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Corn post mill in use
Kent's Mill operated as a wind-powered corn post mill at Earl Soham.
Site overview
Kent's Mill was a wind-powered corn post mill at Earl Soham. The mill stood at TM 227 628 and is identified as a post mill with a multi-storey roundhouse. It had become disused by the twentieth century and was dismantled in 1947.
The roundhouse remained after the removal of the mill body and was still present in the later twentieth century.
Map
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History
Kent's Mill stood at Earl Soham as a wind-powered corn post mill. The site is identified at TM 227 628 and the mill was built as a post mill with a multi-storey roundhouse. By the 1930s it was disused, and by 1947 it was being dismantled.
During dismantling the sails and windshaft had been removed, weatherboarding and parts of the buck framing were stripped, and the upright shaft and great spur wheel were taken out. The mill body was dismantled in 1947. The roundhouse remained after the loss of the working mill and was still standing in 1967.
Timeline
1947
Mill dismantled
The post mill body was dismantled in 1947 after becoming disused.
1967
Roundhouse survived
The roundhouse remained after the loss of the post mill body.
Sources and records
Mills Archive mill index: Kent's Mill, Earl Soham
Suffolk Mills Group windmills list
Windmill World entry: Earl Soham windmill
Guy Blythman windmill addenda
Suffolk Mills Group windmills list
Windmill World entry: Earl Soham windmill
Guy Blythman windmill addenda