User:Moswento/Dashwood Hill

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 * History
 * BFP overview
 * Overturned coach incident from Morning Post
 * 1925 reconstruction, via the Times
 * 1937 report on History of Travel, via the Times
 * Bucks Free Press article
 * Racing
 * Hill Climb context
 * 1901 May trial via Grace's Guide
 * 1901 July trial via Grace's Guide
 * 1902 trial via Grace's Guide
 * 50-mile radius, from the Times
 * Black list of roads, from the Times
 * Another black list, from the following year
 * And from 1920
 * Repair work in 1922, from the Times
 * 1911 Sunday Times article
 * NYT article on abandonment of the trial
 * Auto Cycle Club
 * Automobile Club Trial
 * Suspension of Master of Royal Motors after Dashwood Hill incident
 * Bypass
 * County surveyor paper, via SWOP
 * Map of bypass, via SWOP
 * Milestone
 * Medieval settlement
 * Gatehouse (with other sources)
 * English Heritage entry
 * Old OS maps?
 * Stokenchurch book
 * GBooks
 * Search for Dashwoods Hill
 * Use in Times "Cars of To-day" feature

Horsleys Green

 * 1939 article from the Times about camp
 * 1941 sale of Horsleys Green Manor
 * Lord Chancellor helped to extinguish 1948 fire
 * Previous inhabitant as a director of Twinings, Times
 * Green Monuments

Old Beckings

 * Countrylife
 * RCHM (11)
 * English Heritage list

Shoe Tree

 * Chilterns AONB entry
 * 2006 BFP article
 * BBC Interview
 * 2009 Telegraph article
 * Times article from 2009
 * Lottery announcement

Stokenchurch Mill
"On the other hand, many another mill has collapsed without warning, sometimes in calm weather conditions, though usually it is a storm which hastens the end of most old mills. The old post mill which stood at Stokenchurch in Bucks, may be cited as an instance in which an apparently sound structure was afflicted by rot in a vital timber. In a booklet Windmills in the Midlands published in 1925, J.B. Paddon records a visit he made to the mill and after commenting on 'the giant trestle' and ' blackened oaken beams', goes on to say 'Unless deliberately demolished however, the mill is sure to stand for some years to come'. The mill collapsed the following year in 1926! That this mill, built in 1736, has not survived is especially unfortunate as it was extremely unusual in two respects. Firstly its sails; two of these were cloth covered and quite ordinary, but the other pair which were spring sails, had shutters parallel to the whip, an apparently unique feature. The second point of interest was its trestle, which had three crosstrees instead of the usual pair and six quarterbars, where four usually sufficed. Ironically in view of the mill's eventual collapse the purpose of these extra timbers was increased stability! The post mills at nearby Bledlow Ridge and Chinnor had trestles of similar design, a fact which would suggest that the same millwright was responsible for all three mills, the feature being so unusual — only two other instances recorded, one Essex and the other in Notts. The Bledlow Ridge mill was demolished in 1933 but Chinnor mill which was in a very dilapidated condition was dismantled in 1967." Page 61

Others like it are at Costock, Nottinghamshire and Moreton, Essex. Last to survive was Moreton, demolished in 1964 page 15 "Most post mills were constructed with two crosstrees set at right angles to each other, but a few mills had three crosstrees and six quarterbars."