List of windmills in Derbyshire facts for kids

The List of Windmills in Derbyshire is a list of former and extant windmills in the English county of Derbyshire.

Locations

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise
Alderwasley	Post	1791 1808	1767	Standing 1811, gone by 1835.
Alfreton	Hitch Hill Mill	Tower		1816	Standing in 1824.
Alfreton	Sleetmore Mill	Post	1825	1790	Demolished1925.
Ashbourne	Windmill Lane	Tower	1808	1791	Standing 1817, not on 1825 map.
Ashbourne	Ashley Mill	Tower		1838	Standing in 1847.
Ashover	Spancarr Mill	Tower	1808	1807	Windmill World
Beighton (now South Yorkshire)	Beighton Mill	Post		1791	Burnt down by arson April 1831.
Belph		Open Trestle Post	1808		Standing in 1814.
Belper	Belper Mill	Tower		1796	Windmill World
Bolsover	Sherwood Lodge Mill Lime Kiln Fields Mill	Tower		1793	Windmill World
Bolsover		Open Trestle Post	1825 1836	1795
Borrowash	Borrowash Mill	Open Trestle Post	1825 1835	1773	Gone by 1857
Breadsall	Breadsall Mill	Tower	1808 1836		Demolished 1840s.
Calow	Bole Hill Mill	Post	1808 1835 1840	1812	Burnt down 15 April 1843
Chellaston	Chellaston Mill	Tower	1836 1887 1899	c.1827	Working in 1889. Single story stump was standing in 1970, gone by 1995.
Chesterfield	Holywell Street Mill	Post		c.1787	Advertised for sale 1789, no further trace.
Chesterfield	New Brampton Mill }	Post	1808	1800	Advertised for sale 1814, no further trace.
Chesterfield	Club Mill	Tower	1808 1836	1800
Clay Cross	Clay Cross Mill	Post	1835†		Standing in 1857.
Clowne	Clown mill	Post	1791 1808 1836 1880 1887	1767
Codnor	Codnor Mill	Post	1808	1801	Standing in 1834, not on 1836 map.
Creswell	Cresswell Mill	Post		1828	Standing in 1864.
Crich	Pothouse Mill			1757	Moved to Four Lanes End in 1764.
Crich	Four Lanes End Mill	Tower		1764	Burnt out 15 February 1849.
Dale Abbey	Cat and Fiddle Mill	Midlands Post		1788	Windmill World
Derby	Windmill Hill Lane Mill	Tower	1791	1767	Advertised for sale in 1781.
Derby	Depot Mill	Tower		1816	Probably demolished between 1855 and 1888.
Derby	Normanton Road Mill	Tower			Standing in 1949.
Derby	Chain Lane Mill, Littleover				Medieval mill.
Eckington	Eckington Mill	Post		1825.	Burnt down by arson, 19 January 1832.
Eyam	Eyam Mill	Tower	1827	Demolished c.1877
Findern	Findern Mill	Tower	1825 1836 1887	1797	Windmill World
Fritchley	Fritchley Mill	Post	1825 1880	1793	Windmill World
Hazelwood	Hazelwood Mill	Smock	1906	1906	Pumping windmill, demolished 1939.
Heage	Heage Windmill	Tower		Built c. 1797. First use c. 1805	Heage Windmill Official Website
Heanor		1791 1808
Holbrook	Holbrook Mill	Post	1825 1836 1880	1825	Standing in 1841, not marked on any map later than 1880.
Hopton	Carsington Pasture Mill	Tower	1839 1880	1780s	Windmill World
Horsley Park	Hosley Mill	Post	1808 1836		Gone by 1841.
Hulland Ward	Hulland Ward Mill	Tower	1836	c.1825	Standing in 1850, not on 1880 map.
Ilkeston	Lawn GardensMill	Post		1817	Burnt down 1831.
Ilkeston	Field Mill	Post	1825 1836		Moved to Derby Road, Ilkeston mid-C19th.
Ilkeston	Derby Road Mill	Post	1896 1908	1876	Standing in September 1920.
Kilburn	Kilburn Mill	Tower		1821	Not marked on any maps after 1879.
Long Eaton	Long Eaton Mill		1808
Loscoe	Loscoe Mill	Post	1825 1836		Advertised for sale in 1851.
Lower Pilsley	Hagg Hill		1897		Possibly a windpump.
Mapperley	Mapperley Mill	Post	1825 1836		Standing in 1900, blown down by 1932.
Marlpool	Marlpool Mill		1791	1767.	Gone by 1801.
Marlpool	Marlpool Mill	Post			Burnt down by arson, 4 December 1828.
Marlpool	Marlpool Mill	Tower	1836 1881	c.1830	Dismantled 1885.
Melbourne	Melbourne Mill	Tower	1808 1825 1836	1797	Windmill World
Melbourne		Post	1808 1825 1836	1808	1836
Melbourne	Ticknall Road Mill	Post		1782	Advertised for sale 1853.
Mickleover	Mill Field Mill		1808	1808	Moved to Common Road in 1850.
Mickleover	Common Road Mill	Tower		1850	Demolished c.1973.
Mosborough	Mosborough Mill	Tower		c.1802	Standing in 1856, not marked on 1877 Ordnance Survey map.
Muggington	Muggington Mill	Tower	1835 1836	c.1830	Standing in 1876.
Netherseal	Netherseal Mill	Post	1834		Was in Leicestershire when built. Working in 1904.
Newhall	Newhall Mill	Post	1808 1825 1836		Working in 1841.
Nitticar Hill	Knitacre Mill		1791 1808	1767	Gone by 1830.
Ockbrook	Ockbrook Mill	Tower	1880	1811	Windmill World
Pleasley	Pleasley Mill	Post	1808 1825 1836	1808	Demolished late 1860s.
Riddings	James	Tower		1877	Demolished 1963
Riddings	Sarah	Tower		1877	Demolished 1963.
Riddings	Riddings Mill	Post	1835†	1829
Ripley	Pease Hill Mill	Tower	1808 1825 1914	1808	Demolished 1920s.
Risley	Risley Mill	Post	1808 1825 1835 1836	1798	Advertised for sale 1835.
Sandiacre	Sandiacre Mill	Post	1825 1835†	1820	Advertised for sale 1834.
Sawley	Sawley Mill		1825 1836	1794	Working until 1861.
Shardlow	Shardlow Union Mill	Post		1803	Advertised for sale in 1851.
Shipley	Shipley Mill		1808	1808	Blown down 16 May 1809.
Shirebrook	Shirebrook Mill			1828	1841.
Smalley	Cloves Lane		1808	c.1700	Moved to Smalley watermill 1800.
Smalley	at Smalley watermill			1800	Moved back to Cloves Lane 1815.
Smalley	Cloves Lane			1815	Demolished c.1856.
Smalley	Swine Hill Lane			1800	1800, burnt down before 1828, remains to Marlpool, which burnt down in that year.
Smisby	Ann's Well Place	Post	1791 1808 1895	1767	Blown down c.1920.
South Normanton	Fordbridge Lane Mill	Tower	1880	1820s	Windmill World
South Normanton	Normanton Common Mill	Tower	1880 1905	1850s	Windmill World
South Normanton		Post	1808 1825	c.1805	Working until 1908. Dismantled 1980, remains declared beyond restoration in 1997 and burnt. Windmill World
South Normanton		Post		1630	Severely damaged December 1809, ruins auctioned January 1810.
Spinkhill	Spinkhill Mill	Tower	1791 1808	1767	House converted 1879, demolished mid-1950s.
Spondon	Spondon Mill	Post		1824	Standing in 1861.
Swarkestone	Swarkestone Mill	Tower	1808 1825	1794	Disused by 1889, reduced to single storey stump by 1932, demolished by 1983.
Swarkestone Lowes		Post	1675	1675	1745.
Swathick	Swathick Mill		1808	1808	1808.
Temple Normanton	Temple Normanton Mill	Tower	1808 1825	1796	House converted mid-1860s. Demolished 1935.
Tibshelf	Nethermoor	Post	1791 1808 1836	1767	Demolished 1915, leaving roundhouse standing. This was demolished in the 1960s.
West Hallam	West Hallam Mill		1791 1808	1767	1808
Whitwell	Whitwell Mill	Tower	1840 1916	1829	Working until 1912, demolished 1965.
Whittington	Whittington Mill	Tower	1808 1825 1840 1895	1808	Demolished c.1900.
Willington	Willington Mill		1791 1825	1710	1825.
Wirksworth	Wirksworth Mill	Post	1808 1836	1799	Advertised for sale 1849.
Woodville	Butt House Mill	Post	1835† 1836	c.1827	Demolished c.1880.