Raindale Mill is a reconstructed early 19th century flour mill which was moved from the North York Moors

North York Moors

The North York Moors is a national park in North Yorkshire, England. The moors are one of the largest expanses of heather moorland in the United Kingdom. It covers an area of , and it has a population of about 25,000...

 to the grounds of York Castle Museum

York Castle Museum

York Castle Museum is a museum located in York, North Yorkshire, England, on the site of York Castle, originally built by William the Conqueror in 1068...

 in the 1960s.

History

The mill was powered by a mill pond. This was connected to a mill race where it would hit the waterwheel in overshot of the wheel. The wheel is then connected by gear wheels to millstones that grind grain into flour. In 1915 the water that flowed to the mill pond dried up and so made the mill redundant. It was donated to York Castle Museum in the 1930s. It was brought to its current site in the 1950s and 60s.

Restoration

In 2010 the mill reopened with the aim to get it working again. In 2011 the mill has started its restoration to have it working again.