List of windmills in Lancashire facts for kids
A list of windmills in Lancashire, including those now within Greater Manchester and Merseyside.
Locations
A – C
| Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ainsdale | Ainsdale Mill | Tower | c.1800 | Closure in 1965 and demolition in late 1970s |  |
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| Aughton | Aughton Mill | Sunk Post | ||||
| Barton-upon-Irwell | 1600 | 1600 | ||||
| Bickerstaffe | Bickerstaffe Mill SD 442 048 |
Tower | 1756 | Windmill World |  |
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| Billinge | Billinge Mill | 1641 | 1691 | |||
| Birkdale | Birkdale Mill | Sunk Post | c.16th century | Mentioned 1845 | ||
| Boothstown | Mid-18th century | Demolished 1874 | ||||
| Bretherton | Bank Mill SD 462 208 |
Tower | 1741 | Windmill World | ||
| Burscough | Mere Mill SD 426 157 |
Tower | Windmill World |  |
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| Carleton | Dick's Mill | Tower | Demolished 1886 | |||
| Clifton | Clifton Mill SD 464 313 |
Tower | Windmill World |  |
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| Culcheth | 1516 | 1593 |
F – K
| Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freckleton | Smock Saw Mill | |||||
| Golborne | 1352 | 1367 | ||||
| Great Crosby | Moor Lane Mill SD 329 003 |
Tower | 1813 | Windmill World |  |
|
| Haigh | Brewery Mill SD 605 089 |
Tower | 1845 | Windmill World |  |
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| Hambleton | Post | 1870s | Demolished by 1934 | |||
| Ince | 1558 | 1558 | ||||
| Kirkham | Carr Hill Mill SD 431 320 |
Tower | Windmill World |  |
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| Kirkham | Treales Mill SD 447 328 |
Tower | Late 18th century | Windmill World |  |
L
| Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Little Marton | Little Marton Mill SD 349 342 |
Tower | 1838 | Windmill World |  |
|
| Liverpool | Wavertree Mill | Midlands Post | 1452 | Demolished 1916 |  |
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| Liverpool | Edge Hill Mill | Post | 1642 | 1642 | ||
| Liverpool | Eastham Mill | 1250 | Destroyed May 1644 | |||
| Liverpool | Cathedral Mount | |||||
| Liverpool | Hale Mill | Post | Moved to Hale Bank, 1790 | |||
| Liverpool | Hale Bank Mill | Post | 1790 | |||
| Liverpool | Townsend Mill | 1348 | ||||
| Liverpool | Townsend Mill | Midlands Post | 1644 | 1772 |  |
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| Liverpool | Gallows Mill | Tower | 1825 |  |
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| Liverpool | Gallows Mill (2nd mill) |
Tower | 1825 | |||
| Liverpool | Chisenhale Street | Tower | 1814 |  |
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| Liverpool | Chisenhale Street (2nd mill) | Tower | 1814 | |||
| Liverpool | Preston Road Mill | Tower | Standing in 1936 | |||
| Liverpool | St James's Park | Tower | 1773 | Gone by 1889 | ||
| Liverpool | Stanley Park | 1823 | ||||
| Liverpool | Springfield Mill | Tower | 1823 | 1907 | ||
| Liverpool | Parliament St (two) | Gone by 1889 | ||||
| Liverpool | Bootle Lane | Burnt down 1834 | ||||
| Longton | Standing 1916 | |||||
| Lydiate | Forest's Mill SD 380 039 |
Tower | 1768 | Windmill World |  |
|
| Lytham St Annes | Lytham Mill SD 371 271 |
Tower | 1803 | Windmill World |  |
M – P
| Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maghull | Standing in 1916 | |||||
| Manchester | Deansgate | 1771 | ||||
| Manchester | Windmill Street | 1766 | 1811 | |||
| Much Hoole | Standing in 1916 | |||||
| Ormskirk | Wimbrick Mill | Standing in 1916 | Photo | |||
| Parbold | Parbold Mill SD 491 106 |
Tower | 1810 | Windmill World |  |
|
| Pilling | Damside Windmill SD 406 487 |
Tower | 1808 | Windmill World |  |
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| Preesall | Preesall Mill SD 367 467 |
Tower | 1839 | Windmill World | ||
| Prescot | Acres Mill | Tower | Burnt down 9 August 1908 |  |
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| Preston | Craggs Row Mill SD 537 300 |
Tower | Early 19th century | Windmill World |  |
|
| Preston | Park Lane Mill | Standing 1916 |
R – W
| Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rimington | Stopper Lane Mill | Smock | ||||
| Rufford | Causeway End Mill | Tower | Standing in 1947 | |||
| Rufford | Midlands Post | Moved to Warton 1771 | ||||
| Salford | 1380 | 1380 | ||||
| Singleton | Singleton Mill | Tower | Standing in 1947 | |||
| Southport | Titt iron wind engine | 1894 | ||||
| Staining | Staining Mill SD 347 366 |
Tower | Late 18th century | Windmill World |  |
|
| St Helens | Ravenhead Mill SJ 502 942 |
Tower | Late 18th century | Windmill World |  |
|
| Southport | Tower | Photo | ||||
| Southport | Titt wind engine | 1894 | ||||
| Tarleton | Standing in 1916 | |||||
| Thornton Cleveleys | Marsh Mill SD 335 426 |
Tower | 1794 | Windmill World |  |
|
| Toxteth | Scott's Mill Wilson's Mill |
Tower | Demolished c. 1960 | |||
| Treales | Treales | Tower | Windmill World | |
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| Upholland | Holland Mill SD 513 057 |
Tower | 1768 | Windmill World |  |
|
| Warton | Warton Post Mill SD 420 288 |
Sunk post (Midlands type) | 1771 | Windmill World | ||
| West Derby | 1229 | 1256 | ||||
| West Derby | Acker's Mill | 1717 | 1717 | |||
| Wrea Green | Wrea Green Mill SD 395 313 |
Tower | Windmill World | |||
| Wrightington | Harrock Hill Mill SD 511 133 |
Tower | Windmill World |  |
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| Weeton | Weeton Mill SD 393 346 |
Tower | 1812 | Demolished 1950s? Windmill World |
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