Lytham Windmill

It is of the type known as a tower mill and was designed for grinding wheat and oats to make flour or bran.

[1][2] The mill was built on Lytham marshes around 1805 on land leased by the local landowner and squire to miller Richard Cookson.

The surrounding land was later levelled and grassed to form a ribbon green between the houses and the sea, in the middle of which stands the mill.

In 1805 Richard Cookson sought and obtained a lease from the Squire for a plot of land on which to build a ‘windy milne’.

On the 2nd January 1919, a tremendous gale turned the sails despite the powerful brake and sparks ignited the woodwork.