Shrewley. Wooden Windmill

Disused wooden post windmill, formerly called 'Pinchem', Shrewley. 1929Originally built in Claverdon 1803, but moved to Shrewley Common in 1832. Open trestle, 4 common sails, iron sheeted roof, wooden machinery, one pair stones, ladder and tailpole. Last worked c.1880. Sails blew off c.1895. Collapsed 1937. Main post sold and wreckage cleared c.1941. | IMAGE LOCATION: (Warwickshire County Record Office)
 
Disused wooden post windmill, formerly called 'Pinchem', Shrewley. 1929 Originally built in Claverdon 1803, but moved to Shrewley Common in 1832. Open trestle, 4 common sails, iron sheeted roof, wooden machinery, one pair stones, ladder and tailpole. Last worked c.1880. Sails blew off c.1895. Collapsed 1937. Main post sold and wreckage cleared c.1941.
IMAGE LOCATION: (Warwickshire County Record Office)
Reference: PH(N), 600/162/2, img: 10100
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Locations
Shrewley (29)
Subjects
Windmills, Watermills and Cornmills (471)
Date
1929

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