List of windmills in Cambridgeshire facts for kids
A list of all windmills and windmill sites which lie in the current ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire.
Contents
Locations
A - B
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
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Alconbury | Alconbury Mill |
Post | Blown down 1936 | |||
Arrington | Tower | 1891 | 1926 Windmill World |
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Ashley | Smock | 1741 | 1940 Windmill World |
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Balsham | Smock | 1831 | Demolished 1963 Windmill World |
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Barnack | Barnack Mill |
Tower | Windmill World | |||
Barrington | Orwell Mill |
Tower | 1822 | Windmill World | ||
Bluntisham | Town Mill |
Post | 18th century | Demolished 1899 | ||
Bluntisham | Wood End Mill |
Tower | 19th century | Demolished 1926 | ||
Bourn | Bourn Windmill |
Post | 1636 | Windmill World | ||
Buckden | Buckden Mill |
Tower | 1830 | Demolished c. 1893 Windmill World |
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Burrough Green | Post | 1764 | 1796, moved to Westley Waterless by 1810 | |||
Burwell | Stevens' Mill |
Tower | c. 1820 | Windmill World | ||
Burwell | Big Mill |
Smock | Early 19th century | Windmill World | ||
Burwell | Busy Bee Mill |
Smock |
C - D
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
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Chesterton | Milton Road |
Smock | 1827 | Burnt down 12 May 1855 | ||
Chesterton | Milton Road aka Union Mill aka Hurst Park Mill |
Tower | 1885 | 1855 | Demolished April 1957 | Images available for viewing here or here |
Chesterton | French's Mill |
Smock | 1847 | Windmill World | ||
Castor | Castor Mill |
Tower | Windmill World | |||
Chatteris | Black Mill |
Smock | ||||
Chippenham | Chippenham Mill |
Smock | 1883 | Base remains, house converted Windmill World |
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Christchurch | Lavender's Mill |
Smock | ||||
Christchurch | Drake's Mill | Tower | 1860 | 1903 | ||
Christchurch | Key's Mill | Smock | 1875 | Demolished c. 1950 | ||
Coates | Tower | Windmill World | ||||
Cottenham | Cottenham Windmill |
Tower | Windmill World | |||
Doddington | Post | 1669 | Demolished 16 April 1879 | |||
Doddington | Doddington Mill |
Tower | 1810 | Windmill World |
E
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
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Easton | Mill Hill Mill | Post | c. 1820 | Moved to Ellington c. 1845 | ||
Eaton Socon | Post | c. 1700 | Burnt down 1814 | |||
Eaton Socon | Duloe Mill |
Tower | 1815 | Windmill World | ||
Ellington | Ellington Mill |
Post | c. 1845 | Moved to Madingley 1936 | ||
Elm | Smock | 1616 | 1616 | |||
Elm | Chapel Lane |
Smock | 1797 1826 |
1797 | 1904 | |
Elsworth | Papworth's Mill Black Mill |
Tower | c. 1825 | Windmill World | ||
Elsworth | Smock | 1930s | ||||
Ely | Cobbin's Mill |
Smock | Windmill World | |||
Ely | Mount Hill Mill | 1610 | 1610 | 1610 | ||
Ely | North of the city | 1610 | 1610 | 1610 | ||
Ely | North east of the city | 1610 | 1610 | 1610 | ||
Eye | Eye Windmill |
Tower | 1850 | Demolished 1954 | ||
Eye Green | Eye Green Mill |
Smock |
F - G
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
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Fenstanton | Fenstanton Mill |
Post | Windmill World | |||
Fordham | Smock | |||||
Foxton | Foxton Mill |
Smock | Windmill World | |||
Fulbourn | Fulbourn Mill |
Smock | 1808 | Windmill World | ||
Gamlingay | Smock | Demolished 1977 | ||||
Gorefield | New Mill Ward's Mill |
Smock | 1836 | 1933 | ||
Great Chishill | Great Chishill Mill |
Post | 1819 | Windmill World | ||
Great Gidding | Post | Demolished c. 1820 | ||||
Great Gidding | Great Gidding Mill |
Tower | c. 1820 | Windmill World | ||
Great Gransden | Great Gransden Mill |
Post | 1612 | Windmill World | ||
Great Wilbraham | Smock | |||||
Guilden Morden | Hook's Mill |
Tower | 1865 | Windmill World | ||
Guyhirn | Tower | 1871 | 1871 |
H - I
K - L
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
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Kneesworth | Tower | Demolished 1976 | ||||
Leverington | Pre 1317 | |||||
Leverington | Post | 1581 | 1597 | |||
Leverington | Horseshoe Corner | 1727 | Moved to Walsoken, Norfolk, 1778 | |||
Leverington | Gooden's Mill | 1732 | 1732 | |||
Leverington | White Engine Mill | Smock | 1796 | Burnt down 19 March 1826 | ||
Leverington | White Engine Mill | Tower | 1827 | 1916, gone by 1920 | ||
Linton | Tower | 1836 | Demolished 1926 | |||
Little Downham | 1251 | |||||
Little Downham | Cornwell's Mill |
Tower | Windmill World | |||
Little Paxton | Little Paxton Mill |
Smock | Standing c. 1864 | |||
Littleport | Arber's Mill |
Tower | 1840s | |||
Little Wilbraham | Little Wilbraham Mill |
Tower | c. 1820 | Windmill World | ||
Lode | Smock | Demolished c. 1885 |
M - O
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
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Madingley | Madingley Mill |
Post | Collapsed July 1909 | |||
Madingley | Madingley Mill |
Post | 1936 | Windmill World | ||
Manea | Tower | |||||
March | Southwell's Mill |
Smock | ||||
March | Billitt's Mill | 1862 | 1929 | |||
Murrow | 1826 | 1826 | ||||
New Fletton | New Fletton Mill |
Tower | c. 1870 | Demolished 1974 | ||
Oakington | Tower | 1863 | ||||
Old Weston | Old Weston Mill |
Post | c. 1700 | Standing 1918 | ||
Over | Over Mill |
Tower | c. 1860 | Windmill World |
P - R
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
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Pymore | Pymore Mill |
Tower | Windmill World | |||
Ramsey | Ramsey Mill |
Tower | Windmill World | |||
Ramsey | Lotting Fen Mill | Tower | ||||
Ramsey | Ramsey Mere |
Tower | ||||
Ramsey | Ramsey Mere |
Tower | 1870 | 1938 | ||
Ramsey Heights | Tower | 1870 | 1916 | |||
Ramsey St Mary's | Ugg Mere Mill St Mary's Mill |
Tower | Windmill World | |||
Royston | Mill Road Mill |
Midlands Post | ||||
Royston | Melbourn Road Mill |
S
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
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Sawtry | Bannister's Mill |
Smock | 1778 | Windmill World | ||
Shudy Camps | Post | 1920 | ||||
Six Mile Bottom | Bungalow Hill Mill |
Post | 1846 | Windmill World | ||
Soham | Pollards Mill Downfield Mill |
Smock | 1726 | Severely damaged 1887, rebuilt as tower mill | ||
Soham | Downfield Mill |
Tower | 1887 | Windmill World | ||
Soham | Northfield Mill also known as Shade Mill Townsend Mill |
Smock | 1830s | Northfield Windmill Windmill World |
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Soham | Hardfield Mill |
Smock | ||||
Soham | Soham Mere |
Smock | 1867 | Demolished 1948 | ||
Soham | White Top Mills (four) |
Smock x4 | One mill standing 1930 | |||
Somersham | Mill Farm Mill Approximately |
Smock | ||||
Spaldwick | Post | Burnt down c. 1881 | ||||
Spaldwick | Belton's Mill |
Tower | 1881 | Windmill World | ||
Stanground | Farcet Mill |
Tower | 19th century | Demolished c. 1910 Windmill World |
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Stapleford | Smock | c. 1930 | ||||
Steeple Morden | Saunderson's Mill |
Smock | 1805 | Windmill World | ||
Stretham | Post | Demolished c. 1880 | ||||
Stretham | Stretham Windmill |
Tower | 1880 | Windmill World | ||
Swaffham Bulbeck | Smock | |||||
Swaffham Prior | Smock | 1830 | Demolished c. 1875 | |||
Swaffham Prior | Swaffham Prior Mill |
Smock | 1864 | Windmill World | ||
Swaffham Prior | Post | Demolished c. 1860 | ||||
Swaffham Prior | Foster's Mill |
Tower | 1860 | Windmill World | ||
Swavesey | Demolished c. 1866 | |||||
Swavesey | Hale Mill |
tower | 1866 | Windmill World |
T
U - Y
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
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Upwood | Setchell's Mill |
Tower | 1852 | Windmill World | ||
Warboys | Ramsey Road Mill |
Tower | ||||
Warboys | Mill Green Mill |
Tower | 19th century | |||
Warboys | Behagg's Mill |
Tower | c. 1850 | Standing 1926 | ||
Werrington | Werrington Mill |
Tower | Windmill World | |||
Westley Waterless | Post | 1810 | Moved to Six Mile Bottom 1846 | |||
Weston Colville | Weston Colville |
Smock | c. 1830 | Windmill World | ||
West Wickham | Streetley End Mill |
Tower | 1802 | Windmill World | ||
West Wratting | West Wratting Mill |
Smock | 1726 | Windmill World | ||
Whittlesey | Fletcher's Mill |
Tower | Windmill World | |||
Whittlesey | Elderkin's Mill |
Tower | Early to mid-19th century | Windmill World | ||
Wicken | Wicken Mill |
Smock | Windmill World | |||
Wicken | Adventurer's Fen | Smock | 1908 | Moved to Wicken Fen 1956 | ||
Wicken | Spinney Bank Mill |
Smock | 1920s | |||
Wicken Fen | Wicken Fen Windpump |
Smock | 1956 | Windmill World | ||
Willingham | Cattell's Mill |
1828 | Windmill World | |||
Willingham | Ingle's Mill |
Smock | c. 1812 | Demolished 1956 Windmill World |
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Winwick | Winwick Mill |
Tower | Demolished 1935 | |||
Wisbech | Post | 1583 | Struck by lightning and demolished 1778 | |||
Wisbech | Leach's Mill |
Tower | 1778 | Windmill World | ||
Wisbech | 1277 | 1356 | ||||
Wisbech | 1356 | 1356 | ||||
Wisbech | Market Place | 1571 | Demolished 1750 | |||
Wisbech | Lynn Road, Clarkson Mill | Post | 1690 | Demolished May 1886 | ||
Wisbech | Leverington Road, Red Engine Mill | Smock | 1792 | Demolished July 1890 | ||
Wisbech | Old Playhouse | Post | 1752 | Demolished c. 1805 | ||
Wisbech | Leverington Road, Webster's Mill | Post | 1750s | 1887, gone by 1895 | ||
Wisbech | Leverington Road | Post | 1772 | Burnt down 1792 | ||
Wisbech | Leverington Road, Bell's Mill | Post | 1772 | 1846 | ||
Wisbech | North Brink, Bowles Mill | Tower | c. 1772 | Demolished 1928 | ||
Wisbech | Timber Market | 1348 | 1348 | |||
Wisbech | Timber Market, Brewin's Mill | 1752 | 1865, gone by 1886 | |||
Wistow | Wistow Mill |
Tower | ||||
Woodditton | Smock | c. 1840 | Demolished 1936 Windmill World |
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Wood Walton Fen | Higney Mill Charterhouse mill |
Tower | 1874 | 1924 Windmill World |
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Yaxley | Black Mill |
Tower | 1671 | Demolished 1935 | ||
Yaxley | Yaxley Mill |
Tower | 1842 | |||
Yelling | Yelling Mill |
Post |
Locations formerly within Cambridgeshire
For mills in Upwell see List of windmills in Norfolk.
Maps
- 1610 - Map of Huntingdonshire, 1610, John Speed
- 1797 - William Faden
- 1826 - Andrew Bryant
- 1885 - Ordnance Survey 25 inch England and Wales
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