List of windmills in Cambridgeshire explained

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

Locations

A - B

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Alconbury	Alconbury Mill	Post			Blown down 1936
Arrington		Tower		1891	1926 Windmill World
Ashley		Smock		1741	1940 Windmill World
Balsham		Smock		1831	Demolished 1963 Windmill World
Barnack	Barnack Mill	Tower			Windmill World
Barrington	Orwell Mill	Tower		1822	Windmill World
Bluntisham	Town Mill	Post		18th century	Demolished 1899
Bluntisham	Wood End Mill	Tower		19th century	Demolished 1926
Bourn	Bourn Windmill	Post		1636	Windmill World
Buckden	Buckden Mill	Tower		1830	Demolished c. 1893^[1] Windmill World
Burrough Green		Post		1764	1796, moved to Westley Waterless by 1810
Burwell	Stevens' Mill	Tower		c. 1820	Windmill World
Burwell	Big Mill	Smock		Early 19th century	Windmill World
Burwell	Busy Bee Mill	Smock

C - D

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Chesterton	Milton Road	Smock		1827^[2]	Burnt down 12 May 1855^[3]
Chesterton	Milton Road aka Union Mill aka Hurst Park Mill ^[4] ^[5]	Tower	1885	1855^[6]	Demolished April 1957^[7] ^[8]	Images available for viewing here or here
Chesterton	French's Mill	Smock		1847^[9]	Windmill World
Castor	Castor Mill	Tower			Windmill World
Chatteris	Black Mill	Smock
Chippenham	Chippenham Mill	Smock		1883	Base remains, house converted Windmill World
Christchurch	Lavender's Mill	Smock
Christchurch	Drake's Mill	Tower		1860	1903
Christchurch	Key's Mill	Smock		1875	Demolished c. 1950
Coates		Tower			Windmill World
Cottenham	Cottenham Windmill	Tower			Windmill World
Doddington		Post		1669	Demolished 16 April 1879
Doddington	Doddington Mill	Tower		1810	Windmill World

E

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Easton	Mill Hill Mill	Post		c. 1820	Moved to Ellington c. 1845
Eaton Socon		Post		c. 1700	Burnt down 1814
Eaton Socon	Duloe Mill	Tower		1815	Windmill World
Ellington	Ellington Mill	Post		c. 1845	Moved to Madingley 1936
Elm		Smock		1616	1616
Elm	Chapel Lane	Smock	1797 1826	1797^[10]	1904
Elsworth	Papworth's Mill Black Mill	Tower		c. 1825	Windmill World
Elsworth		Smock			1930s
Ely	Cobbin's Mill	Smock			Carried 1732 datestone. Demolished April 1954.^[11] Windmill World
Ely	Mount Hill Mill		1610	1610	1610
Ely	North of the city		1610	1610	1610
Ely	North east of the city		1610	1610	1610
Eye	Eye Windmill	Tower		1850	Demolished 1954
Eye Green	Eye Green Mill	Smock

F - G

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Fenstanton	Fenstanton Mill	Post			Windmill World
Fordham		Smock
Foxton	Foxton Mill	Smock			Windmill World
Fulbourn	Fulbourn Mill	Smock		1808	Windmill World
Gamlingay		Smock			Demolished 1977
Gorefield	New Mill Ward's Mill	Smock		1836	1933
Great Chishill	Great Chishill Mill	Post		1819	Windmill World
Great Gidding		Post			Demolished c. 1820
Great Gidding	Great Gidding Mill	Tower		c. 1820	Windmill World
Great Gransden	Great Gransden Mill	Post		1612	Windmill World
Great Wilbraham		Smock
Guilden Morden	Hook's Mill	Tower		1865	Windmill World
Guyhirn		Tower		1871	1871

H - I

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Haddenham	Great Mill	Tower		1803	Windmill World
Haddenham	Setchell's Mill	Tower
Harston		Tower			Windmill World
Hemingford Grey	Hemingford Grey Mill	Tower		1820	Windmill World
Hildersham	Hildersham Mill	Tower		1863	Windmill World
Holywell	Holywell Mill	Post		1741	Demolished 1930s Windmill World
Ickleton	Ickleton Mill	Tower			Windmill World
Ickleton	Great Chesterford Mill	Smock		1903	Demolished c. 1918
Impington	Histon Mill	Smock		1808	Windmill World

K - L

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Kneesworth		Tower			Demolished 1976
Leverington				Pre 1317
Leverington		Post		1581	1597
Leverington	Horseshoe Corner			1727	Moved to Walsoken, Norfolk, 1778
Leverington	Gooden's Mill			1732	1732
Leverington	White Engine Mill	Smock		1796	Burnt down 19 March 1826
Leverington	White Engine Mill	Tower		1827	1916, gone by 1920
Linton^[12]		Tower^[13]		1836	Demolished 1926
Little Downham				1251
Little Downham	Cornwell's Mill	Tower			Windmill World
Little Downham	Good Intent Mill	Tower			Burnt down 13 June 1884.^[14]
Little Paxton	Little Paxton Mill	Smock			Standing c. 1864
Littleport	Arber's Mill	Tower		1840s
Little Wilbraham	Little Wilbraham Mill	Tower		c. 1820	Windmill World
Lode		Smock			Demolished c. 1885

M - O

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Madingley	Madingley Mill	Post			Collapsed July 1909
Madingley	Madingley Mill	Post		1936	Windmill World
Manea		Tower
March	Southwell's Mill	Smock
March	Billitt's Mill			1862	1929
Murrow			1826	1826
New Fletton	New Fletton Mill	Tower		c. 1870	Demolished 1974
Oakington		Tower		1863
Old Weston	Old Weston Mill	Post		c. 1700	Standing 1918
Over	Over Mill	Tower		c. 1860	Windmill World

P - R

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Pymore	Pymore Mill	Tower			Windmill World
Ramsey	Ramsey Mill	Tower			Windmill World
Ramsey	Lotting Fen Mill	Tower
Ramsey	Ramsey Mere	Tower
Ramsey	Ramsey Mere	Tower		1870	1938
Ramsey Heights		Tower		1870	1916
Ramsey St Mary's	Ugg Mere Mill St Mary's Mill	Tower			Windmill World
Royston	Mill Road Mill ^[15]	Midlands Post
Royston	Melbourn Road Mill

S

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Sawtry	Bannister's Mill	Smock		1778	Windmill World
Shudy Camps		Post			1920
Six Mile Bottom	Bungalow Hill Mill	Post		1846	Windmill World
Soham	Pollards Mill^[16] Downfield Mill	Smock		1726	Severely damaged 1887, rebuilt as tower mill
Soham	Downfield Mill	Tower		1887	Windmill World
Soham	Northfield Mill also known as Shade Mill Townsend Mill	Smock		1830s	Northfield Windmill Windmill World
Soham	Hardfield Mill	Smock
Soham	Soham Mere	Smock		1867	Demolished 1948
Soham	White Top Mills (four)	Smock x4			One mill standing 1930
Somersham	Mill Farm Mill Approximately	Smock
Spaldwick		Post			Burnt down c. 1881
Spaldwick	Belton's Mill	Tower		1881	Windmill World
Stanground	Farcet Mill	Tower		19th century	Demolished c. 1910 Windmill World
Stapleford		Smock			c. 1930
Steeple Morden	Saunderson's Mill	Smock		1805	Windmill World
Stretham		Post			Demolished c. 1880
Stretham	Stretham Windmill	Tower		1880	Windmill World
Sutton-in-the-Isle	Sutton Mill	Post			Destroyed by fire 20 June 1912.^[17]
Swaffham Bulbeck		Smock
Swaffham Prior		Smock		1830	Demolished c. 1875
Swaffham Prior	Swaffham Prior Mill	Smock		1864	Windmill World
Swaffham Prior		Post			Demolished c. 1860
Swaffham Prior	Foster's Mill	Tower		1860	Windmill World
Swavesey					Demolished c. 1866
Swavesey	Hale Mill	tower		1866	Windmill World

T

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Thorney	Thorney Mill	Tower		1787	Windmill World
Tilbrook	Tilbrook Mill	Post			Standing 1906
Trumpington		Tower
Tydd St Giles				1871	1929
Tydd St Giles	Redmoor Mill	Post		1879	1883
Tydd St Giles		Smock^[18]

U - Y

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Upwood	Setchell's Mill	Tower		1852	Windmill World
Warboys	Ramsey Road Mill	Tower
Warboys	Mill Green Mill	Tower		19th century
Warboys	Behagg's Mill	Tower		c. 1850	Standing 1926
Werrington	Werrington Mill	Tower			Windmill World
Westley Waterless		Post		1810	Moved to Six Mile Bottom 1846
Weston Colville	Weston Colville	Smock		c. 1830	Windmill World
West Wickham	Streetley End Mill	Tower		1802	Windmill World
West Wratting	West Wratting Mill	Smock		1726	Windmill World
Whittlesey	Fletcher's Mill	Tower			Windmill World
Whittlesey	Elderkin's Mill	Tower		Early to mid-19th century	Windmill World
Wicken	Wicken Mill	Smock			Windmill World
Wicken	Adventurer's Fen	Smock		1908	Moved to Wicken Fen 1956
Wicken	Spinney Bank Mill	Smock			1920s
Wicken Fen	Wicken Fen Windpump	Smock		1956	Windmill World
Willingham	Cattell's Mill			1828	Windmill World
Willingham	Ingle's Mill	Smock		c. 1812	Demolished 1956 Windmill World
Winwick	Winwick Mill	Tower			Demolished 1935
Wisbech		Post		1583	Struck by lightning and demolished 1778
Wisbech	Leach's Mill	Tower		1778	Windmill World
Wisbech				1277^[19]	1356
Wisbech				1356	1356
Wisbech	Market Place			1571	Demolished 1750
Wisbech	Lynn Road, Clarkson Mill	Post		1690	Demolished May 1886
Wisbech	Leverington Road, Red Engine Mill	Smock		1792	Demolished July 1890
Wisbech	Old Playhouse	Post		1752	Demolished c. 1805
Wisbech	Leverington Road, Webster's Mill	Post		1750s	1887, gone by 1895
Wisbech	Leverington Road	Post		1772	Burnt down 1792
Wisbech	Leverington Road, Bell's Mill	Post		1772	1846
Wisbech	North Brink, Bowles Mill	Tower		c. 1772	Demolished 1928
Wisbech	Timber Market			1348	1348
Wisbech	Timber Market, Brewin's Mill			1752	1865, gone by 1886
Wistow	Wistow Mill	Tower
Woodditton		Smock		c. 1840	Demolished 1936 Windmill World
Wood Walton Fen	Higney Mill Charterhouse mill	Tower		1874	1924 Windmill World
Yaxley	Black Mill	Tower		1671	Demolished 1935
Yaxley	Yaxley Mill	Tower		1842
Yelling	Yelling Mill	Post

Locations formerly within Cambridgeshire

For mills in Upwell see List of windmills in Norfolk.

Maps

• 1610 - Map of Huntingdonshire, 1610, John Speed
• 1797 - William Faden
• 1826 - Andrew Bryant
• 1885 - Ordnance Survey 25 inch England and Wales

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.

Sources

Unless otherwise stated, the source for all entries is Book: Stevens, Robert. 1985. Cambridgeshire Windmills and Watermills. Cambridgeshire Wind and Watermill Society. Cambridge.

Notes and References

1. Book: Smith, Arthur C. 1977. Windmills in Huntingdon and Peterborough. Stevenage Museum. Stevenage. 0-9504239-4-7.
2. Web site: Circular map of Cambridgeshire, centered on Cambridge shewing the Road & Boundaries of Parishes for 8 Miles round the University of Cambridge. 1827. J. Richardson. W. Metcalfe, lithog. Circular map. Sc. 1 ¼ miles to 1 inch. 60 x 60 cm. . Cambridge Antiquarian Society . 1827 . 2020-09-21.
3. Web site: Cambridge Chronicle and University Journal . Chesterton - Fire . British Newspaper Archive . 19 May 1855 . 17 Jun 2019.
4. Web site: Chesterton: Introduction . British History Online . 2019-06-16 . 2019-06-16.
5. Web site: View: Cambridgeshire XL.14 (Cambridge) . Ordnance Survey 25 inch England and Wales, 1841-1952 . 2018-02-21 . . 2019-06-16.
6. Web site: Petty . Mike . Cambridgeshire Windmills Scrapbook 1897 to 1990 : Mike Petty : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive . Internet Archive . 22 Nov 2016 . 18 Jun 2019.
7. Web site: Petty . Mike . Cambridge CHESTERTON LANE TO GILBERT ROAD Scrapbook : Mike Petty : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive . Internet Archive . 9 Jun 2018 . 17 Jun 2019.
8. News: Landmark to Disappear . Cambridgeshire Daily News . Cambridge . 4 April 1857 .
9. Web site: Around Cambridge . miltoncontact . 2008-11-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110520055937/http://picasaweb.google.com/miltoncontact/AroundCambridge#5200162258366620098 . 2011-05-20 . dead .
10. Web site: Emneth Smockmill . Norfolk Mills . 2008-12-13.
11. News: Downham Mill Demolished . Fen Times . 17 April 1954 . Ely .
12. Site was in Hadstock, Essex until 1965
13. Book: Farries, Kenneth. 1985. Essex Windmills, Millers and Millwrights - Volume Four - A Review by Parishes, F-R. Charles Skilton. Edinburgh. 0-284-98647-X.
14. News: Cambridge Independent Press . 14 June 1884.
15. Book: Moore, Cyril. 1999. Hertfordshire Windmills and Windmillers. 117–18. Windsup Publishing. Sawbridgeworth. 0-9533861-0-4.
16. Web site: DOWNFIELDS WINDMILL . Soham online . 2008-11-11 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080724171407/http://www.soham.org.uk/history/downfieldswindmill.htm . 2008-07-24 .
17. News: Sutton Mill Destroyed . Cambridgeshire Times . Cambridge . 28 June 1912 .
18. Book: Wailes, Rex. Rex Wailes. 1991. Lincolnshire Windmills. 109. Friends of Heckington mill. Heckington. 0-9518795-0-2.
19. Book: Oldham, Arthur Artis. 1994. Windmills in and around Wisbech. Spindrift. Walsoken. 1-898762-02-3.