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Corn milling use recorded
The mill is recorded as a tower corn mill at Gedney Dyke.
Site overview
Seadike Mill is a former tower corn mill at Gedney Dyke. It is recorded in specialist mill sources as the Gedney Dyke tower mill and is identified in listed-building material as Seadike Mill on Engine Dyke. The mill is noted as a corn mill and is widely recognised from later photographs for its survival within a scrapyard setting.
Historic photographic records include multiple views of the mill from the Muggeridge Collection and later images showing the house and mill tower. The site preserves a listed windmill tower within Gedney Dyke's former agricultural and industrial landscape.
Map
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No site photograph is currently available. Images will be added as field visits are carried out.
History
Seadike Mill is the former Gedney Dyke tower mill on Engine Dyke. It was built as a tower corn mill, serving the fenland agricultural settlement and the surrounding lowland farming district.
The mill is recorded in specialist windmill catalogues as the Gedney Dyke tower mill and in listed-building material under the name Seadike Mill. Later descriptions and photographs make the mill especially recognisable for its survival within a scrapyard setting. Historic image records include several views in the Muggeridge Collection and late twentieth-century colour-slide material, while more recent photographs show the tower standing with associated buildings.
The tower no longer survives as a complete working windmill with cap, sails, and full external machinery. Its importance lies in the survival of listed tower fabric and in the unusually well-recorded visual history of its post-working setting. Seadike Mill remains a prominent reminder of Gedney Dyke's wind-powered corn-milling past.
Timeline
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Listed building designation
The tower mill is recorded as the listed Seadike Mill on Engine Dyke.
1836
Tower mill built
Seadike Mill is recorded as the Gedney Dyke tower mill dating from 1836.
1978
Mill photographed
Colour-slide records from 1978 show the surviving Gedney Dyke mill tower.
Sources and records
Historic England listed building information
Windmill World site entry
Mills Archive record
Muggeridge Collection photographic records
Geograph photographic records
Lincolnshire Windmills by Peter Dolman
Windmill World site entry
Mills Archive record
Muggeridge Collection photographic records
Geograph photographic records
Lincolnshire Windmills by Peter Dolman