List of windmills in West Yorkshire explained

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

Locations

LocationName of mill and
grid reference
TypeMapsFirst mention
or built
Last mention
or demise
Photograph
AberfordBarkeston Mill12161216
AberfordHicklam Mill
Tower18th centuryWindmill World
AberfordLotherton Mill1720[1] 1720
Barwick in ElmetBarwick Mill[2] 1850sDemolished 1950s
BirstallBrownhill Mill
TowerWindmill World
BramhamBramham Mill
Tower18th centuryWindmill World
DarringtonDarrington Mill
TowerLate 18th or early 19th centuryWindmill World
HowdenHowden Brickworks Pump
TowerWindmill World
KippaxKippax Mill
Tower18th centuryWindmill World150px
KnottingleyKnottingley Mill
TowerWindmill World
LeedsColton Mill
TowerMid-18th centuryWindmill World
LeedsPotternewton Mill
TowerLate 18th centuryWindmill World
LeedsWhin Moor Mill
Seacroft Mill
SWillington Mill
[3]
TowerWindmill World
LeedsFlint Mill[4] [5] 17581774
MorleyMorley Mill[6]
PontefractDandy Mill
Boreas Union Mill

Tower1819Windmill World
South KirkbyKirkby Mill
Tower1854
UptonUpton Mill
TowerWindmill World
WakefieldFlint MillSmock1755
WakefieldOil MillSmock1755
West ArdsleyBoyle HallTitt iron wind engine1899[7] Demolished by 1971[8]

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: A Couple of Tours Through Elmet . Old Tykes . 18 June 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090209011235/http://oldtykes.co.uk/elmetours.htm . 9 February 2009 .
  2. Web site: Barwick, Windmill, Postcard . Leeds City Council . 19 June 2008.
  3. Web site: Windmill and Farm . Leeds City Council . 19 June 2009.
  4. Five sails
  5. Book: Wailes, Rex. Rex Wailes . 1954. The English Windmill . 54, 94, 99, 101, 155, Plate IX. Routledge & Kegan Paul. London.
  6. Web site: Howley Upper Mill, dam . Leeds City Council . 19 June 2009.
  7. Book: Major, J Kenneth. Ken Major . 1977. The Windmills of John Wallis Titt. The International Molinological Society.
  8. Web site: Boyle Hall, base of the windmill used for . Leeds City Council . 19 June 2009.