Site of Post Medieval Windmill on Windmill Hill
Description of this historic site
The site of a Post Medieval post mill, a type of windmill mounted on a post. The site at Little Wolford is shown on 19th century estate maps, and may be the windmill shown on the Sheldon Tapestry in Warwick Museum.
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Notes about this historic site
1 The post mill depicted on the Sheldon tapestry was probably sited about here according to estate maps and M Warriner’s knowledge of the locality – WAS.
2 Windmill Hill. Built by c1580 (Sheldon Tapestry). Estate maps 1828 and 1846. Ceased 17th century. Post mill, open at base.
- For the sources of these notes, see the
- Timetrail record
- produced by the Historic Environment Record.
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