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  Hewitt's Windmill, Heapham

Location
Grid reference -  SK 873 886
OS Sheet -  112

About 5 miles E of Gainsborough. Turn S off A631 Market Rasen road after Corringham, through Springthorpe towards Sturgate airfield, then R at two T-junctions.

A 4-sailed tower mill built in 1876 by William Hewitt, which worked regularly for 80 years until struck by lightning in 1956. Fully restored to working order by Frank Hewitt, great grandson of the builder, in 1996. Awarded an SPAB plaque 1999.
Display of photographs of the restoration, a Ruston & Hornsby oil engine and a Booth hammer mill.


Opening Times
By appointment only (see below)

National Mills Weekend opening times
By appointment only

Contact
Frank Hewitt, 01427 838230.

 

 







Photograph ©
Chris Coleman
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