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Haxby Road Mill, also known as Bootham Stray or Randerson's mill, was a seven-storey brick tower mill built around 1817 on Haxby Road, York. It worked as a corn mill and was associated with the Randerson family. By 1888 Robert Randerson had installed roller milling equipment and rebranded the business as White Cross Roller Mills.

One side of the former tower, about 30 feet high, survives as the north gable end of 106 Haxby Road.

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History

Haxby Road Mill was a seven-storey brick tower mill built around 1817 on Haxby Road, York. It was also known as Bootham Stray or Randerson's mill and worked as a corn mill. The Randerson family operated the mill as a profitable business during the nineteenth century.

By 1888 Robert Randerson had installed roller milling equipment and rebranded the business as White Cross Roller Mills. The roller-milling venture did not lead to long-term survival as an intact windmill. Part of the former tower remains incorporated into later buildings: one side of the tower, about 30 feet high, forms the north gable end of 106 Haxby Road and stands set back behind other buildings on the street.

Timeline

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Tower fabric retained

One side of the former tower survives as the north gable end of 106 Haxby Road.
1817

Haxby Road Mill built

The seven-storey brick tower mill was built around 1817.
1888

Roller milling installed

Robert Randerson installed roller milling equipment and rebranded the business as White Cross Roller Mills.

Sources and records

Windmill World entry: York windmill
Mills Archive catalogue entry: Haxby Road Mill, York
The Windmills of York, Friends of Fishergate and Fulford History Group, 2025
All Windmills entry: Haxby Road Mill, York
Photographers Resource windmills list