Looking towards the windmill

circa 1895

Mill Green Road, Ingatestone (c. 1895): A Stroll Through Rural Essex

This tranquil photograph, taken around 1895, offers a timeless glimpse of Mill Green Road in the village of Ingatestone, Essex. A winding dirt track curves gently between hedgerows and cottages, leading the eye towards a distant windmill, whose sails rise just above the tree line—a silent sentinel of the agricultural past.

In the foreground, a small group of villagers—women in long dresses and bonnets—pause on their walk, adding a human touch to this quiet landscape. To the right, tidy cottages sit snugly among the hedges, while the wooded verge to the left suggests a countryside still untamed by tarmac or traffic.

This image captures a lost rhythm of English rural life: unhurried, harmonious, and steeped in community. It's a portrait of a place where the road was not just a route, but part of daily life and shared memory.

📍 Mill Green Road, Ingatestone and Fryerning, Brentwood District, Essex
🗓️ Circa 1895
🔍 Suggested tags: Ingatestone history, Mill Green, Essex countryside, Victorian village life, rural England, windmills, historical roads, English landscape photography

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Contributed by OldPik on January 7, 2024

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