1773
Post mill first mentioned
Dudeney's Hill Mill was first mentioned as a post mill at Rottingdean.
Site overview
Dudeney's Hill Mill was a post corn mill at Rottingdean. It was first mentioned in 1773 and appeared on late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century mapping. The mill was last recorded in 1818 and may have been moved to Whitehawk Hill.
No standing post mill, roundhouse, trestle, sails, or machinery survives at the site.
Map
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History
Dudeney's Hill Mill stood at Rottingdean as a wind-powered post corn mill. It was first mentioned in 1773 and appeared on mapping in 1783 and 1813. The mill remained part of Rottingdean's windmilling landscape during the period when Beacon Mill was also standing.
It was last recorded in 1818 and may have been moved to Whitehawk Hill. No standing mill body, roundhouse, trestle, sails, or machinery has been confirmed at the site. The location is therefore treated as a former post mill site rather than as a surviving windmill structure.
Timeline
1783–1813
Mill mapped
The post mill appeared on late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century mapping.
1818
Final recorded date
The post mill was last recorded around this year and may have been moved to Whitehawk Hill.
Sources and records
List of windmills in East Sussex
Windmill World Sussex windmills gazetteer
Rottingdean Heritage article: Bazehill Post Windmill
Sussex Mills Group windmills gazetteer
Windmill World Sussex windmills gazetteer
Rottingdean Heritage article: Bazehill Post Windmill
Sussex Mills Group windmills gazetteer