List of windmills in Lancashire explained

A list of windmills in Lancashire, including those now within Greater Manchester and Merseyside.

Locations

A – C

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Ainsdale	Ainsdale Mill	Tower		c.1800	Closure in 1965 and demolition in late 1970s^[1]
Aughton	Aughton Mill	Sunk Post^[2]
Barton-upon-Irwell				1600^[3]	1600
Bickerstaffe	Bickerstaffe Mill	Tower		1756	Windmill World
Billinge	Billinge Mill			1641^[4]	1691
Birkdale	Birkdale Mill	Sunk Post		c.16th century^[5]	Mentioned 1845
Boothstown				Mid-18th century^[6]	Demolished 1874
Bretherton	Bank Mill	Tower		1741	Windmill World
Burscough	Mere Mill	Tower			Windmill World
Carleton	Dick's Mill	Tower			Demolished 1886^[7]
Clifton	Clifton Mill	Tower			Windmill World
Culcheth				1516^[8]	1593

F – K

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Freckleton		Smock Saw Mill
Golborne				1352^[9]	1367
Great Crosby	Moor Lane Mill	Tower		1813	Windmill World
Haigh	Brewery Mill	Tower		1845	Windmill World
Hambleton		Post		1870s^[10]	Demolished by 1934
Ince				1558^[11]	1558
Kirkham	Carr Hill Mill	Tower			Windmill World
Kirkham	Treales Mill	Tower		Late 18th century	Windmill World

L

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Little Marton	Little Marton Mill	Tower		1838	Windmill World
Liverpool	Wavertree Mill	Midlands Post		1452	Demolished 1916
Liverpool	Edge Hill Mill	Post		1642	1642
Liverpool	Eastham Mill			1250^[12]	Destroyed May 1644
Liverpool	Cathedral Mount
Liverpool	Hale Mill	Post			Moved to Hale Bank, 1790
Liverpool	Hale Bank Mill	Post		1790
Liverpool	Townsend Mill			1348
Liverpool	Townsend Mill	Midlands Post		1644	1772
Liverpool	Gallows Mill	Tower		1825
Liverpool	Gallows Mill (2nd mill)	Tower		1825
Liverpool	Chisenhale Street	Tower		1814
Liverpool	Chisenhale Street (2nd mill)	Tower		1814
Liverpool	Preston Road Mill	Tower			Standing in 1936
Liverpool	St James's Park	Tower		1773^[13]	Gone by 1889^[14]
Liverpool	Stanley Park			1823^[15]
Liverpool	Springfield Mill	Tower		1823^[16]	1907
Liverpool	Parliament St (two)				Gone by 1889
Liverpool	Bootle Lane				Burnt down 1834
Longton					Standing 1916
Lydiate	Forest's Mill	Tower		1768	Windmill World
Lytham St Annes	Lytham Mill	Tower		1803	Windmill World

M – P

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Maghull					Standing in 1916
Manchester	Deansgate			1771^[17]
Manchester	Windmill Street			1766	1811
Much Hoole					Standing in 1916
Ormskirk	Wimbrick Mill				Standing in 1916	Photo
Parbold	Parbold Mill	Tower		1810	Windmill World
Pilling	Damside Windmill	Tower		1808	Windmill World
Preesall	Preesall Mill	Tower		1839	Windmill World
Prescot	Acres Mill	Tower			Burnt down 9 August 1908^[18]
Preston	Craggs Row Mill	Tower		Early 19th century	Windmill World
Preston	Park Lane Mill				Standing 1916^[19]

R – W

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Rimington	Stopper Lane Mill	Smock
Rufford	Causeway End Mill	Tower			Standing in 1947
Rufford		Midlands Post			Moved to Warton 1771^[20]
Salford				1380^[21]	1380
Singleton	Singleton Mill	Tower			Standing in 1947^[22]
Southport		Titt iron wind engine		1894
Staining	Staining Mill	Tower		Late 18th century	Windmill World
St Helens	Ravenhead Mill	Tower		Late 18th century	Windmill World
Southport		Tower				Photo
Southport		Titt wind engine		1894^[23]
Tarleton					Standing in 1916
Thornton Cleveleys	Marsh Mill	Tower		1794	Windmill World
Toxteth	Scott's Mill Wilson's Mill	Tower			Demolished c. 1960
Treales	Treales	Tower			Windmill World
Upholland	Holland Mill	Tower		1768	Windmill World
Warton	Warton Post Mill	Sunk post (Midlands type)		1771	Windmill World
West Derby				1229^[24]	1256
West Derby	Acker's Mill			1717^[25]	1717
Wrea Green	Wrea Green Mill	Tower			Windmill World
Wrightington	Harrock Hill Mill	Tower			Windmill World
Weeton	Weeton Mill	Tower		1812	Demolished 1950s? Windmill World

Notes

Mills in bold text are still standing. Known building dates are also indicated in bold. Text in italics indicates that the information is not confirmed, but is likely to be the case.

Sources

These sources will be useful to expand the article:-

• Book: Clarke, Allen. 1916. Windmill Land. J M Dent & Sons. London. C. Allen Clarke . 9780946571086.
• Book: Clarke, Allen. 1918. More Windmill Land. J M Dent & Sons. London.
• Book: Clarke, Allen. 1924. Windmill Land Stories. J M Dent & Sons. London.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ainsdale Mill information – Images & Documents. catalogue.millsarchive.org. 2020-04-02.
2. Book: Wailes, Rex . Rex Wailes . 1977. The English Windmill. 52, 84, 110, 145, 157, 168. Routledge & Kegan Paul. London and Henley on Thames. 0-7100-2241-7.
3. Web site: BARTON. British History Online . 29 November 2008.
4. Web site: BILLINGE . British History Online . 29 November 2008.
5. Book: Aughton , Peter . North Meols and Southport . Carnegie . 1998 . 0-948789-38-7.
6. Web site: Windmills and Cotton Mills . The Boothstown Website . 28 November 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121010030719/http://freespace.virgin.net/tony.smith/mills.htm . 10 October 2012 .
7. Book: Thurston Hopkins, R. R. Thurston Hopkins . 1934. Old Watermills and Windmills. 39. Philip Allan & Co Ltd. London.
8. Web site: CULCHETH . British History Online . 29 November 2008.
9. Web site: GOLBORNE . British History Online . 29 November 2008.
10. Book: de Little, Rodney. 1997. The Windmills of England. 106. Colwood Press. Partridge Green. 0-9529930-0-7.
11. Web site: INCE . British History Online . 29 November 2008.
12. Web site: CASTLE . British History Online . 29 November 2008.
13. Web site: LIVERPOOL PARKS . Liverpool Parks . 30 November 2008.
14. Web site: Old Liverpool . Bramhill.net . 1 December 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120219031353/http://bramhill.net/Liverpool/Resources/liverpooltext.pdf . 19 February 2012 .
15. Web site: WALTON . British History Online . 30 November 2008.
16. Web site: KIRKDALE . British History Online . 1 December 2008.
17. Web site: BOROUGH . British History Online . 29 November 2008.
18. Postcard published by Knowsley Library Service
19. Book: Clarke, Allen. 1916. Windmill Land. J M Dent & Sons. London. C. Allen Clarke . Partial online version
20. Book: Martin. Watts. Major. J Kenneth. Ken Major. 1977. Victorian and Edwardian Windmills and Watermills from old photographs. Batsford. London. 0-7134-0621-6. registration.
21. Web site: SALFORD . British History Online . 29 November 2008.
22. Web site: The Donald W. Muggeridge Collection of Mill Photographs, Lancashire & Leicestershire . University of Kent at Canterbury . 30 November 2008.
23. Book: Major, J Kenneth. 1977. The Windmills of John Wallis Titt. 8, 30. The International Molinological Society.
24. Web site: THE HUNDRED OF WEST DERBY . British History Online . 29 November 2008.
25. Web site: WEST DERBY . British History Online . 29 November 2008.