Editing Sandwich, Kent (section)

===Windmills===

[[File:White Mill, Sandwich.jpg|thumb|White Mill]]Sandwich has had at least eight windmills over the centuries, the earliest reference to a mill being dated 1608.<ref name=West>{{cite book | first = Jenny| last = West| year = 1973| title = The Windmills of Kent| pages = 68–71| publisher = Charles Skilton Ltd.| location = London| isbn = 0-284-98534-1}}</ref> Two windmills were marked by [[Edward Hasted|Hasted]] at the New Cut on the [[River Stour, Kent|Stour estuary]]. They were most likely pumping mills associated with the saltworks there in the late eighteenth century.<ref name=West/>

The [[White Mill, Sandwich|White Mill]] is the only survivor. It was built in 1760 and worked by wind until 1929, then by engine until 1957. Today it has been restored and is a heritage and folk museum. The Black Mill was a [[smock mill]] which burnt down {{circa|1910}}.<ref name=Finch>{{cite book | first = William| last = Coles Finch| author-link=William Coles Finch| year = 1933| title = Watermills and Windmills| pages = 271–72| publisher = C W Daniel Company| location = London}}</ref> There was also a [[post mill]] which stood near the Black Mill, and was worked in conjunction with it.<ref name=Finch/> A smock mill on the Millwall was also known as the Town Mill. It was burnt down. Another mill of unknown type is known to have stood on the Millwall.<ref name=Finch/> A sixth windmill stood to the north west of Sandwich, and west of the railway. It formed a group of three with the Black Mill and its neighbour.<ref name=Finch/>