Colney Heath Mill is a

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Colney Heath Colney Heath is a large village in Hertfordshire, England. The village became a civil parish in 1947 when the St. Peter Rural parish was split to form Colney Heath and London Colney. There is a converted windmill in the village. The civil pari ...

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which has been converted to residential accommodation.

History

Colney Heath Mill was built in the 1850s. It was working until 1906, latterly by steam engine. The mill was converted to residential accommodation between 1999 and 2004

Description

Colney Heath Mill is a four-storey tower mill It has a domed cap. There were four ''sails'' which drove three pairs of ''millstones''.

Millers

*Edward Whitehead 1854–62 *Samuel Fairey 1862–75 *James Fairey 1867–75 *Henry James 1875–1900 *William James 1900–06 Reference for above:-

References

External links

Windmill World
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