List of windmills in Cambridgeshire facts for kids

Cambridgeshire is a county in England known for its flat landscapes, which were perfect for building windmills! For hundreds of years, windmills were super important. They used the power of the wind to grind grain into flour for bread, pump water out of the land, and even saw wood.

This list tells you about the many windmills and places where windmills once stood across Cambridgeshire. Some are still standing today, while others are just a memory.

Windmills in Cambridgeshire: A to B

This section lists windmills found in Cambridgeshire, from A to B. You'll see their names, what type of mill they were, when they were first mentioned or built, and what happened to them. Some even have pictures!

Location	Name of Mill	Type of Mill	First Mention or Built	Last Mention or Demise	Photo
Alconbury	Alconbury Mill	Post	Unknown	Blown down in 1936
Arrington	Arrington Mill	Tower	1891	1926
Ashley	Ashley Mill	Smock	1741	1940
Balsham	Balsham Mill	Smock	1831	Demolished in 1963
Barnack	Barnack Mill	Tower	Unknown	Still standing	Barnack Windmill
Barrington	Orwell Mill	Tower	1822	Still standing	Orwell Mill in Barrington
Bluntisham	Town Mill	Post	18th century	Demolished in 1899
Bluntisham	Wood End Mill	Tower	19th century	Demolished in 1926
Bourn	Bourn Windmill	Post	1636	Still standing	Bourn Postmill
Buckden	Buckden Mill	Tower	1830	Demolished around 1893
Burrough Green	Burrough Green Mill	Post	1764	Moved to Westley Waterless by 1810
Burwell	Stevens' Mill	Tower	Around 1820	Still standing	Stevens' Mill in Burwell
Burwell	Big Mill	Smock	Early 19th century	Still standing (base remains)	Base of Big Mill in Burwell
Burwell	Busy Bee Mill	Smock	Unknown	Unknown

Windmills in Cambridgeshire: C to D

Here are more windmills from Cambridgeshire, listed from C to D.

Location	Name of Mill	Type of Mill	First Mention or Built	Last Mention or Demise	Photo
Chesterton	Milton Road Mill	Smock	1827	Burnt down on May 12, 1855
Chesterton	Milton Road Mill (also Union Mill or Hurst Park Mill)	Tower	1855	Demolished in April 1957
Chesterton	French's Mill	Smock	1847	Still standing	French's Mill in Chesterton
Castor	Castor Mill	Tower	Unknown	Still standing	Castor Windmill Tower
Chatteris	Black Mill	Smock	Unknown	Unknown
Chippenham	Chippenham Mill	Smock	1883	Base remains, converted into a house
Christchurch	Lavender's Mill	Smock	Unknown	Unknown
Christchurch	Drake's Mill	Tower	1860	1903
Christchurch	Key's Mill	Smock	1875	Demolished around 1950
Coates	Coates Mill	Tower	Unknown	Still standing
Cottenham	Cottenham Windmill	Tower	Unknown	Still standing	Cottenham Windmill
Doddington	Doddington Post Mill	Post	1669	Demolished on April 16, 1879
Doddington	Doddington Mill	Tower	1810	Still standing

Windmills in Cambridgeshire: E

This section covers windmills in Cambridgeshire starting with the letter E.

Location	Name of Mill	Type of Mill	First Mention or Built	Last Mention or Demise	Photo
Easton	Mill Hill Mill	Post	Around 1820	Moved to Ellington around 1845
Eaton Socon	Eaton Socon Post Mill	Post	Around 1700	Burnt down in 1814
Eaton Socon	Duloe Mill	Tower	1815	Still standing
Ellington	Ellington Mill	Post	Around 1845	Moved to Madingley in 1936
Elm	Elm Smock Mill	Smock	1616	1616 (short-lived)
Elm	Chapel Lane Mill	Smock	1797	1904
Elsworth	Papworth's Mill (Black Mill)	Tower	Around 1825	Still standing	Papworth's Mill in Elsworth
Elsworth	Elsworth Smock Mill	Smock	Unknown	1930s
Ely	Cobbin's Mill	Smock	Unknown (had a 1732 date stone)	Demolished in April 1954
Eye	Eye Windmill	Tower	1850	Demolished in 1954
Eye Green	Eye Green Mill	Smock	Unknown	Unknown

Windmills in Cambridgeshire: F to G

Discover windmills in Cambridgeshire from F to G.

Location	Name of Mill	Type of Mill	First Mention or Built	Last Mention or Demise	Photo
Fenstanton	Fenstanton Mill	Post	Unknown	Still standing
Fordham	Fordham Mill	Smock	Unknown	Unknown
Foxton	Foxton Mill	Smock	Unknown	Still standing
Fulbourn	Fulbourn Mill	Smock	1808	Still standing	Fulbourn Mill
Gamlingay	Gamlingay Mill	Smock	Unknown	Demolished in 1977
Gorefield	New Mill (Ward's Mill)	Smock	1836	1933
Great Chishill	Great Chishill Mill	Post	1819	Still standing	Great Chishill Mill
Great Gidding	Great Gidding Post Mill	Post	Unknown	Demolished around 1820
Great Gidding	Great Gidding Mill	Tower	Around 1820	Still standing	Great Gidding Mill Tower
Great Gransden	Great Gransden Mill	Post	1612	Still standing	Great Gransden Windmill
Great Wilbraham	Great Wilbraham Mill	Smock	Unknown	Unknown
Guilden Morden	Hook's Mill	Tower	1865	Still standing	Hook's Mill in Guilden Morden
Guyhirn	Guyhirn Mill	Tower	1871	1871 (short-lived)

Windmills in Cambridgeshire: H to I

Find out about windmills in Cambridgeshire from H to I.

Location	Name of Mill	Type of Mill	First Mention or Built	Last Mention or Demise	Photo
Haddenham	Great Mill	Tower	1803	Still standing	Great Mill in Haddenham
Haddenham	Setchell's Mill	Tower	Unknown	Unknown
Harston	Harston Mill	Tower	Unknown	Still standing
Hemingford Grey	Hemingford Grey Mill	Tower	1820	Still standing	Hemingford Grey Windmill
Hildersham	Hildersham Mill	Tower	1863	Still standing	Disused Mill in Hildersham
Holywell	Holywell Mill	Post	1741	Demolished in the 1930s
Ickleton	Ickleton Mill	Tower	Unknown	Still standing	Ickleton Windmill
Ickleton	Great Chesterford Mill	Smock	1903	Demolished around 1918
Impington	Histon Mill	Smock	1808	Still standing	Histon Mill in Impington

Windmills in Cambridgeshire: K to L

This section lists windmills in Cambridgeshire from K to L.

Location	Name of Mill	Type of Mill	First Mention or Built	Last Mention or Demise	Photo
Kneesworth	Kneesworth Mill	Tower	Unknown	Demolished in 1976
Leverington	Leverington Mill (early)	Unknown	Before 1317	Unknown
Leverington	Leverington Post Mill	Post	1581	1597
Leverington	Horseshoe Corner Mill	Unknown	1727	Moved to Walsoken, Norfolk, in 1778
Leverington	Gooden's Mill	Unknown	1732	1732 (short-lived)
Leverington	White Engine Mill (Smock)	Smock	1796	Burnt down on March 19, 1826
Leverington	White Engine Mill (Tower)	Tower	1827	Gone by 1920
Linton	Linton Mill	Tower	1836	Demolished in 1926
Little Downham	Little Downham Mill (early)	Unknown	1251	Unknown
Little Downham	Cornwell's Mill	Tower	Unknown	Still standing	Cornwell's Mill in Little Downham
Little Downham	Good Intent Mill	Tower	Unknown	Burnt down on June 13, 1884
Little Paxton	Little Paxton Mill	Smock	Unknown	Standing around 1864
Littleport	Arber's Mill	Tower	1840s	Unknown
Little Wilbraham	Little Wilbraham Mill	Tower	Around 1820	Still standing	Little Wilbraham Windmill
Lode	Lode Mill	Smock	Unknown	Demolished around 1885

Windmills in Cambridgeshire: M to O

This section lists windmills in Cambridgeshire from M to O.

Location	Name of Mill	Type of Mill	First Mention or Built	Last Mention or Demise	Photo
Madingley	Madingley Mill (early)	Post	Unknown	Collapsed in July 1909
Madingley	Madingley Mill	Post	1936	Still standing	Madingley Windmill
Manea	Manea Mill	Tower	Unknown	Unknown
March	Southwell's Mill	Smock	Unknown	Unknown
March	Billitt's Mill	Unknown	1862	1929
Murrow	Murrow Mill	Unknown	1826	1826 (short-lived)
New Fletton	New Fletton Mill	Tower	Around 1870	Demolished in 1974
Oakington	Oakington Mill	Tower	1863	Unknown
Old Weston	Old Weston Mill	Post	Around 1700	Standing in 1918
Over	Over Mill	Tower	Around 1860	Still standing	Over Windmill

Windmills in Cambridgeshire: P to R

Here are windmills in Cambridgeshire from P to R.

Location	Name of Mill	Type of Mill	First Mention or Built	Last Mention or Demise	Photo
Pymore	Pymore Mill	Tower	Unknown	Still standing	Pymore Mill
Ramsey	Ramsey Mill	Tower	Unknown	Still standing
Ramsey	Lotting Fen Mill	Tower	Unknown	Unknown
Ramsey	Ramsey Mere Mill (North)	Tower	Unknown	Unknown
Ramsey	Ramsey Mere Mill (South)	Tower	1870	1938
Ramsey Heights	Ramsey Heights Mill	Tower	1870	1916
Ramsey St Mary's	Ugg Mere Mill (St Mary's Mill)	Tower	Unknown	Still standing	Ugg Mere Mill
Royston	Mill Road Mill	Midlands Post	Unknown	Unknown
Royston	Melbourn Road Mill	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown

Windmills in Cambridgeshire: S

This section lists windmills in Cambridgeshire starting with the letter S.

Location	Name of Mill	Type of Mill	First Mention or Built	Last Mention or Demise	Photo
Sawtry	Bannister's Mill	Smock	1778	Still standing
Shudy Camps	Shudy Camps Mill	Post	Unknown	1920
Six Mile Bottom	Bungalow Hill Mill	Post	1846	Still standing	Bungalow Hill Mill
Soham	Pollards Mill (Downfield Mill)	Smock	1726	Rebuilt as a tower mill in 1887
Soham	Downfield Mill	Tower	1887	Still standing	Downfield Mill
Soham	Northfield Mill (Shade Mill, Townsend Mill)	Smock	1830s	Still standing	Northfield Mill
Soham	Hardfield Mill	Smock	Unknown	Unknown
Soham	Soham Mere Mill	Smock	1867	Demolished in 1948
Soham	White Top Mills (four mills)	Smock x4	Unknown	One mill standing in 1930
Somersham	Mill Farm Mill	Smock	Unknown	Unknown
Spaldwick	Spaldwick Post Mill	Post	Unknown	Burnt down around 1881
Spaldwick	Belton's Mill	Tower	1881	Still standing
Stanground	Farcet Mill	Tower	19th century	Demolished around 1910
Stapleford	Stapleford Mill	Smock	Unknown	Around 1930
Steeple Morden	Saunderson's Mill	Smock	1805	Still standing
Stretham	Stretham Post Mill	Post	Unknown	Demolished around 1880
Stretham	Stretham Windmill	Tower	1880	Still standing	Stretham Windmill
Sutton-in-the-Isle	Sutton Mill	Post	Unknown	Destroyed by fire on June 20, 1912
Swaffham Bulbeck	Swaffham Bulbeck Mill	Smock	Unknown	Unknown
Swaffham Prior	Swaffham Prior Smock Mill (early)	Smock	1830	Demolished around 1875
Swaffham Prior	Swaffham Prior Mill	Smock	1864	Still standing	Swaffham Prior Smock Mill
Swaffham Prior	Swaffham Prior Post Mill	Post	Unknown	Demolished around 1860
Swaffham Prior	Foster's Mill	Tower	1860	Still standing	Foster's Mill and Swaffham Prior Mill
Swavesey	Swavesey Mill (early)	Unknown	Unknown	Demolished around 1866
Swavesey	Hale Mill	tower	1866	Still standing	Hale Mill in Swavesey

Windmills in Cambridgeshire: T

This section lists windmills in Cambridgeshire starting with the letter T.

Location	Name of Mill	Type of Mill	First Mention or Built	Last Mention or Demise	Photo
Thorney	Thorney Mill	Tower	1787	Still standing	Thorney Windmill
Tilbrook	Tilbrook Mill	Post	Unknown	Standing in 1906
Trumpington	Trumpington Mill	Tower	Unknown	Unknown
Tydd St Giles	Tydd St Giles Mill (early)	Unknown	1871	1929
Tydd St Giles	Redmoor Mill	Post	1879	1883
Tydd St Giles	Tydd St Giles Smock Mill	Smock	Unknown	Unknown

Windmills in Cambridgeshire: U to Y

This section lists windmills in Cambridgeshire from U to Y.

Location	Name of Mill	Type of Mill	First Mention or Built	Last Mention or Demise	Photo
Upwood	Setchell's Mill	Tower	1852	Still standing
Warboys	Ramsey Road Mill	Tower	Unknown	Unknown
Warboys	Mill Green Mill	Tower	19th century	Unknown
Warboys	Behagg's Mill	Tower	Around 1850	Standing in 1926
Werrington	Werrington Mill	Tower	Unknown	Still standing	Werrington Windmill
Westley Waterless	Westley Waterless Mill	Post	1810	Moved to Six Mile Bottom in 1846
Weston Colville	Weston Colville Mill	Smock	Around 1830	Still standing	Converted windmill in Weston Colville
West Wickham	Streetley End Mill	Tower	1802	Still standing	Converted windmill in West Wickham
West Wratting	West Wratting Mill	Smock	1726	Still standing	West Wratting Windmill
Whittlesey	Fletcher's Mill	Tower	Unknown	Still standing
Whittlesey	Elderkin's Mill	Tower	Early to mid-19th century	Still standing	Elderkin's Mill in Whittlesey
Wicken	Wicken Mill	Smock	Unknown	Still standing	Wicken Windmill
Wicken	Adventurer's Fen Mill	Smock	1908	Moved to Wicken Fen in 1956
Wicken	Spinney Bank Mill	Smock	Unknown	1920s
Wicken Fen	Wicken Fen Windpump	Smock	1956	Still standing	Wicken Fen Windpump
Willingham	Cattell's Mill	Unknown	1828	Still standing	Cattell's Mill in Willingham
Willingham	Ingle's Mill	Smock	Around 1812	Demolished in 1956
Winwick	Winwick Mill	Tower	Unknown	Demolished in 1935
Wisbech	Wisbech Post Mill (early)	Post	1583	Struck by lightning and demolished in 1778
Wisbech	Leach's Mill	Tower	1778	Still standing	Leach's Mill in Wisbech (1895)
Wisbech	Market Place Mill	Unknown	1571	Demolished in 1750
Wisbech	Lynn Road, Clarkson Mill	Post	1690	Demolished in May 1886
Wisbech	Leverington Road, Red Engine Mill	Smock	1792	Demolished in July 1890
Wisbech	Old Playhouse Mill	Post	1752	Demolished around 1805
Wisbech	Leverington Road, Webster's Mill	Post	1750s	Gone by 1895
Wisbech	Leverington Road Mill (early)	Post	1772	Burnt down in 1792
Wisbech	Leverington Road, Bell's Mill	Post	1772	1846
Wisbech	North Brink, Bowles Mill	Tower	Around 1772	Demolished in 1928
Wistow	Wistow Mill	Tower	Unknown	Unknown
Woodditton	Woodditton Mill	Smock	Around 1840	Demolished in 1936
Wood Walton Fen	Higney Mill (Charterhouse mill)	Tower	1874	1924	Base of the old windmill by Monks Lode
Yaxley	Black Mill	Tower	1671	Demolished in 1935
Yaxley	Yaxley Mill	Tower	1842	Unknown
Yelling	Yelling Mill	Post	Unknown	Unknown

Past Windmill Locations

Some windmills that were once in Cambridgeshire are now considered part of other counties due to boundary changes. For example, mills in Upwell are now listed under List of windmills in Norfolk.