This is a list of windmills and windpumps in the United Kingdom.
England
editThe list is divided into the current ceremonial counties of England:
Bedfordshire
editSee List of windmills in Bedfordshire
Berkshire
editLocation | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bracknell | Amen Corner Mill | Demolished by 1936[1] | ||||
Cookham | Sutton Farm | Titt iron wind engine | 1894 | |||
Easthampstead | Caesars Camp[2] | |||||
Faringdon | Wadley House | Titt iron wind engine | 1900 | |||
Lockinge | Lockinge Downs | Titt iron wind engine | 1895 | |||
Slough | Salt Hill Mill[3] | Smock | Moved to Great Thurlow, Suffolk[4] | |||
Slough | Salt Hill Mill (2nd mill)[5] |
Smock[5] | Moved to Luton, Kent 1848.[5] | |||
Winkfield | Chavey Down Mill[6] | |||||
Winkfield | Maiden's Green Mill[6] |
- Mock mill
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wraysbury | Splash Mill | Smock | 1996[7] |
Buckinghamshire
editSee List of windmills in Buckinghamshire
Cambridgeshire
editSee List of windmills in Cambridgeshire
Cheshire
editWindmills in Cheshire, including those now within Merseyside.
Cornwall
editSee List of windmills in Cornwall
Cumbria
editLocation | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cardewlees | Cardewlees Mill NY 347 513 |
Tower | Windmill World | |||
Cockermouth | Cockermouth Mill NY 118 308 |
Tower | Early 19th century[19] | Windmill World | ||
Hodbarrow | Haverigg Mill SD 184 783 |
Tower | Windmill World | |||
Langrigg | Langrigg Mill NY 170 455 |
Tower | Early 19th century[20] | Windmill World | ||
Monkhill | Monkhill Mill NY 342 585 |
Tower | Late 18th century[21] | Windmill World | ||
Wigton | Wigton Mill NY 252 488 |
Tower | ||||
Workington | Schoose Mill NY 014 279 |
Tower | Windmill World |
Derbyshire
editSee List of windmills in Derbyshire
Devon
editSee List of windmills in Devon.
Dorset
editLocation | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Easton | Cottonfields Mill Angel Mill[22] SY 691 714 |
Tower | 1710 | 1710[23] | Windmill World | |
Easton | Top Growlands Mill South Mill[22] SY 692 713 |
Tower | 1710 | 17th century[24] | Windmill World | |
Gillingham | The Kendalls | Titt iron wind engine | 1895 | |||
Melbury Abbas | Cann Mill ST 872 208 |
Tower | 1970[25] | Demolished 2009[25] Windmill World |
- Maps
- 1710 John Hutchins
Durham
editEast Riding of Yorkshire
editSee List of windmills in the East Riding of Yorkshire
East Sussex
editSee List of windmills in East Sussex
Essex
editSee List of windmills in Essex
Gloucestershire
editGreater London
editSee List of windmills in Greater London
Greater Manchester
editWindmills that survive today within Greater Manchester. Historic windmills will be listed under Lancashire.
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Haigh | Haigh Mill | Tower | 1845 |
Hampshire
editSee List of windmills in Hampshire
Herefordshire
editLocation | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ledbury | Wellington Heath Mill Approximately SO 709 408 |
Post | 1798[42] | 1885[42] | ||
Moccas | Rollsford Mill SO 361 419 |
Tower | 1832 1835 |
1832 | Windmill World | |
Ross-on-Wye | Waterworks | Titt iron wind engine | ||||
Leinthall Starkes | Leinthall Starkes Mill SO 444 698 |
Mock Smock | Windmill World |
Hertfordshire
editSee List of windmills in Hertfordshire
Isle of Wight
editSee List of windmills in the Isle of Wight
Kent
editLancashire
editSee List of windmills in Lancashire
Leicestershire
editSee List of windmills in Leicestershire
Lincolnshire
editSee List of windmills in Lincolnshire, and Lincolnshire's windmills
Merseyside
editHistorical mills can be found under Cheshire and Lancashire.
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bidston | Bidston Windmill SJ 287 894 |
tower | Late 18th century[8] | Windmill World | ||
Gayton | Gayton Mill SJ 278 812 |
Tower | Windmill World | |||
Great Crosby | Moor Lane Mill SD 329 003 |
Tower | 1813[43] | Windmill World | ||
Lydiate | Forest's Mill SD 380 039 |
Tower | 1768 | Windmill World | ||
Prescot | Acres Mill | Tower | 1908 | |||
St Helens | Ravenhead Mill SJ 502 942 |
Tower | Late 18th century[44] | Windmill World | ||
Wavertree | Wavertree Mill [45] | Post | 1452 | 1916 Windmill World |
- Mock mill
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Heswall | Heswall Windmill | Tower | Mid-1980s | Windmill World |
Norfolk
editSee List of windmills in Norfolk and List of drainage windmills in Norfolk
North Yorkshire
editSee List of windmills in North Yorkshire
Northamptonshire
editNorthumberland
edit- Mock mill
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
South Dissington | NZ 129 695 | Smock[64] | Windmill World |
Nottinghamshire
editSee List of windmills in Nottinghamshire
Oxfordshire
editSee List of windmills in Oxfordshire
Rutland
editLocation | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Greetham | SK 951 131 | Smock | Windmill World | |||
Ketton | Ketton Mill SK 972 046 |
Tower | Windmill World | |||
Morcott | Morcott Mill SK 930 001 |
Tower | Windmill World | |||
North Luffenham | Tower[65] | |||||
Oakham | Post[65] | |||||
Preston | Post | Demolished c. 1928[65] | ||||
Seaton | SP 907 976 | Post | Demolished c. 1928[65] Windmill World |
|||
South Luffenham | South Luffenham Mill SK 947 025 |
Tower[65] | Windmill World | |||
Whissendine | Whissendine Mill SK 823 143 |
Tower | 1809 | Windmill World |
Shropshire
editSee List of windmills in Shropshire
Somerset
editSee List of windmills in Somerset
South Yorkshire
editSee List of windmills in South Yorkshire
Staffordshire
editSee List of windmills in Staffordshire
Suffolk
editSee List of windmills in Suffolk
Surrey
editSee List of windmills in Surrey
Tyne and Wear
editWindmills standing today in Tyne and Wear, historic windmills are listed under Co Durham or Northumberland as appropriate.
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cleadon | Cleadon Mill NZ 389 632 |
Tower | Early 19th century[26] | Windmill World | ||
Fulwell | Fulwell Mill NZ392 595 |
Tower | c. 1821[28] | Windmill World | ||
Newcastle | Chimney Mill NZ 240 656 |
Smock | 1793 upminster | 1782[60] | Windmill World[permanent dead link ] | |
Whitburn | Whitburn Mill NZ 210 610 |
Tower | 1790[33] | Windmill World |
Warwickshire
editSee List of windmills in Warwickshire
West Midlands
editWindmills standing today in the West Midlands. Historical mills can be found under Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Berkswell | Balsall Common Mill SP 249 759 |
Tower | 1826 | Windmill World | ||
Chesterton, Warwickshire | Chesterton Windmill | Tower | 1632 | |||
Tettenhall Wood | Tettenhall Mill SO 873 991 |
Tower | 1818 | 1818 | ||
Walsall | Highgate Mill SP 017 975 |
Tower | 1826 | Windmill World | ||
Wightwick | Wightwick mill SO 871 981 |
Tower | 1720 |
- Maps
- 1818 C & G Greenwood
West Sussex
editSee List of windmills in West Sussex
West Yorkshire
editSee List of windmills in West Yorkshire
Wiltshire
editSee List of windmills in Wiltshire
Worcestershire
editLocation | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alvechurch | Weatheroak Hill Mill SP 059 740 |
Tower | 1821 | 1821 | Windmill World | |
Inkberrow | Holberrow Green Mill SP 024 588 |
Tower | 1821 1832 |
1801 | Windmill World | |
Inkberrow | Stonepits Quarry Mill SP 008 568 |
Tower | c. 1840[66] | Windmill World | ||
Inkberrow | SP 038 587 | Post[42] | 1832 | Demolished 1880s | ||
Kempsey | Kempsey Mill | Tower[67] | 1854[67] | Demolished 1875[67] | ||
Redditch | Walkwood Common Mill SP 027 647 |
Tower[42] | 1833[42] | 1848, gone by 1885[42] | ||
Redditch | Approximately SP 039 675 |
Vertical axis mill[42] | c. 1780[42] | Demolished c. 1889[42] | ||
Stoke Heath | Danzey Green Mill SO 951 682 |
Midlands post | 1971[68] | Windmill World | ||
Stourport-on-Severn | Areley Common Mill SO 803 703 |
Tower | c. 1800 | Windmill World |
- Maps
- 1821 C & G Greenwood
- 1832 Ordnance Survey
Northern Ireland
editScotland
editWales
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Berkshire". University of Kent at Canterbury. Retrieved 4 November 2008.
- ^ "EASTHAMPSTEAD". Britannia.com. Retrieved 4 November 2008.
- ^ a b c Wailes, Rex (1954). The English Windmill. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. pp. 31, 86, 169.
- ^ Dolman, Peter (1978). Windmills in Suffolk. Ipswich: Suffolk Mills Group. p. 43. ISBN 0-9506447-0-6.
- ^ a b c Coles Finch, William (1933). Watermills and Windmills. London: C W Daniel Company. p. 183.
- ^ a b "Winkfield Hamlets". Royal Berkshire History. Retrieved 4 November 2008.
- ^ "Windmills of the UK - mock mills". Windmill World. Retrieved 4 November 2008.
- ^ a b Historic England. "BIDSTON WINDMILL, VYNER ROAD NORTH (north side), BIRKENHEAD, WIRRAL, MERSEYSIDE (1282506)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 19 November 2008.
- ^ Major, J Kenneth and, Watts, Martin (1977). Victorian and Edwardian Windmills and Watermills from old photographs. London: Batsford. ISBN 0-7134-0621-6.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Historic England. "BUERTON OLD WINDMILL, WINDMILL LANE, BUERTON, CREWE AND NANTWICH, CHESHIRE (1138498)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 November 2008.
- ^ Historic England. "RAVENSMOOR WINDMILL, WREXHAM ROAD, BURLAND, CREWE AND NANTWICH, CHESHIRE (1138578)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 November 2008.
- ^ a b Historic England. "REMAINS OF WINDMILL, MILL LANE, NESTON, ELLESMERE PORT AND NESTON, CHESHIRE (1387679)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 November 2008.
- ^ Historic England. "GIBBET WINDMILL, PARKGATE ROAD (east side), SAUGHALL, CHESTER, CHESHIRE (1115414)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 November 2008.
- ^ Historic England. "OLD WINDMILL, LEIGHTON ROAD (west side), NESTON, ELLESMERE PORT AND NESTON, CHESHIRE (1387677)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 November 2008.
- ^ "Penketh History". Penketh.com. Retrieved 12 November 2008.
- ^ Historic England. "OLD WINDMILL, MILL LANE, THREAPWOOD, CHESTER, CHESHIRE (1106367)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 November 2008.
- ^ Historic England. "UPTON MILL, OLD MILL COURT, UPTON BY CHESTER, CHESTER, CHESHIRE (1278738)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 November 2008.
- ^ Historic England. "WILLASTON MILL, MILL LANE, NESTON, ELLESMERE PORT AND NESTON, CHESHIRE (1387688)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 November 2008.
- ^ Historic England. "MILL/BREWERY BUILDING AT THE CONFLUENCE OF THE RIVERS COCKER AND DERWENT, HIGH SAND LANE, COCKERMOUTH, ALLERDALE, CUMBRIA (1144740)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 21 June 2009.
- ^ Historic England. "THE WINDMILL, BROMFIELD, ALLERDALE, CUMBRIA (1275821)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 21 June 2009.
- ^ Historic England. "MONKHILL WINDMILL, BEAUMONT, CARLISLE, CUMBRIA (1087485)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 21 June 2009.
- ^ a b "Portland Windmills". Portland Bill. Archived from the original on 28 August 2008. Retrieved 18 November 2008.
- ^ Historic England. "WINDMILL ABOUT 830 YARDS SOUTH EAST OF ST GEORGES REFORNE, PORTLAND, WEYMOUTH AND PORTLAND, DORSET (1203067)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 18 November 2008.
- ^ Historic England. "WINDMILL ABOUT 980 YARDS SOUTH EAST OF ST GEORGES REFORNE, PORTLAND, WEYMOUTH AND PORTLAND, DORSET (1281885)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 18 November 2008.
- ^ a b "Developments at Cann Mills". Windmill World. Retrieved 9 March 2009.
- ^ a b Historic England. "CLEADON MILL AND SURROUNDING WALL, SUNNISIDE LANE, BOLDON, SOUTH TYNESIDE, TYNE AND WEAR (1025192)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 21 May 2009.
- ^ Historic England. "JACKSON'S MILL 150 METRES NORTH OF WEETWOOD HOUSE, HALL WALKS (north side), EASINGTON VILLAGE, EASINGTON, DURHAM (1231810)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 19 November 2008.
- ^ a b c Historic England. "FULWELL MILL, NEWCASTLE ROAD (west side), SUNDERLAND, SUNDERLAND, TYNE AND WEAR (1207109)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 21 May 2009.
- ^ a b "Windmill Hill, Gateshead". Windows on Warwickshire. Archived from the original on 13 June 2011. Retrieved 17 June 2009.
- ^ a b c "Gateshead, Windmill Hills, Windmill". Tyne & Wear Sitelines. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
- ^ Historic England. "WINDMILL NORTH WEST OF COLLEGE OF ST CUTHBERT, ESH, DERWENTSIDE, DURHAM (1231810)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 19 November 2008.
- ^ Historic England. "WINDMILL IN KING GEORGES FIELD (CHASE PARK) 180 METRES SOUTH OF STREET, FRONT STREET (south side), WHICKHAM, GATESHEAD, TYNE AND WEAR (1299676)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 21 May 2009.
- ^ a b Historic England. "WHITBURN MILL, CEDAR GROVE (east side), BOLDON, SOUTH TYNESIDE, TYNE AND WEAR (1355075)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 21 May 2009.
- ^ a b Historic England. "CLIFTON OBSERVATORY, CLIFTON DOWN (west side), BRISTOL, BRISTOL, BRISTOL (1282362)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 20 November 2008.
- ^ Historic England. "REMAINS OF WINDMILL AT NATIONAL GRID REFERENCE ST 6839 9299, FALFIELD, SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE, GLOUCESTERSHIRE (1321145)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 20 November 2008.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "Forthampton". British History Online. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
- ^ Historic England. "WINDMILL IN GARDEN OF NUMBER 3, UPPER STONE CLOSE, FRAMPTON COTTERELL, SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE, GLOUCESTERSHIRE (1312930)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 20 November 2008.
- ^ In Warwickshire since 1934
- ^ a b Seaby, Wilfred A, and Smith, Arthur C (1977). Windmills in Warwickshire. Warwick: Warwickshire Museum. ISBN 0-9504239-8-X.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Historic England. "THE ROUND HOUSE, SIDDINGTON, COTSWOLD, GLOUCESTERSHIRE (1090069)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 20 November 2008.
- ^ Historic England. "SOUTH EAST SECTION OF PREMISES OF DALTON YOUNG PRODUCTS LIMITED, TOWER ROAD NORTH, SISTON, SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE, GLOUCESTERSHIRE (1231599)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 20 November 2008.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Seaby, Wilfred A and, Smith, Arthur C (1984). Windmills in Shropshire, Hereford and Worcester. Stevenage: Stevenage Museum Publications. ISBN 0-9504239-8-X.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Historic England. "WINDMILL, MOOR LANE (north side), CROSBY, SEFTON, MERSEYSIDE (1257388)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 19 November 2008.
- ^ Historic England. "PART OF NUMBERS 96 AND 98 FORMER WINDMILL TOWER, RAVENHEAD, 96 AND 98 RAVENHEAD ROAD, ST HELENS, ST HELENS, MERSEYSIDE (1084314)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 19 November 2008.
- ^ "Liverpool Windmills". World of Windmills. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
- ^ Historic England. "BARBY CORN MILL, BARBY, DAVENTRY, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE (1040046)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 3 April 2009.
- ^ "THE OLD WINDMILL". English Heritage. Archived from the original on 19 March 2007. Retrieved 3 April 2009.
- ^ "BOZEAT". British History Online. Retrieved 3 April 2009.
- ^ a b Historic England. "THE MILL, CHURCH ROAD (north side), BRAUNSTON, DAVENTRY, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE (1076444)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 3 April 2009.
- ^ Historic England. "WINDMILL COTTAGE, STATION ROAD (west side), FINEDON, WELLINGBOROUGH, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE (1293653)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 3 April 2009.
- ^ Historic England. "THE WINDMILL, HELLIDON, DAVENTRY, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE (1075291)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 3 April 2009.
- ^ Historic England. "THE WINDMILL HOUSE, WINDMILL TERRACE, NORTHAMPTON, NORTHAMPTON, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE (1372148)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 3 April 2009.
- ^ Historic England. "WINDMILL TOWER APPROXIMATELY 130 METRES EAST OF TANSOR COURT, FOTHERINGHAY ROAD (east side), TANSOR, EAST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE (1191094)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 3 April 2009.
- ^ Historic England. "OLD WINDMILL FORMING PART OF LANTHORN COTTAGE, ACOMB MILL, ACOMB, TYNEDALE, NORTHUMBERLAND (1304085)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 20 May 2009.
- ^ Historic England. "SPINDLESTONE DUCKET, EASINGTON, BERWICK UPON TWEED, NORTHUMBERLAND (1276436)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 20 May 2009.
- ^ Possibly a dovecote
- ^ a b "Berwick Castle". Friends of Castle Parks. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
- ^ Historic England. "WINDMILL IN FIELD WEST OF WHITTINGTON MILL, WHITTINGTON, TYNEDALE, NORTHUMBERLAND (1155621)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 21 May 2009.
- ^ Historic England. "WINDMILL APPROXIMATELY 20 YARDS NORTH OF FORGE COTTAGE, PONTELAND, CASTLE MORPETH, NORTHUMBERLAND (1155621)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 21 May 2009.
- ^ a b Historic England. "CHIMNEY MILL AND MILL HOUSE, CLAREMONT ROAD (south side), NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NORTHUMBERLAND (1024905)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 21 May 2009.
- ^ Historic England. "HEATON WINDMILL, JESMOND VALE LANE (north off), NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NORTHUMBERLAND (1355262)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 21 May 2009.
- ^ Historic England. "OLD WINDMILL 700 METRES SOUTH WEST OF PLESSEY CHECKS ROUNDABOUT, BLYTH, BLYTH VALLEY, NORTHUMBERLAND (1041378)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 21 May 2009.
- ^ Historic England. "OLD WINDMILL, ASHINGTON, WANSBECK, NORTHUMBERLAND (1041378)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 21 May 2009.
- ^ Actually a water tower
- ^ a b c d e Wailes, Rex (1991). Lincolnshire Windmills. Heckington: Friends of Heckington mill. pp. 106–108, 118, 250. ISBN 0-9518795-0-2.
- ^ "A Brief History of The Old Windmill". The Old Windmill Hotel, Inkberrow. Archived from the original on 18 July 2009. Retrieved 12 June 2009.
- ^ a b c "Kempsey Windmill". Andy Morrall. Archived from the original on 24 May 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2009.
- ^ Historic England. "DANZEY GREEN WINDMILL, STOKE PRIOR, BROMSGROVE, WORCESTERSHIRE (1296792)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 June 2009.
External links
edit- Windmill World Extensive and well-researched site run by Mark Berry.