1750–1799
Post mill originated at Owmby
The post mill originated in neighbouring Owmby in the mid eighteenth century.
Site overview
Grasby Windmill is represented by the brick roundhouse of a former post mill. The mill originated in neighbouring Owmby in the mid eighteenth century and was moved to Grasby in 1845 or 1846. A brick roundhouse was later built beneath the post mill, creating the survival now recorded at the site.
Milling continued until just before the First World War, and the post mill was dismantled in the 1920s. The surviving roundhouse preserves an uncommon structural remnant of a Lincolnshire post mill.
Map
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No site photograph is currently available. Images will be added as field visits are carried out.
History
Grasby Windmill was a post mill with a longer history before its arrival in the village. It originated at nearby Owmby in the mid eighteenth century and was moved to Grasby in 1845 or 1846. After relocation, a brick roundhouse was built beneath the mill, enclosing and protecting the lower structure in the manner typical of many later post mills.
Milling continued at Grasby until shortly before the First World War. The windmill was dismantled in the 1920s, leaving the brick roundhouse as the main surviving fabric. That roundhouse is a rare survival of a post mill base and preserves the position and form of the former wind-powered corn-milling site at Grasby.
Timeline
1845–1846
Post mill moved to Grasby
The mill was moved from Owmby to Grasby in 1845 or 1846.
1845–1914
Milling continued
Milling continued at Grasby until just before the First World War.
1920–1929
Post mill dismantled
The post mill was dismantled in the 1920s.
1999
Roundhouse photographed
The surviving brick roundhouse of the former post mill was photographed.
Sources and records
Society for Lincolnshire History and Archaeology photograph catalogue: Grasby, Windmill
Windmill World Lincolnshire gazetteer
Mills Archive Lincolnshire windmill records
Windmill World Lincolnshire gazetteer
Mills Archive Lincolnshire windmill records