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Post mill, the Glossary

The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill.^[1]

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Amsterdam

Amsterdam (literally, "The Dam on the River Amstel") is the capital and most populated city of the Netherlands.

Arnhem

Arnhem (or; Arnheim; Ernems: Èrnem) is a city and municipality situated in the eastern part of the Netherlands, near the German border.

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Avoncroft Museum of Historic Buildings

Avoncroft Museum of Historic Buildings is an open-air museum of rescued buildings which have been relocated to its site in Stoke Heath, a district of Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England.

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Baexem

Baexem (Boaksum/Boakse) is a village in the Dutch province of Limburg.

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Banham, Norfolk

Banham is an English village and civil parish in the county of Norfolk, about north of Diss, east of Thetford and south-west of Norwich.

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Bourn

Bourn is a small village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire, England.

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Cambridgeshire

Cambridgeshire (abbreviated Cambs.) is a ceremonial county in the East of England and East Anglia.

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Chillenden Windmill

Chillenden windmill is a grade II* listed open-trestle post mill north of Chillenden, Kent, England.

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Elbe-Elster

Elbe-Elster is a Kreis (district) in the southern part of Brandenburg, Germany.

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Essington

Essington is a village and civil parish in South Staffordshire, England, located near the city of Wolverhampton and towns of Walsall, Bloxwich, Cannock and Brewood.

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Germany

Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), is a country in Central Europe.

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Great Britain

Great Britain (commonly shortened to Britain) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the north-west coast of continental Europe, consisting of the countries England, Scotland and Wales.

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Great Chishill

Great Chishill is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Great and Little Chishill, in the South Cambridgeshire district, in the county of Cambridgeshire, England.

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Great Gransden

Great Gransden is a civil parish and village in the Huntingdonshire district of Cambridgeshire, England.

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Haarlem

Haarlem (predecessor of Harlem in English) is a city and municipality in the Netherlands.

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List of windmills in Lancashire

A list of windmills in Lancashire, including those now within Greater Manchester and Merseyside.

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List of windmills in Staffordshire

This is a list of windmills in the English county of Staffordshire.

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Mijn Genoegen, Arnhem

Mijn Genoegen (My Pleasure) is a paltrok mill in the Netherlands Open Air Museum in Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherlands which has been restored to working order.

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Millwright

A millwright is a craftsperson or skilled tradesperson who installs, dismantles, maintains, repairs, reassembles, and moves machinery in factories, power plants, and construction sites.

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Netherlands

The Netherlands, informally Holland, is a country located in Northwestern Europe with overseas territories in the Caribbean.

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Netherlands Open Air Museum

The Netherlands Open Air Museum (Nederlands Openluchtmuseum) is a national open-air museum located in Arnhem.

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New England

New England is a region comprising six states in the Northeastern United States: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

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Northern Europe

The northern region of Europe has several definitions.

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Nutley Windmill

Nutley Windmill is a grade II* listed open trestle post mill at Nutley, East Sussex, England which has been restored to working order.

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Outwood Windmill

Outwood Windmill is a Grade I listed post mill in Outwood, Surrey.

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Outwood, Surrey

Outwood is a village and civil parish in the Tandridge district of the Surrey weald.

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Roundhouse (windmill)

A roundhouse is the part of a post mill that encloses the trestle. Post mill and roundhouse (windmill) are post mills.

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Saxtead Green Windmill

Saxtead Green Post Windmill is a Grade II* listed post mill at Saxtead Green, Woodbridge, Suffolk, England which is also a Scheduled monument and has been restored.

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Smock mill

The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded, thatched, or shingled tower, usually with six or eight sides. Post mill and smock mill are windmills.

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Suffolk

Suffolk is a ceremonial county in the East of England and East Anglia.

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The International Molinological Society

The International Molinological Society (TIMS) has been active since 1965 and is the only organization dedicated to mills and molinology on a worldwide scale.

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Thornham, Norfolk

Thornham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.

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Thorpeness Windmill

Thorpeness Windmill is a Grade II listed post mill at Thorpeness, Suffolk, England which was built in 1803 at Aldringham and moved to Thorpeness in 1923.

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A tower mill is a type of vertical windmill consisting of a brick or stone tower, on which sits a wooden 'cap' or roof, which can rotate to bring the sails into the wind. Post mill and tower mill are windmills.

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Trestle (mill)

The trestle of a post mill is the arrangement of the main post, crosstrees and quarterbars that form the substructure of this type of windmill. Post mill and trestle (mill) are post mills.

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Warton, Fylde

Warton is a village in the civil parish of Bryning-with-Warton, on the Fylde, in the Fylde district, in the county of Lancashire, England.

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Windmill

A windmill is a structure that converts wind power into rotational energy using vanes called sails or blades, by tradition specifically to mill grain (gristmills), but in some parts of the English-speaking world, the term has also been extended to encompass windpumps, wind turbines, and other applications. Post mill and windmill are windmills.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_mill

Also known as Hollow Post mill, Paltrock mill, Paltrok mill, Post windmill, Postmill, Sunk post mill.

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Post mills

Windmills

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