Bishop's Caundle
Parish : Holwell
O.S Grid Reference : ST 719 108 [Lat 50.8959 - Long -2.4009]
Nearest contour height : 88m
Topography Good
Archaeology None known
Earliest Dating Parish was formerly in Somerset.
At what date did it change to Dorset ?
Records
Documents Bishop Caundle belonged to the Bishop of Sailsbury.
Maps
Early maps
Ogilby 1675
Taylor 1765
Tithe Map (c1840) No windmill fieldnames
1st Edition OS map Windmill Hill placename
2nd Edition 6" OS map As 1st Edition
Present OS map
Google Map
The Windmill
The Millers : none known
Present site condition : Main road passes through the area near Packers Hill but no visible mound or obvious site.
Notes and Comments : This site, situated about 5 miles south east of Sherborne, just south of the village to the east of Holwell was formerly in Somerset.1 Although the C19th Tithe Apportionment has no windmill place-name references, the 2nd edition 6" OS map locates Windmill Hill at the grid reference above to the area east of Packers Hill. The 1st edition 1" OS map also shows this place name but with far less precision.
References :
1 Coulthard AJ & Watts M, Windmills of Somerset 1978, p38 (gives grid ref as approx 720 119)