Shrewley. Wooden Windmill

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Date:1929

Description:Disused wooden post windmill, formerly called 'Pinchem', Shrewley. 1929

Originally built in Claverdon 1803, but moved to Shrewley Common in 1832. Open trestle, 4 common sails, iron sheeted roof, wooden machinery, one pair stones, ladder and tailpole. Last worked c.1880. Sails blew off c.1895. Collapsed 1937. Main post sold and wreckage cleared c.1941.

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Shrewley. Wooden Windmill

Disused wooden post windmill, formerly called 'Pinchem', Shrewley. 1929 Originally built in Claverdon ...

Shrewley. Stone windmill

Disused stone windmill at Shrewley. 1929

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