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Tower corn mill recorded
The site is recorded as a tower mill used for corn milling at Easton on the Hill.
Site overview
Easton on the Hill windmill, also known as Old Dexter's Mill, stands south-west of Stamford in Northamptonshire. It is recorded as a tower corn mill and is one of the surviving windmill structures in the county. Historic photographic and archive records describe the mill as derelict, standing on a small hill, overgrown, without roof or sails.
Modern photographic evidence from 2006 continues to show the disused tower as a visible roadside landmark from the A43. The available evidence identifies the mill type, corn-milling function, survival as a disused tower and its association with Easton on the Hill, but gives little secure detail on its construction date, millwright, machinery, ownership sequence or final working date.
Map
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No site photograph is currently available. Images will be added as field visits are carried out.
History
Easton on the Hill windmill stands at the northern edge of Northamptonshire, south-west of Stamford. It is recorded as a tower mill used for corn milling and is also identified in archive material as Old Dexter's Mill. The surviving structure is a disused tower rather than a restored working mill.
Photographic records describe a derelict tower windmill standing on a small hill, overgrown with weeds and without a roof or sails. The tower remains a familiar roadside feature from the A43. A 2006 photographic record shows the mill still standing but disused.
The researched sources establish the identity and location of the site and confirm its function as a tower corn mill, but they do not provide a secure construction date, named millwright, detailed machinery inventory, named miller sequence or closure date. The site is therefore best recorded as a surviving derelict tower mill at Easton on the Hill, with its main evidenced character lying in the survival of the tower itself.
Timeline
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Derelict tower photographed
The mill was photographed as a derelict tower without roof or sails.
2006
Disused tower recorded
A photographic record showed the disused tower mill still standing at Easton on the Hill.
Sources and records
Windmill World entry: Easton on the Hill windmill
Mills Archive entry: Old Dexter's Mill, Easton on the Hill
Lincolnshire Museums image record: Derelict mill at Easton on the Hill
Geograph photographic record: Disused mill, Easton on the Hill
Mills Archive entry: Old Dexter's Mill, Easton on the Hill
Lincolnshire Museums image record: Derelict mill at Easton on the Hill
Geograph photographic record: Disused mill, Easton on the Hill