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Tower corn mill recorded
Greatham windmill was recorded as a wind-powered tower mill used for corn milling.
Site overview
Greatham windmill was a tower corn mill in the historic county of Durham. The mill is recorded as a wind-powered corn mill at Greatham, with its location later documented by specialist mill records and historic mapping. It was photographed in the early twentieth century, with one surviving postcard image postmarked no later than 1907.
The mill was demolished in 1948, leaving the site as a former windmill location rather than a standing structure.
Map
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No site photograph is currently available. Images will be added as field visits are carried out.
History
Greatham windmill was a tower mill used for corn milling. It stood at Greatham in the historic county of Durham and is recorded in specialist mill records as a wind-powered corn mill. Historic mapping and mill databases preserve its position in the village's milling landscape.
The surviving record includes early photographic material. A postcard image of Greatham Windmill was in circulation by 1907, showing that the structure still formed a recognised local subject in the early twentieth century. The mill did not survive the mid twentieth century. It was demolished in 1948, ending the physical survival of the tower mill on the site.
Greatham windmill is therefore represented as a former tower corn mill site rather than as a standing windmill. Its recorded history preserves the type, function, location, photographic record, and demolition date of one of the former wind-powered corn mills of the Durham and Teesside area.
Timeline
1856
Windmill shown on historic mapping
The windmill site was recorded on the Ordnance Survey six-inch map of Durham.
1907
Postcard image recorded
A postcard image of Greatham Windmill was postmarked no later than 1907.
1948
Mill demolished
Greatham windmill was demolished in 1948.
Sources and records
Mills Archive site record
Windmill World site entry
Mills Archive image record
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, Durham XLV
Windmill World site entry
Mills Archive image record
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, Durham XLV