Holgate Windmill

Holgate Windmill is a brick tower mill built in 1770 on Windmill Rise in , a suburb of , England. Constructed for the miller George Waud, it worked with roller‑reefing and later double‑patent sails, and was equipped during the 19th century with several pairs of French Burr millstones and dressing machines.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: grade II listed windmill in York, North Yorkshire, England, UK
  • Address: 42 Windmill Rise, York, YO26 4TX

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include York Cold War Bunker and York railway station.

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The is a two-storey, semi-subterranean, Cold War in the area of , , built in 1961 to monitor nuclear explosions and fallout in Yorkshire, in the event of nuclear war. is situated 1,200 feet west of Holgate Windmill.

Railway station
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is a principal stop on the East Coast Main Line serving the cathedral city of , in , England. It is 188 miles 40 chains north of and, on the main line, it is situated between to the south and to the north. is situated 3,900 feet east of Holgate Windmill.

Pub
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is a public house on Holgate Road in , a suburb of , England. The pub was purpose-built in 1878, replacing an earlier establishment on the site. is situated 1,100 feet east of Holgate Windmill.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Holgate and Acomb.

Suburb
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is a suburb of in the ceremonial county of , England. It is located about 1 mile west of Micklegate Bar in the city walls. is also the name of an electoral ward in the unitary authority.

Suburb
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, is a village and suburb within the unitary authority area, in , England, to the western side of . It covers the site of the original village of the same name, which is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086.

Suburb
is an area of central , in . It lies within the city walls and has been occupied since at least the Roman period.

Holgate Windmill

Latitude
53.95611° or 53° 57′ 22″ north
Longitude
-1.11122° or 1° 6′ 40″ west
Open location code
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Open­Street­Map ID
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Wiki­data ID
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In Other Languages

From Czech to Japanese—“Holgate Windmill” goes by many names.
  • Czech: “Větrný mlýn Holgate”
  • Czech: “Větrný mlýn”
  • German: “Windmühle Holgate”
  • Japanese: “ホルゲート風車”

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Highlights include Holgate Methodist Church and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

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