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Tower mill built
Westwood Mill was built on Beverley Westwood as a wind-powered tower corn mill.
Site overview
Westwood Mill, also known as Jakeman's Mill and Lowson's Mill, is a former wind-powered tower corn mill on Beverley Westwood. It was built as a tower mill for corn grinding. The surviving tower remains on the edge of the Westwood, although its detailed working chronology, machinery and final closure date have not been established.
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History
Westwood Mill was built on Beverley Westwood as a wind-powered tower corn mill. It is also recorded under the alternative names Jakeman's Mill and Lowson's Mill. The former mill later ceased working, but the tower survived on the Westwood near Cartwright Lane.
Its construction date, machinery, operating sequence and final working date remain uncertain, but the surviving structure preserves one of Beverley's former tower mill sites.
Timeline
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Tower survives
The former tower mill survives on Beverley Westwood.
1933
Mill drawn
Lowson's Mill was depicted as a surviving tower mill in April 1933.
Sources and records
Mills Archive mill record
Windmill World site entry
Windmill Photographic Register
Gregory and Turner: Windmills of Yorkshire
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, Yorkshire CCX.NE
Windmill World site entry
Windmill Photographic Register
Gregory and Turner: Windmills of Yorkshire
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, Yorkshire CCX.NE