List of windmills in Shropshire explained

This is a list of windmills in the English county of Shropshire.

Locations

Confirmed
LocationName of mill and
grid reference
TypeMapsFirst mention
or built
Last mention
or demise
Photograph
AlberburyRew Wood MillPostGone by 1774
AlberburyRowton Mill
Sunny Bank Mill

Tower1774Windmill World
AlbrightonAlbrighton Mill
Tower1768Windmill World
Albrighton182718271827
AsterleyWestbury Road
Tower1827
1833
1809Windmill World
BarrowPosenhall18081808[1] 1808, gone by 1845[2]
Bayston HillLyth Hill Mill
Towerc. 1835Windmill World
Bishop's CastleApproximately
180818051808
BourtonHenmoor Hill Millc. 1717c. 1717
BroomeBroome stationTitt iron wind engine1895[3]
BroseleySyners Hill Great Mill1778[4] 1838[5]
BroseleySyners Hill Lesser Mill1782[6] Stump still standing 2010 [7]
BroseleyFerney Bank Mill1776[8] 1838
CardestonTowerLate 18th century
ChetwyndHowle Mill
Tower1845Windmill World
Ditton PriorsHillside Mill
Tower18451883[9]
Windmill World
Ellesmere180818031908
HadnallWaterloo Mill
Tower1787Windmill World
HarleyHarley Court Mill
Tower18081808Demolished 1960
Harmer HillShotton Farm Mill
TowerWindmill World
KetleyNear ironworks
1794[10] 1856, gone by 1870
Lilleshall1804[11] 1880, gone by 1901
Longfordcombined wind and water mill Tower
Loppington180818081908
Lydbury NorthWalcot EstateTitt iron wind engine1895
Lydbury NorthWalcot EstateTitt iron wind engine1896
MadeleyMadeley Court Mill
Tower1827
1832
1702[12] Windmill World
MunslowBache Mill[13] Early 19th century1880s
Much Wenlock1321[14] 1321
Much WenlockMuch Wenlock Mill
Tower1752
1833
1714Windmill World
Preston on the Weald Moorswest of village1676[15] 1676
RodingtonTower1833c. 18301904, truncated by 1936
Windmill World
ShifnalUpton Mill
TowerWindmill World
Shrewsbury1267[16] 1267
ShrewsburyKingsland
1796[17] 1796
TelfordHadley Park Mill
Tower1808
1827
c. 1787Windmill World
Wellington13151315
Wem1281[18]
WemCotonwood Mill
Tower1813Windmill World
WestburyVennington Mill
Tower18081808Windmill World
Weston-under-RedcastleHawkstone Mill
Tower1808Windmill World
Willey1755[19] 1755
WhixallStanley Green Mill
1827
1833
1827Demolished c. 1930
Wrockwardinedestroyed 1349
Wrockwardine175217521752
WrockwardineCluddley Mill
Tower1827Windmill World
WroxeterCharlton Hill Mill
Post1752
1808
1827
1833
17521833

Maps

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 indicated, the source for all entries is:-Book: Seaby, Wilfred A, and Smith, Arthur C. 1984. Windmills in Shropshire Hereford and Worcester. Stevenage Museum. Stevenage. 0-9504239-8-X. or the linked Windmill World page.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: POSENHALL . British History Online . 16 June 2009.
  2. Web site: BENTHALL . British History Online . 16 June 2009.
  3. Book: Major, J Kenneth. Ken Major . 1977. The Windmills of John Wallis Titt. The International Molinological Society.
  4. Web site: Booth, T. "Broseley's Windmills", Broseley Local History Society Journal, 2010 . Broseley Local History Society . 9 July 2013.
  5. Web site: Broseley Tithe Apportionamet - 1838 - List of entires by plot number . Broseley Local History Society . 17 June 2009.
  6. Web site: Booth, T. "Broseley's Windmills", Broseley Local History Society Journal, 2010 . Broseley Local History Society . 9 July 2013.
  7. Web site: Booth, T. "Broseley's Windmills", Broseley Local History Society Journal, 2010 . Broseley Local History Society . 9 July 2013.
  8. Web site: BROSELEY . British History Online . 17 June 2009.
  9. Web site: DITTON PRIORS . British History Online . 16 June 2009.
  10. Web site: ECONOMIC HISTORY . British History Online . 16 June 2009.
  11. Web site: ECONOMIC HISTORY . British History Online . 16 June 2009.
  12. Web site: ECONOMIC HISTORY. British History Online . 16 June 2009.
  13. Web site: MUNSLOW . British History Online . 16 June 2009.
  14. Web site: MUCH WENLOCK . British History Online . 16 June 2009.
  15. Web site: ECONOMIC HISTORY . British History Online . 16 June 2009.
  16. Web site: THE ABBEY OF SHREWSBURY . British History Online . 16 June 2009.
  17. Web site: Shrewsbury, Shropshire . Workhouses . 17 June 2009.
  18. Web site: DOMESDAY BOOK TO 1300 . British History Online . 16 June 2009.
  19. Web site: WILLEY . British History Online . 16 June 2009.