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Site overview

Ellerby Mill was a wind-powered tower corn mill at Ellerby. The mill survives as a former tower mill, with its location and identity tied to Ellerby rather than Aldbrough. Its precise construction date, working period, machinery arrangement and final closure date have not been established.

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History

Ellerby Mill was a tower mill used for corn milling. It stood at Ellerby in the East Riding of Yorkshire and formed part of the wind-powered milling landscape of Holderness. The surviving structure marks the former mill site.

The mill no longer survives as a complete working windmill. Details of the original tower height, cap, sails, windshaft, millstones and final cessation of work remain uncertain. The site survives as a former tower corn mill at Ellerby.

Timeline

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Tower corn mill

Ellerby Mill operated as a wind-powered tower corn mill.
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Former tower mill survives

The former tower mill survives at Ellerby.

Sources and records

Windmill World entry: Ellerby windmill
Mills Archive catalogue entry: Ellerby Mill, Ellerby
List of windmills in the East Riding of Yorkshire
All Windmills entry: Tower mill, Ellerby