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A person climbs a ladder on the side of a tall, dark windmill near an open-top car and a horse-drawn cart in a rural field.

Downfields windmill c.1930 (photo H C Hughes)(Cambridgeshire Collection)

Downfields / Pollards windmill, Soham

History of Downfields windmill

A tall, tapering brick windmill with a rounded cap, two large sails, and a small fan-tail stands behind low outbuildings.

Downfield Mill, Soham (MoCP58)

A tall, dark, circular windmill with a rounded roof and one set of skeletal sails, standing behind small sheds and bushes.

Soham windmill, 1971 (MoC127/71)

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