Britain's oldest brick tower windmill which sits in the middle of a housing estate is still spinning over 250 years after it was built.<br /><br />Located in Holgate, York, Holgate Windmill has been working since 1770 after being built by George Waud, from Selby, North Yorks., after he bought the land on December 27 1768.<br /><br />The mill - which grinds corn to make flour - was built in open countryside looking over the hamlet of Holgate and was one of many mills in the Yorkshire region.<br /><br />The 90-foot-tall mill now sits on a roundabout in the middle of a housing estate which was built in the 1940s and 50s post World War Two.
