Mill site - 10th February 2020
| Hempstead
postmill ( Holt) |
|
Mill site - 10th February 2020 |
Baptism records show that William Green (miller) and wife Frances, baptised their son William on 13th December 1825 at Hempstead church. |
 |
Mill site looking towards Hempstead - Holt Road - 10th February 2020 |
| Local historian Jane Hales wrote that her uncle, Basely Hales remembered a mill at Court Green, Hempstead in the early 1850s. |
 |
O.S. Map 1831 Mill highlighted by red dot |
 |
Tithe Map 1841 Mill site within small semicircle of Plot 94a to the bottom left of Court Green |
 |
O.S. Map 1885 Hempstead Court Green top centre Courtesy of NLS map images |
Enclosure map 1815: . . .large postmill, complete with roundhouse and ladder Church Records 1825: William Green, miller White's 1836: Isaac Everitt, corn miller residing Hempstead (possibly Hempstead watermill) O.S. map 1838: Windmill 10th Sept 1839: Windmill, shed and yards, Owner: Richard Hanbury Gurney; Occupier: William Dawson Tithe map 1841: Plot 94a Windmill, shed and yards, Occupier: William Dawson
1852: Windmill |
If you have any memories, anecdotes or photos please let us know and we may be able to use them to update the site. By all means telephone 07836 675369 or
email
|
| Nat Grid Ref TG09953750 | Copyright © Jonathan Neville 2007 |