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Offline shoot999

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #3598 on: January 10, 2021, 12:59:21 PM »
Cromwell Mini Mart.  Corner of Otway Street and Cromwell Terrace. Chatham. Formally The Portland Vase.
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #3597 on: January 10, 2021, 12:34:22 PM »
OK, more pubs, I think this is still trading.
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Offline MartinR

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #3596 on: January 10, 2021, 12:06:15 PM »
According to Historic England it was originally a smock mill.  In this form of construction the masonry was only ever a base, the mill tower was built of timber.  A broken link to http://library.kent.ac.uk/library/special/html/mills/kent.htm which agrees reasonably with John's reference.
In passing, there was another smock mill (Union Mill) in Lynsted which stood 7 furlongs south east of the church (1.4 km if you insist), presumably in Park Farm.  According to my friend Wikipedia a 1933 book recorded it as built 1736, standing in 1870, demolished a few years later.  Given that Champion's mill was built in 1843 was that a replacement or a rival that absorbed all the trade?
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #3595 on: January 10, 2021, 11:29:47 AM »
Spot on Pete.


The old white weatherboarded steam mill is quite prominent. The whole site occupies the corner of Claxfield Lane, Berkeley House being a care home for disabled adults.
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #3594 on: January 10, 2021, 11:01:29 AM »
Champions mill Lynsted?
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Offline johnfilmer

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #3593 on: January 10, 2021, 09:32:14 AM »
Not Tonge either.


You might say that this mill was a winner...
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #3592 on: January 10, 2021, 08:50:53 AM »
Tonge Mill?
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Offline johnfilmer

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #3591 on: January 10, 2021, 08:35:57 AM »
I’ve only seen a couple of fairly distant photos of the complete mill, but I would suggest that the castellations were added to decorate the base, to make it into more of a feature or folly when the rest of the tower was removed. One reference said that it was gone by 1930.


The steam mill still stands, although without its chimney. At three stories tall and close to the road it’s a bit more obvious.
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Offline John Walker

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #3590 on: January 10, 2021, 12:06:28 AM »
Was the base castellated when it was still a windmill?
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Offline johnfilmer

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #3589 on: January 09, 2021, 04:40:32 PM »
Neither Tunstall or Sharsted.

The tower's remains are still used (not as a mill) and the building that housed its steam driven replacement still stands - just out of shot in the photo.
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Offline John Walker

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #3588 on: January 09, 2021, 04:08:01 PM »
Tunstall ?
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #3587 on: January 09, 2021, 03:55:04 PM »
Sharsted?
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Offline johnfilmer

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #3586 on: January 09, 2021, 07:41:24 AM »
Postal address is probably Sittingbourne, but that’s a wider area than the town and its immediate environs. Certainly Swale.
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #3585 on: January 08, 2021, 11:45:09 PM »
Sittingbourne area ?
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Offline johnfilmer

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #3584 on: January 08, 2021, 05:02:53 PM »
South of A2 and north of M2.
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