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A road stretches past a house and a large tree on the right, towards a distant windmill on the left under a grey sky.

Steeple Morden mill, 1985 (MoC)

Saunderson’s Mill (The Town Mill), Ashwell Road, Steeple Morden

History of The Town Mill

A light-coloured, multi-gabled house stands behind a paved driveway with a parked coupe car, framed by leafless tree branches.

Steeple Morden mill and house (MoC)

A tall windmill with sail structures stands in a yard between small, single-story cottages, with a horse-drawn cart nearby.

Steeple Morden mill, 1908 (MoC-PH485.85)

Listed building

Smock mill. Circa 1805. Gault brick octagonal base with tapering octagonal timber-frame walls partly weatherboarded and covered with metal sheets and tarred.

See entry in Steeple Morden history

Herbert Godfrey Ilett was born  in Brook End cottages  in 1914. He describes his life and the community in detail in “A Villager’s Life” (1993). He spent much of his working life at this mill.

He started work here is 1933 earning £2 2s a week plus 9d an overtime. he drove a 2 ton Morris Commercial. the Saunderson family were Plymouth Brethren.

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