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Tower corn mill
Hornby Mill operated as a wind-powered tower corn mill.
Site overview
Hornby Mill is a former tower corn mill at Hornby, north of Northallerton. It survives as a converted tower mill incorporated into a house. The mill is identified as a wind-powered tower corn mill, but its construction date, machinery arrangement, working chronology and final closure date have not been established.
Map
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History
Hornby Mill was a wind-powered tower corn mill at Hornby in North Yorkshire. The mill later ceased working and survived as a tower structure. It has since been converted as part of a house, retaining the former mill tower within a residential setting.
The original tower height, cap, sails, windshaft, millstones and final working date remain uncertain. The site survives as a converted former tower corn mill at Hornby.
Timeline
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House conversion
The former tower mill was converted as part of a house.
Sources and records
Windmill World entry: Hornby windmill
List of windmills in North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire planning committee report: Hornby
Mills Archive catalogue references for Yorkshire windmills
List of windmills in North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire planning committee report: Hornby
Mills Archive catalogue references for Yorkshire windmills