Nonington Windmills picture slide show

  • The Round House near Barfeston circa 1900. Originally one of two smock mills on the Nonington parish boundary with Barfreston it was converted into a dwelling after milling ceased in the 1830’s
  • The two Esole mills, the pug mill is in the background
  • An early close-up view of the Corn Mill with the Pug Mill behind
  • Easole Pug Mill shortly before the storm of 1905
    Easole Pug Mill shortly before the storm of 1905
  • Tragedy struck the mill in 1905 when the mill cap and sweeps were blown off during a severe storm damaging the mill beyond economic repair and John Harvey & Co. had the mill demolished leaving only the circular foundations and a small mound of rubble to mark the site of the pug mill.
  • The corn mill in the late 1800’s with miller James Dilnot, miller from 1861-1911, with his miller’s van “The Ark”. so called because of the shape of the roof
  • “The Ark”
  • Mill Cottage, Edwin Sawkins and family
  • The Corn Mill in 1950
  • For some years the mill was used for storage
  • The corn mill in a state of disrepair 1932 with the cap removed
  • The corn mill and outbuildings in 1961