Farmland at Mount Pleasant beside the Pirton Road
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Farmland at Mount Pleasant beside the Pirton Road
Image: © John Lucas Taken: 25 Apr 2013
George Beaver, the first Hitchin Surveyor, recorded in his journal that on 12th Feb 1820, a post windmill owned by the Lucas family was successfully moved from a site to the south of the Mount Pleasant Plantation to a new location on Gaping Hills, above Oughtonhead Farm, a distance of some 450 yards. The windmill was moved intact, complete with stones, on a specially constructed four-wheeled frame, pulled by 36 horses in six rows of six abreast. Local schoolboys were given the day off to watch the proceedings. Viewing contemporary maps and inspection of the landscape, the area in the foreground of this view, a small plateau, is most likey the original location of the windmill. See Image for a view of a possible new location.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.946298
Longitude
-0.292604