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Riseley windmill was first noted on an 1826 map but it may have been there much longer. It was originally an open trestle mill, having a roundhouse added in the latter part of the 19th century. 

The windmill ceased working during the 1914-1918 War and remained unused until in 1946 during a thunderstorm lighting struck the windmills centre post setting it on fire with the result that the windmill had to be pulled down for safetys sake.

Sources

• WOODBRIDGE, F.  Riseley Windmill in Bedfordshire Magazine Vol. 3 pp.301-304 1952

Riseley Windmill, by Bedfordshire Libraries, 2012

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