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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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. |
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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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