Victoria Mill, Woodmansey
A wind-powered corn mill and whiting mill in the historic county of Yorkshire, England.
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Mill was built in 1837 by Robert Garton. It was a large brick tower mill, fitted with 5 sails. It was used to drive the machinery at the whiting works, but was also fitted with 3 mills stones, probably used to make animal feed rather than corn. The truncated tower survives.
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Alternative names | Victoria Whiting Works |
Power source | Wind |
Mill type | Tower mill |
Mill function | Corn mill, Whiting mill |
Archive ID | 1877 |
Location | Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire |
Historic county | Yorkshire |
Country | England, United Kingdom |
NGR | TA 02014 38149 |
Latitude/longitude | 53.82962500, -0.45142900 |
Location
References
- Anthony Bryan, Mills Research Group Database
- Gregory, R and Turner, L, Windmills of Yorkshire (Stenlake Publishing Ltd, 2009)
- Gregory, Roy, The Industrial Windmill in Britain (Phillimore, 2005) p 139
- Ordnance Survey six-inch map, Yorkshire 210 (1855)
- Windmill World
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