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Moved from Cransford
The smock-mill body was moved from Cransford to Peasenhall.
Site overview
Peasenhall Smock Mill is the conserved body of a smock mill at Peasenhall. The mill body was moved from Cransford and was used at this site for powered corn milling rather than as a wind-driven mill. The body survives as a conserved mill structure close to the former Peasenhall post mill site.
Map
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History
Peasenhall Smock Mill was moved from Cransford to Peasenhall. At Peasenhall it was not wind driven, but was used for powered corn milling. The surviving structure is the conserved body of the smock mill.
It stands close to the former Peasenhall post mill, whose roundhouse is separately recorded nearby.
Timeline
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Powered corn milling
At Peasenhall the smock-mill body was used for powered corn milling rather than wind-driven milling.
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Conserved mill body
The smock-mill body survives as a conserved structure.
Sources and records
Windmill World entry: Peasenhall windmill, mill ID 2537
Mills Archive catalogue material: Smock mill, Peasenhall
Wikimedia Commons image description: Peasenhall Smock mill
Mills Archive catalogue material: Smock mill, Peasenhall
Wikimedia Commons image description: Peasenhall Smock mill