Winfarthing smockmill was built in 1828 and was a ten sided mill with very few windows, built on a base that was only 18 inches high. The last miller was Horace William Lincoln, who took over in 1907 and having repaired the mill, worked it until at least 1926. By June 1929 only one pair of sails had shutters and the mill then worked for a time using an oil engine. Cecil Thompson, millwright of Hardwick dismantled the machinery around 1937 and in September of that year the mill had been reduced to a single storey with a pointed roof. By 1984 the original cant posts had been reboarded in cedar and the structure was being used as a summer house.

1828: Mill built

White's 1836: William Jarrett, corn miller

Census 1841: Jonathan William Jarrett, miller; William Howes, miller

White's 1845: William Jarrett, corn miller

White's 1854: Jonathan William Jarrett, corn miller

Census 1861: Jonathan William Jarrett, master miller

White's 1864: William Jarrett, corn miller

Census 1871: Jonathan William Jarrett, miller (retired)

1872: Jonathan William Jarrett died (born 1804)

Kelly's 1879: William Woodrow, miller & farmer

White's 1883: William Woodrow, miller & farmer

Kelly's 1892: George Woodrow, miller (wind & steam)

Kelly's 1896: George Woodrow, miller (wind & steam)

Kelly's 1900: George Woodrow, miller (wind & steam)

Kelly's 1904: George Woodrow, miller (wind & steam)

1907: Horace William Lincoln, miller, took over running the mill - also at Roydon Shelfanger Road postmill

Kelly's 1908: Horace William Lincoln, miller (wind & steam)

Kelly's 1912: Horace William Lincoln, miller (wind & steam)

Kelly's 1916: Horace William Lincoln, miller (wind & steam)

Kelly's 1922: Horace William Lincoln, miller (wind & steam)

Kelly's 1925: Horace William Lincoln, miller (wind & oil)

c.1926: Horace William Lincoln left the mill

Kelly's 1929: Horace William Lincoln, miller (wind & oil)

1929: One pair of sails only with shutters

Kelly's 1933: Horace William Lincoln, miller (wind & oil)

Kelly's 1937: Horace William Lincoln, miller (oil)

c.1937: Cecil Thompson, millwright of Hardwick dismantled the machinery

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