Hoad's Mill, Bexhill : Sussex Mills Group

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Hoad's Mill was a very fine post mill built by a millwright called Plumley and documented 1784, but believed to have been built earlier.

Bexhill Down Mill

Mr Fuller, for whom the mill was built was recorded here in 1820. Brothers James and Thomas Hoad worked for Mr David Page from 1884 and took on the mill in 1887. Shortly after, Thomas went to work at East Hoathly on his own account as a baker, leaving James Hoad.

The mill remained in ownership of the Hoad family until 1965 when the whole body collapsed, leaving the trestle and roundhouse.

Bexhill Down Mill [12 June 1966] - Photo : Templeman Library, University Of Kent Photo copyright of
Templeman Library, University Of Kent
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Templeman Library, University Of Kent
Muggeridge Collections

The windshaft lay abandoned for many years before being transported to Clayton by members of the Jack and Jill Windmills Society for the preservation of Jill Mill, who cleaned and painted it.
Bexhill Down Mill [12 June 1966] - Photo : Templeman Library, University Of Kent Photo copyright of
Templeman Library, University Of Kent
Muggeridge Collections

The restored windshaft now stands in the grounds of Jill Windmill. Bexhill Down Mill - Photo : www.roughwood.net Photo copyright of www.roughwood.net

Bexhill Down Mill - Photo : Templeman Library, University Of Kent