List of windmills in the United Kingdom
This is a list of windmills and windpumps in the United Kingdom.
England
The list is divided into the current ceremonial counties of England:Bedfordshire
See List of windmills in BedfordshireBerkshire
Location | Name of mill and grid reference | Type | Maps | First mention or built | Last mention or demise | Photograph |
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 | 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 |
Wraysbury | Splash Mill | Smock | 1996 |
Buckinghamshire
See List of windmills in BuckinghamshireCambridgeshire
See List of windmills in CambridgeshireCheshire
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 |
Bidston | Bidston Windmill | tower | Late 18th century | |||
Bromborough | Bromborough Mills | tower | 1870 | 1870 | ||
Buerton | Buerton Mill | Tower | Late 18th or early 19th century | |||
Burland | Ravensmoor Mill | Tower | Early 19th century | |||
Burton | Burton Windmill | Post | 1771 | Demolished, only 8 courses of roundhouse remain. | ||
Gayton | Gayton Mill | Tower | ||||
Great Saughall | Gibbet Mill | Tower | Late 18th century | |||
Halton | ||||||
Helsby | Hornsmill, Hapsford | 19th century | ||||
Helsby | Helsby Mill | Tower | ||||
Neston | Great Neston Mill | Tower | Mid-18th century | |||
Penketh | Penketh Mill | Post | ||||
Threapwood | Bevan's Mill | Tower | Early 18th century | |||
Upton | Dean's Mill | Tower | c. 1775 | |||
Willaston | Willaston Mill | Tower | 1805 |
Cornwall
See List of windmills in CornwallCumbria
Location | Name of mill and grid reference | Type | Maps | First mention or built | Last mention or demise | Photograph |
Cardewlees | Cardewlees Mill | Tower | ||||
Cockermouth | Cockermouth Mill | Tower | Early 19th century | |||
Hodbarrow | Haverigg Mill | Tower | ||||
Langrigg | Langrigg Mill | Tower | Early 19th century | |||
Monkhill | Monkhill Mill | Tower | Late 18th century | |||
Wigton | Wigton Mill | Tower | ||||
Workington | Schoose Mill | Tower |
Derbyshire
See List of windmills in DerbyshireDevon
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 |
Easton | Cottonfields Mill Angel Mill | Tower | 1710 | 1710 | ||
Easton | Top Growlands Mill South Mill | Tower | 1710 | 17th century | ||
Gillingham | The Kendalls | Titt iron wind engine | 1895 | |||
Melbury Abbas | Cann Mill | Tower | 1970 | Demolished 2009 |
;Maps
- 1710 John Hutchins
Durham
Location | Name of mill and grid reference | Type | Maps | First mention or built | Last mention or demise | Photograph |
Cleadon | Cleadon Mill | Tower | Early 19th century | |||
Easington | Jackson's Mill | Tower | 1832 | |||
Easington | Thorpe Moor Mill | Tower | ||||
Elwick | New Mill | Tower | ||||
Ferryhill | Dean Bank Mill Broom Mill | Tower | ||||
Fulwell | Fulwell Mill | Demolished c. 1821 | ||||
Fulwell | Fulwell Mill | Tower | c. 1821 | |||
Gateshead | Windmill Hill Mill | Post | 1898 | 1898 | ||
Gateshead | Gateshead Mill | Tower | ||||
Newton Aycliffe | Heworth Mill | Tower | ||||
Redworth | Redworth Mill | Tower | ||||
Ushaw Moor | Ushaw Moor Mill | Tower | 1817 | |||
West Boldon | West Mill | Tower | ||||
Whickham | Whickham Mill | Tower | c. 1720 | |||
Whitburn | Whitburn Mill | Tower | 1790 |
East Riding of Yorkshire
See List of windmills in the East Riding of YorkshireEast Sussex
See List of windmills in East SussexEssex
See List of windmills in EssexGloucestershire
Location | Name of mill and grid reference | Type | Maps | First mention or built | Last mention or demise | Photograph |
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. | ||
Dursley | Cam Mills | Titt iron wind engine | 1901 | |||
Dursley | Titt iron wind engine | 1898 | ||||
Falfield | Falfield Mill | Tower | 1708 | |||
Forthampton | 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 | |||
Gloucester | Post | |||||
Gloucester | 1455 | |||||
Gloucester | 1624 | |||||
Hazleton | Grange Mill | Tower | ||||
Newent | Castle Hill Mill | Smock | 1920s | |||
Oddington | Martin's Hill Mill | Tower | ||||
Quinton | Lower Quinton Mill | Tower | Early 19th century | Demolished spring 1951 | ||
Siddington | Siddington Mill | Tower | Late 18th century | |||
Tidenham | Folly Mill | Tower | ||||
Warmley | Warmley Mill | Tower | 18th century |
Greater London
See List of windmills in Greater LondonGreater 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 |
Haigh | Haigh Mill | Tower | 1845 |
Hampshire
See List of windmills in HampshireHerefordshire
Location | Name of mill and grid reference | Type | Maps | First mention or built | Last mention or demise | Photograph |
Ledbury | Wellington Heath Mill Approximately | Post | 1798 | 1885 | ||
Moccas | Rollsford Mill | Tower | 1832 1835 | 1832 | ||
Ross-on-Wye | Waterworks | Titt iron wind engine | ||||
Leinthall Starkes | Leinthall Starkes Mill | Mock Smock |
Hertfordshire
See List of windmills in HertfordshireIsle of Wight
See List of windmills in the Isle of WightKent
See List of windmills in KentLancashire
See List of windmills in LancashireLeicestershire
See List of windmills in LeicestershireLincolnshire
See List of windmills in Lincolnshire, andMerseyside
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 |
Bidston | Bidston Windmill | tower | Late 18th century | |||
Gayton | Gayton Mill | Tower | ||||
Great Crosby | Moor Lane Mill | Tower | 1813 | |||
Lydiate | Forest's Mill | Tower | 1768 | |||
Prescot | Acres Mill | Tower | 1908 | |||
St Helens | Ravenhead Mill | Tower | Late 18th century | |||
Wavertree | Wavertree Mill | Post | 1452 | 1916 |
;Mock mill
Location | Name of mill and grid reference | Type | Maps | First mention or built | Last mention or demise | Photograph |
Heswall | Heswall Windmill | Tower | Mid-1980s |
Norfolk
See List of windmills in Norfolk and List of drainage windmills in NorfolkNorth Yorkshire
See List of windmills in North YorkshireNorthamptonshire
Northumberland
Location | Name of mill and grid reference | Type | Maps | First mention or built | Last mention or demise | Photograph |
Acomb | Tower | 1720 | Truncated early 19th century | |||
Bamburgh | Castle Mill | Tower | 1835 | |||
Belford | Spindlestone Ducket Mill | Tower | 18th century | |||
Chollerton | Tower | |||||
Great Whittington | Whittington Mill | Tower | 18th century | |||
Haggerston | Tower | |||||
Hartley | Tower | |||||
High Callerton | Birney Hill Mill | Tower | 18th century | |||
Hexham | Dipton Mill | tower | ||||
Newcastle | Chimney Mill | Smock | 1782 | |||
Newcastle | Heaton Mill | Tower | Early 18th century | |||
North Shields | Billy Mill | Tower | ||||
Scremerston | Tower | |||||
Stannington | Plessey Mill | Tower | 1749 | |||
Woodhorn | Woodhorn Mill | Tower | Early 19th century |
;Mock mill
Location | Name of mill and grid reference | Type | Maps | First mention or built | Last mention or demise | Photograph |
South Dissington | Smock |
Nottinghamshire
See List of windmills in NottinghamshireOxfordshire
See List of windmills in OxfordshireRutland
Location | Name of mill and grid reference | Type | Maps | First mention or built | Last mention or demise | Photograph |
Greetham | Smock | |||||
Ketton | Ketton Mill | Tower | ||||
Morcott | Morcott Mill | Tower | ||||
North Luffenham | Tower | |||||
Oakham | Post | |||||
Preston | Post | Demolished c. 1928 | ||||
Seaton | Post | Demolished c. 1928 | ||||
South Luffenham | South Luffenham Mill | Tower | ||||
Whissendine | Whissendine Mill | Tower | 1809 |
Shropshire
See List of windmills in ShropshireSomerset
See List of windmills in SomersetSouth Yorkshire
See List of windmills in South YorkshireStaffordshire
See List of windmills in StaffordshireSuffolk
See List of windmills in SuffolkSurrey
See List of windmills in SurreyTyne 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 |
Cleadon | Cleadon Mill | Tower | Early 19th century | |||
Fulwell | Fulwell Mill | Tower | c. 1821 | |||
Newcastle | Chimney Mill | Smock | 1793 upminster | 1782 | ||
Whitburn | Whitburn Mill | Tower | 1790 |
Warwickshire
See List of windmills in WarwickshireWest Midlands
Windmills standing today in the West Midlands. Historical mills can be found under Staffordshire, Warwickshire and WorcestershireLocation | Name of mill and grid reference | Type | Maps | First mention or built | Last mention or demise | Photograph |
Berkswell | Balsall Common Mill | Tower | 1826 | |||
Tettenhall Wood | Tettenhall Mill | Tower | 1818 | 1818 | ||
Walsall | Highgate Mill | Tower | 1826 | |||
Wightwick | Wightwick mill | Tower | 1720 |
;Maps
- 1818 C & G Greenwood
West Sussex
West Yorkshire
See List of windmills in West YorkshireWiltshire
See List of windmills in WiltshireWorcestershire
Location | Name of mill and grid reference | Type | Maps | First mention or built | Last mention or demise | Photograph |
Alvechurch | Weatheroak Hill Mill | Tower | 1821 | 1821 | ||
Inkberrow | Holberrow Green Mill | Tower | 1821 1832 | 1801 | ||
Inkberrow | Stonepits Quarry Mill | Tower | c. 1840 | |||
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 | |||
Stourport-on-Severn | Areley Common Mill | Tower | c. 1800 |
;Maps
- 1821 C & G Greenwood
- 1832 Ordnance Survey
Northern Ireland
- See List of windmills in Northern Ireland
Scotland