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JOSEPH ROSS
(1866-1943)
Mr. Joseph Ross
Joseph Ross was the son of Joseph Ross of Hartwith Mill, Birstwith, where he was born on the 4th. October 1866. He married Alice Walbank, of Brimham Lodge Hartwith, on the 4th. October 1887 at Bishop Thornton Church.
After learning the milling business with his father, he took over Woodfield Mill in Bishop Thornton. He remained there until 1924, when he moved to Markington Mills.(Although records show That he was paying rent for the mill in Markington from 1919.
Joseph was a keen fisherman, and it was his hobby for well over fifty years. He often gave his catch away, for on the 14th. November 1926 he received a letter From Mr. H. Sutcliffe-Smith of Ingerthorpe Grange, thanking him for the fish that they had enjoyed.
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In October 1937, Joseph and Alice celebrated their 50th. Wedding Anniversary at home, 4 Beechwood Terrace Markington. By now they had nine sons and daughters and fourteen grandchildren.
On the 18th. December Joseph Ross died. After his death two of his sons and one of his daughters continued the tenancy. (Robert, Arthur and Annie).
By the 1940's the mill races, complete with sluice gates, and the large water wheel at High Mill were still intact, though none of them had been in use for many years.
Throughout the war years they carried on milling, then on the 7th. December 1966 Arthur died suddenly on his way home from the mill. Robert ran the mill until the end of December 1966 when it closed. The sale of equipment took place on the 11th March 1967 marking the end of corn milling in Markington.
The water wheel, however can be seen, still in working order, at the High Corn Mill in Skipton. (https://highcornmill.co.uk/innovation-zone/)
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