| Catalogue Finding Number | WYHER/12998 |
| Office record is held at | Historical Environment Record, West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service |
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| Title | Windmill (site of), Foulby, Sharlston |
| Description | Site of windmill (smock mill) designed by engineer John Smeaton and built in 1755.
Smock mill designed by Yorkshire engineer John Smeaton and built in 1755. First example of a wind mill to use an iron cross to fix the ends of the wind shafts. Smeaton's mill may have been used as an oil mill. The publication 'The English windmill' (Wailes, R. 1954) contains an illustration of the mill. A smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weather boarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind
The online encyclopaedia, Wikipedia, places Smeaton's windmill in the same location as the Windmill Inn, Foulby (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foulby. Web site accessed 26/11/2013). The OS 1st edition map of 1849 (sheet 249) describes a windmill to the 87m to the west on the opposite side of the road (SE 39242 17986).
The mill was demolished after the mid 20th century (OS 4th edition. c.1948. Sheet 249). |
| Date | 21st century |
| Extent | contact the West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service for information on what is available |
| Level | Item |