List of windmills in West Yorkshire

This is a list of windmills in the English county of West Yorkshire.

Locations

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Aberford	Barkeston Mill			1216 [1]	1216 [1]
Aberford	Hicklam Mill SE 434 359	Tower		18th century [2]	Windmill World
Aberford	Lotherton Mill			1720 [1]	1720 [1]
Barwick in Elmet	Barwick Mill [3]			1850s [3]	Demolished 1950s [3]
Birstall	Brownhill Mill SE 233 262	Tower			Windmill World
Bramham	Bramham Mill SE 432 433	Tower		18th century [4]	Windmill World
Darrington	Darrington Mill SE 474 199	Tower		Late 18th or early 19th century [5]	Windmill World
Howden	Howden Brickworks Pump SE 250 280	Tower			Windmill World
Kippax	Kippax Mill SE 426 299	Tower		18th century [6]	Windmill World
Knottingley	Knottingley Mill SE 500 230	Tower			Windmill World
Leeds	Colton Mill SE 376 330	Tower		Mid-18th century [7]	Windmill World
Leeds	Potternewton Mill SE 296 365	Tower		Late 18th century [8]	Windmill World
Leeds	Whin Moor Mill Seacroft Mill SWillington Mill [9] SE 359 364	Tower			Windmill World
Leeds	Flint Mill [10] [11]			1758 [11]	1774 [11]
Morley	Morley Mill [12]
Pontefract	Dandy Mill Boreas Union Mill SE 468 230	Tower		1819 [13]	Windmill World
South Kirkby	Kirkby Mill SE 4438 1035	Tower	1854
Upton	Upton Mill SE 474 139	Tower			Windmill World
Wakefield	Flint Mill [10] [11]	Smock [11]		1755 [11]
Wakefield	Oil Mill [11]	Smock [11]		1755 [11]
West Ardsley	Boyle Hall	Titt iron wind engine		1899 [14]	Demolished by 1971 [15]

Maps

• 1772 T Jeffereys
• 1775 Jackson
• 1829 A Bryant
• 1854 Ordnance Survey
• 1855 Ordnance Survey

Notes

Mills in bold are still standing, known building dates are indicated in bold. Text in italics denotes indicates that the information is not confirmed, but is likely to be the case stated.

Sources

Unless otherwise indicated, the source for all entries is:-Gregory, Roy (1985). East Yorkshire Windmills. Cheddar: Charles Skilton Ltd. ISBN   0-284-98721-2. or the linked Windmill World page.

References

1. "A Couple of Tours Through Elmet". Old Tykes. Archived from the original on 9 February 2009. Retrieved 18 June 2009.
2. Historic England. "HICKLAM MILL, MAIN STREET (east off), LOTHERTON CUM ABERFORD, LEEDS, WEST YORKSHIRE (1300610)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 18 June 2009.
3. "Barwick, Windmill, Postcard". Leeds City Council. Retrieved 19 June 2008.
4. Historic England. "WINDMILL, WINDMILL ROAD (east side), BRAMHAM CUM OGLETHORPE, LEEDS, WEST YORKSHIRE (1200606)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 19 June 2009.
5. Historic England. "DARRINGTON WINDMILL, MOOR LANE (east off), DARRINGTON, WAKEFIELD, WEST YORKSHIRE (1212102)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 19 June 2009.
6. Historic England. "WINDMILL APPROXIMATELY 30 METRES WEST OF MILL FARMHOUSE, LONGDIKE LANE LS25 (north off), GARFORTH, LEEDS, WEST YORKSHIRE (1237402)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 19 June 2009.
7. Historic England. "COLTON MILL AT COLTON MILL FARM, BULLERTHORPE LANE (west side), LEEDS, LEEDS, WEST YORKSHIRE (1255798)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 19 June 2009.
8. Historic England. "THE ROUND HOUSE, POTTERNEWTON MOUNT (south side), LEEDS, LEEDS, WEST YORKSHIRE (1375492)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 27 July 2009.
9. "Windmill and Farm". Leeds City Council. Retrieved 19 June 2009.
10. Five sails
11. Wailes, Rex (1954). The English Windmill. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. pp. 54, 94, 99, 101, 155, Plate IX.
12. "Howley Upper Mill, dam". Leeds City Council. Retrieved 19 June 2009.
13. Historic England. "DANDY MILL, WATER LANE (east side), PONTEFRACT, WAKEFIELD, WEST YORKSHIRE (1313271)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 19 June 2009.
14. Major, J Kenneth (1977). The Windmills of John Wallis Titt. The International Molinological Society.
15. "Boyle Hall, base of the windmill used for". Leeds City Council. Retrieved 19 June 2009.