List of windmills in Suffolk explained

A list of all windmills and windmill sites which lie in the current ceremonial county of Suffolk.

Locations

A

LocationName of mill and
grid reference
TypeMapsFirst mention
or built
Last mention
or demise
Photograph
AldeburghApproximately
Post158815881588
AldeburghApproximately
Post1588
1594
15881594
AldeburghApproximately
Post158815881588
AldeburghStation Mill
Post1725Demolished 1924
AldeburghFort Green Mill
Tower1824Windmill World
AldeburghHollow post18511882
AldeburghBlack Mill, Aldeburgh, on Thorpe Road, in Black Mill (?)
Smock1800Demolished c. 1900
AldeburghThorpe Road
190319031903
AldeburghCorporation Marshes
Smock188218821897, gone by 1902
Alderton173617361736
AldertonSmock1796Demolished 1956
AldringhamPost1803Dismantled 1922, re-erected at Thorpeness in 1923
All Saints, South ElmhamTower182418241914, gone by 1918
AlphetonPost18241824Demolished 1879
AlphetonPostc. 1875
AshbockingPost18261826Demolished c. 1895
AssingtonPost1868Standing in 1902

B

LocationName of mill and
grid reference
TypeMapsFirst mention
or built
Last mention
or demise
Photograph
BactonPost1799Blown down c. 1900
BadinghamApproximately
PostMoved to Colston Hall, Badingham by 1824
BadinghamColston Hall Mill
approximately
PostMoved within Badingham c. 1870
BadinghamNew Mill
Postc. 1870Burnt down 1916 or 1922
BadinghamLow Street Mill
Post17831783Blown down 1795
BadinghamLow Street Mill
Postc. 1795Demolished c. 1913
Badwell AshPost17831783Demolished 1930
BadleyPostBurnt down 1833
Badley1844[1] 1844
Ballingdon17951795
Bardwell12831300
BardwellPost17831783Moved to Hopton 1834
BardwellBardwell Mill
Tower1823Windmill World
BarhamWorkhouse Mill
approximately
BarkingMill Lane Mill
Smockc. 1792Demolished 1918
Barking Tye17831783
Barking TyePostEarly 19th centuryDemolished 1910
Barnby18371837Demolished by 1883
BarnbyHober Mill
182618261826
BarnhamApproximately
Post1736Moved to Stanton
BarnhamBarnham Mill
Tower1821Windmill World
BarninghamPost17831783
BarninghamPost17831783
BarrowOld Mill
Postc. 1730Demolished c. 1883
BarrowApproximately
Post1802
BarrowSmock18241824Demolished 1926
BarshamTower18381815[2] Gone by 1927
Barton Mills18241824
BecclesBullock's Mill
Post17361736
BecclesHadingham's Mill
Tower18241824Demolished 1923
BecclesSayer's Mill
18261826
BecclesIngate Mill
Post178317831882
BecclesCastle Mill
Tower18381838
Beccles18381838Demolished c. 1880
BedfieldPost18241824Moved within Bedfield by 1842.
BedfieldPost18421842Demolished 1903
BedingfieldPost1828Demolished 1921 or 1922
Belstead18381838Burnt down 1894
BenhallBenhall Green Mill
Post17361736Demolished c. 1921
BenhallApproximately
173617361736
Bentley18261826Gone by 1881
BeytonPost18371837
Bildestonpost1798Gone by 1887
BlaxhallDyke's Mill
Post17831783Burnt down 1883
BlundestonBlundeston Mill
Towerc. 1820Windmill World
BlundestonTower182618261900
BlythburghPrior's Mill
Post173617361782
BlythburghSmock18241824Demolished 1937
Botesdale(two mills)1289[3] 1289
BotesdaleApproximately
176417641764
BotesdalePost18171817Gone by 1885
BotesdaleLodge Mill
Post1777Demolished c. 1916
BotesdaleSmock18851885Demolished c. 1918
BotesdaleBlack Mill
Towerc. 1854Demolished c. 1909
Botesdale178317831783
BoxfordCalais Street Mill
Post18241824Gone by 1885
BoxfordCherry Ground Mill
Post178317831885
BoxfordWhitestreet Green Mill
Post18241824Gone by 1885
Boxford178317831783
BoxfordSmock1841Demolished 1901
BoxtedFenstead End Mill
Smock178317831783
BoytonPost18241824Burnt down c. 1910
Bradfield St GeorgePost18261826Demolished c. 1860
Bradfield St GeorgeSmock18241824Demolished 1943
BramfieldPost18261826Demolished c. 1904
BramfieldPost1802Demolished 1815
BramfieldWaterloo Mill
Tower1815Demolished 1944
BrandestonPostBurnt down 1893
BrandonMill Hill Mill
173617361736
BrandonNew Mill Piece Mill
183818381838
Brantham18261826Demolished c. 1880
BredfieldPostc. 1804
BredfieldPost1800
BredfieldTower18381838Demolished c. 1919
Brent EleighPost18051805Demolished 1895
Brent EleighTown Hill Mill
182618261826
BrettenhamPost17831783Demolished 1804
BrettenhamSmock182418041939
BrockleyMill Hill Mill
178317831783
BrockleyBrockley Green Mill
Post18241824Demolished October 1930
BromePost18241824Demolished c. 1900
Windmill World
Bruisyard178317831783
BruisyardPost183718371837
BrundishPost18241824Demolished 1920
BrundishUpper Mill
post17831783Demolished c. 1914
BungayFlixton Road Mill
Post18261826Demolished 1879
BungayFlixton Road Mill
Tower1830Truncated 1920s
Windmill World
BungaySayer's Mill
Tower18261826Burnt down 24 November 1867.[4]
BungayApproximately
Smock178317831830
BungayWren's Park Mill[5]
Smock178317751824
BungayUpland Mill
Post18381838Demolished 1918
BungayTower182618261918
BungayApproximately
176417641764
BurghTower18261826Gone by 1842
BurghBurgh Windmill
Tower1842Windmill World
Bury St EdmundsDean Herbert's Mill, Haberdon1191Demolished 1191
Bury St Edmunds12861286
Bury St EdmundsSewage works
Titt iron wind engine1898[6] Demolished c. 1940
Bury St EdmundsTitt iron wind engine1900
Bury St EdmundsMill Road Mill
Post178317831867
Bury St EdmundsTayfen Meadows Mill
182418241824
Bury St EdmundsKings Road Mill
Post16751675Moved to Wickhambrook c. 1850
Bury St EdmundsKings Road Mill
Smock18361836Demolished c. 1913
Bury St EdmundsSouthgate Mill
Burnt down 10 August 1761
Bury St EdmundsSouthgate Mill
Post178317831903
Bury St EdmundsNowton Road Mill[7]
Tower1836c. 1900
Bury St EdmundsPost174017401845
Bury St EdmundsWest Mill
Post17831783Demolished 1918
Bury St EdmundsEastgate Mill
approximately
15971688
ButleyPost17831783Burnt down 1842
ButleyPost1842c. 1883
BuxhallBuxhall Mill
Post17831783Burnt down 9 July 1814
BuxhallBuxhall Mill
Smock1815Demolished 1860
BuxhallBuxhall Mill
Tower1860Windmill World

C

LocationName of mill and
grid reference
TypeMapsFirst mention
or built
Last mention
or demise
Photograph
Campsea Ashe178317831783
Campsea AshePost18201820
Capel St MaryWindmill Hill Mill
Post18261826Demolished 1909
Capel St MarySmock1848Demolished 1886
Carlton ColvilleShare Mill
18371837Gone by 1883
CharsfieldPost178317831783
Charsfield182418241824
CharsfieldPost18241824Demolished 1917
ChattishamSmock183818381845
ChattishamSmock18671947
Chedburgh182418241824
ChedistonTower18261826Demolished 1925
ChelmondistonElmer's Mill
Post17831783Demolished 1913 or 1914
ChevingtonPost178317831900
Clare13th century13th century
ClareChilton Street Mill
1846Windmill World
ClareMill Hill Mill
Post167816781678
ClarePost17831783Blown down 6 November 1875.[8]
ClaydonPost17831783Burnt down January 1784
ClaydonPostc. 1784Burnt down 1923
CockfieldPost178317831902
CockfieldPost17831783Blown down 1860
CockfieldSmock182618261826, gone by 1837
CockfieldPepper Mill
Tower18261826Demolished c. 1891
CockfieldCockfield Mill
Tower1891Windmill World
Coddenham1338[9] 1338
CoddenhamPost17851785Demolished 1810
CoddenhamPost1810Demolished 1909
CombsUpper Mill
Post17361736Standing in 1922, demolished late 1920s
CombsBranstead Mill
Post17361736Demolished 1937
CopdockApproximately
Postc. 1810
CortonPost17931848
CortonCorton Windmill
Tower1837Windmill World
CottonPost17831783Demolished c. 1915
CowlingeSmock18241824Demolished February 1955
CransfordSmock18371837Moved to Peasenhall c. 1882
CratfieldBell Green Mill
Postc. 1824Blown down 1879
CratfieldNorth Green Mill
Post
Creeting St MaryCreeting St Mary Mill
Post1796c. 1860
Creeting St Mary183718371837
Creeting St MaryCreeting Bottoms Mill
176417641764
Creeting St PeterPostc. 1800
Creeting St PeterWest Creeting Green Mill
190319031903
CretinghamPost183718371837
CretinghamTower18341860
CrowfieldCrowfield Mill
Smock18831840s
CulfordApproximately
post178317831783
CulfordPost183618361836

D

LocationName of mill and
grid reference
TypeMapsFirst mention
or built
Last mention
or demise
Photograph
DalhamLower Mill
Smock1802Windmill World
DarshamPost17831783Moved within Darsham 1801
DarshamPost1801Demolished 1937
Windmill World
DebachPost182418241824
DebenhamPost18261826Demolished c. 1890
DebenhamPage's Mill
Post17361736Demolished c. 1917
DebenhamPost17361736Demolished 1839
DebenhamTower1839Demolished December 1962
Windmill World
DenhamPost17831783Demolished 1910
DenningtonPostMoved to Trimley St Martin, 1804
DenningtonPostc. 1822Demolished 1925
DepdenPost17831783Demolished c. 1910
DrinkstoneDrinkstone Post Mill
Post1689Windmill World
Drinkstone Drinkstone Smock Mill
Smock1780Windmill World
DrinkstoneMill Farm MillPostGone by 1780
Dunwich(two mills)Post158715871587
Dunwich188318831883
DunwichCorporation Marshes
Titt iron wind engine189718951957

E

LocationName of mill and
grid reference
TypeMapsFirst mention
or built
Last mention
or demise
Photograph
Earl SohamPost1849
Earl SohamAshfield Mill
Post1739Demolished 1947
Earl SohamPost17831783Demolished 1947
Windmill World
Earl StonhamBell's Cross Mill
Post18241824Blown down 1908
Earl StonhamPost18241824Demolished 1905
East BergholtBlack Mill
Post17791779
East BergholtWhite Mill
Post17791779
EdwardstoneMill Green Mill
Smock178317831783
ElmsettMill Farm Mill
Post182418241824
ElmsettPost18381838Moved to Offton by 1866
ElmsettLadbrook's Mill
Postc. 1830Demolished 1929 or 1930
Windmill World
EriswellSmockMid-19th century1918
Windmill World
Exning12931293
Exning178317831783
EyeCastle Mill
Post1561[10]
EyeCastle Mill
Post17831783Moved to Cranley Green, Eye 1845
EyeCranley Green Mill
Post1845Demolished 1917
EyeSmock18371837Moved to Occold
EyeHayward's Mill
Tower183718371916
EyeVictoria Mill
Post1779Blown down 1955
EykePost17831783Demolished 1910

F

LocationName of mill and
grid reference
TypeMapsFirst mention
or built
Last mention
or demise
Photograph
FelixstoweFerry Road Mill
approximately
Gone by 1740
FelshamPost18241824Moved to Gedding, 1867
FinninghamPost17831783Demolished 1877
FlowtonSmock18381838Demolished c. 1910
Fornham All Saints188218821882
Fornham St GenevievePost178317831783
Fornham St MartinPost18241824Moved by 1882
Fornham St MartinSmock18361836Blown down 1927
Fornham St MartinApproximately
178317831783
Framlingham[11] Post12791279
FramlinghamSaxtead12871309
FramlinghamSaxtead Green Mill
Post1796Windmill World
FramlinghamSaxtead Lodge Farm Mill
Smockc. 1890Demolished 1921
FramlinghamSmock17361712Demolished 1712
Windmill World
FramlinghamSaxmundham Road Mill
Post18261826Demolished 1884
FramlinghamMount Pleasant Mill
Post18241824Demolished August 1921[12]
FramlinghamMount Pleasant Mill
Post17361736Moved to Tannington c. 1855
FramlinghamPost1574Demolished c. 1712
FramlinghamPost18261712Burnt down 1842
FramlinghamVictoria Mill
Tower1843Demolished June 1935
FramsdenAshfield Place Mill
Smockc. 1820Demolished c. 1882
FramsdenAshfield Place Mill
Postc. 1882Demolished 1922
FramsdenWebster's Mill
Post1760
FreckenhamSmock1781Demolished c. 1910
FreckenhamSmock1821Demolished 1967
FreckenhamLee Brook Mill
18811881Gone by 1901
FressingfieldAlgar's Mill
Post18841884Demolished c. 1895
FressingfieldPost18261826Demolished c. 1929
FressingfieldChippenhall Green Mill
Post178317121783
FressingfieldChippenhall Green Mill
Post1792Demolished February 1936
FristonFriston Mill
Post1812Windmill World

G

LocationName of mill and
grid reference
TypeMapsFirst mention
or built
Last mention
or demise
Photograph
GazeleyPost182418241844, later blown down
GazeleyGazeley Mill
Tower1844
GeddingPost17831783Demolished c. 1904
GeddingPost1867Demolished 1944
GedgraveChillesford Lodge Mill
Tower182018201957
GislehamPost1807Burnt down 1911
GislinghamAllwood Green Mill
Post17831615Demolished c. 1885
GislinghamMill Street Mill
approximately
182618261826
GislinghamMill Street Mill
Tower1821Demolished 1930
Glemsford17991761[13] 1799
GlemsfordWeston Mill
post mill18261820[14] 1826
GosbeckPostMoved to Barking Tye early 19th century
GosbeckPost18261826Demolished c. 1865
GosbeckPostc. 1865Demolished 1924
Windmill World
Great AshfieldButton Haugh Green Mill
Post17831783Demolished c. 1917
Great BartonPost17831783Demolished c. 1920[15]
Great BealingsPostc. 1810c. 1810
Great Bradley17831783Demolished 1839
Great BradleyTower1839Demolished 1949
Great BricettPost17831783Demolished 1851
Great BricettSmock1851Demolished September 1954
Great CornardBlown down 1795
Great Cornard180518051805
Great CornardApproximately
180518051805
Great CornardPost180518051805
Great CornardHollow post
Great CornardSmock188518851920
Great Cornard190219021902
Great FinboroughPost18141884
Great ThurlowPostDemolished 1807
Great ThurlowCollis Mill
Smock1807Windmill World
Great WaldingfieldSmock18241824Demolished 1912
Great WelnethamChapelhill Mill
Postc. 1801Demolished c. 1914
Great WelnethamPost17831783Demolished c. 1949
Great WelnethamTutelina Mill
Clarke's Mill

Tower1865Windmill World
Great Wratting17801780, gone by 1840
Grundisburgh(two mills)13411341
GrundisburghPost1807Demolished c. 1934
Windmill World
GrundisburghApproximately
Smockc. 1885Standing 1929, demolished late 1930s

H

LocationName of mill and
grid reference
TypeMapsFirst mention
or built
Last mention
or demise
Photograph
HachestonPost182618261826
HachestonBridge Farm MillSmockMoved within Hacheston
HachestonSmockMoved to Framlingham c. 1890
HadleighApproximately
182418241824
HadleighMill Hill Mill
Post17831783Moved to Elmsett c. 1830
HadleighSmock17831783Demolished c. 1835
HadleighTower1835Demolished early 1920s
HalesworthGothic mill
Post183718371837
HalesworthBroadway Mill
Post18441878
HalesworthPound Hill Mill
Post17831783Gone by 1900
HalesworthPound Hill Mill
Composite17831783Converted to Composite mill
HalesworthPound Hill Mill
CompositeDemolished c. 1905
HalesworthCalver's Mill
Post1788Demolished 1942
HalesworthMill Hill Mill
approximately
Smockc. 1810
HargraveSmock17831783Gone by 1914
Hartest12561256
Hartest183617621836
HartestPost17831783Collapsed 1810
HartestPostc. 1810Demolished c. 1844
HartestPost1844Burnt down c. 1958
Hasketon182418241824
HasketonGoddard's Mill
Tower18241824Demolished 1925
HaughleyMere Mill
Post18241824Burnt down c. 1900
HaughleyPost1811Burnt down August 1943
Haughley GreenPost17831783Demolished c. 1896
Haverhill13th century13th century
HaverhillMill Hill Mill
182418241824
HaverhillCastle Mill
Post18241824Demolished 1901
HaverhillMill Road Mill
Tower18241824Demolished 1901
HaverhillPost17931768[16] Converted to Composite mill
HaverhillCompositeDemolished c. 1855
HaverhillTowerc. 1855Demolished 1942
Hawstead13671367
HenleyPost1810Burnt down 27 November 1884
HepworthPost178317831783
HerringfleetWalker's Mill
Smock1826c. 1820Windmill World
Higham (near Hadleigh)180518051805
Higham (near Newmarket)Approximately
Tower18241824Demolished c. 1885
HinderclayPost182418241824
HinderclayTowerDemolished c. 1935
HintleshamPostc. 18071880
HitchamMillhill Farm Mill
Postc. 1902c. 1904
HitchamPost178317831783
HitchamCross Green Mill
Tower18241824Demolished c. 1925
HollesleyPost17831783Blown down 18 January 1881
Hollesley18261826Gone by 1880
Holton St PeterHolton Mill
Post1749Windmill World
HoningtonPost18371837Demolished c. 1895
Windmill World
HoningtonPost183718371837
HoptonApproximately
Post182618061826
HoptonPost178317831824
HoptonPost1834Demolished c. 1912
HorhamPost1750Demolished 1934
HoxnePost173617361736
HoxneChase's Mill
Post18261826Demolished 1923
HoxneCross Street Mill
Post1783
1824
1783Body moved to Worlingworth
HundonMansfield's Mill
Post17831783Demolished c. 1928
HundonBrockley Mill
Ruse's Mill
Post182418241905
HundonSavage's Mill
Post188418841905
HundonTitt iron wind engineStanding c. 1940
HundonClare Waterworks
190219021902
HunstonMill Hill Mill
approximately
Moved to Badwell Ash by 1783
HuntingfieldBarrell's Mill
Post182418241824
HuntingfieldWhitehouse Farm Mill
approximately
Postc. 1840Blown down 1879, rebuilt at new site
HuntingfieldAldridge's Mill
Post1879Demolished 1928

I

LocationName of mill and
grid reference
TypeMapsFirst mention
or built
Last mention
or demise
Photograph
Icklingham182618261826
Ilketshall St AndrewMill Common Mill
Post
Ilketshall St AndrewMill Common Mill
Post178317831783
Ilketshall St LawrenceTower18121978
Ipswich13321332
IpswichApproximately
Post167416741674
IpswichTown Marshes
approximately
1733Gone by 1812
IpswichTown Marshes
approximately
c. 1733Gone by 1812
IpswichBishop's Hill Mill
Post17361736Blown down 1795
IpswichBishop's Hill Mill
Postc. 1795Moved to Offton 1866
IpswichFoxhall Road Mill
Post18121812Gone by 1885
IpswichSidegate Lane Mill
18381838Demolished c. 1870
IpswichStoke Hill Mill
Post17361736Moved to Earl Soham 1849
IpswichStoke Hill Mill
Post17641764Demolished 1887
IpswichStoke Green Mill
Post18121812Demolished c. 1849
IpswichBelstead Road Mill
Post181218121866
IpswichHalifax Mill
Post1812
1838
18121838
IpswichHalifax Mill
Post183818381838
IpswichBolton Mill
Post181218121848
IpswichFolly Mill
Smock18121812Moved to Kettleburgh c. 1855
IpswichAnglesea Road Mill
Smock182618261848
IpswichAnglesea Road Mill
Post1806Burnt down 28 January 1859
IpswichAlbion Mill
Post1882
IpswichAlbion Mill
18051805Gone by 1882
IpswichNorth Hill Road Mill
tower17831783Demolished c. 1886
IpswichBank Road Mill
184818481848, gone by 1855
IpswichBellvue Road Mill
Post176417641873
IpswichWoodbridge Road Mill
approximately
182618261826
IpswichWoodbridge Road Mill
182618261836
IpswichBramford Road Mill
Tower1844Demolished 1953
IpswichLattice Lane Mill
Smock1881Demolished c. 1930
IpswichLower Orwell Street MillPost17531753
IpswichTuddenham Road MillSmockMoved to Kettleburgh c. 1855
Ixworth13931394
IxworthApproximately
178317831783
Ixworth18241824Gone by 1882
Ixworth182618261826
Ixworth182618261826

K

LocationName of mill and
grid reference
TypeMapsFirst mention
or built
Last mention
or demise
Photograph
KedingtonPost183818381902
KedingtonTower17831783Demolished October 1945
KedingtonApproximately
Post[17] 1724
1777
17221777
Kelsalec. 1267c. 1267
KelsaleDorley's Corner Mill
Harvey's Mill
Post17641764Demolished 1924
Windmill World
KelsaleCarlton Mill
approximately
178317831783
KelsaleCarlton Mill
Postc. 1815Demolished c. 1895
KelsaleSkoulding's Mill
Tower1856Windmill World
KerseyWilliams Green Mill
Tower18241824Demolished 1907
KessinglandApproximately
178317831783
KettleburghSmockc. 18551872
KnodishallApproximately
178317831783
KnodishallColdfair Green Mill
Post18361836Demolished 1908

L

LocationName of mill and
grid reference
TypeMapsFirst mention
or built
Last mention
or demise
Photograph
Lakenheath178317831783
LakenheathClaypits Mill
Tower182418241945
Lakenheath188018801880
Lakenheath188018801880
LakenheathTurf Fen Mill
Smock182418241881
LakenheathSmock18541854Gone by 1881
LakenheathCrosswater's Mill
17831783Gone by 1854
LakenheathApproximately
182418241824
LakenheathGreat Fen Mill
Smock1881Mid-19th centuryDemolished c. 1949
LavenhamPost17831761[18] Demolished 1830
LavenhamTower18311920
Windmill World
LavenhamBlown down 1795
LavenhamPost17831783Gone by 1883
LavenhamTower18241824Gone by 1883
LawshallGolden Lane Mill
Post182418241824
LaxfieldMill Field Mill
approximately
Post
LaxfieldWinks Lane Mill
Post178317691783
LaxfieldBanyard's Green Mill
Post182618261826
LaxfieldPost17361736Demolished c. 1941
LaxfieldPostBlown down 1823
LavenhamGorham's Mill
Smock18421939
LayhamPost18261826Gone by 1884
LayhamTower18241824Demolished c. 1900
LeavenheathPost18051805Demolished March 1925
LeistonMonastic Mill
approximately
Post1608Demolished c. 1870
LeistonValley Road Mill
Smock18371837Demolished 1917
LeistonTower18811881Gone by 1903
LeistonMinsmere Levels
Smock1897Mid-19th centuryCollapsed c. 1924
Leiston Minsmere Levels
Titt iron wind enginec. 1924
LeistonSea Wall Mill, Minsmere Levels
Smock18261826Collapsed 1976
LeistonEastbridge Windpump,
Minsmere Levels
Smock1903c. 1870sCollapsed 1977
LeistonSizewell House
Titt iron wind engine189718911938
LeistonSizewell
Titt iron wind engine189718921897
LeistonSizewell
18841884Gone by 1903
LetheringhamPost18261826Moved to Charsfield
LevingtonLevington Heath
Post178317831783
Lidgate18241824Gone by 1884
Little GlemhamPost18241824Body moved to Theberton
Little StonhamTower18841884Demolished c. 1928
Windmill World
Little ThurlowPost173617361736
Little ThurlowSmock1865c. 1909
Little WaldingfieldPost1693
1824
16931824
Little Wrattingc. 1869c. 1869
Long MelfordPost1758Demolished c. 1887
LoundPost17361736Demolished 1837
LoundLound Mill
Tower1837Windmill World
LowestoftGunton Mill
approximately
Post165016501751
LowestoftLighthouse Hill (two mills)
Both burnt down 30 July 1780[19]
LowestoftChurch Road Mill
Tower17511751Demolished c. 1899
LowestoftCleveland's Mill - Mill Road
Tower180318031803
LowestoftFoxe's Mill - Clifton Road
Tower182618261826
LowestoftApproximately
173617361736
LowestoftBrickworks - Fir Lane
188218821882
LowestoftBrickworks - Hervey Street
1837
1863
18371863, gone by 1882

M

For Minsmere see Leiston

LocationName of mill and
grid reference
TypeMapsFirst mention
or built
Last mention
or demise
Photograph
Market WestonPost1807Demolished c. 1911
MarlesfordPost18241824c. 1896
MartleshamTower1820Demolished c. 1890
MellisMellis Green Mill
Post17831783Demolished c. 1898
MeltonPostc. 18001831
MeltonApproximately
1801
MendhamPost18021805
MendleshamMill Terrace
Post18241824Gone by 1884
Mendleshamapproximately
Smock17811781
MendleshamLing's Mill
Post17831783Demolished c. 1918
MendleshamKersey's Mill
PostDemolished 1927
MendleshamKent's Mill
Post18241824Demolished 1910 or 1913
MendleshamMendlesham Green Mill
approximately
Post182418241824
MetfieldPost182418241824
MetfieldBall's Mill
Post17831783Demolished c. 1914
Windmill World
MetfieldBall's Mill
Office Farm Mill
Tower1839Demolished 1916
Windmill World
MettinghamPost18261826, gone by 1836
MiddletonPost17831783Demolished 1913
MildenhallWhite Top Mill
Smock178317831927
MildenhallWhite Top Mill
182018201885
MildenhallCross Bank Mill
Smock182418241905
Mildenhall17831783Gone by 1885
MildenhallApproximately
178317831783
MildenhallApproximately
17831783Gone by 1885
MildenhallApproximately
178317831783
MildenhallMiddle Mill
Smock182018201905
Windmill World
MildenhallMill Drain Mill
18201820Gone by 1885
MildenhallWest Row Mill
18361836Gone by 1885
MonewdenPost18371837Demolished c. 1928
Monks EleighPost178317831783
Monks EleighPost183718371837
Monls EleighPost179917991799
Monk SohamBroadway Mill
Composite18371837Moved within Monk Soham by 1883
Monk SohamOak Mill
Composite1883Demolished November 1937
Monk SohamApproximately
182418241824
MutfordPost18261826Demolished 1922 or 1923

N

LocationName of mill and
grid reference
TypeMapsFirst mention
or built
Last mention
or demise
Photograph
NactonPost18261826Burnt down 14 August 1873.[20]
Nedging18051805Gone by 1884
NedgingNaughton Mill
Post18241824Burnt down 1909
Needham MarketSmock17641764Demolished c. 1880
NewmarketApproximately
Post16691669
NewmarketLangley's Mill
Smock1780Demolished 1934
NewtonNewton Green Mill
Smock182618261885
North CoveTower188318831934
North CoveBlack Mill
188318831883
North Cove178317831783
North CoveCastle Mill
18371837Gone by 1883
NortonPost18061806
NortonThe Street
Post18371837Demolished c. 1906
Nowton12861286

O

LocationName of mill and
grid reference
TypeMapsFirst mention
or built
Last mention
or demise
Photograph
OakleyPost17361736Moved to Bedingfield 1828
Occold182618261826
Occold[21] SmockDemolished 1921
Windmill World
OfftonPost1866
OfftonApproximately
Post1866
Old NewtonPost178317831783
Old NewtonWard Green Mill
Smock18371837Demolished c. 1896
OnehouseUnion Mill
Post18021882
Orford11651165
Orford(three mills)Post158815881588
OrfordPost17361736Demolished 1913
OrfordBlack Mill
Post18201820Burnt down c. 1886
OrfordPostBody moved to Saxtead Green
OtleyPost18371837Moved to Mendlesham
OtleyChestnuts' Mill
Smock18241824Demolished c. 1908
OtleyDavey's Mill
Post18371837Demolished c. 1912
OultonSkepper's Mill
Trestle183618351882, gone by 1903
OultonArnold's Mill
Tower178317831903
Oulton BroadLady Mill
Tower17361736Demolished October 1932
Oulton BroadKnight's Mill
Tower18411841gone by 1903
Oulton BroadTower
OusdenSmock18261826Collapsed c. 1880
OusdenPost18261826Blown down, gone by 1914

P

LocationName of mill and
grid reference
TypeMapsFirst mention
or built
Last mention
or demise
Photograph
PakefieldPost17831783Demolished 1888
PakenhamApproximately
178317831783
PakenhamApproximately
182418241824
PakenhamPakenham Mill
Tower1831Windmill World
PalgraveMill Lane Mill
Smock18371837Moved to Botesdale by 1885
PalgraveSmock1803Demolished late 1930s or c. 1957
ParhamMill Green Mill
Post1821Demolished 1944
PeasenhallPost1803Demolished c. 1957
PettaughPost17831783Demolished 1865
PettaughPost1865Demolished December 1957
PettistreeTower18201820Demolished c. 1898
PolsteadBower House Tye Mill
Post188318831883
PolsteadPost180518051805
Preston St MaryApproximately
Smock182618261826
Preston St MaryPost18241824Gone by 1902
Preston St MaryPost18241824Gone by 1883
Preston St MaryTower1846Demolished 1928

R

LocationName of mill and
grid reference
TypeMapsFirst mention
or built
Last mention
or demise
Photograph
RattlesdenMill Hill Mill
Post18051805
RattlesdenTowerDemolished c. 1918
RattlesdenSmock17831783demolished c. 1900
RattlesdenRattlesden Mill
Towerc. 18501935, later truncated
Windmill World
Raydon17931793
RedgraveApproximately
182618261826
RedgravePost17831783Demolished c. 1903
RedgraveTower18241824Burnt down 1923
RedlingfieldMill Farm Mill
Post18241824Blown down 18 January 1881
ReydonPostc. 1800Burnt down by 1803
ReydonBlackshore Mill
Towerc. 1890
Rickinghall InferiorNorth Mill
Post17831783Burnt down c. 1885
RishanglesWright's Mill
Post17831783Wrecked in gale 13 June 1826, rebuilt as composite mill
RishanglesWright's Mill
Composite1826Burnt down 21 February 1903
RoughamMill Heath Mill
Post16981698Demolished c. 1770
RoughamMill Heath Mill
Post1770Demolished 1940s or 1950s
Windmill World
RumburghPost1814Blown down 1 December 1867.[22]
Rushmere St AndrewSmock1814Burnt down 1939

S

For Saxtead Green see Framlingham
For Sizewell see Leiston

LocationName of mill and
grid reference
TypeMapsFirst mention
or built
Last mention
or demise
Photograph
SapistonApproximately
Post17361736Moved 1853
Saxmundham1767[23] 1767
SaxmundhamPost18241824Demolished March 1907
Windmill World
ShadingfieldPost17641764Demolished c. 1905
ShadingfieldSmockc. 1840Demolished c. 1938
ShimplingApproximately
Post178317831783
ShimplingMill Hill Mill
Post17831783Moved to Alpheton c. 1875
ShimplingThe Street
Smock1792Demolished 1935
Windmill World
ShotleyPost17301730
ShotleyTower18261826Demolished early 1930s
ShottishamPost183818381838
SibtonPost17361736Demolished c. 1922 - Roundhouse remains
Windmill World
SnapeTurning Mill
c. 1828
SnapeMarkin's Mill
Post18241824Demolished 1922
SnapePost1668Demolished c. 1797
SnapeHudson's Mill
1797[24] Demolished July 1933
Windmill World
SomerleytonPost17831783Demolished c. 1880
SomerleytonTower18371837Demolished early 20th century
SomershamPost18111881
SotterleyHulver Street Mill
Post17361736Gone by 1914
SotterleySotterley Brickworks
18831883Gone by 1903
SouthwoldWhite Mill
Town Mill
Corporation Mill
Post17231723
SouthwoldBlack Mill
Post1798Wrecked in gale November 1863
SouthwoldBlack Mill
Great Mill
Post1864Demolished 1894
SouthwoldBaggott's Mill
Post1841Burnt down 1876
SouthwoldSalt works
Hollow Post1938
SouthwoldSouthwold Common
Titt iron wind enginec. 18861938
Stansfield17831783Demolished 1840
StansfieldStansfield Mill
Tower1840Windmill World
StansteadPost17991799Blown down c. 1915
Stanton13931394
StantonBury Lane Mill
Post182418241882
StantonUpthorpe Mill
Post1751Windmill World
StantonSmock17641764Demolished 1940s
StantonStanton Chair Mill
George Hill Mill
Post18241915
Windmill World
StantonLower MillMoved 1818
St Cross, South ElmhamSancroft Mill
18261826Gone by 1883
St James, South ElmhamPost1864Demolished June 1923
Windmill World
St Michael, South ElmhamPost1799Demolished 1955 or 1956
(one of the South Elmhams)PostMoved to Fressingfield 1792
Stoke AshPost17641764Burnt down 1883
Stoke by ClareApproximately
178317831783
Stoke by ClareTower18241824Demolished c. 1890
Stoke by ClarePost18241824Demolished 1892
Stoke by Nayland1884
Stoke by NaylandApproximately
178317831783
Stoke by NaylandWithermarsh Green Mill
Post18241824Moved to Polstead c. 1875
Stonham AspalMill Green Mill
Post18261826Demolished 1909
Stowmarket(two mills south of the town)167516751675
StowmarketPost18241824Gone by 1884
StowmarketPost182418241903
StowmarketPost182418241903
StowmarketFison's Mill
Smock18241824Burnt down 1884
StowmarketEastbridge Windpump
Smock1979
StowuplandApproximately
Post
StowuplandMill Street Mill
approximately
StowuplandPost1802Demolished 1866
StowuplandStowupland Green Mill
Tower18241824Demolished 1919
StradbrokeBattlesea Green Mill
Post18131813Burnt down 1898
StradbrokeBarley Green Mill
Postc. 1704Demolished 1941
Windmill World
StradbrokeSkinner's Mill
Post1688Demolished 1941 or 1942
Stratford St AndrewPost18241824Demolished 1905 or 1906
Windmill World
SudburyApproximately
Post16141714
SudburyPost18051805Moved to Assington 1868
SudburyTower182418241824
SudburyTower182418241824
SudburyHighfield Mill
Smock1855Demolished 1919
SuttonPost18381838Blown down c. 1916
SweflingGirling's Mill
Post1775Demolished September 1935
Windmill World
SweflingMiddle Mill
Post178317831900, demolished 1900s
SweflingHigh Mill
Rachael
Post17831783Demolished 1911 or 1912
Windmill World
SwillandPost18241824Demolished c. 1953
Windmill World
SylehamSyleham Mill
Post1823Blown down 16 October 1987[25]
Windmill World

T, U

LocationName of mill and
grid reference
TypeMapsFirst mention
or built
Last mention
or demise
Photograph
TanningtonPostc. 1855Blown down 10 August 1879
ThebertonPost
ThebertonTower1756Demolished c. 1923
Windmill World
ThelnethamApproximately
Post17831783Moved to Diss, Norfolk 1818
ThelnethamButton's Mill
Tower1819Windmill World
ThorndonPost1797Demolished 1924
Windmill World
Thornham MagnaPost16751675Burnt down 17 May 1959
ThorpenessThorpeness Mill
Hollow post1923Windmill World
ThorpenessKursaal
Hollow postc. 1911
ThurstonPost1750Demolished c. 1953
Trimley St MartinMill Lane Mill
Post17831783Blown down 1799
Trimley St MartinMill Lane Mill
Postc. 1799Standing 1918. Demolished early 1920s
Trimley St MartinMill Lane Mill
Tower188118811902
Trimley St MartinKirton Road Mill
Post18071807Demolished 1917 or 1918
TrostonSmock18241824Demolished c. 1885
Tuddenham St MartinPost1782Demolished c. 1901
Tuddenham St MarySmock178317831901
TunstallPostc. 1808Demolished 1929
UbbestonPost18371837Demolished 1924
UffordPostc. 1840Moved to Worlingworth 1848
UffordSmockc. 1888Moved to Hacheston
UffordTower182018201820
UggeshallPost17361736Demolished 1923

W, Y

LocationName of mill and
grid reference
TypeMapsFirst mention
or built
Last mention
or demise
Photograph
WalberswickPost18381838Blown down 1924
WalberswickWestwood Marshes
Tower18971897Windmill World
Walberswick190319031903
WalberswickTinker's Marshes
18821882Gone by 1925
WaldringfieldPostc. 1806Demolished c. 1916
WalpolePost17361736Blown down 1919
Walsham le WillowsCrowland Mill
Post178317831884
Walsham le WillowsPost18241824Demolished 1917
Windmill World
WaltonUpper Mill
Smock18061804
WaltonFerry Lane Mill
Post18061806Demolished c. 1858
WaltonWadgate Mill
Post18041804Demolished c. 1890
WangfordPost17361736Demolished c. 1917
WangfordSmock18831883Burnt down 7 August 1928
WattisfieldPost17831783Demolished 1914
Wenhaston17931793
WenhastonBlackheath Mill
Post17831783Demolished c. 1896
WenhastonKitty Mill
Post18371837Demolished 1964 or 1967
Windmill World
WesterfieldSmock1795Moved within Westerfield c. 1819
WesterfieldSmockc. 1819Gone by 1880
WesthallMill Common Mill
Post18241781[26] Demolished May 1957
WestletonRouse's Mill
Post17361736Burnt down c. 1880
WestletonPost18421842Demolished July 1963
WestletonRalph's Mill
Smock17831783Demolished 1969
WestonPost18371836Burnt down 1896
West StowSewage works
Titt iron wind enginec. 1898
WetherdenPost182418241914
WetherdenWarren Mill
Post17641764Demolished c. 1907
WetheringsettOld Mill Green Mill
Post17831783Demolished 1919
WetheringsettBroad Green Mill
Post18261826Blown down 18 January 1881
Windmill World
WetheringsettBroad Green Mill
Post1882Demolished 1957
WetheringsettBrockford Green Mill
approximately
Post182418241824
WeybreadShotford Heath
approximately
Post173617361794
WeybreadShotford Heath
Post182618261826
WeybreadPost18261826Moved to Framsden c. 1882
WeybreadPost18261826Moved within Weybread
WeybreadDranes' Farm Mill
Post18841884Demolished c. 1926
WhatfieldPostpost 18441884
WhepsteadMickley Green Mill
Post17831783Burnt down 1894
WhittonTower183818381892
WickhambrookBullock's Mill
Post18361836Demolished 1909
WickhambrookGreat Mill
Post1740Demolished 1966
WickhambrookFuller's Mill
Postc. 1850Demolished c. 1920
WickhambrookBaxter's Green Mill
approximately
Post18241824Moved to Beyton c. 1830
Wickham MarketCharsfield Road
18241824Gone by 1881
Wickham MarketCharsfield Road
18241824Gone by 1881
Wickham MarketMill Lane
Smock1774Demolished c. 1885
Windmill World
Wickham MarketMill Lane
Tower17831783Demolished 1868
Wickham SkeithWickham Street
Post18261826Moved to Wickham Green
Wickham SkeithWickham Green
approximately
PostDemolished 1881
Wickham SkeithTowerc. 1870Demolished March 1925
WingfieldEarsham Street
Post18371837Demolished c. 1910
WingfieldEarsham Street
PostMoved to Syleham 1823
WissettPost18371837Demolished c. 1920
WithersfieldPost17831783Demolished c. 1910
WitneshamWood Farm Mill
Post18261826Demolished c. 1888
WitneshamPostc. 1815Burnt down c. 1908
WoodbridgeMill Hills
Post17831783Moved to Ramsey, Essex 1842
WoodbridgeMill Hills
Post17831783Moved to Butley 1841 or Southwold 1842
WoodbridgeMill Hills
Post17831783Moved to Butley 1841 or Southwold 1842
WoodbridgeMill Hills
Post18191866
WoodbridgeVictoria Road Mill
Towerc. 18251841
WoodbridgeDrybridge Hill Mill
Post182018201820
WoodbridgeTheatre Street Mill
Post
WoodbridgeButtrum's Mill
Tower1816Windmill World
Woodbridge Tricker's Mill
Tower1815Windmill World
WoolpitApproximately
Postc. 1568c. 1568
WoolpitPyke's Mill
Post1644Demolished 1924
WoolpitElmer's Mill
Post16751675Collapsed September 1963
WorlinghamTower183618361849, gone by 1883
WorlingworthOld Mill
Post17831783Demolished c. 1914
WorlingworthNew Mill
Post1848Demolished 1952
Windmill World
WorthamMagpie Green Mill
Post18811881Moved to Walsham le Willows c. 1890
WorthamWortham Ling
Post17831783Demolished 1917
WorthamSmock1826c. 1700Wrecked in gale 18 January 1881
Worthamc. 1881Demolished 1948
WrenthamMill Lane Mill
approximately
Post17361736Moved within Wrentham by 1783
WrenthamFletcher's Mill
Post17831783Blown down 1931
WrenthamCarter's Mill
Post18241824Demolished 1955
WrenthamTower18371837Demolished 1964
WyverstonePost183718371837
WyverstoneBlack mill
Post188418841884
YaxleyTower18241824Burnt down c. 1885
YoxfordPost176417641764
YoxfordPostc. 18131910
YoxfordApproximately
178317831783

Mill bodies

A number of post mill bucks, and one smock mill body were moved and re-erected after they had ceased to be used as windmills.

LocationTypeNotes
Creeting St Mary
PostThe body of Creeting St Mary Windmill was moved to Alder Carr Farm c. 1860. It is the only surviving post mill body.
Framlingham (Saxtead)PostThe body of a hollow post drainage mill was moved from Aldeburgh or Orford and set up in the mill yard of Saxted Green Mill, it was later moved across the road to the yard of a millwright and was still standing in 1938.
HundonPostThe body of Mansfield's Mill was retained after the mill was demolished.
Peasenhall
SmockMoved to Peasenhall c. 1882. Smock tower and cap incorporated into a steam mill. Standing as of 2011.
Windmill World
ThebertonPostThe body of Little Glemham mill was moved to Theberton and set up as a steam mill driving one pair of millstones.
Walsham le WillowsPostThe body of Magpie Green Mill, Wortham was moved to Walsham le Willows and set up alongside the windmill as a steam mill.
WesthallPostThe top part of the body of Aldridge's Mill, Huntingfield was moved to Westhall Common in 1928.
WorlingworthPostThe body of Cross Street Mill, Hoxne was moved to Worlingworth and set up as a steam mill. Demolished c. 1910.

Locations formerly within Suffolk

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: Flint, Brian. 1979. Suffolk Windmills . Boydell. Woodbridge. 0-85115-112-4.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: St Mary, Badley . Suffolk churches . 2 June 2009.
  2. Web site: Nathaniel Lock, millwright . Michael . Roots . Norfolk Mills . 2 June 2009.
  3. Web site: Botesdale, a village with character . Suffolk County Council . 2 June 2009.
  4. News: Bungay . Bury and Norwich Post . Bury St. Edmunds . 3 December 1867 . 4458 . 6 .
  5. Book: Pluck, Douglas. 1994. The River Waveney, its navigation and Watermills. 62, 129, 131, 134. Morrow & Co. Bungay. 0-948903-13-9.
  6. Book: Major, J Kenneth. Ken Major . 1977. The Windmills of John Wallis Titt. The International Molinological Society.
  7. Six sails
  8. News: Gales and Floods . Bradford Observer . Bradford . 8 November 1875 . 4013 . 3 .
  9. Web site: THE PRECEPTORY OF BATTISFORD . British History Online . 1 June 2009.
  10. Web site: Cycling around Eye . cycle-n-sleep.co.uk . 2 June 2009.
  11. Eight sails (Dolman)
  12. Book: Apling, Harry. 1984. Norfolk Corn Windmills, Volume 1. 92. The Norfolk Windmills Trust. Norfolk Windmills Trust. Norwich. 0-9509793-0-9.
  13. Web site: 1764 Ipswich Journal newspaper archive . The Foxearth and District Local History Society . 1 June 2009.
  14. Web site: 1820-1821 Bury and Norwich Post newspaper archive . The Foxearth and District Local History Society . 1 June 2009.
  15. Web site: BRG 018 - Mill Road - Suffolk Heritage Explorer. 2020-06-08. heritage.suffolk.gov.uk.
  16. Web site: 1768 Ipswich Journal newspaper archive . The Foxearth and District Local History Society . 1 June 2009.
  17. Book: Farries, Kenneth. 1985. Essex Windmills, Millers and Millwrights - Volume Four - A Review by Parishes, F-R. Charles Skilton. Edinburgh. 0-284-98647-X.
  18. Web site: 1759 Ipswich Journal newspaper archive . The Foxearth and District Local History Society . 1 June 2006.
  19. Web site: 1780 Norfolk Chronicle newspaper Selections . Foxearth and District Local History Society . 1 June 2009.
  20. News: Nacton . Ipswich Journal . Ipswich. 16 August 1873 . 7137 .
  21. Six sails (Dolman)
  22. News: The Gale of Sunday and Monday . Ipswich Journal . Ipswich . 7 December 1867 . 6710 .
  23. Web site: 1767 Ipswich Journal newspaper archive . The Foxearth and District Local History Society . 1 June 2009.
  24. Web site: The Old Mill Snape bed & breakfast . The Old Mill, Snape . 2 June 2009.
  25. Book: de Little, Rodney. 1997. The Windmills of England . 149. Colwood Press. Partridge Geen. 0-9529930-0-7.
  26. The end of Westhall Mill . The East Anglian Magazine . September 1957 . Christopher R. . Elliott.
  27. Map of Essex