List of windmills in North Yorkshire

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

York

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
York	Clifton Mill Lady Mill[1]			1374[1]	1444[1]
York	Clifton Mill Lady Mill		1772	1721[1]	1772[1]
York	Clifton Mill Lady Mill[1]			1817[1]	1852[1]
York	Haxby Road Mill SE 606 533	Tower			Windmill World
York	Pepper Mill[1]			1575[1]	1575[1]
York	Bootham Stray Mill White Cross Mill[1]	Post[1]	1772	1772[1]	Demolished c. 1840[1]
York	Junction of Glen Road and Harcourt Street[1]			1852[1]	1852[1]
York	Holgate Mill			1366[1]	1433[1]
York	Holgate Mill SE 584 515	Tower			Windmill World
York	The Mount[1]			13th century[1]	13th century[1]
York	Mount Mills[1]			1852[1]	1852[1]
York	York Field[1]				Demolished c. 1620[1]
York	York Field[1]	post[1]		1620[1]	1831[1]
York	York Field[1]	Smock[1]		1783[1]	1825[1]
York	Clementhorpe[1]			Early 16th century[1]	1620[1]
York	Clementhorpe, Nun Mill[1]		1772	1689[1]	Demolished c. 1885[1]
York	Clementhorpe (2nd mill)[1]			Early 16th century[1]	Gone by 1546[1]
York	Paynlathes Croft[1]
York	Between Clifton Road and the River Ouse[1]			14th century[1]	Early 18th century[1]
York	Fulford Field Mill Lammel Mill[1]			1767[1]	1836[1]
York	Lendal Tower, York Waterworks[2]			1677[2]	1677[2]
York	Heworth Moor Mill[3]			1569[3]	1569[3]
York	Monkgate[4]				Demolished c. 1745[4]

Other locations

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Acklam				1582[5]	1613[5]
Ainderby Steeple				1359[6]	1359[6]
Aldborough		Post		1814
Aldborough		Tower
Alne				1575[7]	1575[7]
Appleton Roebuck	Appleton Roebuck Mill SE 544 425	Tower		Early 19th century[8]	Windmill World
Askham Richard	Askham Richard Mill SE 542 472	Tower			Windmill World
Barlby		Post
Barlby		Tower
Bossall				1830[9]	1830[9]
Brompton	Brompton Mill SE 378 968	Tower			Standing in 1914[10] Windmill World
Cayton	Cayton Cliff Mill[11]			1661[11]	1661[11]
Claxton	Claxton Mill SE 691 596	Tower			Windmill World
Claxton	Brickworks	tower
Church Fenton
Cundall	Staynhill			1341[12]	1341[12]
Danby Wiske				1285[13]	1285[13]
Dromonby				1583[14]	1671[14]
Dunnington				1295	1295
Earswick				1323[15]	1323[15]
Elvington	Elvington Windpump SE 683 470	Tower			Windmill World
Escrick				1290	1290
Farlington				1588[16]	1588[16]
Filey	Muston Mill TA 107 799	Tower			Windmill World
Flaxton				1590[9]	1590[9]
Follifoot	Follifoot mill SE 325 521	Tower			Windmill World
Fylingdales	Peak Mill[17]				Standing in 1923[17]
Guisborough				1540[18]	1540[18]
Hawsker	Low Hawsker Mill[19] NZ 922 076	Tower			Standing in 1923[19]
Helperthorpe		Sunk post
Heslington	Stublowe Myln[20]			1530[20]	1530[20]
Heslington	Heslington Mill	Post
Heslington	Heslington Mill	Tower
Holtby				1571[21]	1616[21]
Hornby	Hornby Mill NZ 360 054	Tower			Windmill World
Hemlington				1352[22]	1352[22]
Huddleston	Huddleston Mill SE 473 336	Tower			Windmill World
Hunmanby				1298	1298
Hunmanby				1732	1732
Huntington				1322[15]	1460[15]
Kellington	Kellington Windmill[23] SE 545 242				1923 [24]
Kirk Leavington				1262[25]	1315[25]
Kirkbymoorside	Kirkbymoorside Mill SE 696 864	Tower			Windmill World
Kirkleatham				1340[26]
Little Smeaton	Little Smeaton Mill	post[27]			Demolished August 1961[27]
Low Hawsker	Low Hawsker Mill[19]				Standing in 1923[19]
Malton	Malton Mill SE 793 740	Tower			Windmill World
Marske				1349[28]	1560[28]
Marske	West Field			13th century	c. 1541[28]
Marske	West Field			1609[28]	1609[28]
Marton				14th century[29]	14th century[29]
Marton				16th century[29]	1609[29]
Marton				c. 1834[30]	c. 1865[30]
Muston	Muston Mill TA 107 799	Tower			Truncated
Northallerton	Northallerton Junction				Standing in 1914[10]
Ormesby				12th century?[31]
Overton				1629[32]	1664[32]
Pateley Bridge	Pateley Bridge Mill SE 166 658	Tower			Windmill World
Pickering		Tower[33]		1841[33]	1841[33]
Picton				1566[25]	1657[25]
Ravenscar	Peak Mill NZ 976 007	Tower			Windmill World
Riccall				1295	1295
Riccall	Riccall Mill SE 617 374	Tower			Windmill World
Rillington		Sunk post
Romanby				1663[10]	1663[10]
Sand Hutton	The Moor			1604[9]	1604[9]
Scarborough				1340[11]	1240[11]
Scarborough				1641[11]	1641, demolished by 1651[11]
Scarborough	Victoria Mill TA 036 884	Tower			Windmill World
Sillington				1295[34]	1295[34]
Sitlington	Sandy Lane Mill SE 277 175	Tower			Windmill World
Skelton-on-Ure	Kirby Mill SE 375 696	Tower			Windmill World
Skirlaugh	Swine Priory[35]			1560s[35]	1611[35]
South Duffield	South Duffield Mill SE 677 335	Tower			Windmill World
Snainton	Foulbridge			1273[36]	1307[36]
Stainton				1591	1591[22]
Stillington				1244	1244
Stittenham				1633[16]	1808[16]
Stutton	Stutton Mill SE 476 421	Tower			Windmill World
Thornaby-on-Tees				1575[22]	1625[22]
Thornton-le-Clay	Thornton Mill SE 677 657	Tower			Windmill World
Tollerton	Tollerton mill SE 514 638	Tower			Windmill World
Ugthorpe	Ugthorpe Mill NZ 791 115	Tower			Windmill World
Ulleskelf	Ulleskelf Mill SE 519 390	Tower			Windmill World
West Coatham				1367[26]	1367[26]
West Rounton				17th century[37]	17th century
Whitby	East Cliff			1540[19]	1540[19]
Whitby	Union Mill Co-operative Mill[38][39] NZ 894 111	Tower		1806[19]	Demolished c. 1923[19] Windmill World
Whitby	Wren's Mill[19]				Demolished 1862[19]
Whitby	Newholm Mill[19]	Tower[19]
Yapham	Yapham Mill SE 790 505	Tower		1805	Windmill World
Yarm				1272[40]	1354[40]
Yarm				1608[40]	1614[40]
Yarm					Standing in 1923[40]

Maps

• 1772 T Jeffereys
• 1775 Jackson
• 1829 A Bryant
• 1855 Ordnance Survey

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:-Gregory, Roy (1985). East Yorkshire Windmills. Cheddar: Charles Skilton Ltd. ISBN 0-284-98721-2.  or the linked Windmill World page.

References