Monument record 4361/1 - Walgrave Windmill

Windmill mound, now ploughed. This is probably the site of the mill referred to in the 16th century and was certainly depicted on a map of 1778, although by 1792 no mill was shown.

{1} Windmill mound. It is now ploughed and only survives as a slight mound 1 m. high and 20 m. in diam. However on air photographs taken before destruction it appears to have been much higher, with a well-marked hollow in the centre, and surrounded by a ditch 3 m. wide. The adjacent ridge-and-furrow respected it. The site may be that of the windmill referred to in the 16th century as belonging to the manor of Walgrave {5}, and certainly on a map of 1778 {2} a post mill is shown on the site. No mill is marked there on the 1792 map {3} but the field is called Windmill Close. A windmill is depicted on the 1st ed. 1 in. OS Map (1834) (RAF VAP CPE/UK/1925, 2226–7).

{2} The 1778 map shows the post mill.

{3} Mill is not shown in 1792, but is mapped in 1834.

{6} NCCAP:SP7971/001-4.

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1979, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.149/Site 9 (unchecked) (Series). SNN77380.

<2> 1778, Map of Walgrave, (unchecked) (Map). SNN25740.

<3> 1792, Map of Walgrave, (unchecked) (Map). SNN25741.

<4> Salzman L.F.(ed), 1937, The Victoria History of the Counties of England: Northamptonshire, p.218 No.23 (unchecked) (Series). SNN100371.

<5> Salzman L.F.(ed), 1937, The Victoria History of the Counties of England: Northamptonshire, p.218 No.23 (unchecked) (Series). SNN100371.

<6> Northamptonshire SMR Collection of Aerial Photographs, Used with NMR & CUCAP collections (Aerial Photograph(s)). SNN104822.

<7> Ordnance Survey Map (Scale/date), OS 1" 1834 (Map). SNN112944.

<8> Royal Air Force, Vertical Aerial Photography, AP (RAF VAP CPE/UK/1925 2226-7) (Photographs). SNN104890.

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Feb 10 2025 7:04PM