1800–1820
Tower mill built
Cantley Mill was built as an early nineteenth-century tower corn mill.
Site overview
Cantley Mill is a former tower corn mill on Mill Lane at Cantley. The early nineteenth-century tower is built of red brick on a magnesian limestone base and forms a four-storey truncated cone. It was altered in 1820 and converted to steam power around 1845.
The mill tower and associated chimney survive as listed structures.
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History
Cantley Mill was built at Cantley as a tower corn mill in the early nineteenth century. The surviving tower is red brick in random bond on a magnesian limestone base. It rises as a four-storey truncated cone with doorways and segmental-headed windows, and a cast-iron curb incorporated into corbelled and cogged brickwork at the top.
A stone plaque is inscribed with the initials W C and the date 1820, probably marking alteration by W. Childers of Cantley Hall. The mill was converted to steam power around 1845, and its associated steam-engine chimney survived alongside the tower. Cantley Mill was listed at Grade II in 1980 and remains within the grounds of Mill Farm.
Timeline
1820
Mill altered
A dated plaque on the tower records alteration in 1820.
1845
Steam power introduced
The mill was converted to steam power around 1845.
1980
Grade II listing
Cantley Mill was listed at Grade II.
Sources and records
Historic England National Heritage List entry
Windmill World site entry
Mills Archive mill record
Doncaster local history timeline
Doncaster Civic Trust newsletter
Windmill World site entry
Mills Archive mill record
Doncaster local history timeline
Doncaster Civic Trust newsletter