King's Mill, Shipley

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Shipley Windmill
'Creek' King's Mill windmill at Shipley, West Sussex, England 01.JPG
King's Mill
King's Mill, Shipley
Origin
Mill name
  • King's Mill
  • Vincent's Mill
Mill location Shipley, West Sussex, England
Grid reference TQ 143 218
Coordinates 50°59′05″N0°22′22″W / 50.9848°N 0.3727°W / 50.9848; -0.3727
Operator(s)Private
Year built1879 (1879)
Information
Purpose Corn mill
Type Smock mill
StoreysFour-storey smock
Base storeysTwo-storey base
Smock sidesEight
No. of sailsFour
Type of sails Patent sails
Windshaft Cast iron
Winding Fantail
No. of pairs of millstones3
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  6. "Creek windmill to close to public". BBC News Online. 7 April 2009. Retrieved 16 April 2009.
  7. Powling, Joshua (16 February 2021). "Plans for home at Jonathan Creek's Shipley windmill turned down". West Sussex County Times. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
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