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Hotel incorporation
The former windmill tower was incorporated into the Britannia Hotel site.
Site overview
Whin Moor Mill, also known as Seacroft Mill and Betty Barker's Mill, is a former tower mill on York Road at Seacroft, Leeds. It was built in the nineteenth century and worked until 1928. The former mill tower was later incorporated into hotel use on the Britannia Hotel site.
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History
Whin Moor Mill was built in the nineteenth century as a tower windmill at Seacroft. It is also known as Seacroft Mill and Betty Barker's Mill. The mill worked until 1928 and then passed out of industrial use.
The surviving tower was later refurbished and incorporated into mixed use as part of the Britannia Hotel on York Road. The former windmill remains visible from public roads and footpaths at the hotel site.
Timeline
1800–1899
Tower mill built
Whin Moor Mill was built as a nineteenth-century tower windmill at Seacroft.
1928
Milling ended
The mill worked until 1928.
Sources and records
Industrial History Online site entry
Windmill World site entry
Mills Archive mill record
Geograph photographic record
List of windmills in West Yorkshire
Windmill World site entry
Mills Archive mill record
Geograph photographic record
List of windmills in West Yorkshire