Monument record MDO7758 - Windmill on Windmill Knap, Langton Matravers

Hutchins refers to a hunting lodge belonging to the Royal Forest of Purbeck as situated 'on a hillock near Swanwich (Swanage), where there are ruins of a windmill'. <1>

Robinson <2> considered 'Windmill Knapp' hill to be the site (but see windmill mound at SZ 00907894).

SZ 007801. The representation of a windmill with the description 'Old Windmill' appears on Taylor's map of 1765,
and Mills notes a Dorset County Museum deed of 1656 that refers to 'Windmill ground … with the Windmill that stands, thereon, the Windmill-house'. 'Windmill Grounds' and 'Twelve acres by Windmill' are on the Tithe Map of 1838 and the names 'Windmill Knap' and 'Windmill Barn' are shown here on OS 6" 1963. <3-4>

<1> Shipp, W, and Hodson, J W (eds), 1861, The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset. 3rd edition. Volume 1, 463 (Monograph). SWX4496.

<2> Robinson, C E, 1882, A Royal Waren, Picturesque Rambles in the Vale of Purbeck (Monograph). SWX8476.

<3> Mills, A D, 1977, The place-names of Dorset, Part 1, 40 (Monograph). SWX2852.

<4> Bone, M, 1980, Notes and Queries for Somerset and Dorset 31 March 1980, 14 (Article in serial). SDO19174.

<5> Papworth, M D J, Trust for Wessex Archaeology, 1983, Isle of Purbeck Survey, IOP 597 (Index). SDO147.

<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 457685 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Apr 16 2023 8:48AM