Monument record 493/1 - Post Medieval Windmill, Fawsley Park

Remains of a post-medieval windmill mound seen as earthworks. A post mill is shown on a map of 1741 but had gone by the early 19th century.

{2} The mill had gone by the early C19th.

{3} Windmill Mound (SP 573558), in the S.E. of the parish at the E. end of a broad ridge, on Northampton Sand at 152m. Above OD. A low, ploughed mound some 12 m. across still survives on the ground; on air photographs a circular soil-mark is fairly visible. In 1741 a post-mill is shown at this point but it had disappeared by the early 19th century.

{4} A post mill is shown in 1741.

<1> Royal Air Force, Vertical Aerial Photography, (RAF CPE/UK/1994 3152-3) (Photographs). SNN104890.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1834, First Edition Ordnance Survey 1 Inch Map Series (Sheet 52), (unchecked) (Map). SNN281.

<3> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1981, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.91 (checked) (Series). SNN77381.

<4> 1741, Map of Fawsley, (unchecked) (Map). SNN8611.

Record last edited

Feb 10 2025 7:56PM