List of windmills in the United Kingdom
This is a list of windmills and windpumps in the United Kingdom.
Contents
- 1 England
- 1.1 Bedfordshire
- 1.2 Berkshire
- 1.3 Buckinghamshire
- 1.4 Cambridgeshire
- 1.5 Cheshire
- 1.6 Cornwall
- 1.7 Cumbria
- 1.8 Derbyshire
- 1.9 Devon
- 1.10 Dorset
- 1.11 Durham
- 1.12 East Riding of Yorkshire
- 1.13 East Sussex
- 1.14 Essex
- 1.15 Gloucestershire
- 1.16 Greater London
- 1.17 Greater Manchester
- 1.18 Hampshire
- 1.19 Herefordshire
- 1.20 Hertfordshire
- 1.21 Isle of Wight
- 1.22 Kent
- 1.23 Lancashire
- 1.24 Leicestershire
- 1.25 Lincolnshire
- 1.26 Merseyside
- 1.27 Norfolk
- 1.28 North Yorkshire
- 1.29 Northamptonshire
- 1.30 Northumberland
- 1.31 Nottinghamshire
- 1.32 Oxfordshire
- 1.33 Rutland
- 1.34 Shropshire
- 1.35 Somerset
- 1.36 South Yorkshire
- 1.37 Staffordshire
- 1.38 Suffolk
- 1.39 Surrey
- 1.40 Tyne and Wear
- 1.41 Warwickshire
- 1.42 West Midlands
- 1.43 West Sussex
- 1.44 West Yorkshire
- 1.45 Wiltshire
- 1.46 Worcestershire
- 2 Scotland
- 3 Northern Ireland
- 4 Wales
- 5 See also
- 6 References
- 7 External links
England
The list is divided into the current ceremonial counties of England:
Bedfordshire
See List of windmills in Bedfordshire
Berkshire
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
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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 |
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Wraysbury | Splash Mill | Smock | 1996[7] | ![]() |
Buckinghamshire
See List of windmills in Buckinghamshire
Cambridgeshire
See List of windmills in Cambridgeshire
Cheshire
Windmills in Cheshire, including those now within Merseyside.
Cornwall
See List of windmills in Cornwall
Cumbria
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
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Cardewlees | Cardewlees Mill NY 347 513 |
Tower | Windmill World | ![]() |
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Cockermouth | Cockermouth Mill NY 118 308 |
Tower | Early 19th century[19] | Windmill World | ||
Hodbarrow | Haverigg Mill SD 184 783 |
Tower | Windmill World | ![]() |
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Langrigg | Langrigg Mill NY 170 455 |
Tower | Early 19th century[20] | Windmill World | ![]() |
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Monkhill | Monkhill Mill NY 342 585 |
Tower | Late 18th century[21] | Windmill World | ![]() |
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Wigton | Wigton Mill NY 252 488 |
Tower | ![]() |
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Workington | Schoose Mill NY 014 279 |
Tower | Windmill World | ![]() |
Derbyshire
Devon
See List of windmills in Devon.
Dorset
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
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Easton | Cottonfields Mill Angel Mill[31] SY 691 714 |
Tower | 1710 | 1710[32] | Windmill World | ![]() |
Easton | Top Growlands Mill South Mill[31] SY 692 713 |
Tower | 1710 | 17th century[33] | Windmill World | ![]() |
Gillingham | The Kendalls | Titt iron wind engine | 1895 | |||
Melbury Abbas | Cann Mill ST 872 208 |
Tower | 1970[34] | Demolished 2009[34] Windmill World |
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- Maps
- 1710 John Hutchins
Durham
East Riding of Yorkshire
See List of windmills in the East Riding of Yorkshire
East Sussex
See List of windmills in East Sussex
Essex
See List of windmills in Essex
Gloucestershire
Greater London
See List of windmills in Greater London
Greater Manchester
Windmills 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 |
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Haigh | Haigh Mill | Tower | 1845 | ![]() |
Hampshire
See List of windmills in Hampshire
Herefordshire
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
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Ledbury | Wellington Heath Mill Approximately SO 709 408 |
Post | 1798[50] | 1885[50] | ||
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
See List of windmills in Hertfordshire
Isle of Wight
See List of windmills in the Isle of Wight
Kent
Lancashire
See List of windmills in Lancashire
Leicestershire
See List of windmills in Leicestershire
Lincolnshire
See List of windmills in Lincolnshire, and Article on the History of Lincolnshire's Windmills
Merseyside
Historical 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 |
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Bidston | Bidston Windmill SJ 287 894 |
tower | Late 18th century[8] | Windmill World | ![]() |
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Gayton | Gayton Mill SJ 278 812 |
Tower | Windmill World | ![]() |
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Great Crosby | Moor Lane Mill SD 329 003 |
Tower | 1813[51] | Windmill World | ![]() |
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Lydiate | Forest's Mill SD 380 039 |
Tower | 1768 | Windmill World | ![]() |
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Prescot | Acres Mill | Tower | 1908 | ![]() |
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St Helens | Ravenhead Mill SJ 502 942 |
Tower | Late 18th century[52] | Windmill World | ![]() |
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Wavertree | Wavertree Mill [53] | Post | 1452 | 1916 Windmill World |
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- Mock mill
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
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Heswall | Heswall Windmill | Tower | Mid-1980s | Windmill World | ![]() |
Norfolk
See List of windmills in Norfolk and List of drainage windmills in Norfolk
North Yorkshire
See List of windmills in North Yorkshire
Northamptonshire
Northumberland
- 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[71] | Windmill World |
Nottinghamshire
See List of windmills in Nottinghamshire
Oxfordshire
See List of windmills in Oxfordshire
Rutland
Location | 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 | ![]() |
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Morcott | Morcott Mill SK 930 001 |
Tower | Windmill World | ![]() |
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North Luffenham | Tower[72] | |||||
Oakham | Post[72] | |||||
Preston | Post | Demolished c. 1928[72] | ||||
Seaton | SP 907 976 | Post | Demolished c. 1928[72] Windmill World |
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South Luffenham | South Luffenham Mill SK 947 025 |
Tower[72] | Windmill World | ![]() |
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Whissendine | Whissendine Mill SK 823 143 |
Tower | 1809 | Windmill World | ![]() |
Shropshire
See List of windmills in Shropshire
Somerset
See List of windmills in Somerset
South Yorkshire
See List of windmills in South Yorkshire
Staffordshire
See List of windmills in Staffordshire
Suffolk
See List of windmills in Suffolk
Surrey
See List of windmills in Surrey
Tyne and Wear
Windmills 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 |
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Cleadon | Cleadon Mill NZ 389 632 |
Tower | Early 19th century[35] | Windmill World | ![]() |
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Fulwell | Fulwell Mill NZ392 595 |
Tower | c. 1821[37] | Windmill World | ||
Newcastle | Chimney Mill NZ 240 656 |
Smock | 1793 upminster | 1782[67] | Windmill World | ![]() |
Whitburn | Whitburn Mill NZ 210 610 |
Tower | 1790[41] | Windmill World | ![]() |
Warwickshire
See List of windmills in Warwickshire
West Midlands
Windmills 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 | 150px | |
Tettenhall Wood | Tettenhall Mill SO 873 991 |
Tower | 1818 | 1818 | ||
Walsall | Highgate Mill SP 017 975 |
Tower | 1826 | Windmill World | ![]() |
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Wightwick | Wightwick mill SO 871 981 |
Tower | 1720 | ![]() |
- Maps
- 1818 C & G Greenwood
West Sussex
See List of windmills in West Sussex
West Yorkshire
See List of windmills in West Yorkshire
Wiltshire
See List of windmills in Wiltshire
Worcestershire
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alvechurch | Weatheroak Hill Mill SP 060 740 |
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[73] | Windmill World | ||
Inkberrow | SP 038 587 | Post[50] | 1832 | Demolished 1880s | ||
Kempsey | Kempsey Mill | Tower[74] | 1854[74] | Demolished 1875[74] | ||
Redditch | Walkwood Common Mill SP 027 647 |
Tower[50] | 1833[50] | 1848, gone by 1885[50] | ||
Redditch | Approximately SP 039 675 |
Vertical axis mill[50] | c. 1780[50] | Demolished c. 1889[50] | ||
Stoke Heath | Danzey Green Mill SO 951 682 |
Midlands post | 1971[75] | Windmill World | ![]() |
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Stourport-on-Severn | Areley Common Mill SO 803 703 |
Tower | c. 1800 | Windmill World |
- Maps
- 1821 C & G Greenwood
- 1832 Ordnance Survey
Scotland
See List of windmills in Scotland
Northern Ireland
Wales
See List of windmills in Wales
See also
References
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External links
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