Alkborough Windmill
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| Origin | |
| Mill name | Alkborough Windmill |
| Mill location | Alkborough, Lincolnshire, United Kindom |
| Grid reference | SE 883 215 |
| Coordinates | 53°40′58″N 0°39′51″W / 53.68278°N 0.66417°W |
| Year built | 1855 |
| Information | |
| Purpose | Corn mill |
| Type | Tower mill |
| Storeys | Four storeys |
| No. of sails | Four |
| Type of sails | Patent sails |
| Windshaft | Cast iron |
| Winding | Fantail |
| Fantail blades | Eight |
| Auxiliary power | Oil engine |
| No. of pairs of millstones | Three |
Alkborough Windmill is a Grade II listed tower mill at Alkborough, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom that was built in the 19th century and worked by wind until 1914. The tower survives, stripped of machinery and converted to residential accommodation.
History
Alkborough Windmill was built in 1855 on the site of a post mill. The roundhouse of the post mill was incorporated into the tower. Edward Kew was the miller in 1885. It worked by wind until 1914 when a sail fell off. The other three were removed in 1915. The mill was worked by oil engine into the 1930s. The mill was derelict by 1933. It was listed Grade II on 17 October 1985. The tower remains to its full height, stripped of machinery. The mill was converted to residential accommodation in the 2000s.
Description
Alkborough Windmill is a four storey tower mill. It had an ogee cap winded by a fantail. Four double Patent sails were carried on a cast iron windshaft. The sails had eight bays of three shutters. The mill drove three pairs of millstones. One pair was French Burr stones. One pair had a French Burr bedstone with a Peak runner stone.
References
- 1 2 "Alkborough, windmill (1)". Lincoln: Society for Lincolnshire History & Archaeology. Retrieved 9 November 2026.
- 1 2 Dolman 1986, p. 10.
- ↑ "Alkborough, windmill (2)". Lincoln: Society for Lincolnshire History & Archaeology. Retrieved 9 November 2026.
- 1 2 "Item FWGC-1101545 - Tower mill, Alkborough, in working order". Mills Archive Trust. Retrieved 9 November 2026.
- ↑ Wailes 1991, p. 103.
- ↑ "Windmill tower approximately 100 metres east of Fairway". Historic England. Retrieved 9 November 2026.
- ↑ "Alkborough, windmill (3)". Lincoln: Society for Lincolnshire History & Archaeology. Retrieved 9 November 2026.
Sources
- Dolman, Peter (1986). Lincolnshire Windmills, a contemporary survey. Lincoln: Lincolnshire County Council. ISBN 0 86111 126 5.
- Wailes, Rex (1991). Lincolnshire Windmills. Part One: Post Mills and Part Two: Tower Mills. Heckington: Society's Council of Friends of Heckington Mill. ISBN 0 9518795 0 2.