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Brickyard tower built
A small wind-powered tower was built at Haxby for brickyard use.
Site overview
Haxby Small Brickyard Tower was a small wind-powered structure associated with brickyard use at Haxby. It was not an ordinary tower corn mill. The construction date, machinery, working arrangements and later survival history have not been established in detail.
Map
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No site photograph is currently available. Images will be added as field visits are carried out.
History
Haxby Small Brickyard Tower was a small wind-powered tower associated with brickyard activity at Haxby. Its function was connected with the brickyard rather than corn milling. The detailed construction date, working machinery, period of use and later physical survival remain uncertain.
The site preserves the location of one of the small industrial wind-powered towers recorded at Haxby.
Timeline
Sources and records
Windmill World site entry
Mills Archive mill record
Historic Ordnance Survey mapping
Mills Archive mill record
Historic Ordnance Survey mapping