Goldfield Mill or Grover's Mill is a Grade II listed

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, Hertfordshire,

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which has been converted to residential accommodation.

History

Goldfield Mill was first mentioned in

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of 1839 when James Grover was the miller. The mill remained in the Grover family until 1880. In 1898, a steam engine was installed as auxiliary power. During Thomas Liddington's tenure of the mill, miller Henry Liddington was fined £10 for taking an excessive toll of flour. Goldfield Mill was working by wind until 1908, when miller James Wright left to assume the tenancy of

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. The mill worked by steam until the 1920s The mill was converted to residential accommodation in 1973.

Description

Goldfield Mill is a four-storey tower mill. It had a pepperpot cap winded by a ''fantail''. There were four ''Double Patent sails''. The ''upright shaft'' and cast iron ''great spur wheel'' survive.

Millers

*James Grover 1839-61 *William Grover 1861-80 *Thomas Liddington 1880-85 *White & Putnam 1885-95 *James Wright 1895-1908 Reference for above:-

References

External links

Windmill World
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