Little Marton windmill, Lancashire 🌍

Little Marton #1463

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(53.79913,-2.9898)

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tower mill function:Corn mill 1838 - conserved

The memorial plaque inside the mill (of which there is a replica outside as well) reads:

ALLEN CLARKE MEMORIAL WINDMILL. This windmill was given in 1937 by Cornelius Bagot of Blackpool to be maintained as a memorial to Allen Clarke, author, journalist & Lancashire dialect story writer who was born in Bolton in 1863 & died in Blackpool in 1935 - Author of "Windmill Land", "Windmill Land Stories", "Moorlands and Memories" - Founder of the Lancashire Authors Association and the Blackpool Ramble Club.

Little Marton, Spring 2008 © Daniel Stretton

Little Marton, Spring 2008 © Daniel Stretton

Little Marton, Spring 2008 © Daniel Stretton

Little Marton, Spring 2008 © Daniel Stretton

Interior of Little Marton Windmill

Interior of Little Marton Windmill, Spring 2008 © Friends of Little Marton Windmill

Interior of Little Marton Windmill

Interior of Little Marton Windmill, Spring 2008 © Friends of Little Marton Windmill

Interior of Little Marton Windmill

Interior of Little Marton Windmill, Spring 2008 © Friends of Little Marton Windmill

Interior of Little Marton Windmill

Interior of Little Marton Windmill, Spring 2008 © Friends of Little Marton Windmill

Shirley Matthews opeing Little Marton Mill for National Mills Weekend

Shirley Matthews opeing Little Marton Mill for National Mills Weekend, Spring 2008 © Friends of Little Marton Windmill

Memorial stone inside Little Marton Windmill

Memorial stone inside Little Marton Windmill, Spring 2008 © Friends of Little Marton Windmill

Little Marton, Spring 2008 © Friends of Little Marton Windmill

Mill ID 1463

Little Marton, , 2/4/89
© Peter Hedges collection

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Entry in Mills Archive database - #1463 - Little Marton Windmill, Little Marton (has photos)

Muggeridge Collection photos

538553 - Little Marton, 3/4 Rear, Lancs.
538554 - Little Marton, 3/4 Rear, Lancs.
538555 - Little Marton, 3/4 Rear, Lancs.
538556 - Little Marton, Side, Lancs.
F186373 - Little Marton. Lancs. 21.6.37 (W B Muggeridge plate glass negative)

Allen Clarke Plaque, Little Marton Windmill, Blackpool [2010-05-08] - HD

Gears and Cogs and Stuff, Little Marton Windmill, Blackpool - 2 [2010-05-08] - HD

Gears and Cogs and Stuff, Little Marton Windmill, Blackpool - 1 [2010-05-08] - HD

Open Day, Windmill, Little Marton, Blackpool [2010-05-08] - HD

Windmill. Little Marton, Blackpool - 3 [2010-05-08]

Windmill, Little Marton, Blackpool - 2 [2010-05-08] - HD

Windmill, Little Marton, Blackpool - 1 [2010-05-08] - HD

Little Marton Windmill [2009-11-08]

Little Marton windmill [2009-07-24]

Memorial windmill leaving Blackpool [2008-06-26]

The Allen Clarke Memorial Windmill, Blackpool [2007-06-11]

Alexander P Kapp

Windmill [2005-08-15]

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[Listed Building]

Illustration from Windmill Land by Allen Clarke: Little Marton
BBC news item: Windmill restoration group seeks more volunteers (Little Marton) 2025
BBC news item: Windmill restoration plan stalled by rotten sails (Little Marton) 2024
BBC news item: All sails taken off storm damaged Blackpool Grade ll listed windmill (Little Marton) 2023
BBC news item: Sail falls off Blackpool's Grade II listed Little Marton Windmill 2023
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News item: A look back at recent windmill images from PA Images (3/10/25 news from 2017-2025)

News item: Colourful interior of Little Marton (29/5/08)

News item: Photos of Marton mill (8/5/08)

News item: Windmill sails (22/4/08)

News item: WindmillLand - Promoting the works of Allen Clarke (22/4/08)

News item: Marton windmill loses sail in gales (30/3/08)

News item: Charles Allen Clarke tribute tour of Fylde windmills (28/5/06)

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Little Marton Hill

Preston New Road, Blackpool, Lancashire

22 Aug 1999 - Photograph (Digital)

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