c.1905 postcard labelled Brygates Mill
|
Briggate
towermill |
|
c.1905 postcard labelled Brygates Mill |
Briggate towermill was 5 storeys high and built of tarred red brick c.1859. It had a boat shaped cap with a gallery. The windshaft and brakewheel were still in situ in 1970. |
 |
 |
23rd October 1970 |
1969 |
 |
|
6th
April 2003
|
For much of its working life, Briggate windmill was worked in conjunction with Briggate watermill and much of the joint history is on that page. |
 |
 |
1st January 2007 |
|
 |
 |
Remains of the fanstage 1st January 2007 |
Cap and petticoat 1st January 2007 |
 |
O.S. map 1890-1891 - towermill top left Image produced from the www.old-maps.co.uk service with permission of Landmark Information Group Ltd. and Ordnance Survey |
 |
O.S. Map 2005 Image reproduced under licence from Ordnance Survey |
 |
|
26th April 2009 |
|
c.1850: Mill built
White's 1854: George Greenacre, corn miller, Bengate
|
If you have any memories, anecdotes or photos please let us know and we may be able to use them to update the site. By all means telephone 01263 713658 or
|
| Nat Grid Ref TG310277 |
Copyright © Jonathan Neville 2004 |