List of windmills in Hertfordshire explained

A list of all windmills and windmill sites which lie in the Ceremonial county of Hertfordshire.

Locations

A

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Albury	Approximately	Post	1676 1766	1370	1766
Albury	Approximately	Post	1720 1728 1749 1766	1720	1766
Albury	Patmore Heath Mill	Tower		1862	Demolished April 1921
Aldbury	Approximately	Post			Site identified in 1972 by cropmark.
Aldbury	Approximately	Post		1364	1364
Aldenham	Hilfield Approximately			1803	1803
Aldenham	Munden House approximately			1804	1804
Anstey				1314	1508
Anstey	Lincoln Hill Mill	Post	1675 1676 1695 1700 1720 1728 1749 1766 1800 1822	1675	Demolished 1920
Anstey	Snow End Mill			1862	1889
Ashwell				1336	1336
Ashwell	Fordham's Mill approximately	Post	1800 1822	1800	1877
Ashwell	Kitchener's Mill	Smock	1822	1822	1877
Ashwell	Slip End Mill Approximately	Post	1800 1822	1800	1833
Aspenden	Approximately	Post		1583	1623
Aspenden	Approximately	Post	1720 1728 1749	1720	1749
Aston	Approximately	Post		1307	1314
Aston	Broadwater Approximaterly	Post	1676 1720 1728 1749 1766	1676	1766
Aston	Broadwater	Smock		c. 1828	Demolished June 1878

B

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Baldock	Approximately	Post	1676 1695 1700 1720 1728 1749 1766	1676	1766
Barkway	Cokenach	Post		1271	1271
Barkway	Rokey Mill	Post	1676 1700 1720 1766	1595	1766
Barkway	Rokey Mill	Smock	1822 1898	1818	1898
Barkway	Newsells Mill	Post		1699	Demolished 1792
Barkway	Newsells Mill	Smock	1800 1822	1792	Demolished 1873
Barley				1577	1577
Bennington		Post		1342	1342
Bennington	Benington Mill	Post	1676 1695,br>1700 1720 1728	1676	1728
Berkhamsted				1300	1300
Berkhamsted	Approximately	Post	1720 1728 1749	1720	1749
Berkhamsted	Approximately	Post	1720 1728	1720	1728
Berkhamsted	Approximately	Post	1749	1743	1749
Bishop's Stortford	Hockerill Mill Approximately	Post	1766 1822	1766	Demolished c. 1823, Windshaft to Bardfield Saling, Essex
Bishop's Stortford	Hockerill Mill Approximately	Tower		c. 1823	1914, gone by 1918.
Bishop's Stortford	Barrell's Down Mill Linsell Mill	Post	1800 1822	1800	1896, gone by 1906
Braughing	Approximately	Tower	1800	1787	Demolished c. 1811
Brent Pelham	Brent Pelham Mill	Smock		1826	Windmill World
Buntingford				1577	1589
Buntingford	Layston	Post	1720 1728 1749 1766 1800 1822	1720	Burnt down 1 September 1889
Buntingford			1822	1822	1905
Bushey	Bushey Heath Mill	Smock		1826	Demolished c. 1910

C

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Chesfield		Post		1318	1372
Chesfield	Chesfield Park	Titt iron wind engine		1896
Cheshunt		Post		1843	Demolished c. 1860
Cheshunt	Goff's Oak Mill	Tower		c. 1860	Demolished 1953
Cheshunt	Turner's Hill Mill		1822	1822	1861
Chipperfield		Post		1594	1594
Chipperfield		Smock	1822	1822	1881, gone by 1896
Chipping	Approximately	Post	1720 1728	1720	1728
Clothall	Approximately	Post		1370	1370
Codicote	Codicote Heath Approximately	Smock		1841	1855, gone by 1881
Colney Heath	Colney Heath Mill	Tower		1854	Windmill World
Cottered		Post		1581	1581
Cromer				1192	1576
Cromer	Cromer Mill	Post	1720 1728 1749 1766 1800 1822	1720	Windmill World
Croxley Green	Croxley Green Mill	Tower		c. 1860	Windmill World

E - G

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Essendon	Pope's Mill		1766	c. 1750	1766
Flamstead	Approximately	Post	1676	1309	1676
Flamstead	Approximately		1800 1822	1800	1841
Furneaux Pelham	Approximately	Post	1676 1700 1749 1766 1800 1822	1587	1822
Furneaux Pelham	Approximately	Smock	1822	c. 1820	Demolished c. 1880
Graveley	Jack's Hill Mill	Smock		1826	Burnt down c. 1884
Great Amwell	Amwell End Mill Peatfield Mill Approximately		1822	1820	1878, gone by 1881
Great Hormead		Post	1675 1676 1695 1700 1720 1728 1749 1766 1800 1822	c. 1576	1928 Windmill World
Great Hormead		Smock		1861	1928 Windmill World
Great Munden				1290	1290
Great Munden	Munden Mill	Post	1676 1695 1700 1720 1728 1749 1766 1800 1822	1611	1881, gone by 1898
Great Munden	Approximately	Post	1720 1728 1749	1720	1749
Great Offley	Offley Mill	Post	1676	1644	1684
Great Offley	Offley Mill	Tower		1851	Demolished 1926 Windmill World

H

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Harpenden	Rothamstead	Post		1654	Demolished 1715
Hemel Hempstead	Approximately	Post		19th century	Late 19th century
Hemel Hempstead	Approximately	Post	1720 1728 1749	1720	1749
Hertford	Wallfield	Post	1720 1728	1715	Moved to Moreton, Essex, 1740
Hitchin		Post		c. 1657	Demolished 1676
Hitchin		Post	1720 1728 1749 1766 1800 1822	1676	Burnt down 1838
Hitchin	Charlton Mill	Tower		c. 1838	1894 Windmill World
Hitchin	Approximately	Post	1676 1720	1676	1727, gone by 1750
Hitchin	Rawlins Mill	Post	1749 1766 1800 1822	1725	Burnt down 7 November 1875
Hitchin	Walsworth Mill	Post	1720 1728 1749 1766 1800 1822	1720	1844
Hitchin	Lucas' Mill	Post	1822	1820	1846, gone by 1851
Hitchin	Gosmore Mill	Post		c. 1829	Demolished c. 1867

K - M

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Kelshall		Post		1251	1251
Kelshall		Post		1599	1679
King's Walden	Breachwood Green Mill	Tower		c. 1859	Windmill World
Lilley		Post		1638	1674
Little Gaddesden	Approximately	Post		1284	1305
Little Hormead	Approximately			c. 1876	c. 1876
Little Hadham		Post		1251	1270
Little Hadham	Little Hadham Mill	Smock	1800 1822	1786	Burnt down 31 July 1981 Windmill World
Little Wymondley	Approximately	Sunk Post		Early 13th century	1366
Little Wymondley	Approximately	Post	1720 1728 1749	1720	1749
Much Hadham		Post	1676 1695 1700 1720 1728 1749 1800 1822	1676	Demolished 1892
Markyate		post mill	1720 1728 1749 1766 1800 1822	1720	1851
Meesden				1262	14th century
Meesden		Post	1676 1695 1700 1720 1728 1749 1766 1800	1583	1827
Much Hadham		Tower		1892	Demolition began 1925

N - R

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Northaw		Post	1676 1695 1720 1728 1749 1800	1676	1808
Pirton		Post		1592	1700
Redbourn	Dagnall's Mill	Post		1708	1738
Reed				1341	1341
Reed	Reed Common Mill	Post	1676 1695 1700 1720 1728	1661	1728
Reed	Reed Common Mill	Post	1766 1800	1766	1808
Reed	Mile End Farm Mill		1822	1822	Truncated c. 1900 Windmill World
Ridge	Approximately	Post	1675 1720 1728	1675	Burnt down c. 1743
Ridge	Approximately	Post	1749	1749	1785
Royston	Apprioximately	Post	1720 1728 1766	1720	1766
Royston	Approximately	Post	1720 1728 1749	1720	1749
Rushden	Approximately	Post	1676 1695 1700	1619	1700

S

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Sacombe	Approximately	Post	1766	1766	1766
Sandon		Sunk Post		1222	1320
Sandon	Roe Green Mill Approximately	Post	1676 1720 1766	1676	1785
Sandon	Green End Mill	Post	1800 1822	1800	Burnt down 1 August 1877
Sandridge	Approximately	Post		1628	1686
Sawbridgeworth	High Wych Mill	Post	1800 1822	1799	Moved to Little Dunmow, Essex, 1875
Shephall		Post			Standing before 1541
South Mimms				1220^[1]	1349
South Mimms				1289	1310
South Mimms				1628	1668
St Albans	Bernard Heath Mill Approximately	Post	1676	1675	c. 1687
St Albans	Bernard heath Mill Approximately	Post	1720 1728 1749	1687	1749, gone by 1753
St Albans	Cunningham Hill Mill Approximately	Post	1675 1676	1675	1676
St Albans	Approximately	Post	1720 1728 1749	1720	1749
St Albans	Approximately	Post	1720 1749	1702	1749
Standon		Smock		1823	Demolished 1931^[2]
Stanstead Abbotts	Approximately	Smock		1891	1895
Stevenage	Approximately	Post		1274	1274
Stevenage	Approximately	Post		1688	Gone by 1699
Stevenage	Approximately	Post	1720 1728 1749 1766	1699	1762, gone by 1765
Stevenage	Corey's Mill	Post	1675 1676 1695 1700 1720 1728 1766 1800 1822	1593	Burnt down 1878
Stevenage	South End Mill	Smock		1849	Burnt down c. 1895

T

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Therfield				1323	1323
Therfield		Post	1720 1766 1800 1822	1720	1822
Therfield		Smock		1871	Burnt down 19 January 1881
Thundridge	Wadesmill	Post	1800 1822	1793	1865, gone by 1878
Tring	New Mill Approximately	Post	1766	1766	1797
Tring	Gamnel Wharf Mill	Tower	1822	1822	Demolished 1911
Tring	Goldfield Mill Grover's Mill	Tower		c. 1839	Windmill World

W

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Walkern				1360	1360
Walkern	Approximately	Post	1676 1695 1766 1800	1676	1800
Walkern	Bassus Green Mill Pryer's Mill Prior's Mill Approximately		1676 1700 1720 1766 1800 1822	1676	1839
Wallington	Approximately	Post	1676 1695 1700	1660	1700
Ware				1570	1570
Welwyn	Approximately	Post	1676	1676	1676
Weston				1275	1275
Weston	Approximately	Post	1676 1720 1728 1749 1766 1800 1822	1676	1861
Weston			1720 1749	1720	1766
Weston	Lannock Mill	Tower		1860	Windmill World
Whitwell	Approximately	Post	1766	1766	1766
Wormley				1338	1391

Locations formerly within Hertfordshire

• For windmills in Arkley and Totteridge see List of windmills in Greater London.
• Two further mill sites at Markyate now fall within Bedfordshire and are covered under the List of windmills in Bedfordshire.

Maps

• 1675 John Ogilby
• 1676 John Seller
• 1695 John Ogilby
• 1700 Herman Moll
• 1720 John Warburton
• 1728 Clark
• 1749 Thomas Kitchin
• 1766 Dury & Andrews
• 1800 Ordnance Survey
• 1822 Andrew Bryant

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: Moore, Cyril. 1999. Hertfordshire Windmills and Windmillers. Windsup Publishing. Sawbridgeworth. 0 9533861 0 4.

Notes and References

1. Book: Blythman, Guy. 1996. Watermills & Windmills of Middlesex. Baron Birch. 0 86023 538 6.
2. Book: Smith, Arthur C. 1974. Windmills in Hertfordshire . 4. Stevenage Museum. Stevenage.