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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 Codsall Windmill-geograph.org-2336932.jpg
Colton Approximately
Coppenhall Coppenhall Mill
1607 1617
Coppenhall Mill Butterhill Mill
Tower c. 1800 Windmill World Butterhill Windmill - geograph.org.uk - 368407.jpg
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 Croxton Mill.jpg

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 Mill.jpg
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 Old Windmill, Kinver Million - geograph.org.uk - 7925.jpg
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
Ruins of old windmill - geograph.org.uk - 294064.jpg
Etruria Etruria Pottery Works
Tower 1774 1794
Forton Forton Mill
Tower 1573 1780
Windmill World
Forton Mill stump.jpg

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 Windmill-geograph.org-2461796.jpg
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 Hammerwich Mill.jpg
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 Remains of old windmill - geograph.org.uk - 1449373.jpg
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 Little Saredon Mill.jpg
Longdon Windmill Farm Mill
Tower 1806 Windmill World Upper Longdon Mill.jpg
Meir Heath Meir Heath Mill
Tower 1775 1775 Windmill World Old Corn Windmill Tower - geograph.org.uk - 377668.jpg
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 Ruiton Windmill - geograph.org.uk - 373084.jpg
Shelfield High Heath Mill
Post 1682 1682 1682
Shelfield Shelfield Mill
Post 1831 1831 1872
Smethwick Smethwick Mill
Tower 1803 Demolished August 1949 Smethwick windmill mirror.JPG
Smethwick Cape Mill
approximately
Tower 1836
Stafford Foregate Field 1585 1585
Stafford Broad Eye Mill
Tower 1796 Broad Eye Windmill Broad Eye Mill.jpg
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 Windmill, Werrington - geograph.org.uk - 341006.jpg
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 21 resize.jpg
Wigginton 1818 1818 1828
Wightwick Wightwick mill
Tower 1720 Windmill World
Severely damaged by a gas explosion on 13 October 2018.
Wightwick Mill.jpg
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
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