List of windmills in the United Kingdom facts for kids
This is a list of windmills and windpumps in the United Kingdom.
Contents
- England
- Bedfordshire
- Berkshire
- Buckinghamshire
- Cambridgeshire
- Cheshire
- Cornwall
- Cumbria
- Derbyshire
- Devon
- Dorset
- Durham
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- East Sussex
- Essex
- Gloucestershire
- Greater London
- Greater Manchester
- Hampshire
- Herefordshire
- Hertfordshire
- Isle of Wight
- Kent
- Lancashire
- Leicestershire
- Lincolnshire
- Merseyside
- Norfolk
- North Yorkshire
- Northamptonshire
- Northumberland
- Nottinghamshire
- Oxfordshire
- Rutland
- Shropshire
- Somerset
- South Yorkshire
- Staffordshire
- Suffolk
- Surrey
- Tyne and Wear
- Warwickshire
- West Midlands
- West Sussex
- West Yorkshire
- Wiltshire
- Worcestershire
- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Wales
England
The list is divided into the current ceremonial counties of England:
Bedfordshire
See List of windmills in Bedfordshire
Berkshire
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
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Bracknell | Amen Corner Mill | Demolished by 1936 | ||||
Cookham | Sutton Farm | Titt iron wind engine | 1894 | |||
Easthampstead | Caesars Camp | |||||
Faringdon | Wadley House | Titt iron wind engine | 1900 | |||
Lockinge | Lockinge Downs | Titt iron wind engine | 1895 | |||
Slough | Salt Hill Mill | Smock | Moved to Great Thurlow, Suffolk | |||
Slough | Salt Hill Mill (2nd mill) |
Smock | Moved to Luton, Kent 1848. | |||
Winkfield | Chavey Down Mill | |||||
Winkfield | Maiden's Green Mill |
- Mock mill
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
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Wraysbury | Splash Mill | Smock | 1996 |
Buckinghamshire
See List of windmills in Buckinghamshire
Cambridgeshire
See List of windmills in Cambridgeshire
Cheshire
Windmills in Cheshire, including those now within Merseyside.
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
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Bidston | Bidston Windmill |
tower | Late 18th century | Windmill World | ||
Bromborough | Bromborough Mills | tower | 1870 | 1870 | ||
Buerton | Buerton Mill |
Tower | Late 18th or early 19th century | Windmill World | ||
Burland | Ravensmoor Mill |
Tower | Early 19th century | Windmill World | ||
Burton | Burton Windmill |
Post | 1771 | Demolished, only 8 courses of roundhouse remain. Windmill World |
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Gayton | Gayton Mill |
Tower | Windmill World | |||
Great Saughall | Gibbet Mill |
Tower | Late 18th century | Windmill World | ||
Halton | ||||||
Helsby | Hornsmill, Hapsford |
19th century | ||||
Helsby | Helsby Mill | Tower | ||||
Neston | Great Neston Mill |
Tower | Mid-18th century | Windmill World | ||
Penketh | Penketh Mill | Post | ||||
Threapwood | Bevan's Mill |
Tower | Early 18th century | Windmill World | ||
Upton-by-Chester | Dean's Mill |
Tower | c. 1775 | Windmill World | ||
Willaston | Willaston Mill |
Tower | 1805 | Windmill World |
Cornwall
See List of windmills in Cornwall
Cumbria
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
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Cardewlees | Cardewlees Mill |
Tower | Windmill World | |||
Cockermouth | Cockermouth Mill |
Tower | Early 19th century | Windmill World | ||
Hodbarrow | Haverigg Mill |
Tower | Windmill World | |||
Langrigg | Langrigg Mill |
Tower | Early 19th century | Windmill World | ||
Monkhill | Monkhill Mill |
Tower | Late 18th century | Windmill World | ||
Wigton | Wigton Mill |
Tower | ||||
Workington | Schoose Mill |
Tower | Windmill World |
Derbyshire
See List of windmills in Derbyshire
Devon
See List of windmills in Devon.
Dorset
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
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Easton | Cottonfields Mill Angel Mill |
Tower | 1710 | 1710 | Windmill World | |
Easton | Top Growlands Mill South Mill |
Tower | 1710 | 17th century | Windmill World | |
Gillingham | The Kendalls | Titt iron wind engine | 1895 | |||
Melbury Abbas | Cann Mill |
Tower | 1970 | Demolished 2009 Windmill World |
- Maps
- 1710 John Hutchins
Durham
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
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Cleadon | Cleadon Mill |
Tower | Early 19th century | |||
Easington | Jackson's Mill |
Tower | 1832 | Windmill World | ||
Easington | Thorpe Moor Mill |
Tower | Windmill World | |||
Elwick | New Mill |
Tower | Windmill World | |||
Ferryhill | Dean Bank Mill Broom Mill |
Tower | Windmill World | |||
Fulwell | Fulwell Mill |
Demolished c. 1821 | ||||
Fulwell | Fulwell Mill |
Tower | c. 1821 | Windmill World | ||
Gateshead | Windmill Hill Mill | Post | 1898 | 1898 | ||
Gateshead | Gateshead Mill |
Tower | Windmill World | |||
Newton Aycliffe | Heworth Mill |
Tower | Windmill World | |||
Redworth | Redworth Mill |
Tower | Windmill World | |||
Ushaw Moor | Ushaw Moor Mill |
Tower | 1817 | Windmill World | ||
West Boldon | West Mill |
Tower | Windmill World | |||
Whickham | Whickham Mill |
Tower | c. 1720 | Windmill World | ||
Whitburn | Whitburn Mill |
Tower | 1790 | Windmill World |
East Riding of Yorkshire
See List of windmills in the East Riding of Yorkshire
East Sussex
See List of windmills in East Sussex
Essex
See List of windmills in Essex
Gloucestershire
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
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Almondsbury | Titt iron wind engine | c. 1894 | ||||
Almondsbury | OS 1830 | 1777 | ||||
Arlingham | ||||||
Barnwood | 1777 | |||||
Brimpsfield | OS 1830 | 1824 | ||||
Bristol | Clifton Down Mill |
Tower | 18th century | Converted to camera obscura, 1828. Windmill World |
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Dursley | Cam Mills | Titt iron wind engine | 1901 | |||
Dursley | Titt iron wind engine | 1898 | ||||
Falfield | Falfield Mill |
Tower | 1708 | Windmill World | ||
Forthampton | (two mills) | 1291 | 1291 | |||
Forthampton | 1636 | 1672 | ||||
Forthampton | Alcock's Mill |
Tower | 1845 | 1859 | ||
Forthampton | Mill Hill Mill | 1759 | 1759 | |||
Forthampton | Swinley Mill | 1538 | 1544 | |||
Frampton Cotterell | Frampton Cotterell Mill |
Tower | Late 18th or early 19th century | Windmill World | ||
Gloucester | Post | |||||
Gloucester | 1455 | |||||
Gloucester | 1624 | |||||
Hazleton | Grange Mill |
Tower | Windmill World | |||
Newent | Castle Hill Mill |
Smock | 1920s | Windmill World | ||
Oddington | Martin's Hill Mill |
Tower | Windmill World | |||
Quinton | Lower Quinton Mill |
Tower | Early 19th century | Demolished spring 1951 | ||
Siddington | Siddington Mill |
Tower | Late 18th century | Windmill World | ||
Tidenham | Folly Mill |
Tower |
Windmill World | |||
Warmley | Warmley Mill |
Tower | 18th century | Windmill World |
Greater London
See List of windmills in Greater London
Greater Manchester
Windmills that survive today within Greater Manchester. Historic windmills will be listed under Lancashire.
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
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Haigh | Haigh Mill | Tower | 1845 |
Hampshire
See List of windmills in Hampshire
Herefordshire
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
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Ledbury | Wellington Heath Mill Approximately |
Post | 1798 | 1885 | ||
Moccas | Rollsford Mill |
Tower | 1832 1835 |
1832 | Windmill World | |
Ross-on-Wye | Waterworks | Titt iron wind engine | ||||
Leinthall Starkes | Leinthall Starkes Mill |
Mock Smock | Windmill World |
Hertfordshire
See List of windmills in Hertfordshire
Isle of Wight
See List of windmills in the Isle of Wight
Kent
Lancashire
See List of windmills in Lancashire
Leicestershire
See List of windmills in Leicestershire
Lincolnshire
See List of windmills in Lincolnshire, and Lincolnshire's windmills
Merseyside
Historical mills can be found under Cheshire and Lancashire.
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
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Bidston | Bidston Windmill |
tower | Late 18th century | Windmill World | ||
Gayton | Gayton Mill |
Tower | Windmill World | |||
Great Crosby | Moor Lane Mill |
Tower | 1813 | Windmill World | ||
Lydiate | Forest's Mill |
Tower | 1768 | Windmill World | ||
Prescot | Acres Mill | Tower | 1908 | |||
St Helens | Ravenhead Mill |
Tower | Late 18th century | Windmill World | ||
Wavertree | Wavertree Mill | Post | 1452 | 1916 Windmill World |
- Mock mill
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
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Heswall | Heswall Windmill | Tower | Mid-1980s | Windmill World |
Norfolk
See List of windmills in Norfolk and List of drainage windmills in Norfolk
North Yorkshire
See List of windmills in North Yorkshire
Northamptonshire
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
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Barby | Barby Mill |
Tower | Early 19th century | Windmill World | ||
Blakesley | Quinbury End Mill |
Tower | 1832 | Windmill World | ||
Bozeat | Post | 1937 Windmill World |
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Braunston | Braunston Mill |
Tower | c. 1800 | Truncated c. 1920 Windmill World |
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Cottingham | 1536 | 1720 Windmill World |
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Cottingham | Cottingham Mill |
Tower | Late 18th century | Truncated 1955 Windmill World |
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Finedon | Finedon Mill |
Tower | c. 1818 | Windmill World | ||
Great Brington | Titt iron wind engine | 1894 | ||||
Hellidon | Hellidon Mill |
Tower | Late 18th or early 19th century | Windmill World | ||
Kingsthorpe | Kingsthorpe Mill |
Tower | Early 19th century | Windmill World | ||
Newnham | Newnham Mill |
Tower | Windmill World | |||
Rushden | Rushden Mill |
Smock | Windmill World | |||
Silverstone | Silverstone Mill |
Tower | Windmill World | |||
Strixton | 13th century | 13th century Windmill World |
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Sulgrave | Sulgrave Mill |
Tower | Windmill World | |||
Tansor | Tansor Mill |
Tower | Mid-18th century | Windmill World | ||
Tansor | Tansor Crossroads | Windmill World | ||||
West Haddon | Windmill World | |||||
Wootton | Wootton Mill |
Tower | 1902 Windmill World |
Northumberland
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
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Acomb | Tower | 1720 | Truncated early 19th century Windmill World |
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Bamburgh | Castle Mill |
Tower | 1835 | Windmill World | ||
Belford | Spindlestone Ducket Mill |
Tower | 18th century | Windmill World | ||
Chollerton | Tower | Windmill World | ||||
Great Whittington | Whittington Mill |
Tower | 18th century | Windmill World | ||
Haggerston | Tower | Windmill World | ||||
Hartley | Tower | |||||
High Callerton | Birney Hill Mill |
Tower | 18th century | Windmill World | ||
Hexham | Dipton Mill |
tower | Windmill World | |||
Newcastle | Chimney Mill |
Smock | 1782 | Windmill World | ||
Newcastle | Heaton Mill |
Tower | Early 18th century | Windmill World | ||
North Shields | Billy Mill |
Tower | ||||
Scremerston | Tower | |||||
Stannington | Plessey Mill |
Tower | 1749 | Windmill World | ||
Woodhorn | Woodhorn Mill |
Tower | Early 19th century | Windmill World |
- Mock mill
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
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South Dissington | Smock | Windmill World |
Nottinghamshire
See List of windmills in Nottinghamshire
Oxfordshire
See List of windmills in Oxfordshire
Rutland
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
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Greetham | Smock | Windmill World | ||||
Ketton | Ketton Mill |
Tower | Windmill World | |||
Morcott | Morcott Mill |
Tower | Windmill World | |||
North Luffenham | Tower | |||||
Oakham | Post | |||||
Preston | Post | Demolished c. 1928 | ||||
Seaton | Post | Demolished c. 1928 Windmill World |
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South Luffenham | South Luffenham Mill |
Tower | Windmill World | |||
Whissendine | Whissendine Mill |
Tower | 1809 | Windmill World |
Shropshire
See List of windmills in Shropshire
Somerset
See List of windmills in Somerset
South Yorkshire
See List of windmills in South Yorkshire
Staffordshire
See List of windmills in Staffordshire
Suffolk
See List of windmills in Suffolk
Surrey
See List of windmills in Surrey
Tyne and Wear
Windmills standing today in Tyne and Wear, historic windmills are listed under Co Durham or Northumberland as appropriate.
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
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Cleadon | Cleadon Mill |
Tower | Early 19th century | Windmill World | ||
Fulwell | Fulwell Mill |
Tower | c. 1821 | Windmill World | ||
Newcastle | Chimney Mill |
Smock | 1793 upminster | 1782 | Windmill World | |
Whitburn | Whitburn Mill |
Tower | 1790 | Windmill World |
Warwickshire
See List of windmills in Warwickshire
West Midlands
Windmills standing today in the West Midlands. Historical mills can be found under Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
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Berkswell | Balsall Common Mill |
Tower | 1826 | Windmill World | ||
Chesterton, Warwickshire | Chesterton Windmill | Tower | 1632 | |||
Tettenhall Wood | Tettenhall Mill |
Tower | 1818 | 1818 | ||
Walsall | Highgate Mill |
Tower | 1826 | Windmill World | ||
Wightwick | Wightwick mill |
Tower | 1720 |
- Maps
- 1818 C & G Greenwood
West Sussex
See List of windmills in West Sussex
West Yorkshire
See List of windmills in West Yorkshire
Wiltshire
See List of windmills in Wiltshire
Worcestershire
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
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Alvechurch | Weatheroak Hill Mill |
Tower | 1821 | 1821 | Windmill World | |
Inkberrow | Holberrow Green Mill |
Tower | 1821 1832 |
1801 | Windmill World | |
Inkberrow | Stonepits Quarry Mill |
Tower | c. 1840 | Windmill World | ||
Inkberrow | Post | 1832 | Demolished 1880s | |||
Kempsey | Kempsey Mill | Tower | 1854 | Demolished 1875 | ||
Redditch | Walkwood Common Mill |
Tower | 1833 | 1848, gone by 1885 | ||
Redditch | Approximately |
Vertical axis mill | c. 1780 | Demolished c. 1889 | ||
Stoke Heath | Danzey Green Mill |
Midlands post | 1971 | Windmill World | ||
Stourport-on-Severn | Areley Common Mill |
Tower | c. 1800 | Windmill World |
- Maps
- 1821 C & G Greenwood
- 1832 Ordnance Survey
Northern Ireland
Scotland
See List of windmills in Scotland