List of windmills in Hertfordshire facts for kids

A list of all windmills and windmill sites which lie in the Ceremonial county of Hertfordshire.

Locations

A

B

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Baldock	Approximately	Post	1676 1695 1700 1720 1728 1749 1766	1676	1766
Barkway	Cokenach	Post		1271	1271
Barkway	Rokey Mill	Post	1676 1700 1720 1766	1595	1766
Barkway	Rokey Mill	Smock	1822 1898	1818	1898
Barkway	Newsells Mill	Post		1699	Demolished 1792
Barkway	Newsells Mill	Smock	1800 1822	1792	Demolished 1873
Barley				1577	1577
Bennington		Post		1342	1342
Bennington	Benington Mill	Post	1676 1695,br>1700 1720 1728	1676	1728
Berkhamsted				1300	1300
Berkhamsted	Approximately	Post	1720 1728 1749	1720	1749
Berkhamsted	Approximately	Post	1720 1728	1720	1728
Berkhamsted	Approximately	Post	1749	1743	1749
Bishop's Stortford	Hockerill Mill Approximately	Post	1766 1822	1766	Demolished c. 1823, Windshaft to Bardfield Saling, Essex
Bishop's Stortford	Hockerill Mill Approximately	Tower		c. 1823	1914, gone by 1918.
Bishop's Stortford	Barrell's Down Mill Linsell Mill	Post	1800 1822	1800	1896, gone by 1906
Braughing	Approximately	Tower	1800	1787	Demolished c. 1811
Brent Pelham	Brent Pelham Mill	Smock		1826	Windmill World
Buntingford				1577	1589
Buntingford	Layston	Post	1720 1728 1749 1766 1800 1822	1720	Burnt down 1 September 1889
Buntingford			1822	1822	1905
Bushey	Bushey Heath Mill	Smock		1826	Demolished c. 1910

C

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Chesfield		Post		1318	1372
Chesfield	Chesfield Park	Titt iron wind engine		1896
Cheshunt		Post		1843	Demolished c. 1860
Cheshunt	Goff's Oak Mill	Tower		c. 1860	Demolished 1953
Cheshunt	Turner's Hill Mill		1822	1822	1861
Chipperfield		Post		1594	1594
Chipperfield		Smock	1822	1822	1881, gone by 1896
Chipping	Approximately	Post	1720 1728	1720	1728
Clothall	Approximately	Post		1370	1370
Codicote	Codicote Heath Approximately	Smock		1841	1855, gone by 1881
Colney Heath	Colney Heath Mill	Tower		1854	Windmill World
Cottered		Post		1581	1581
Cromer				1192	1576
Cromer	Cromer Mill	Post	1720 1728 1749 1766 1800 1822	1720	Windmill World
Croxley Green	Croxley Green Mill	Tower		c. 1860	Windmill World

E - G

H

K - M

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Kelshall		Post		1251	1251
Kelshall		Post		1599	1679
King's Walden	Breachwood Green Mill	Tower		c. 1859	Windmill World
Lilley		Post		1638	1674
Little Gaddesden	Approximately	Post		1284	1305
Little Hormead	Approximately			c. 1876	c. 1876
Little Hadham		Post		1251	1270
Little Hadham	Little Hadham Mill	Smock	1800 1822	1786	Burnt down 31 July 1981 Windmill World
Little Wymondley	Approximately	Sunk Post		Early 13th century	1366
Little Wymondley	Approximately	Post	1720 1728 1749	1720	1749
Much Hadham		Post	1676 1695 1700 1720 1728 1749 1800 1822	1676	Demolished 1892
Markyate		post mill	1720 1728 1749 1766 1800 1822	1720	1851
Meesden				1262	14th century
Meesden		Post	1676 1695 1700 1720 1728 1749 1766 1800	1583	1827
Much Hadham		Tower		1892	Demolition began 1925

N - R

S

T

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Therfield				1323	1323
Therfield		Post	1720 1766 1800 1822	1720	1822
Therfield		Smock		1871	Burnt down 19 January 1881
Thundridge	Wadesmill	Post	1800 1822	1793	1865, gone by 1878
Tring	New Mill Approximately	Post	1766	1766	1797
Tring	Gamnel Wharf Mill	Tower	1822	1822	Demolished 1911
Tring	Goldfield Mill Grover's Mill	Tower		c. 1839	Windmill World

W

Locations formerly within Hertfordshire

• For windmills in Arkley and Totteridge see List of windmills in Greater London.
• Two further mill sites at Markyate now fall within Bedfordshire and are covered under the List of windmills in Bedfordshire.

Maps

• 1675 John Ogilby
• 1676 John Seller
• 1695 John Ogilby
• 1700 Herman Moll
• 1720 John Warburton
• 1728 Clark
• 1749 Thomas Kitchin
• 1766 Dury & Andrews
• 1800 Ordnance Survey
• 1822 Andrew Bryant