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The Wilton windmill is a five floor brick tower mill with a round house located near the villages of Wilton and Great Bedwyn in the southern English county of Wiltshire. It was built in 1821 because the construction of the Kennet and Avon Canal had included the canalisation of the River Bedwyn which had previously powered several water mills in the area.

The windmill was in use for a century, into the 1920s. In 1971 it was purchased by the Wiltshire County Council who leased it to the Wiltshire Historic Buildings Trust . The trust restored the mill to working condition, and by the end of the summer in 1976 the windmill was once again making flour.

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Nearby towns and cities: Hungerford, Marlborough, Newbury, Swindon

Nearby villages: Wilton, East Grafton, Great Bedwyn, BurbageBurbage is a village and civil parish in the Vale of Pewsey in the English county of Wiltshire. History The Kennet and Avon Canal was built just north of the village and opened in 1810. Local Government Burbage is a civil parish with an elected parish cou, ShalbourneShalbourne is a village and civil parish in the English county of Wiltshire. Besides Shalbourne itself, the parish includes the widely spaced settlements of Bagshot to the north, and Rivar and Oxenwood to the south. Location Nearby towns and cities Hunger

Nearby places of interest: Crofton Pumping StationCrofton Pumping Station is a pumping station, located near the village of Great Bedwyn in the English county of Wiltshire, which supplies the summit pound of the Kennet and Avon Canal with water. The original steam powered pumping station is preserved and

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Wiltshire Windmills

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