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Tower corn mill
Ellerton Windmill operated as a wind-powered tower corn mill.
Site overview
Ellerton Windmill was a wind-powered tower corn mill at Ellerton. It survives as a former tower mill structure. The known facts establish its milling function, tower-mill type and location, but the construction date, machinery details, working chronology and final closure date have not been established.
Map
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History
Ellerton Windmill was a tower corn mill at Ellerton in the East Riding of Yorkshire. It formed part of the village's wind-powered milling history and survived after its working life ended.
The mill is now a former tower-mill structure. Its original cap, sails, windshaft, stones and working arrangements remain uncertain. No final working date has been identified. The surviving former mill represents the remains of a wind-powered corn mill at Ellerton.
Timeline
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Former tower mill survives
The former tower mill survives at Ellerton.
Sources and records
Windmill World entry: Ellerton windmill
Mills Archive catalogue entry: Tower mill, Ellerton
University of Kent Muggeridge Collection entry: Ellerton
List of windmills in the East Riding of Yorkshire
Mills Archive catalogue entry: Tower mill, Ellerton
University of Kent Muggeridge Collection entry: Ellerton
List of windmills in the East Riding of Yorkshire