1867
Old Meg built
Metheringham Windmill was built in 1867 as a six-storey tower mill for flour milling.
Site overview
Metheringham Windmill, locally known as Old Meg, was built in 1867 as a six-storey tower mill for flour milling. It was a slender tarred Lincolnshire tower mill with a white ogee cap, fantail, six patent sails, a cast-iron windshaft and four pairs of millstones. The mill worked for about sixty years and finished work around 1930.
The sails, cap and windshaft were later removed, leaving the derelict tower.
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
Metheringham Windmill was built in 1867 at Metheringham, south of Lincoln. It was locally known as Old Meg and was built as a six-storey tower mill for grinding flour from grain. The mill had six Sutton patent sails, a cast-iron windshaft and four pairs of millstones, and was fitted with a typical white ogee cap and fantail.
It began as a six-sailed mill, later operating with fewer sails as losses were not fully replaced. During its working life it ran with four sails, then two, and finally three. It finished working around 1930 after about sixty years of operation.
The remaining sails survived into the early 1940s, but the sails later disappeared, and the cap and windshaft were removed after 1961. The tower survives in derelict condition, with remains of the iron stage still present.
Timeline
1867–1930
Six-sailed flour mill worked
The mill worked with six Sutton patent sails, a cast-iron windshaft and four pairs of millstones.
1930
Working life ended
The mill finished work around 1930 after about sixty years of operation.
1961
Cap and windshaft removed
The cap and windshaft were removed after 1961.
Sources and records
Wikipedia article: Metheringham Windmill
Windmill World entry: Metheringham windmill, Lincolnshire
Mills Archive mill index: Tower mill, Metheringham
Windmill World entry: Metheringham windmill, Lincolnshire
Mills Archive mill index: Tower mill, Metheringham