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The 20 best windmills in Yorkshire & the Humber

Our curated top 20 windmills in Yorkshire & the Humber, ranked by quality rating, image richness and content depth. For the complete list of 35 windmills see the full windmills index for Yorkshire & the Humber.

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    Skidby Mill

    Skidby Mill, windmills in Yorkshire & the Humber

    Skidby Windmill is a Grade II* listed windmill at Skidby near Beverley, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. Originally built in 1821, the mill was further extended to reach its current five-stor

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    Kirby Mill

    Kirby Mill, windmills in Yorkshire & the Humber

    Skelton Windmill, also known as Kirby Mill, is a historic building in Skelton-on-Ure, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. The windmill was constructed in 1822, to grind corn. The windows and doo

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    Windmill at Windmill Farm

    Windmill Farm - geograph.org.uk - 3298854

    Old Malton Mill, also known as Old Malton Moor Mill, is a historic building near Old Malton, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. A windmill was first recorded in 1780, although it is unclear whe

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    Beacon Windmill

    Beacon Windmill, windmills in Yorkshire & the Humber

    Beacon Windmill is a historic building in Ravenscar, North Yorkshire, a village in England. The windmill was built in 1858, for local landlord William Hammond. It was originally known as Peak Mill, wa

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    Windmill At Rear Of No 17

    Painted corbel, West End - geograph.org.uk - 2400492

    The Old Windmill is a historic building in Kirkbymoorside, a town in North Yorkshire, in England. The windmill was built in 1839, for G. Rivis, at a cost of £1,000. The Rivis family sold it in 1861, a

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    Holgate Windmill

    Holgate Windmill, windmills in Yorkshire & the Humber

    Holgate Windmill is a tower mill at Holgate in York, North Yorkshire, England which has been restored to working order.

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    Wrawby Post Windmill

    Wrawby Post Windmill, windmills in Yorkshire & the Humber

    Wrawby Post Windmill is a windmill in the United Kingdom.

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    The Old Windmill

    The Old Windmill, windmills in Yorkshire & the Humber

    The Old Windmill is a disused windmill in Appleton Roebuck, a village south-west of York in England. The four-storey tower windmill was constructed in about 1820, to grind corn. It is built of brick a

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    Kellington Windmill

    Kellington Windmill, windmills in Yorkshire & the Humber

    Kellington Windmill is a historic building in Kellington, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. The windmill was built in about 1800, to grind corn. It originally had four floors and was powered s

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    South Duffield Windmill

    South Duffield Windmill, windmills in Yorkshire & the Humber

    South Duffield Windmill is a historic building in South Duffield, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. A windmill was first recorded in South Duffield in 1311, when Luke de Hemingborough gave it

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    Darrington Windmill

    Tumbling Hill - Carleton Road - geograph.org.uk - 1894853

    Details DARRINGTON MOOR LANE SE41NE (east side, off) 7/22 - Darrington Windmill - II Tower windmill, now store. Probably late C18 or very early C19; altered. Handmade brick enclosing timber frame. Con

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    Lings Windmill

    Lings Windmill, Hatfield, Doncaster - geograph.org.uk - 7000276

    Details SE 60 NE 11/40 HATFIELD LINGS LANE (east side) Lings Windmill II Tower mill. Early C19. Red brick in English garden wall bond. 4-storey truncated cone. Segmentally-arched doorway in west side

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    Windmill Tower Approximately 20 Metres South West Of Mill House

    Mill on Mill Lane, Keyingham - geograph.org.uk - 6547061

    Details KEYINGHAM MILL ROAD TA 22 NW (west side) 2/22 Windmill tower approximately 20 metres south-west of Mill House GV II Windmill tower. Late C18 origins, raised and re-fitted c1825; roof of c1970.

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    Windmill Tower Approximately 20 Metres South East Of Oakengates

    Scawby Mill - geograph.org.uk - 216504

    Details SE 9605-9705 SCAWBY MILL LANE (west side) 19/88 Windmill tower approximately 20 metres south-east of Oakengates II Windmill tower. c1830 with later C19 top section. Brick. 5 storeys: 3- storey

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    Windmill At The Mill Public House

    Holderness Road, Kingston upon Hull - geograph.org.uk - 3465442

    Details KINGSTON UPON HULL TA13SW HOLDERNESS ROAD 680-1/5/204 (South East side) 16/06/71 Windmill at The Mill Public House (Formerly Listed as: HOLDERNESS ROAD Former windmill (adjacent to No.602)) GV

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    Lelley Windmill

    Derelict Mill on Mill Lane - geograph.org.uk - 1839375

    Details Corn windmill, of tower type, built in 1790 for Peter Sumper (Miller), and later raised in height to six stories. MATERIALS: a tarred red brick windmill tower, all doors and window openings ha

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    Windmill Tower Approximately 100 Metres East Of Fairway

    Alkborough Tower Mill - geograph.org.uk - 1129873

    Details SE 82 SE 1/8 ALKBOROUGH WEST HALTON LANE (east side) Windmill tower approximately 100 metres east of Fairway II Windmill tower. Early C19. Red brick, formerly tarred. Circular on plan. Four st

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    Windmill Tower At Number 145 (Timm And Son Ltd)

    Former tower mill, Goole - geograph.org.uk - 8158747

    Details G0OLE BOOTHFERRY ROAD SE 7423 (north side) 14/54 Windmill tower at No 145 (Timm and Son Ltd) - II Windmill tower. Late C18 - early C19 with C20 internal alterations and addition of water tank.

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    Windmill At The Golf Club

    Beverley Westwood, common land - geograph.org.uk - 894316

    Details TA 0238 BEVERLEY KELDGATE ROAD (south side) 12/125 Windmill at the Golf Club II Truncated stump of an early C19 windmill. Tarred brick. 3 storeys. Now with crenellated top. Listing NGR: TA0218

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    Windmill Tower Approximately 30 Metres South Of Mill House

    Direction Sign – Signpost on Gatehouse Road, Goxhill - geograph.org.uk - 7730287

    Details HUMBERSIDE GLANFORD 5264 TA 02 SE GOXHILL BARROW ROAD (south side) 4/26 Windmill tower approximately 30 metres south of Mill House - II Windmill tower. Early C19. Red brick with traces of tarr

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