Pentridge

Tithe Map (c1840) TO BE CHECKED

1st Edition OS map

Present OS map

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The Windmill

The Millers none known

Present site condition

Notes and comments

Near this village, south of the main Salisbury road and near the Wiltshire border, there is a very early record of a windmill here in 1293^[1].

The exsoiner^[2]of Christiana who was wife of Richard fil Hamo V Gilbert de Clave, Earl of G & H Joan his wife Archibald le Bretun and Gandum de Clare guardians of the lands and heir of Richard fil Hamo on a plea of 1/3rd part of 1 messuage, 2 carcucates of land, 1 windmill £8 rent 500 acres wood 300 acres pasture in Pentrich which she claims in dower. They did not come to St Michael in 1 month.

The C19th Tithe Apportionment & Map records West Mill Way Coppice (ref 11) and East Mill Way Coppice (ref 12) both in a wooded area on lands owned by the Earl of Shaftesbury. The grid reference for this area is SU 023 207 although the location of the very early mill is far from certain. The later records suggest perhaps two mills (east & west) as having existed in more recent times.

^[1] De Banco Roll, 101 Trinity Edw 1 164d

^[2] Person standing in for or proxy for at a court.