List of windmills in Bedfordshire explained

A list of all windmills and windmill sites which lie in the current ceremonial county of Bedfordshire.__TOC__

Locations

LocationName of mill and
grid reference
TypeMapsFirst mention
or built
Last mention
or demise
Photograph
Apsley GuisePostDemolished c. 1900
Barton-in-the-ClayBarton Mill
Post18311851
BedfordMill Street1842Burnt down February 1844
BiggleswadeFranklin's Tower
The Steam Mill
Tower1860Demolished 1966
BiscotSmock
BolnhurstPost
ColmworthPost
CranfieldCranfield Windmill
towerDemolished 1966
DunstableTowerLate 18th or early 19th centuryWindmill World
Dunstable
Dunstable
FlitwickStanding 1880s
FlitwickSmockc. 1850Burnt down 9 November 1903
Great BarfordSmock1835Demolished 1907
HenlowSmock1819[1] Demolished 1935
Houghton ConquestPostDemolished 1830s
Houghton ConquestHoughton Conquest Mill
Tower1830sWindmill World
Houghton RegisSmockReplaced by tower mill
Houghton RegisTower18th century
HulcoteHulcote Windmill
Tower19th centuryDemolished c. 1880, machinery to Spaldwick Mill, Huntingdonshire
Windmill World
Husbourne CrawleyPug MillVertical axis1820Demolished c. 1840
KeysoePostc. 1800Blown down 1948
Leighton Buzzard12121212
Leighton BuzzardFlemmon's MillPostMoved to Whipsnade 1860
Leighton BuzzardBeaudesert MilltowerEarly 19th centuryDemolished 1890s
Lower DeanPost1620[2] Collapsed 20 December 1959
Lower DeanPost17651762Rebuilt 1834
Lower DeanPost1834Collapsed 1959
Windmill World
LutonBiscot WindmillPostBurnt down 1841
LutonBiscot WindmillSmock1842Demolished 1938
MarkyatePost[3] 12221222
MarkyateCaddington Mill
Postc. 1810Blown down c. 1815
PottonPost1840s1853
PottonTowerDemolished 1955
Windmill World
RiseleyPostStanding 1936
RiseleySmock
SharnbrookSharnbrook Windmill
TowerWindmill World
SheffordShefford Windmill
TowerWindmill World
StanbridgeStanbridge Windmill
Tower1800Windmill World
StevingtonStevington Windmill
Postc. 1770Windmill World
SundonPostMoved to Toddington 1847
ThurleighThurleigh Windmill
Tower1890Windmill World
ToddingtonPostDemolished c. 1845
ToddingtonPost1847Blown down 1880s
TotternhoePost
TotternhoeDoolittle Windmill
Towerc. 1820Windmill World
Upper DeanUpper Dean Windmill
Tower1856[4] Windmill World
WhipsnadePost1860Demolished 1877
WoburnWoburn Windmill
SmockDemolished 1805
Windmill World
YeldenPostBurnt down October 1877

Locations formerly within Bedfordshire

For windmills in Eaton Socon see List of windmills in Cambridgeshire.

Sources

Unless stated otherwise, the source for all entries is Book: Howes, Hugh. 1983. Bedfordshire Mills. Bedfordshire County Council. Bedford. 0-907041-06-X.

Maps

Notes

Mills in bold are still standing, known building dates are indicated in bold. Text in italics denotes indicates that the information is not confirmed, but is likely to be the case stated.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bedfordshire . UK Windmills. 2008-11-02.
  2. Web site: Nether Dean Mill on Shadbolt Hill . Stodden . 2008-11-02.
  3. Book: Moore, Cyril. 1999. Hertfordshire Windmills and Windmillers. Windsup Publishing. Sawbridgeworth. 0-9533861-0-4.
  4. Web site: Bedfordshire . UK Windmills. 2008-11-02.