List of windmills in Staffordshire facts for kids

This is a list of windmills in the English county of Staffordshire.

Locations

A - B

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Audley	Approximately	Tower		1796	1860, gone by 1899
Bilston	Bilston Mill	Post	1686	1686	1771
Bilston	Mount Pleasant Mill	Tower		1791	Demolished early 1970s
Blakenall Heath	Approximately	Post	1686 1693 1747 1775 1787	1686	1787
Blakenhall Heath	Approximately	Post	1686 1693 1747 1775 1787	1686	1787
Blakenhall Heath	Bloxwich Mill (one of above two sites)			1816	1853
Bloxwich	Little Bloxwich Mill approximately	Post	1682	1609	1682
Bloxwich	Great Bloxwich Mill	Post	1682 1775	1682	c. 1812
Blymhill	Approximately			1203	1291
Bradley	Approximately			1337	1337
Brewood	Kent's Mill approximately		1775	1775	1778
Brewood	Somerford Mill approximately	Post	1817	1802	1880
Broadhill	Beffcote Mill	Tower		Late 18th century	Windmill World
Bromstead Heath
Brocton	Oat Hill Mill approximately		1686 1747 1749	1686	1749
Burslem	Approximately	Tower		c. 1750	1832, gone by 1860
Burslem	Approximately			1780s	Demolished early 19th century
Burton on Trent	Approximately			1818	1844

C

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Cannock
Church Eaton	Alstone Mill		1682 1775 1831	1641	1831
Church Eaton	High Onn Mill				Gone by 1652
Church Eaton	Shushions Manor Mill approximately			1300	1301
Codsall	Codsall Windmill	Tower		1775	Windmill World
Colton	Approximately
Coppenhall	Coppenhall Mill			1607	1617
Coppenhall Mill	Butterhill Mill	Tower		c. 1800	Windmill World
Coseley	Old Mill, Bramford	Tower		c. 1780	Windmill World
Coseley	Maullin's Mill, Roseville	Post		1812	1813
Coseley	Coseley Mill, Roseville	Post	1820	1820	1868
Coseley	New Mill	Tower
Coven Heath			1775	1775	1775, gone by 1790
Cowley	Approximately		1686 1747	1587	1747
Croxton	Croxton Mill	Tower		1777	Windmill World

D - F

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Darlaston	Darlaston Mill	Post	1795	1795	1795
Darlaston	Approximately	Tower	1834	1818	1886, gone by 1902
Dilhorne	Approximately		1775	1775	1872, gone by 1900
Dudley	Shaver's End Mill	Post	1682	1682	1682
Dudley	Shaver's End Mill	Tower	1800 1816	1787	Demolished 1930s
Dudley	Eve Hill Mill	Post	1682 1747 1749 1775	1682	1775
Dudley	Eve Hill Mill	Tower		1808	1822, gone by 1886
Dudley	London Fields Mill		1682 1747 1749	1682	1749
Dudley	Tipton Green Mill		1682 1747 1749	1682	1749
Dudley	Nertherton Mill		1818	1818	1818
Enville	Spital Brook Mills	Tower		1801	Windmill World
Enville	Grove Farm Mill approximately			Early 19th century	Early 19th century
Enville	Highgate Common Mill approximately			Early 19th century	Early 19th century
Essington	Essington Mill	Midlands post	1775	1681	1930 Windmill World
Etruria	Etruria Pottery Works	Tower		1774	1794
Forton	Forton Mill	Tower		1573	1780 Windmill World

G - H

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Garshall Green	Milwich Mill	Tower		1812	1829
Gentleshaw	Gentleshaw Mill	Tower		1820	Windmill World
Gentleshaw	Coney's Mill		1775	1775	1895
Gerrards Bromley	Approximately				Gone by 1564
Gerrards Bromley	Approximately		1818 1831	1818	1831
Gnosall			1831	1815	1831
Hammerwich				1300	1300
Hammerwich	Speedwell Mill	Tower		1779	Windmill World
Hanbury				1567	1567
Handsworth		Tower			Gone by 1794
Handsworth		Tower		1759	Demolished c. 1870
Hanley,		Tower		c. 1795	1857
Hartshill		Tower		1780	Demolished 1842
Haughton				1575	1638
Hilderstone				1798	1855
Himley			1682	1682	1682
Himley		Post		1831	1881
Hixon	Approximately	Post		1801	1841

K - M

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Kidsgrove	Kidsgrove Mill Long Row Mill	Tower		1812	Windmill World
Kingswinford	Kingswinford Mill	Tower	1834	1818	1886
Kingswinford	Tansey Green Mill	Post	1775	1775	1840
Kinver	Approximately		1775	1775	1775
Lapley	Approximately			1291	1358
Lichfield	Windmill House Grange Road Mill	Tower		1809	Windmill World
Little Saredon				1332	1332
Little Saredon	Little Saredon Mill Shareshill Mill	Tower		1816	Windmill World
Longdon	Windmill Farm Mill	Tower		1806	Windmill World
Meir Heath	Meir Heath Mill	Tower	1775	1775	Windmill World
Moneymore	Weeford Mill	Tower		1818	Demolished 2015 for installation of a quarry Windmill World

N - Q

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Newborough			1820 1831	1820	1831
Newcastle-under-Lyme	Approximately			1696	1696
Newcastle-under-Lyme	Sneyd's Mill		1682	1682	Moved to Whitmore 1684
Newcastle-under-Lyme			1819 1820*	1819	1820
Norbury	Approximately		1686 1747	1686	1747
Norton-in-the-Moors	(two mills)			1547	1547
Pattingham	Nurton Hill Mill	Tower		1811	Windmill World
Pattingham	Approximately		1682	1682	1682
Penkhull		Tower		1818	Demolished 1891
Penkridge	Approximately		1772 1820	1775	1820
Perry Bar	Holdford Mill		1814 1831	1814	1831
Quinton	Ridgacre Mill	Post		1887	1900

R - T

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Rowley Regis	Rowley Mill	Post	1775	1775	1865
Rowley Regis	Hailstone Mill Hawes Hill Mill	Post	1682 1775	1682	1826
Rowley Regis	Approximately		1819	1819	1819
Rugeley	Approximately			1600	1600
Rushall	Rushall Mill approximately	Post	1775 1788	1693	Demolished early 19th century
Rushall	Goscote Field Mill		1775 1788 1799	1744	1799, gone by 1816
Sandon			1682 1747	1682	1747
Sedgley	Ruiton Old Mill		1682	1682	1682
	Rewardine Field Mill Ruiton Old Mill	Tower		1702	Collapsed 31 January 1872
Sedgley	Roundhouse Mill	Tower		c. 1830	Collapsed 1961
Sedgley	Sandyfields Mill	Tower		1817	1822
Sedgley	Ruiton New Mill	Tower		c. 1830
Shelfield	High Heath Mill	Post	1682	1682	1682
Shelfield	Shelfield Mill	Post	1831	1831	1872
Smethwick	Smethwick Mill	Tower		1803	Demolished August 1949
Smethwick	Cape Mill approximately	Tower		1836
Stafford	Foregate Field			1585	1585
Stafford	Broad Eye Mill	Tower		1796	Broad Eye Windmill
Stone		Tower		1803	Demolished 1847
Tatenhill		Post		1834	1861
Tettenhall Wood	Tettenhall Mill	Tower	1818	1818
Trentham	Approximately	Tower		1802	Demolished 1819
Tunstall		Tower		1813	Demolished 1855

U - Y

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Uttoxeter		Tower		1809	Demolished 1919
Walsall	Morteyn's Mill approximately	Post		1304	Blown down 1393
Walsall	Persehouse's Mill approximately	Post		1619	1732, gone by 1735
Walsall	Blackham's Mill approximately	Post	1732 1735	c. 1672	1735
Walsall	Blackham's Mill approximately	Tower		1829	demolished 1885
Walsall	Highgate Mill	Post
Walsall	Spring Hill Mill	Post	1799 1816	1799	1816
Wednesbury	Church Hill Mill approximately	Post	1686	1686	1868, gone by 1889
Wednesbury	Church Hill Mill (2nd mill) approximately	Post		1686	1686
Wednesbury	Church Hill Mill approximately	Tower		1803	1868, gone by 1889
Wednesbury	King's Hill Mill	Post	1686	1686	1886
Wednesfield Heath	Approximately			1824	1849
Wednesfield Heath	Mill Hill Mill				Demolished c. 1750
Werrington	Werrington Mill	Tower		1730	Windmill World
West Bromwich	Hall Green Mill approximately	Post		1616	1822
West Bromwich	Rider's Mill approximately	Post		1694	1767, gone by 1775
West Bromwich	Mill Street Mill Tantany Mill approximately	Post		1834	1842
West Bromwich	Windmill Field Lyndon Mill approximately	Post		1808	1830s
West Bromwich	Crabb's Mill approximately	Post
Weston under Lizard			1682 1749	1682	1749
Wheaton Aston		Midlands post		1854	Burnt down c. 1912
Wigginton			1818	1818	1828
Wightwick	Wightwick mill	Tower		1720	Windmill World Severely damaged by a gas explosion on 13 October 2018.
Wightwick	(2nd mill)	Tower
Wilbrighton				1787	1787
Willenhall	Nechells Mill	Post	1682	1682	1682
Willenhall		Post	1818 1831 1834	1818	1880
Willenhall	Rose Hill Mill	Post		1850	1850
Willenhall	Stowheath Mill Tudor Mill	Post	1682	1625	1756
Willenhall	Clemson's Mill	Tower		Mid-18th century	Demolished early 19th century
Wolverhampton	Stafford Street	Tower		1775	1775	Demolished 1893
Wolverhampton	Stafford Street (2nd mill)	post		1775	1775
Wolverhampton	Quebb Mill approximately		1686 1832	1587	1832
Wolverhampton	Penn Mill	Post		1813	1837
Wolverhampton	Wolverhampton Mill		1686	1686	1686
Wolverhampton	Goldthorn Hill		1818	1818	c. 1905
Wombourne			1818 1834	1818	1834
Woodseaves				1821	Early 20th century
Wrottesley	Pendeford Mill			1819	Gone by 1883
Yarnfield	Tarnfield Mill			c. 1800	1861
Yarnfield	Heanie's Mill			1824	1827
Yoxall				1570	1570
Yoxhall				1818	1892

Maps

• 1682 Joseph Brown
• 1686 Robert Plot
• 1747 Jeffrey
• 1749 Bowen
• 1775 Yates
• 1799 Yates
• 1814 Ordnance Survey
• 1817 Ordnance Survey
• 1818 C & G Greenwood
• 1820 C & G Greenwood
• 1820^* Sherwood
• 1831 Yates
• 1834 Ordnance Survey