Mile End Farm Mill, Reed Explained

Reed Windmill
Name Of Mill:	Mile End Farm Mill
Coordinates:	52.0292°N -0.0181°W
Operator:	Private
Built:	c. 1822
Purpose:	Corn mill
Type:	Tower mill
Storeys:	Four storeys
Sail Number:	Four sails
Lost:	c. 1900

Mile End Farm Mill is a tower mill at Reed, Hertfordshire, England which has been truncated and converted to residential accommodation.

History

The earliest record of Mile End Farm Mill is its appearance on Andrew Bryant's map of Hertfordshire dated 1822. The mill was working until 1890 and was truncated c. 1900. The tower was incorporated into a house in the 1970s.^[1]

Description

Mile End Farm Mill was a four storey tower mill. No details of its cap and sails, internal machinery, millstones or whether it was winded by a fantail or not are known.^[1]

Millers

• William Giffen c. 1850-76
• Frederick Giffen 1876-89
• Thomas Clayden 1889-90

Reference for above:-^[1]

External links

• Windmill World webpage on Mile End Farm Mill.

Notes and References

1. Book: Moore, Cyril. 1999. Hertfordshire Windmills and Windmillers. 99–100. Windsup Publishing. Sawbridgeworth. 0-9533861-0-4.