List of windmills in Leicestershire explained

A list of windmills in Leicestershire.

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.

Locations

A - C

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Arnesby	Arnesby Mill	tower		1815	Windmill World
Ashby Folville	Ashby Mill Gaddesby Mill	Tower		Early 19th century	Windmill World
Barkestone-le-Vale	Barkestone Mill	Tower			Windmill World
Belgrave				1545^[1]	1558
Billesdon				1558^[2]	1826
Blaston				1302^[3]	1675
Bringhurst				1629^[4]	1650
Bringhurst					Gone by 1964
Burrough on the Hill				1607^[5]	1614
Burton Overy				1646^[6]	1766, gone by 1835
Burton Overy				1766	1766, gone by 1835
Carlton Curlieu				1592^[7]	1661
Church Langton				1792^[8]	1792
Cranoe				1440^[9]	1441
Croxton Kerrial	Croxton Mill	Smock		1806	Windmill World

E - G

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Evington				1308^[10]	1335
Fleckney				1338^[11]	1338
Foxton				Late 12th century^[12]	1317
Foxton				1780	1885
Galby				16th century^[13]	16th century
Gilmorton	Gilmorton Mill	Tower		Early 19th century	Windmill World
Glooston				15th century^[14]	1637
Great Bowden				1473^[15]	1690
Great Glen				1352^[16]	1563

H - K

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Hallaton	Bardolf's Manor			1290^[17]	1588
Hallaton	Hacluit's Manor			1373	1652
Harby	Harby Mill	Tower		Truncated during the Second World War^[18]	Windmill World
Higham on the Hill					Windmill World
Houghton on the Hill				1301^[19]	1301
Houghton on the Hill	New Ingarsby
Houghton on the Hill	Ingarsby Lane				1914, gone by 1918
Husbands Bosworth				1252^[20]	1252
Illston on the Hill				c. 1220^[21]	1588
Kegworth		Post^[22]
Kibworth Beauchamp				1315^[23]	1687
Kibworth Harcourt	Kibworth Harcourt Mill	Post		1711	Windmill World
King's Norton				1514^[24]	1582
Knighton	Narborough Wood Farm	Titt iron wind engine		1896

L

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Laughton				1265^[25]	1658
Leicester	Castle Mills			1632^[26]
Leicester	Newarke Mills			1626	1741
Leicester	North Mills			1821	1833
Leicester	South Fields Mill Nurse's Mill			1316	1638^[27]
Leicester	South Fields Mill Nurses Mill				Standing until mid-19th century
Leicester	Between Castle and Newarke Mills	Post	1779	1720	1779
Leicester	St Margaret's		1779 1828	1585	1828
Leicester	St Margaret's (2nd mill)		1779	1779	1779
Leicester	St Margaret's (3rd mill)		1779	1779	1779
Leicester	London Road		1779	1779	1835
Leicester	London Road (2nd mill)		1779	1779	1835
Leicester	Narborough Road
Leicester	Mount Pleasant Mill		1828	1828
Leicester	Conduit St	tower	1826 1828	1826	1828
Leicester	Marston's Mill, Saxby St		1826 1828	1826	1828
Leicester	Whetstone's Mill, Highfield St		1826 1828	1826	1828
Leicester	Holmes' Mill, Mill La		1826 1828	1826	1846
Leicester	Freak's Ground		1828	1828	1861, gone by 1891^[28]
Little Stretton				1314	1446
Long Clawson	Long Clawson Mill	Tower		Early 19th century	Windmill World
Lubenham				1624^[29]	1659

M - R

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Market Harborough	Great Bowden Mill	Smock		1839^[30]	Standing c. 1920
Medbourne				Mid-16th century^[31]	Mid-16th century
Medbourne		Smock		Late 18th century	Demolished January 1902
Mowsley				1338^[32]	1338
Narborough		Titt iron wind engine
Nether Broughton		Post			1880s OS map
Noseley				1545^[33]	1545
Redmile				1242^[34]	1242
Redmile	Redmile Mill	Midlands Post		1835	1920s

S - W

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Shangton				c. 1304^[35]	c. 1304
Shepshed	Fenney Spring Mill	Tower		c. 1840^[36]	Windmill World
Slawston				1637^[37]	1928
Smeeton Westerby					Blown down c. 1885
Stonton Wyville				Early 17th century^[38]	Early 17th century
Stoughton				1341	1477
Swannington	Hough Mill	Tower		Late 18th century^[39]	Windmill World
Swannington		Post			Blown down early 19th century
Swannington		Post		Early 19th century	Demolished 1895
Syston	Syston Mill	Post			Windmill World
Thringstone	Thringstone Windmill	tower
Thurnby	Bushby			Early 17th century^[40]	Early 17th century
Tur Langton	Smith's Mill Moore's Mill			17th century	Gone by 1850
Tur Langton	Halford's Mill			17th century	Gone by 1850
Ullesthorpe	Ullesthorpe Mill	Tower		1800	Windmill World
Waltham on the Wolds	Waltham Mill	Post			Demolished 1868^[41]
Waltham on the Wolds	Waltham Mill	Tower		1868	Windmill World
Wistow				1436^[42]	1660
Woodhouse Eaves	Woodhouse Eaves Mill	Midlands Post		1863^[43]	Burnt down 1945 Windmill World
Wymondham	Wymondham Mill	Tower		c. 1813	Windmill World

Maps

• 1779 John Prior
• 1826 Greenwood
• 1828 Ellis

Notes and References

1. Web site: BELGRAVE . British History Online . 2008-12-03.
2. Web site: BILLESDON . British History Online . 2008-12-03.
3. Web site: BLASTON . British History Online . 2008-12-03.
4. Web site: BRINGHURST . British History Online . 2008-12-03.
5. Web site: BURROUGH ON THE HILL . British History Online . 2008-12-03.
6. Web site: BURTON OVERY . British History Online . 2008-12-03.
7. Web site: CARLTON CURLIEU . British History Online . 2008-12-03.
8. Web site: CHURCH LANGTON . British History Online . 2008-12-03.
9. Web site: CRANOE . British History Online . 2008-12-03.
10. Web site: EVINGTON . British History Online . 2008-12-03.
11. Web site: FLECKNEY . British History Online . 2008-12-03.
12. Web site: FOXTON . British History Online . 2008-12-03.
13. Web site: GALBY AND FRISBY . British History Online . 2008-12-03.
14. Web site: GLOOSTON . British History Online . 2008-12-03.
15. Web site: GREAT BOWDEN . British History Online . 2008-12-03.
16. Web site: GREAT GLEN . British History Online . 2008-12-03.
17. Web site: HALLATON . British History Online . 2008-12-03.
18. Web site: A Portrait of Harby, Leicestershire . Stuart Frew . 2008-12-03.
19. Web site: HOUGHTON ON THE HILL . British History Online . 2008-12-03.
20. Web site: HUSBAND'S BOSWORTH. British History Online . 2008-12-03.
21. Web site: ILLSTON ON THE HILL . British History Online . 2008-12-03.
22. Book: Wailes, Rex. Rex Wailes . 1954. The English Windmill . 172. Routledge & Kegan Paul. London.
23. Web site: KIBWORTH . British History Online . 2008-12-03.
24. Web site: KING'S NORTON . British History Online . 2008-12-03.
25. Web site: LAUGHTON . British History Online . 2008-12-03.
26. Web site: MILLS. British History Online . 2008-12-03.
27. Web site: POLITICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE HISTORY 1509-1651. British History Online . 2008-12-03.
28. Web site: NORTH-WEST LEICESTER . British History Online . 2008-12-03.
29. Web site: LUBENHAM . British History Online . 2008-12-03.
30. Web site: MARKET HARBOROUGH . British History Online . 2008-12-03.
31. Web site: MEDBOURNE . British History Online . 2008-12-03.
32. Web site: MOWSLEY . British History Online . 2008-12-03.
33. Web site: NOSELEY. British History Online . 2008-12-03.
34. Web site: Redmile Archive . Redmile Archive . 2008-12-03.
35. Web site: SHANGTON . British History Online . 2008-12-03.
36. Web site: FENNY SPRING WINDMILL . https://archive.today/20121224062920/http://pastscape.english-heritage.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=498138 . dead . 2012-12-24 . English Heritage . 2008-12-03 .
37. Web site: SLAWSTON . British History Online . 2008-12-03.
38. Web site: STONTON WYVILLE . British History Online . 2008-12-03.
39. Web site: Hough Mill Restoration . Swannington Heritage . 2008-12-03 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080509195048/http://www.swannington-heritage.co.uk/pages/mill.html . 2008-05-09 .
40. Web site: THURNBY . British History Online . 2008-12-03.
41. Web site: The Old Mill, Waltham, Leicestershire . English Heritage . 2008-12-03.
42. Web site: WISTOW . British History Online . 2008-12-03.
43. Web site: Woodhouse Eaves Windmill . Midland Mills Open . 2008-12-03 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080905135300/http://www.midlandmillsopen.org.uk/wood.htm . September 5, 2008 .