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The Sale of Yapham Mill

The sale of Yapham Smock Corn Wind Mill in 1805, 1825 and 1856. In the 1910/11 Land Tax it describes it as a 4 sailed Mill in 1909 and working, but states that since 1909 the sails were blown down and not repaired and now disused. It was turned into a corn store with pigeon cote.

1805 sale
The York Herald, February 23rd, 1805

Yapham Mill sale in 1825
The Leeds Mercury, August 20, 1825
Yapham Mill sale 1856
Yorkshire Gazette - Saturday 27 September 1856
Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Source:http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000266/18560927/070/0001
Image reproduced with kind permission of http://www.thebritishnewspaperarchive.com
Yapham Mill
Yapham Mill taken around 1900.
The sails blew off around 1910 and it became disused.