Clayton Windmills

Duncton Mill was a post mill with a single storey roundhouse, four common sails. It was winded by hand and had two pairs of millstones. The head wheel from Duncton Mill was used as the brake wheel in Jack when that mill was built. A painting by Nash dated 1839 and an engraving in the Handbook to Brighton (1847) show her to have had a roof mounted fantail, similar to the arrangement still found on Icklesham windmill. Lashmar's New Mill was the most southerly of the three Dyke Road post mills. In 1852 The working life of the mills ended in 1906 and in 1908 Jill was damaged in a storm. She lost her fantail and sails over the years until in 1953 restoration was carried out by E Hole and Son,…

In summer 1973, Jack and Jill featured in the Universal Pictures film The Black Windmill. Actors in the film included Michael Caine, Janet Suzman, Donald Pleasence and Joss Ackland. New sweeps were fitted to Jack for the film, at a cost of £3,000 and the exterior of the mill was repainted. The owner of Jack at the time of the film was Henry Longhurst, golf broadcaster and writer. The windmills were featured in series 3 of the Channel 4 game show Treasure Hunt, first broadcast on 31 January 1985.