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Ref NoMILL/MUG/DMUG/GB/WILTYOR/540813
AltRefNo540813
CollectionDonald Muggeridge Collection of Mill Photographs
Title"Little Smeaton ~ Rear Yorks."
Name of creatorMuggeridge, Donald William, 1918-2015, photographer and researcher of windmills
Date2.7.1961
Extent1 photographic negative
1 photograph
1 digital image
DescriptionBlack and white negative and print made from it of an open trestle post windmill in Little Smeaton,, Yorkshire, showing a ~ view from the rear on the left in a state of disrepair, taken on 2nd July 1961.
NotesPrevious reference number: MILL/MUG/DMUG/GB/WILTYOR/540813
There are two places in, Yorkshire named Little Smeaton, one near Northallerton and one near Pontefract. It is not clear in which one the windmill was located.
Little Smeaton post mill vanished in August 1961. The local villagers were informed the mill had been dismantled to be re-erected in a museum, but this failed to happen and the trail of what happened to the structure has long run cold. (Taken from http://
SubjectWindmills
Post mills
Photographs
PhysicalDescriptionNegative: 60 x 60 mm
Related PlaceLittle Smeaton, Yorkshire


CategoryPhotographs
Access conditionsDigital image available via University of Kent's Special Collections & Archives online catalogue. Please note that we do not normally allow users to view the original negatives.
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