TOWSEY HOLE WINDMILL, HODBARROW POINT, HAVERIGG, CUMBRIA, ENGLAND.
THE OLD TOWSEY HOLE WINDMILL ORIGINALLY GROUND GRAIN ON TOP OF HODBARROW POINT NEAR THE TOWN OF HAVERIGG. THE NAME HAVERIGG IN OLD NORSE AND MEANS HAFRI (OATS) AND RIFF (A RIDGE). THE OLD WINDMILL MUST HAVE GROUND THE GRAIN AND POSITIONED CLOSE TO WHERE THE GRAIN WAS GROWN.

THE WINDMILL WAS BUILT LONG BEFORE HODBARROW MINING COMPANY OPENED ON THE SITE IN THE 1860’S. THE MINING COMPANY USED THE TOWSEY HOLE WINDMILL AS AN OFFICE FOR THE MINE BEFORE THEY CLOSED IN 1968, BUT SAID TO BE IN A POOR STATE BACK THEN AS IT IS TODAY.

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