Historical Timeline

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1615

Mill of Durrington fined by church court for failing to pay tithe towards cost of new mill.

1724

Budgen's map of Worthing shows mill on site.

1750-70

Current mill built.

1897

Mill ceases to work commercially.

1955

Worthing Borough Council starts negotiations to buy the mill - see Worthing Borough Council Buys Windmill.

1959

Worthing Borough Council buys the mill field and all buildings for £2,250.

1976

Mill closed to the public because it is in a dangerous condition. Friends of the Mill formed.

1977

High Salvington Windmill Trust formed as a charitable body to administer the Mill and its site. Control transferred from Worthing Borough Council to the Trust.

1978

Interior machinery, stone and floors recorded. removed and stored.

1980

Reconstruction of the brake wheel needed to turn the front pair of stones (under the direction of West Sussex College of Design).

Installation of a steel frame and jacking up of the mill.

1981

Replacement of the trestle timbers. Replacement of the crown-tree. Completion of the brake-wheel project.

1982

Lowering of Mill into its post. Replacement of interior beams.

1983

Reinstatement of floors. Repair windshaft.

Replacement of external cladding.

1984

Reinstatement of tail pole. Mill turned around on its post (first time in 80 years). New hurstings built. Mill stones reseated. 150 new bushes planted.

1985

Installation of new brake wheel. Replacement of bin floor and spout floor. Acquisition of pitch pine timber for stock and sails.

1986

Commenced the fashioning of the stocks and building of the sails.

1987

The first pair of stocks erected and a pair of common sails mounted.

1988

The second pair of stocks erected and a pair of spring shutter sails mounted.

1989

The installation of the first bed stone at the front of the mill.

1990

Reconstruction of the timber roundhouse to the circular design.

1991

On 4th April, the first flour for over 90 years was ground.