List of windmills in North Yorkshire explained

This is a list of windmills in the English county of North Yorkshire.

York

LocationName of mill and
grid reference		TypeMapsFirst mention
or built		Last mention
or demise		Photograph
YorkClifton Mill
Lady Mill[1] 		13741444
YorkClifton Mill
Lady Mill		177217211772
YorkClifton Mill
Lady Mill		18171852
YorkHaxby Road Mill
TowerWindmill World
YorkPepper Mill15751575
YorkBootham Stray Mill
White Cross Mill		Post17721772Demolished c. 1840
YorkJunction of Glen Road and Harcourt Street18521852
YorkHolgate Mill13661433
YorkHolgate Mill
TowerWindmill World
YorkThe Mount13th century13th century
YorkMount Mills18521852
YorkYork FieldDemolished c. 1620
YorkYork Fieldpost16201831
YorkYork FieldSmock17831825
YorkClementhorpeEarly 16th century1620
YorkClementhorpe, Nun Mill17721689Demolished c. 1885
YorkClementhorpe (2nd mill)Early 16th centuryGone by 1546
YorkPaynlathes Croft
YorkBetween Clifton Road and the River Ouse14th centuryEarly 18th century
YorkFulford Field Mill
Lammel Mill		17671836
YorkLendal Tower, York Waterworks[2] 16771677
YorkHeworth Moor Mill[3] 15691569
YorkMonkgate[4] Demolished c. 1745

Other locations

LocationName of mill and
grid reference		TypeMapsFirst mention
or built		Last mention
or demise		Photograph
Acklam1582[5] 1613
Ainderby Steeple1359[6] 1359
AldboroughPost1814
AldboroughTower
Alne1575[7] 1575
Appleton RoebuckAppleton Roebuck Mill
TowerEarly 19th centuryWindmill World
Askham RichardAskham Richard Mill
TowerWindmill World
BarlbyPost
BarlbyTower
Bossall1830[8] 1830
BromptonBrompton Mill
TowerStanding in 1914[9]
Windmill World
CaytonCayton Cliff Mill16611661
ClaxtonClaxton Mill
TowerWindmill World
ClaxtonBrickworkstower
CoathamStation Road MillTower1805Standing during World War I, gone by 1932.[10]
Church Fenton
CundallStaynhill1341[11] 1341
Danby Wiske1285[12] 1285
Dromonby1583[13] 1671
Dunnington12951295
Earswick13231323
ElvingtonElvington Windpump
TowerWindmill World
Escrick12901290
Farlington15881588
FileyMuston Mill
TowerWindmill World
Flaxton15901590
FollifootFollifoot mill
TowerWindmill World
FylingdalesPeak Mill[14] Standing in 1923
Guisborough1540[15] 1540
HawskerLow Hawsker Mill
TowerStanding in 1923
HelperthorpeSunk post
HeslingtonStublowe Myln[16] 15301530
HeslingtonHeslington MillPost
HeslingtonHeslington MillTower
Holtby1571[17] 1616
HornbyHornby Mill
TowerWindmill World
Hemlington13521352
HuddlestonHuddleston Mill
TowerWindmill World
Hunmanby12981298
Hunmanby17321732
Huntington1322[18] 1460
Kellington Windmill[19]
1923 [20]
Kirk Leavington1262[21] 1315
KirkbymoorsideKirkbymoorside Mill
TowerWindmill World
Kirkleatham1340[22]
Little SmeatonLittle Smeaton Millpost[23] Demolished August 1961
Low HawskerLow Hawsker MillStanding in 1923
MaltonMalton Mill
TowerWindmill World
Marske1349[24] 1560
MarskeWest Field13th centuryc. 1541
MarskeWest Field16091609
Marton14th century[25] 14th century
Marton16th century1609
Martonc. 1834[26] c. 1865
MustonMuston Mill
TowerTruncated
NorthallertonNorthallerton JunctionStanding in 1914
Ormesby12th century?[27]
Overton1629[28] 1664
Pateley BridgePateley Bridge Mill
TowerWindmill World
PickeringTower[29] 18411841
Picton15661657
RavenscarPeak Mill
TowerWindmill World
RedcarRedcar Windmill
Tower1836[30] Standing in 1859.[31]
Riccall12951295
RiccallRiccall Mill
TowerWindmill World
RillingtonSunk post
Romanby16631663
Sand HuttonThe Moor16041604
Scarborough1340[32] 1240
Scarborough16411641, demolished by 1651
ScarboroughVictoria Mill
TowerWindmill World
Sillington1295[33] 1295
SitlingtonSandy Lane Mill
TowerWindmill World
Skelton-on-UreKirby Mill
TowerWindmill World
SkirlaughSwine Priory[34] 1560s1611
South DuffieldSouth Duffield Mill
TowerWindmill World
SnaintonFoulbridge1273[35] 1307
Stainton15911591[36]
Stillington12441244
Stittenham16331808
StuttonStutton Mill
TowerWindmill World
Thornaby-on-Tees15751625
Thornton-le-ClayThornton Mill
TowerWindmill World
TollertonTollerton mill
TowerWindmill World
UgthorpeUgthorpe Mill
TowerWindmill World
UlleskelfUlleskelf Mill
TowerWindmill World
West Coatham13671367
WarrenbyMarsh House FarmDestroyed by fire, 1815.
West Rounton17th century[37] 17th century
WhitbyEast Cliff1540[38] 1540
WhitbyUnion Mill
Co-operative Mill[39] [40]
Tower1806Demolished c. 1923
Windmill World
WhitbyWren's MillDemolished 1862
WhitbyNewholm MillTower
YaphamYapham Mill
Tower1805Windmill World
Yarm12721354
Yarm16081614
YarmStanding in 1923[41]

Maps

Notes

Mills in bold are still standing, known building dates are indicated in bold. Text in italics denotes indicates that the information is not confirmed, but is likely to be the case stated.

Sources

Unless otherwise indicated, the source for all entries is:-Book: Gregory, Roy. 1985. East Yorkshire Windmills. Charles Skilton Ltd. Cheddar. 0-284-98721-2. or the linked Windmill World page.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: MEDIEVAL MILLS . British History Online . 20 June 2009.
  2. Web site: PUBLIC SERVICES . British History Online . 20 June 2009.
  3. Web site: THE CITY WALLS, BARS, AND POSTERNS . British History Online . 20 June 2009.
  4. Web site: THE PARISH CHURCHES . British History Online . 20 June 2009.
  5. Web site: ACKLAM . British History Online . 20 June 2009.
  6. Web site: AINDERBY STEEPLE. British History Online . 20 June 2009.
  7. Web site: Alne . British History Online . 20 June 2009.
  8. Web site: BOSSALL. British History Online . 20 June 2009.
  9. Web site: NORTHALLERTON . British History Online . 20 June 2009.
  10. Web site: Coatham Windmill . Hidden Teesside . 1 December 2010 . 5 November 2019.
  11. Web site: CUNDALL-WITH-LECKBY . British History Online . 20 June 2009.
  12. Web site: DANBY WISKE . British History Online . 20 June 2009.
  13. Web site: KIRBY-IN-CLEVELAND . British History Online . 20 June 2009.
  14. Web site: FYLINGDALES . British History Online . 20 June 2009.
  15. Web site: GUISBOROUGH . British History Online . 20 June 2009.
  16. Web site: THE HOSPITAL OF ST LEONARD, YORK . British History Online . 20 June 2009.
  17. Web site: HOLTBY . British History Online . 20 June 2009.
  18. Web site: HUNTINGTON . British History Online . 20 June 2009.
  19. Web site: Kellington Windmill, Kellington. British Listed Buildings. 1 March 2015.
  20. Web site: Kellington's History. 1 March 2015.
  21. Web site: KIRK LEAVINGTON . British History Online . 20 June 2009.
  22. Web site: KIRKLEATHAM . British History Online . 20 June 2009.
  23. Web site: Tyke Towers - Yorkshire's Windmills . Windmill World . 19 June 2009.
  24. Web site: MARSKE . British History Online . 20 June 2009.
  25. Web site: Marton . British History Online . 20 June 2009.
  26. Web site: MARTON . British History Online . 20 June 2009.
  27. Web site: ORMESBY. British History Online . 20 June 2009.
  28. Web site: OVERTON . British History Online . 20 June 2009.
  29. Norfolk Chronicle 17 November 1841
  30. Web site: The Three Windmills of Redcar . Hidden Teesside . 11 January 2011 . 5 November 2019.
  31. News: Shipping . The Morning Chronicle . London . 28755.
  32. Web site: Scarborough . British History Online . 20 June 2009.
  33. Web site: SILLINGTON . British History Online . 20 June 2009.
  34. Web site: SOUTH SKIRLAUGH . British History Online . 20 June 2009.
  35. Web site: BROMPTON . British History Online . 20 June 2009.
  36. Web site: STAINTON . British History Online . 20 June 2009.
  37. Web site: WEST ROUNTON . British History Online . 20 June 2009.
  38. Web site: WHITBY . British History Online . 20 June 2009.
  39. Five sails
  40. Book: Wailes, Rex. Rex Wailes . 1954. The English Windmill . 54, 94, 99, 101, 155, Plate IX. Routledge & Kegan Paul. London.
  41. Web site: YARM . British History Online . 20 June 2009.

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