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Moulin à vent dit Moulin de Riele ou Moulin Deschodt

Wormhout, Nord, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Moulin (cad. E 740) : inscription par arrêté du 24 octobre 1977
Protection dates
1977/10/24 : inscrit MH
Type
moulin à farine
Main period of construction
3e quart 18e siècle
Later work
1er quart 20e siècle, 4e quart 20e siècle
Dates
1756, 1921, 1982
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Wormhout
Département
Nord
Region
Hauts-de-France
Country
France
Coordinates
50.84418, 2.47890
Mérimée reference
PA00107895

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1736 map "Flanders or the Austrian Netherlands." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Transporté à la fin du 19e siècle, depuis sa construction, datée de 1756, comme le précise une inscription flamande, ce moulin à vent, à farine, de type pivot, avait été primitivement aménagé par un nommé de Smyttere. En 1921, menaçant ruine, il fut racheté par Abel Deschodt et remis à neuf. Celui-ci l'a donné à la commune. Le moulin a été restauré en 1982-83 par l'ARAM.

English translation

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Moved at the end of the 19th century, since its construction, dated 1756, as specified by a Flemish inscription, this pivot-type windmill for grinding flour, had originally been fitted out by someone named de Smyttere. In 1921, threatening ruin, it was repurchased by Abel Deschodt and restored. He gave it to the commune. The mill was restored in 1982-83 by ARAM.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Base Mérimée, Ministère de la Culture, data last updated 2026-09-17, reused under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab). Record text is reproduced unchanged. Ministère de la Culture · Licence Ouverte 2.0
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