List of windmills in Buckinghamshire explained

A list of windmills in Buckinghamshire, UK.__TOC__

Locations

LocationName of mill and
grid reference		TypeMapsFirst mention
or built		Last mention
or demise		Photograph
AylesburyWalton Green17981798
AylesburyWalton Green (2nd mill)17981798
AylesburyBierton Road Mill178817881788
BeaconsfieldTower18111968, collapsed by 1976
Bledlow RidgeBledlow Ridge MillPost1798Dismantled 1933
Brill12861286
Brill13451345
BrillBrill Windmill
Nixey's Mill
Post17881668Windmill World
BrillParson's Mill[1] 17881788Demolished 1906[2]
Brill(3rd mill)17981798
Chalfont St Giles178817881788
Chalfont St PeterAstingwood178817881788
CheshamSmockc. 1650Moved to Lacey Green, 1821
CholesburyHawridge Mill
Cholesbury Mill		Smock[3] 1863Demolished 1884
CholesburyCholesbury Mill
Tower1884Windmill World
ColeshillGrove's Mill
Tower1856Windmill World
CuddingtonPost18th centuryDemolished 1925
Dynton178817881788
Edlesborough178817881788
Edlesboroughtower1864Windmill World
Farnham Royal17981798
FulmerTower19th century
Great HorwoodTower1864Demolished c. 1940
Great HorwoodSingleborough Mill183018301830
Great Linford12201220
Great MissendenPost17881788Burnt down c. 1876
Grove178817881798
HaddenhamPost178817881918[4]
HaddenhamOld MillPostBurnt down 14 October 1877.[5]
HaddenhamTower1878Demolished 1930s
Hartwell17981798
Hillesden1899 (OS Map)1959 (OS Map)
Hulcott178817881798
Ibstone16331633
IbstoneCobstone Windmill
Smock1864Windmill World
Ickford178817881788
Lacey GreenLacey Green Windmill
Smock1821Windmill World
Little Missenden (Holmer Green)Towerc. 1829Collapsed 1929
Long Crendon12971297
Long CrendonPost17881788Demolished 1931
Long CrendonChilton Road MillTower1864Demolished 1925
MursleyPost17881788Burnt down c. 1895
New BradwellNew Bradwell Windmill
Tower1864Windmill World
North Crawley183417981834
North Crawley183417981834
North MarstonSmock178817881864
Windmill World
Padbury178817881864
PitstonePitstone Windmill
Post178817th centuryWindmill World
Prestwood19th century19th century
Princes Risborough17981798
QuaintonBanner Mill
Tower1830Windmill World
Radnage178817881788
StantonburyTower1907
StewkleySmock18391930[6]
Stewkley18831883
StokenchurchPost17881736Blown down 1935
Stoke Mandeville178817881788
Stone1801[7] 1914[8]
Swanbourne13th century13th century
ThornboroughTower1840sWindmill World
Towersey[9] 178817881798
Turweston179817961798
TwyfordTower178817881798
TwyfordTower19th century1935[10]
WaddesdonTower18351930[11]
Wendover
Tower17881788Windmill World
WexhamTowerWindmill World
Whitchurch17761864
Wing17881788Demolished c. 1798
Winslow(five mills)All burnt down in 1760
Mock mill

Sources

Unless stated otherwise, the source for all entries is Book: Vince, John. 1976. Windmills in Buckinghamshire and the Chilterns. Format Publishing. Thames Ditton. 0-905759-00-1.

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: group of boys standing in front of Nixey's Mill; Parson's Mill in background . Buckinghamshire County Council . 3 November 2008.
  2. Web site: Windmills of Buckinghamshire . Windmill World . 3 November 2008.
  3. Web site: Hawridge Mill, smock mill, pulled down 1884 . Buckinghamshire County Council . 3 November 2008.
  4. Web site: Haddenham Postmill, 4 common sails derelict, 3 figures and cow 1918 . Buckinghamshire County Council . 3 November 2008.
  5. News: Severe Gale . The Standard . London . 17 October 1877 . 16609 . 6 .
  6. Web site: sketch of the windmill . Buckinghamshire County Council . 3 November 2008.
  7. Book: Foreman, Wilfred. 1983. Oxfordshire Mills. Phillimore. Chichester. 0-85033-441-1.
  8. Web site: drawing of the derelict windmill . Buckinghamshire County Council . 3 November 2008.
  9. In Oxfordshire since 1932
  10. Photo dated 1935 in Mills Archive
  11. Web site: sketch of the windmill . Buckinghamshire County Council . 3 November 2008.

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