Mill:

Bell Mills, Driffield

A electricity- and water-powered bone mill and corn mill in the historic county of Yorkshire, England.

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A corn and bone mill in the 1850s, the mill became a roller flour mill owned by E B Bradshaw and Sons. It was at one point powered by water turbine. It was rebuilt by Gelder & Kitchen in the 1950s.

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Power source Electricity, Water
Mill type Roller flour mill, Watermill
River Driffield Trout
Mill function Bone mill, Corn mill
Archive ID 7594
Location Driffield
Historic county Yorkshire
Country England, United Kingdom
NGR TA 029 566
Latitude/longitude 53.99544289, -0.43077185

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References

  • Allison, K J, East Riding water-mills (East Yorkshire Local History Society, 1975), p. 42
  • Anthony Bryan, Mills Research Group Database
  • Ordnance Survey six-inch map, Yorkshire 161 (1855)
  • Shorland-Ball, Rob & Brian McGee, The roller milling revolution: Master list of researched and located mills (2013), mill no. 184

 

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