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Corn milling
Sandy Lane Mill worked as a tower windmill for corn milling.
Site overview
Sandy Lane Mill at Middlestown, in the Sitlington area, was a tower windmill used for corn milling. The former mill survives as an adapted structure and has been converted to residential use. The site is also associated with Coxley in later photographic records.
Its construction date, machinery details, and final working date have not been established.
Map
Map markers and directions links are provided for location reference only and do not indicate public access or permission to enter a site.
No site photograph is currently available. Images will be added as field visits are carried out.
History
Sandy Lane Mill was a tower windmill at Middlestown in the Sitlington area. It was used as a corn mill. The surviving structure has been converted to residential use, and later views identify the remaining base or tower at Coxley.
The date of construction has not been established, and no detailed machinery inventory has been identified. The final working date is not known. The former mill remains represented by the surviving adapted structure.
Timeline
2011
Residential conversion
The former mill had been converted to residential use.
Sources and records
Windmill World entry: Sitlington windmill
Mills Archive catalogue entry: Sandy Lane Mill, Middlestown
Geograph photograph: windmill base, Coxley
Mills Archive catalogue entry: Sandy Lane Mill, Middlestown
Geograph photograph: windmill base, Coxley