1854
Post mill established
Fishbourne post mill was established around 1854.
Site overview
Fishbourne post mill stood at SU 838 044. The mill was established around 1854 and was pulled down in 1898. It was a wind-powered post mill, separate from the nearby watermill history of Fishbourne.
No complete post-mill structure survives at the site.
Map
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No site photograph is currently available. Images will be added as field visits are carried out.
History
Fishbourne post mill stood at SU 838 044. It was established around 1854 and worked as a wind-powered post mill. The mill formed part of the nineteenth-century milling landscape west of Chichester.
Its detailed machinery, ownership sequence, and final working arrangements have not been established. The mill was eventually pulled down in 1898. No complete post-mill structure survives.
Timeline
1898
Mill pulled down
Fishbourne post mill was pulled down in 1898.
Sources and records
Sussex Mills Group windmill list
List of windmills in West Sussex
Fishbourne Conservation Area Character Appraisal
Mills Archive Sussex catalogue references
List of windmills in West Sussex
Fishbourne Conservation Area Character Appraisal
Mills Archive Sussex catalogue references