
Working use ended
The mill worked until the early twentieth century.
1930
Derelict mill photographed
The derelict smock mill was photographed on 10 June 1930.
1931
Mill blown down
Cloke's Mill was blown down on 11 February 1931, leaving the base.
Sources and records
Historic England Archive photograph: Cloke's Mill, Waltham
Windmill World site entry
Mills Archive catalogue references
List of windmills in Kent
Kent Mills Society references
Windmill World site entry
Mills Archive catalogue references
List of windmills in Kent
Kent Mills Society references