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Former mill site recorded
The site remains recorded as the former location of Milton Regis smock mill.
Site overview
Milton Regis Mill was a smock corn mill near Milton Regis, north-west of Sittingbourne. Built in 1878, it stood about two furlongs north-west of Milton Regis church and worked as part of the area's wind-powered corn-milling landscape. The mill survived into the mid twentieth century but was struck by lightning and burnt down on 15 August 1954.
The complete smock mill no longer survives, and the site is now a former windmill location rather than a standing structure.
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
Milton Regis Mill was a smock corn mill at Milton Regis. It was built in 1878 and stood about two furlongs north-west of the parish church. The mill worked within a local landscape that also included other windmill and watercourse-related sites around Milton and Sittingbourne.
The mill survived into the twentieth century, long after many Kent smock mills had disappeared. Its final loss came suddenly on 15 August 1954, when it was struck by lightning and burnt down. The fire destroyed the working windmill structure, including the smock body, cap, sails, and machinery as a complete installation.
The site is now a recorded former windmill location. Its documented history is centred on its late nineteenth-century construction, its survival into the post-war period, and its destruction by lightning in 1954.
Timeline
1878
Smock mill built
Milton Regis Mill was built in 1878 as a smock corn mill.
1954
Mill burnt down
The smock mill was struck by lightning and burnt down on 15 August 1954.
Sources and records
Windmill World site entry
List of windmills in Kent
Mills Archive catalogue references
List of windmills in Kent
Mills Archive catalogue references