A view showing Biscott Smock Mill in a derelict condition

Date:
Aug 1934
Location:
Biscott Windmill, Luton
Reference:
AA78/00600
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Description

This smock mill was used for grinding corn and was built 1844 to replace an earlier mill which burned down in 1841. It is common for mills to occupy the same site for generations; a map of 1711 shows that a mill was on the site by that date. The mill has been demolished.

Content

This is part of the Collection: SIM01 H E S Simmons Collection

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Photographer: Simmons, Herbert Edward Sydney

Keywords

Victorian Smock Mill, Victorian Windmill, Victorian Corn Mill, Derelict Or Ruin