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Tower corn mill recorded
Normanby by Spital Mill is recorded as a wind-powered tower corn mill.
Site overview
Normanby by Spital Mill was a tower corn mill at Normanby by Spital in Lincolnshire. Specialist mill records identify the site as a tower mill, and historic photographic material shows the mill standing with cap, sails and fantail before decline. Later photographs record the mill in derelict condition, preserving the sequence from working windmill to surviving remains.
The site is now best recorded as a former tower corn mill represented by remains rather than as a complete working mill.
Map
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History
Normanby by Spital Mill was a wind-powered tower corn mill in the village of Normanby by Spital, north of Lincoln. Specialist mill records identify it as a tower mill and place it within Lincolnshire's wider nineteenth-century corn-milling landscape.
The most useful surviving evidence for the mill is photographic. Historic photographs show the tower mill with its cap, sails and fantail still intact, confirming its original working form. Other images show the mill in declining condition with the cap, partial sails and the remains of the fantail still visible. Further photographic records place the mill in derelict condition in the early twentieth century, including images with four sails still present.
The mill no longer survives as a complete working windmill. It is best recorded as a former tower corn mill represented by remains and historic documentation. Its value in the gazetteer is as a distinct Normanby by Spital windmill site, separate from other Lincolnshire tower mills with similar surviving fabric.
Timeline
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Mill photographed with sails and fantail
Historic photographs show the tower mill with cap, sails and fantail intact.
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Former mill remains
The site is now represented by the remains of the former tower corn mill.
1925–1935
Mill recorded in derelict condition
Photographic records from the early twentieth century show the tower mill derelict with four sails still present.
Sources and records
Mills Archive catalogue records: Tower mill, Normanby by Spital
Windmill World entry: Normanby by Spital windmill
Museum image record: Windmill at Normanby by Spital, Lincolnshire
Windmill Photographic Register
Windmill World entry: Normanby by Spital windmill
Museum image record: Windmill at Normanby by Spital, Lincolnshire
Windmill Photographic Register