List of windmills in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight explained

A list of all windmills and windmill sites which lie in the current ceremonial counties of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.

Hampshire

LocationName of mill and
grid reference		TypeMapsFirst mention
or built		Last mention
or demise		Photograph
BasingstokePitt Hall Farm, Upper Wooton[1] Titt iron wind engine1898
BentworthBentworth and Lasham railway stationTitt Iron wind engine19011928
BitterneThornhill ParkTitt iron wind engine1894
Bucklers HardTower
BursledonBursledon Windmill
Post mill1766[2] Demolished c. 1813
BursledonBursledon Windmill
Tower1813Bursledon Windmill is Hampshire's only working windmill and is still open to the public today.
ChaltonChalton Mill
1289[3] 1289
ChaltonChalton Mill
Sunk post1607
1611
1645
1675		16071675
ChaltonChalton Mill
TowerEarly 19th centuryWindmill World
CliddesdenCliddesden railway stationTitt Iron wind engine1901Demolished 1940s[4]
CoshamWidely Mill
Crux EastonCrux Easton wind engine
Titt Iron wind enginec. 1891Windmill World
DenmeadDenmead Mill1600Demolished 19th century
DenmeadNew Denmead Mill
DenmeadBarn Green Mill
Gale's Mill
Tower[5] 1819[6] Burnt 1900
Demolished 1922
Dummer1828
Enham AlameinPostunder construction
Windmill World
FarehamPost175917591759
FarehamBurrant MillPost175917591759
FawleyTower
FroxfieldTower1828
GosportHaslar millDemolished 1746
GosportCrofton
GosportPeel Common MillTower
GosportAnn's Hill MillTower18531854
GrateleyTower18491889
HaslarBlown down 29 October 1795.[7]
Haylingpost13251325
HaylingTowerBurnt down 1890
HaylingNorth Hayling Mill
TowerBurnt down October 1886
HytheLangdown Mill
LangstoneLangstone Mill
Towerc. 1730Windmill World
Lymington
MarchwoodTitt iron wind engine1893
MicheldeverStratton EstateTitt iron wind engine1898
Middle WallopTowerDemolished late 18th or early 19th century, machinery to Idmiston Mill, Wiltshire
OwsleburyTowerDemolished during World War One
OwlseburyBridle's millTower
PetersfieldWeston MillSmockDemolished 1911
PortchesterTowerStanding 1908[8]
PortchesterTowerDemolished c. 1920
PortchesterWicor MillTower1821
PortsmouthDock Mill
Shipwright's Mill		Tower1796[9] Demolished 1923
PortsmouthPortsmouth Harbour14th century
PortsmouthGuildhallGone by 1800
PortsmouthBallard's MillTowerDemolished 1843
PortsmouthRudmore Mill
Byerly Mill
PortsmouthDwarf Mill
Lime Mill
PortsmouthDennison's Mill
PortsmouthMile End Mill
Selborne
Southampton15301612
Southampton1600
SouthamptonCastle Mill
SouthamptonOn road to Itchen Ferry1600
SouthseaLump's Mill
White Mill		tower18501870
StockbridgeMarsh CourtTitt iron wind engine1900
TitchfieldPeel Common MillTower18th centuryDemolished 1920s.[10]
TitchfieldTitchfield Common Mill18th centuryDemolished 19th century
WaterloovilleHall's MillSmockBurnt down 25 June 1906
West MeonMarland's Mill
Towerc. 1860[11] Windmill World

Isle of Wight

LocationName of mill and
grid reference		TypeMapsFirst mention
or built		Last mention
or demise		Photograph
BembridgeKnowle Mill
Towerc. 1700Windmill World
CalbourneCalbourne Mill
1980s[12] Windmill World
Chale13741374
East Cowes1759Gone by 1846
Freshwater12921769[13]
Freshwater1769Burnt down 15 December 1824[14]
FreshwaterTower18631869[15]
NewchurchKingtonPostEarly 17th century
RydeMill FieldsTower
RydeAldemoor
Upton Mill		TowerDemolished 1915
SandownCheverton DownPostEarly 17th century
ShalcombePostEarly 17th century
ShanklinPostEarly 17th century
CowesMill Hill MillTower1771Demolished 1923
CowesKelleway MillTower1804[16] 1853, demolished by 1862

Sources

Unless stated otherwise, the source for all entries is:

Maps

Notes

Mills in bold are still standing, and known building dates are also 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. Book: Major, J Kenneth. Ken Major . 1977. The Windmills of John Wallis Titt. The International Molinological Society.
  2. Web site: Bursledon Windmill stands as Phoebe Langtry’s legacy . Hampshire Chronicle . 6 June 2009.
  3. Web site: CHALTON . British History Online . 7 June 2009.
  4. Book: Griffith, Edward. 1982. The Basingstoke & Alton Light Railway 1901 - 1936. 16. Kingfisher Railway Publications. Newbury.
  5. Web site: Denmead . Hampshire County Council . 2008-10-29.
  6. Web site: A BRIEF HISTORY OF DENMEAD . localhistories.org . 2008-10-29.
  7. Ship News . 31 October 1795 . 4 . 3427 . B-C .
  8. Web site: PORTCHESTER . British History Online . 2008-10-29.
  9. Web site: DOCK MILLS PORTSMOUTH . Hampshire Mills Group . 2008-10-29.
  10. Web site: Titchfield Mills . Paul Hawkins . 20 June 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121104195116/http://homepage.ntlworld.com/paul.hawkins.tyd/Tyd/MeonMills.htm . 4 November 2012 .
  11. Web site: Find the Lady . https://archive.today/20130221114120/http://www.eastmeon.net/EMvisitor/visitor_history/history_find_the_Lady.htm . dead . 2013-02-21 . eastmeon.net . 2008-10-29.
  12. Web site: Windmills of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight . Windmill World . 2008-10-29.
  13. Web site: Freshwater Isle in the 17th century. . ric martin . 2008-10-29 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090826065407/http://freespace.virgin.net/ric.martin/vectis/hookeweb/fresh.htm . 2009-08-26 .
  14. News: NEWPORT . Hampshire Telegraph and Sussex Chronicle etc . 20 December 1824 . 1315 .
  15. Book: Major, J Kenneth and, Watts, Martin. 1977. Victorian and Edwardian Windmills and Watermills from old photographs. Batsford. London. 0-7134-0621-6. registration.
  16. Web site: The Lost Windmill of West Cowes . rob martin . 2008-10-29 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080928031325/http://freespace.virgin.net/robmar.tin/mill/home.htm . 2008-09-28 .

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