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Corn milling use
The mill operated as a wind-powered tower corn mill.
Site overview
Mappleton Mill is a former tower corn mill at Barren Hill, Mappleton. It was built in 1798 and later converted to residential use in the early twentieth century. The tower retained a cap and part of a stock in twentieth-century views, and the former mill survives as The Old Windmill at Mappleton.
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History
Mappleton Mill was built in 1798 as a wind-powered tower corn mill at Barren Hill, Mappleton. The mill worked as part of the village's agricultural milling provision before its wind-powered working life ended.
In the early twentieth century the former mill was converted to residential use. The tower survived with its cap and part of one stock in later views. The building now survives as The Old Windmill at Mappleton. Details of the original machinery, millstones and final working date remain uncertain.
Timeline
1798
Tower mill built
Mappleton Mill was built as a tower corn mill.
1900–1930
Residential conversion
The former tower mill was converted to residential use in the early twentieth century.
Sources and records
Windmill World entry: Mappleton windmill
Mills Archive catalogue entry: Mappleton Mill, Mappleton
List of windmills in the East Riding of Yorkshire
Windmill Photographic Register: Mappleton
Mills Archive catalogue entry: Mappleton Mill, Mappleton
List of windmills in the East Riding of Yorkshire
Windmill Photographic Register: Mappleton