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Boroughbridge Mill

Description and History of Site:-
Fine Georgian styled mill in brick with small-paned 'factory' windows with iron glazing bars. Steam supplemented, remains of chimney in an extension behind. Adjacent, either a ruined water powered predecessor or a separate wheel-house with foundations only and some half buried machinery. Sluice from river, huge weir and separate navigation channel. (Hatcher 1973). Estimated building date 1820. Had a turbine at some point, supplementary steam power probably later. Damaged by fire 1962. Was in the process of demolition in February 1974.

2015 Site redeveloped large weir on the River Ure still in place


Further Reading and References:-
YAHS - Hatcher Card Index. Research funded by the Yorkshire Arts Association 1972.
Hatcher, J. The Industrial Architecture of Yorkshire, Phillimore, 1985.


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Viewing the Site :- No public access now private house can be viewed from the public road

Address :- Mill Lane, Boroughbridge, North Yorkshire, YO51 9LH
Grid Ref :- SE 3948 6699
Co-ordinates :- Lat 54.097299 , Long -1.397807
Local Authority :- Harrogate Borough Council
Pre 1974 County :- Yorkshire - West Riding
Site Status :- Site demolished or no longer extant
Site Condition :- Site redeveloped to residential housing
Site Dates :- c1820 - 1974
Record Date :- 16 May 2015

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