Westonfield Mill

Site overview

Westonfield Mill was a windmill site at Westonzoyland in Somerset. The available evidence is thin and supports identification of the site rather than a detailed account of the mill. The windmill is recorded at Westonzoyland with an 1833 reference, but no surviving tower, machinery, cap, sails, or associated mill buildings have been identified in the consulted material.

No clear construction date, ownership sequence, operating life, closure date, or demolition history has been recovered. The record is therefore strongest as evidence for a former wind-powered milling site on the Somerset Levels. Its present character is site-only, with no confirmed surviving mill structure described in the sources consulted.

Map

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No site photograph is currently available. Images will be added as field visits are carried out.

History

Westonfield Mill is recorded as a former windmill at Westonzoyland, Somerset. The identifiable record gives an 1833 reference for the mill, establishing its documented presence in the early nineteenth century. Beyond that reference, the consulted material does not provide a detailed lifecycle.

The mill type, construction materials, machinery, millers, ownership history, and commercial working period have not been established. No reliable final closure date or demolition date has been identified. The available evidence also does not confirm surviving structural remains, and the site should therefore be described as a documented windmill site rather than as an extant tower mill.

The present record is limited to identification, locality, and the early nineteenth-century reference to the mill.

Timeline

1833

Windmill recorded at Westonfield

Westonfield Mill at Westonzoyland is recorded with an 1833 reference.

Sources and records

List of windmills in Somerset
British History Online Victoria County History: Westonzoyland