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Windmill Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Lyddington

Historical Forms

  • Wyndmuln 1349 Queen's

Etymology

( local ) , Wyndmuln 1349Queen 's , cf. Wind Mill field 1772Terrier , 1850Burghley , Windmill Leas 1850ib ( v. lēah ) , v. wind-mylne . The only trace of a mill is a mound about 50 ft across , with a dished top within which is a millstone , noted by BrownArchSites 17 at SP 8798 9689 .