Chiseldon features [4]

Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 11 Mar 2020

Alongside the footpath that runs from Dewey Close to Butts Road stands this millstone. It is located near to where a brick tower windmill once stood. The plaque on the millstone reads 'Chiseldon Windmill This Derbyshire Peak millstone stands adjacent to the site of the brick tower windmill, first built, it is believed in 1823. By 1894 corn milling had ceased and by the turn of the century the mill had lost its machinery and sails. After a period as a water store the mill remained disused until 1983. Dismantled, relocated and then rebuilt, it now stands on Windmill Hill, six miles away to the west of Swindon. The tower was presented to the St Martin's Property Group by the Borough of Thamesdown and the Parish of Chiseldon in 1983.' The windmill is now located in the centre of Windmill Hill Business Park. There are a number of images of the mill at Image Chiseldon village was founded by the Saxons and lies 3 miles south of Swindon on the Roman road from Cirencester and Mildenhall, now the A346. An agricultural village until the late 19th century but now most workers commute to Swindon. In 1914 a large military camp was built south of the village with the camp population being greater than that of the village. The military presence continued until 1961.

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