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===Reigate Mill Church=== [[File:Mill church.jpg|thumb|right|upright|Reigate Mill Church]] Reigate Heath Windmill was built {{circa|1765}} and was last worked by wind in 1862.<ref name=BBC_Windmill>{{cite news |author= <!--Not stated--> |date= 24 August 2010 |title= New tail post for restored Reigate Heath windmill |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-11068220 |work= BBC News |access-date= 24 September 2021 |archive-date= 27 August 2010 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100827073708/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-11068220 |url-status= live }}</ref> The weatherboarded upper section of the [[post mill]] holds the sails and sits above the brick roundhouse below.<ref>{{NHLE|num=1029105|desc=Reigate Heath Baptist Church, Reigate Heath Windmill|grade=II*|fewer-links=yes}}</ref> The roundhouse was converted into a [[chapel of ease]] to the Church of St Mary Magdalen in 1880 and services are held in the building during the summer months. It is thought to be the only windmill to be used as a church in England.<ref name=BBC_Windmill/>
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