List of windmills in Derbyshire explained

The List of Windmills in Derbyshire is a list of former and extant windmills in the English county of Derbyshire.

Locations

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Alderwasley	Post	1791 1808	1767	Standing 1811, gone by 1835.
Alfreton	Hitch Hill Mill	Tower		1816	Standing in 1824.
Alfreton	Sleetmore Mill	Post	1825	1790	Demolished1925.
Ashbourne	Windmill Lane	Tower	1808	1791	Standing 1817, not on 1825 map.
Ashbourne	Ashley Mill	Tower		1838	Standing in 1847.
Ashover	Spancarr Mill	Tower	1808	1807	Windmill World
Beighton (now South Yorkshire)	Beighton Mill	Post		1791	Burnt down by arson April 1831.
Belph		Open Trestle Post	1808		Standing in 1814.
Belper	Belper Mill	Tower		1796	Windmill World
Bolsover	Sherwood Lodge Mill Lime Kiln Fields Mill	Tower		1793	Windmill World
Bolsover		Open Trestle Post	1825 1836	1795
Borrowash	Borrowash Mill	Open Trestle Post	1825 1835	1773	Gone by 1857
Breadsall	Breadsall Mill	Tower	1808 1836		Demolished 1840s.
Calow	Bole Hill Mill	Post	1808 1835 1840	1812	Burnt down 15 April 1843
Chellaston	Chellaston Mill	Tower	1836 1887 1899	c.1827	Working in 1889. Single story stump was standing in 1970, gone by 1995.
Chesterfield	Holywell Street Mill	Post		c.1787	Advertised for sale 1789, no further trace.
Chesterfield	New Brampton Mill

| Post| 1808| 1800| Advertised for sale 1814, no further trace.| |-| Chesterfield| Club Mill
| Tower| 1808
1836| 1800| | |-| Clay Cross| Clay Cross Mill
| Post| 1835†| | Standing in 1857.| |-| Clowne| Clown mill
| Post| 1791
1808
1836
1880
1887| 1767| | |-| Codnor| Codnor Mill
| Post| 1808| 1801| Standing in 1834, not on 1836 map.| |-| Creswell| Cresswell Mill| Post| | 1828| Standing in 1864.| |-| Crich| Pothouse Mill| | | 1757| Moved to Four Lanes End in 1764.| |-| Crich| Four Lanes End Mill| Tower| | 1764| Burnt out 15 February 1849.| |-| Dale Abbey| Cat and Fiddle Mill
| Midlands Post|| 1788| Windmill World| |-| Derby| Windmill Hill Lane Mill
| Tower| 1791| 1767| Advertised for sale in 1781.| |-| Derby| Depot Mill
| Tower| | 1816| Probably demolished between 1855 and 1888.| |-| Derby| Normanton Road Mill| Tower| | | Standing in 1949.| |-| Derby| Chain Lane Mill, Littleover
| | | | Medieval mill.| |-| Eckington| Eckington Mill
| Post| | 1825.| Burnt down by arson, 19 January 1832.| |-| Eyam| Eyam Mill
| Tower| 1827| Demolished c.1877| |-| Findern| Findern Mill
| Tower| 1825
1836
1887| 1797| Windmill World||-| Fritchley| Fritchley Mill
| Post| 1825
1880| 1793| Windmill World| |-| Hazelwood| Hazelwood Mill
| Smock| 1906| 1906| Pumping windmill, demolished 1939.| |-| Heage| Heage Windmill
| Tower|| Built c. 1797. First use c. 1805^[1] | Heage Windmill Official Website| |-| Heanor| | 1791
1808| | || |-| Holbrook| Holbrook Mill
| Post| 1825
1836
1880| 1825| Standing in 1841, not marked on any map later than 1880.| |-| Hopton| Carsington Pasture Mill
| Tower| 1839
1880| 1780s| Windmill World| |-| Horsley Park| Hosley Mill
| Post| 1808
1836|| Gone by 1841.| |-| Hulland Ward| Hulland Ward Mill
| Tower| 1836| c.1825| Standing in 1850, not on 1880 map.| |-| Ilkeston| Lawn GardensMill
| Post| | 1817| Burnt down 1831.| |-| Ilkeston| Field Mill
| Post| 1825
1836| | Moved to Derby Road, Ilkeston mid-C19th.| |-| Ilkeston| Derby Road Mill
| Post| 1896
1908| 1876| Standing in September 1920.| |-| Kilburn| Kilburn Mill
| Tower| | 1821| Not marked on any maps after 1879.| |-| Long Eaton| Long Eaton Mill
| | 1808| | | |-| Loscoe| Loscoe Mill
| Post| 1825
1836| | Advertised for sale in 1851.| |-| Lower Pilsley| Hagg Hill
| | 1897| | Possibly a windpump.| |-| Mapperley| Mapperley Mill
| Post| 1825
1836| | Standing in 1900, blown down by 1932.| |-| Marlpool| Marlpool Mill
| | 1791| 1767.| Gone by 1801.| |-| Marlpool| Marlpool Mill
| Post| | | Burnt down by arson, 4 December 1828.| |-| Marlpool| Marlpool Mill
| Tower| 1836
1881| c.1830| Dismantled 1885.| |-| Melbourne| Melbourne Mill
| Tower| 1808
1825
1836| 1797| Windmill World| |-| Melbourne| | Post| 1808
1825
1836| 1808| 1836||-| Melbourne| Ticknall Road Mill
| Post| | 1782| Advertised for sale 1853.| |-| Mickleover| Mill Field Mill| | 1808| 1808| Moved to Common Road in 1850.| |-| Mickleover| Common Road Mill
| Tower| | 1850| Demolished c.1973.| |-| Mosborough| Mosborough Mill
| Tower| | c.1802| Standing in 1856, not marked on 1877 Ordnance Survey map.| |-| Muggington| Muggington Mill
| Tower| 1835
1836| c.1830| Standing in 1876.| |-| Netherseal| Netherseal Mill
| Post| 1834| | Was in Leicestershire when built. Working in 1904.| |-| Newhall| Newhall Mill
| Post| 1808
1825
1836| | Working in 1841.| |-| Nitticar Hill| Knitacre Mill
| | 1791
1808| 1767| Gone by 1830.| |-| Ockbrook| Ockbrook Mill
| Tower| 1880| 1811| Windmill World||-| Pleasley| Pleasley Mill
| Post| 1808
1825
1836| 1808| Demolished late 1860s.| |-| Riddings| James
| Tower|| 1877^[2] | Demolished 1963^[2] | |-| Riddings| Sarah
| Tower|| 1877^[2] | Demolished 1963.^[2] | |-| Riddings| Riddings Mill
| Post| 1835†| 1829| | |-| Ripley| Pease Hill Mill
| Tower| 1808
1825
1914| 1808| Demolished 1920s.| |-| Risley| Risley Mill
| Post| 1808
1825
1835
1836| 1798| Advertised for sale 1835.| |-| Sandiacre| Sandiacre Mill
| Post| 1825
1835†| 1820| Advertised for sale 1834.| |-| Sawley| Sawley Mill
| | 1825
1836| 1794| Working until 1861.| |-| Shardlow| Shardlow Union Mill
| Post| | 1803| Advertised for sale in 1851.| |-| Shipley| Shipley Mill
| | 1808| 1808| Blown down 16 May 1809.| |-| Shirebrook| Shirebrook Mill
| | | 1828| 1841.| |-| Smalley| Cloves Lane
| | 1808| c.1700| Moved to Smalley watermill 1800.| |-| Smalley| at Smalley watermill| | | 1800| Moved back to Cloves Lane 1815.| |-| Smalley| Cloves Lane
| | | 1815| Demolished c.1856.| |-| Smalley| Swine Hill Lane| | | 1800| 1800, burnt down before 1828, remains to Marlpool, which burnt down in that year.| |-| Smisby| Ann's Well Place
| Post| 1791
1808
1895| 1767| Blown down c.1920.| |-| South Normanton| Fordbridge Lane Mill
| Tower| 1880| 1820s^[3] | Windmill World| |-| South Normanton| Normanton Common Mill
| Tower| 1880
1905| 1850s| Windmill World| |-| South Normanton| | Post| 1808
1825| c.1805| Working until 1908. Dismantled 1980, remains declared beyond restoration in 1997 and burnt.
Windmill World||-| South Normanton| | Post| | 1630| Severely damaged December 1809, ruins auctioned January 1810.| |-| Spinkhill| Spinkhill Mill
| Tower| 1791
1808| 1767| House converted 1879, demolished mid-1950s.||-| Spondon| Spondon Mill
| Post| | 1824| Standing in 1861.| |-| Swarkestone| Swarkestone Mill
| Tower| 1808
1825| 1794| Disused by 1889, reduced to single storey stump by 1932, demolished by 1983.| |-| Swarkestone Lowes| | Post| 1675| 1675| 1745.| |-| Swathick| Swathick Mill
| | 1808| 1808| 1808.| |-| Temple Normanton| Temple Normanton Mill
| Tower| 1808
1825| 1796| House converted mid-1860s. Demolished 1935.| |-| Tibshelf| Nethermoor
| Post| 1791
1808
1836| 1767| Demolished 1915, leaving roundhouse standing. This was demolished in the 1960s.| |-| West Hallam| West Hallam Mill|| 1791
1808| 1767| 1808| |-| Whitwell| Whitwell Mill
| Tower| 1840
1916| 1829| Working until 1912, demolished 1965.| |-| Whittington| Whittington Mill
| Tower| 1808
1825
1840
1895| 1808| Demolished c.1900.| |-| Willington| Willington Mill
| | 1791
1825| 1710| 1825.| |-| Wirksworth| Wirksworth Mill
| Post| 1808
1836| 1799| Advertised for sale 1849.| |-| Woodville| Butt House Mill
| Post| 1835†
1836| c.1827| Demolished c.1880.| |}

Sources

• Book: Gifford, Alan . Derbyshire Windmills Past & Present . Heage Windmill Society / Midland Mills Group . Heage . 2003 . 0-9544863-0-7 .

Maps

• 1675 John Ogilby
• 1791 Burdett (surveyed 1762-67)
• 1808 James Farey
• 1825 Greenwood
• 1827 Greenwood
• 1834 Ordnance Survey
• 1835 Greenwood
• 1835† George Sanderson (surveyed 1830-35)
• 1836 Ordnance Survey
• 1839 Ordnance Survey
• 1840 Ordnance Survey
• 1880 Ordnance Survey
• 1881 Ordnance Survey
• 1887 Ordnance Survey
• 1895 Ordnance Survey (surveyed 1879-83)
• 1896 Ordnance Survey (surveyed 1876)
• 1897 Ordnance Survey (surveyed 1875-85)
• 1899 Ordnance Survey
• 1905 Ordnance Survey
• 1906 Ordnance Survey
• 1908 Ordnance Survey (surveyed 1905-06)
• 1914 Ordnance Survey
• 1916 Ordnance Survey

Notes and References

1. Web site: HEAGE WINDMILL, Chesterfield Road Heage Derbyshire DE56 2BH . English Heritage . 2008-11-17.
2. Web site: Riddings Windmills - 'Sarah & James' . jacksdale.org . 2008-11-18 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090105222846/http://jacksdale.org.uk/pages/JDHeritage/RiddingsMills.htm . 2009-01-05 .
3. Web site: WINDMILL TOWER TO WEST OF ST MICHAEL'S CHURCH, FORDBRIDGE LANE (west side), SOUTH NORMANTON, BOLSOVER, DERBYSHIRE . https://web.archive.org/web/20121014215205/http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?pid=2&id=7329. dead. 2012-10-14. English Heritage . 2008-11-17.