1837
Whiting works established
Queensgate Whiting Works was established at Beverley by 1837.
Site overview
Queensgate Whiting Works was an industrial works at Beverley associated with wind-powered milling. It was established by the nineteenth century and stood on Beckside near Queensgate. A chimney at the works collapsed during a thunderstorm on 15 June 1907.
The works was photographed in the early twentieth century, but no surviving windmill tower has been confirmed.
Map
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History
Queensgate Whiting Works stood on Beckside near Queensgate in Beverley. It was associated with wind-powered milling and whiting production rather than ordinary corn milling. The works was established by the nineteenth century, with the site recorded from 1837.
A chimney at the works was 75 feet high and was brought down during a thunderstorm on the night of 15 June 1907. The works remained visible in early twentieth-century views of Beverley. No surviving windmill tower has been confirmed at the present site.
Timeline
1907
Chimney collapsed
A 75-foot chimney at Queensgate Whiting Works collapsed during a thunderstorm on the night of 15 June 1907.
1910
Works photographed
Queensgate Whiting Works remained visible at Beverley in the early twentieth century.
Sources and records
East Riding Archives photographic catalogue
Mills Archive catalogue entry
Windmill World site entry
List of windmills in the East Riding of Yorkshire
Historic Environment Desk-Based Assessment: Dogger Bank South
Mills Archive catalogue entry
Windmill World site entry
List of windmills in the East Riding of Yorkshire
Historic Environment Desk-Based Assessment: Dogger Bank South