Sadly the Windmill which used to dominate the skyline around Aberford was demolished in the early 1980’s. A good picture of the old structure can be found on Leodis
There is also an explanation of the removal of the stone work by Mark Jackson. Below is a photo of the very stone being loaded and carted away to Barwick in Elmet!
March 2008 addition
A late headmaster from Aberford Primary School, a Mr W. Pickles undertook a collection of water colours depicting local scenes, the picture below is one from the collection, It is the lost Windmill of Aberford on Windmill Hill between Aberford and Lotherton the road was diverted in the 1960’s to facilitate the A1 bypass, since realigned in the 1990’s to accommodate the A1-M1 Link. According to details from the local publication Aberford in Times Past
, the old mill was in use from as early as 1458! The ironwork from the rotating head of the mill was partly dismantled during the Second World War for salvage, the mill houses were demolished sometime after the war. Given these facts it seems likely that Mr Pickles water colour was painted from a photograph
