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Uphill Windmill, Uphill, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, 1935. Artist: HES Simmons

Uphill Windmill, Uphill, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, 1935. Artist: HES Simmons

1-233-381 - Reproduced by permission of Historic England/Heritage Images

Uphill Windmill, Uphill, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, 1935. From a fire insurance policy of 1789 we know that this tower was built as a windmill in 1729. By 1829 only the walls remained and in 1863 it was used as a beacon. It later became an observation point and then an observatory.

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  1. HES Simmons, attributed to: (British?): Photographer
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  1. Photograph
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World Europe United Kingdom England North Somerset Weston-Super-Mare

  1. 51 20 45 N , 002 58 04 W
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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 3512x5369
File Size : 55,242kb

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  1. W926   
  1. 0250003200
  1. 1-233-381
  1. 1233381
  1. 3200
  1. A3
  1. W926   

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