List of windmills in Bedfordshire facts for kids

A list of all windmills and windmill sites which lie in the current ceremonial county of Bedfordshire.

Locations

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Apsley Guise		Post			Demolished c. 1900
Barton in the Clay	Barton Mill	Post		1831	1851
Bedford	Mill Street			1842	Burnt down February 1844
Biggleswade	Franklin's Tower The Steam Mill	Tower		1860	Demolished 1966
Biscot		Smock
Bolnhurst		Post
Colmworth		Post
Cranfield	Cranfield Windmill	tower			Demolished 1966
Dunstable		Tower		Late 18th or early 19th century	Windmill World
Dunstable
Dunstable
Flitwick					Standing 1880s
Flitwick		Smock		c. 1850	Burnt down 9 November 1903
Great Barford		Smock		1835	Demolished 1907
Henlow		Smock		1819	Demolished 1935
Houghton Conquest		Post			Demolished 1830s
Houghton Conquest	Houghton Conquest Mill	Tower		1830s	Windmill World
Houghton Regis		Smock			Replaced by tower mill
Houghton Regis		Tower		18th century
Hulcote	Hulcote Windmill	Tower		19th century	Demolished c. 1880, machinery to Spaldwick Mill, Huntingdonshire Windmill World
Husbourne Crawley	Pug Mill	Vertical axis		1820	Demolished c. 1840
Keysoe		Post		c. 1800	Blown down 1948
Leighton Buzzard				1212	1212
Leighton Buzzard	Flemmon's Mill	Post			Moved to Whipsnade 1860
Leighton Buzzard	Beaudesert Mill	tower		Early 19th century	Demolished 1890s
Lower Dean		Post		1620	Collapsed 20 December 1959
Lower Dean		Post	1765	1762	Rebuilt 1834
Lower Dean		Post		1834	Collapsed 1959 Windmill World
Luton	Biscot Windmill	Post			Burnt down 1841
Luton	Biscot Windmill	Smock		1842	Demolished 1938
Markyate		Post		1222	1222
Markyate	Caddington Mill	Post		c. 1810	Blown down c. 1815
Potton		Post		1840s	1853
Potton		Tower			Demolished 1955 Windmill World
Riseley		Post			Standing 1936
Riseley		Smock
Sharnbrook	Sharnbrook Windmill	Tower			Windmill World
Shefford	Shefford Windmill	Tower			Windmill World
Stanbridge	Stanbridge Windmill	Tower		1800	Windmill World
Stevington	Stevington Windmill	Post		c. 1770	Windmill World
Sundon		Post			Moved to Toddington 1847
Thurleigh	Thurleigh Windmill	Tower		1890	Windmill World
Toddington		Post			Demolished c. 1845
Toddington		Post		1847	Blown down 1880s
Totternhoe		Post
Totternhoe	Doolittle Windmill	Tower		c. 1820	Windmill World
Upper Dean	Upper Dean Windmill	Tower		1856	Windmill World
Whipsnade		Post		1860	Demolished 1877
Woburn	Woburn Windmill	Smock			Demolished 1805 Windmill World
Yielden		Post			Burnt down October 1877

Locations formerly within Bedfordshire

For windmills in Eaton Socon see List of windmills in Cambridgeshire.

Maps

• 1765 Thomas Jeffrey