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Farm-site association preserved
The former New Mill location is associated with the site of present-day Farmer Parr's farm.
Site overview
New Mill at Fleetwood is recorded on Yates's 1786 map of Lancashire and is associated with the site of present-day Farmer Parr's farm. Local Fylde windmill history treats the map entry as a probable windmill site within the wider eighteenth-century windmill landscape of the Fylde. The site is not represented by a full surviving historic windmill structure, but the modern farm location preserves the place association.
The available history is strongest for the eighteenth-century map reference and the local identification of the site rather than for a detailed working sequence. It is therefore best understood as a former windmill site within Fleetwood's rural predecessor landscape.
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
New Mill at Fleetwood is associated with the windmill landscape shown on Yates's 1786 map of Lancashire. The map recorded numerous windmills across the Fylde, including New Mill at Fleetwood. Later local history places this site at or near present-day Farmer Parr's farm, now known as Farmer Parr's Animal World.
The identification reflects the rural landscape before the modern town and port of Fleetwood developed. The Fylde's flat and exposed coastal plain supported many windmills used for agricultural milling and drainage-related functions, and New Mill belongs to that wider pattern. The recorded name preserves a specific eighteenth-century mill-site association at Fleetwood.
The present site is not a complete surviving historic windmill. Its importance for the windmill register lies in the documented map reference, the continuing local identification with Farmer Parr's farm, and the survival of the windmill association within a modern visitor-farm setting. The record supports a cautious site-only entry rather than a detailed reconstruction of working machinery, ownership, or closure.
Timeline
1786
New Mill shown on map
Yates's 1786 map of Lancashire showed New Mill at Fleetwood.
Sources and records
Fylde Coast Windmills article
Farmer Parr's Animal World website
Lancashire windmill list
Farmer Parr's Animal World website
Lancashire windmill list