Key Words :- windmill

Address :- Madingley Hill, Madingley, Cambridgeshire
Grid Ref :- TL 40795 59513
Co-ordinates :- Lat 52.215846 , Long 0.059451
Local Authority :- South Cambridgeshire District Council
Pre 1974 County :- Cambridgeshire
Site Status :- Listed - Grade II*
Historic England List No :- 1163652,

Description and History of Site:-
Timber-framed post mill, weatherboarded on brick plinth.

Removed from Ellington, Huntingdonshire in 1936.

Inscription inside: 'Walter Ambrose Harding of Madingley Hall caused this Windmill to be brought from Ellington in Huntingdonshire and to be rebuilt here on the site of the old mill which fell down in July 1909. Mr C J Ison, builder of Histon finished it the 1st June 1936'.

Further Reading and References:-
Alderton, David and Booker, John. 'The Batsford Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of East Anglia'. Batsford, 1980
Balchin, Nigel and Filby, Peter. 'A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Cambridgeshire & Peterborough'. AIA, 2001
Smith, A T. 'Wind and Watermills of Cambridgeshire'

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