1813–1816
Smock mill built
Ore White Mill was built in the early nineteenth century as a smock windmill.
Site overview
Ore White Mill, also known as Cheale's Mill, was a smock windmill at Ore near Hastings. It stood near The Ridge and Winchelsea Road and worked as a corn mill. The mill was built in the early nineteenth century, with dates of 1813 or 1816 associated with the site.
It burned down in a major fire on 16 May 1906. The base survived and was later roofed in, leaving a fragmentary standing remnant of the former smock mill.
Map
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History
Ore White Mill, also known as Cheale's Mill, stood at Ore near Hastings, close to The Ridge and Winchelsea Road. It was a smock windmill and worked as a corn mill. The construction date is given in early nineteenth-century terms, with 1813 and 1816 both associated with the site.
Named associations include Edmonds, Henbrey, Stonham, Ward, Amoore, Beck, Draper, Ashbee and Cheale. On 16 May 1906 the mill burned down in a major fire. The destruction ended the complete windmill, but the base survived.
The remaining base was later roofed in, preserving the lower part of the former smock mill as a visible remnant at Ore.
Timeline
1906
Mill burned down
The smock mill burned down on 16 May 1906.
1976–1977
Base survives
The base of Ore White Mill survived into the later twentieth century.
Sources and records
Historical Hastings entry: White Mill
Historymap windmills category entry
Sussex Mills Group windmill gazetteer
Guy Blythman Windmill Photographic Register
List of windmills in East Sussex
Historymap windmills category entry
Sussex Mills Group windmill gazetteer
Guy Blythman Windmill Photographic Register
List of windmills in East Sussex