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South East England

Buckinghamshire

Cholesbury-Cum-St Leonards

Hawridge Windmill

South East England

Buckinghamshire

Cholesbury-Cum-St Leonards

Hawridge Windmill

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Hawridge Windmill

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Chilterns National Landscape

Location: Cholesbury-Cum-St Leonards, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom

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June 27, 2020

Cycling

Hawridge Windmill (also known as Cholesbury Windmill) is a tower mill constructed in 1883 on the site of an earlier smock mill. The windmill ceased operation in 1912 and was …

June 7, 2025

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Today, only a few of them are still in operation in their original function; instead, they often serve as mere technical and historical monuments to a long tradition of craftsmanship: The heavy millstones inside were moved solely by the power of the wind, for example, grinding grain into flour (so-called grain mills) or pressing oil from fruits (e.g., olives) (so-called oil mills). Thus, these old windmills are the best proof that people were clever enough to harness the power of the wind several centuries ago – long before the discovery of electricity and the inventions that followed it.

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Elevation 180 m

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Location: Cholesbury-Cum-St Leonards, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom

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