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Corn mill in use
Lilley's Mill worked as a wind-powered tower corn mill.
Site overview
Lilley's Mill is a former tower corn mill at Owston Ferry. Specialist mill records identify it as a wind-powered tower mill with a corn-milling function, and the county windmill list records it as an early nineteenth-century tower mill. Historic image records show an Owston Ferry tower windmill with ogee cap, full sails, and fantail beside a riverbank, while modern photographs record the old mill near Drain Head Farm.
The mill was one of several windmills associated with Owston Ferry and preserves the memory of the village's wind-powered corn-milling landscape on the edge of the Trent-side lowlands.
Map
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No site photograph is currently available. Images will be added as field visits are carried out.
History
Lilley's Mill was one of the recorded tower windmills at Owston Ferry. The village had several windmills, including Fletcher's Mill and other tower-mill sites, reflecting the importance of wind-powered corn milling in the Isle of Axholme and Trent-side agricultural landscape.
The mill is recorded as a wind-powered tower corn mill. The Lincolnshire county list places Lilley's Mill in the early nineteenth century, while specialist mill records identify it specifically by name. Historic images of an Owston Ferry windmill show a tower mill with ogee cap, full sails, and fantail beside a watercourse, preserving the appearance of the local windmilling landscape before later loss of working fabric.
Modern photographic records locate the old mill near Drain Head Farm and show its survival as a recorded former tower-mill site. The public record therefore establishes its identity, corn-milling function, tower-mill form, and place among the multiple windmills of Owston Ferry.
Timeline
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Windmill image recorded
An Owston Ferry tower windmill was recorded with ogee cap, full sails, and fantail beside a riverbank.
1800–1833
Tower mill built
Lilley's Mill is recorded as an early nineteenth-century tower mill at Owston Ferry.
2006
Old mill photographed
The old mill near Drain Head Farm was photographed on 26 March 2006.
Sources and records
Windmill World site entry
Mills Archive site record
Lincolnshire Museums image record
Geograph photograph record
List of windmills in Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire Windmills by Peter Dolman
Mills Archive site record
Lincolnshire Museums image record
Geograph photograph record
List of windmills in Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire Windmills by Peter Dolman