There is evidence of a mill in the parish of Durrington in 1615 when church court records show that the miller of Durrington was fined for not paying his portion of the tithe that Durrington paid to Tarring.
Budgen's map of 1724 shows a mill in the present position, close to Mill Lane, which is part of the old road over the Downs.
The present mill is a black mid 18th century head and tail post mill and the last remaining of eight or nine mills in the Worthing area. She ran two sets of stones grinding wheat for flour and oats, peas and beans, mainly for animal feed. She stands on West Hill at High Salvington, in the parish of Durrington, with commanding views over the English Channel to the south west and Findon Valley to the north east, to catch the predominant winds for grinding.
She finished working around 1897, as windmills started to become obsolete with the increasing use of steam, and finally ceased milling operations early in the 20th century.
The mill has been substantially restored since 1976 to appear as she did in 1897. The octagonal concrete roundhouse (which replaced an earlier wooden one) was built in 1907 and used as a restaurant in the early half of the century. This has now been replaced with a single storey wooden roundhouse, to resemble the earlier one.
Over a period of 30 plus years the High Salvington Mill Trust formed in 1976, with the help of the Friends of the Mill have worked to enable the mill to grind again, which was achieved in April 1991.
The mill site now has an old granary, rescued from Kingscote and restored by the volunteers. It is open to the Public at specific times around the year – details of which may be found online.
The Cache:
I have been toying with placing a Cache here for ages, but managed to hog the area with another Cache nearby until recently. You are looking for a double-potted 60mm container.