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Drainage mill worked
Eastbridge Mill operated as a smock drainage mill.
Site overview
Eastbridge Mill is a smock drainage mill associated with Stowmarket. The mill was reconstructed at the Museum of East Anglian Life, now the Food Museum, from remains recovered from its original site. The surviving form therefore represents a conserved and reconstructed drainage mill rather than an intact mill preserved in situ.
Map
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No site photograph is currently available. Images will be added as field visits are carried out.
History
Eastbridge Mill was a smock drainage mill. Its remains were recovered from the original site and the mill was reconstructed at the Museum of East Anglian Life in Stowmarket. The museum is now the Food Museum.
The reconstructed mill preserves the identity of the former drainage windmill, although its present form is a museum reconstruction from recovered material rather than a complete mill surviving unchanged on its original working site.
Timeline
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Mill reconstructed at museum
The mill was reconstructed at the Museum of East Anglian Life from remains recovered from its original site.
Sources and records
Windmill World site entry
Mills Archive mill database entry
Food Museum information
Charity Commission register entry
Mills Archive mill database entry
Food Museum information
Charity Commission register entry