List of windmills in Warwickshire explained

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

Locations

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Allesley				1325^[1]	1325
Ardens Grafton			1796	1571^[2]	1796
Atherstone				1753^[3] ^[4]	1573
Attleborough	Quarry Farm Mill	Tower		Early 19th century	1944
Austrey				1252^[5]	1252
Austrey		Post		1824	Demolished c. 1905
Austrey		Tower		18th century	Demolished c. 1915
Avon Dassett				1284^[6]	1284
Avon Dassett		Post		1725^[7]	Demolished 1924
Baxterley	Common Mill	Post		1793	Demolished c. 1969
Berkswell	Balsall Common Mill	Tower		1826	Windmill World
Berkswell	Bradnock's Marsh Mill	Tower		Early 19th century	Truncated c. 1900
Binley				1291^[8]	1291
Birdingbury		Post		1675	Demolished late 19th century
Birmingham					Demolished c. 1745
Birmingham	Holloway Head Mill Chapman's Mill	Tower		1745	Demolished 1873 or 1878
Birmingham	Deritend Heath, Cooper's mill	Smock	1731	1731	1836
Birmingham	Birmingham Heath	Smock	1722 1800	1722	Demolished 1849
Birmingham	Speedwell Mill^[9]			1810	1810
Birmingham	Baskerville's Mill	Tower		Mid-18th century post 1745	1789
Birmingham	Soho Mill, Handsworth				Gone by 1749
Birmingham	Hutton's Mill, Handsworth			1759	Demolished late 19th century
Birmingham	Hamstead Mill, Handsworth				gone by 1682
Birmingham	Greet Mill Red Hill Mill Yardley Mill, Greet	Post	1725	1668	1800
Birmingham	Lea Hall Mill Bach Mill, Yardley	Post	1800^*	1800	1800
Birmingham	North of Over Mill (watermill), Erdington			1833	1833
Birmingham	North west of Dwarfeholes Mill (watermill), Erdington			1833	1833
Birmingham	Wake Green Mill, Moseley	Post		1664	1819, gone by 1834
Birmingham	Saltley Mill, Saltley	Post	1722 1725 1731 1755	1722	1755, gone by 1760
Birmingham	Edgbaston Mill, Edgbaston		1822	1810	1822, gone by 1834
Birmingham	Bristnall's End Mill				gone by 1794
Birmingham	Holdford Mill		1834	1834	1843
Birmingham	Bleak Hills Mill, Aston			1814	1834
Birmingham	Slade Mill, Aston				gone by 18th century
Bishop's Itchington				1279^[10]	1602
Bishop's Tachbrook				1557^[11]	1557
Bretford				1279^[12]	1360
Bulkington	Weston Mill			1277	1710
Bulkington	Marston Jabet Mill			1590	1590
Burton Dassett	Le Stonmilne^[13]			1367	1367
Burton Dassett	Beacon Mill	Tower		Late 15th century	Windmill World
Burton Dassett	Northend Mill	Post		1664	Blown down 26 July 1946
Caldecote				1794^[14]	1794
Chapel Ascote				1294^[15]	1341
Chapel Ascote				1547	1547
Chesterton	Chesterton Mill	Tower		1632	Windmill World
Chilvers Coton				1556^[16]	1556
Church Lawford				1535^[17]	1535
Claverdon		Post		1803	Moved to Shrewley 1832
Coleshill	Cole End Mill	Tower		1783	Demolished early 20th century
Corley	Corley Moor Mill	Post		c. 1800	Demolished 1890s
Coventry	Foleshill Mill^[18]			1682	1822
Coventry	Sowe Mill			1291	Late 14th century
Coventry	Radford Road			1411	1411
Coventry	Spon Street			1411	1749
Coventry	Outside the New Gate			1583	1583
Coventry	Whitley Common			1722	1725
Coventry	Whitley Common (2nd mill)			1725	1725
Coventry	Stivichall			1725	1725
Coventry	Hearshall Common			1716	1725
Coventry	Whitley Common			1740	1740
Coventry	Wasting's Mill			1807	1807
Cubbington				1355^[19]	1355
Cubbington		Post^[20]		1860	Demolished 1870
Dorridge	Bentley Heath Mill	Tower		c. 1830	1925
Dunchurch	West Heath Mill			1547^[21]	1547
Exhall	Hall Green Mill	Tower		18th century^[22]	Truncated c. 1923, demolished late 1960s
Fenny Compton				1655^[23]	1655
Fenny Compton	Mill Hill Mill	Post		18th century	Collapsed 24 March 1895
Fenny Compton		Post		1655^[24]	Demolished 1820s
Fillongley	Corley Moor Mill	Tower		Early 19th century	Windmill World
Frankton				1291	1291
Grandborough	Woolscott			1668^[25]	1668
Grandborough	Woolscott Mill	Tower		c. 1820	1925
Harbury				1279	1291
Harbury	(2nd mill)			1279	1291
Harbury	(3rd mill)			1291	1291
Harbury	Harbury Mill	Tower		1812	Windmill World
Hillmorton					Offered for sale in 1853^[26]
Idlicote				1279^[27]	1279
Ilmington				1295^[28]	1697
Kenilworth	Tainter's Hill Mill	Tower		1778	Converted to water tower Windmill World
Kineton	(two mills)			1279^[29]	1565
Kineton	Pittern Hill Mill	Tower		Late 18th century	Windmill World
Kings Norton	Weather Oak Hill Mill
Kings Norton	Headley Heath Mill
Ladbroke				Early 13th century^[30]	Early 13th century
Leamington Spa	Whitnash Road Mill Tachbrook Road Mill	Tower		c. 1777^[31]	Demolished 1968
Lighthorne				1316^[32]	1627
Little Compton				1885	Demolished early 20th century
Long Itchington				1347^[33]	1353
Marton		Post			Moved within Marton mid-19th century
Marton		Post		Mid-19th century	Demolished c. 1907
Meriden					Demolished post July 1811^[34]
Moreton Morrell				1604^[35]	1604
Monks Kirby	Kirby Mill			1291^[36]	1721
Monks Kirby	Cesters Over Mill			1545	1545
Napton-on-the-Hill				1543^[37]	1543
Napton-on-the-Hill	Napton Mill	Tower		c. 1835^[38]	Windmill World
Newbold Revel				1538	1593
Newton Regis				1285	1285
Northfield	Middleton Hall Mill				gone by 1722
Northfield	Shenley Fields Mill			1692	1692
Norton Lindsey	Norton Lindsey Mill	Tower		c. 1795	Windmill World
Nuneaton	Tuttle Hill Mill^[39]	Tower		1821	Windmill World
Pailton				1587	1587
Packwood	Fullard's Mill	Tower		Late 18th century	Windmill World
Pillerton Priors				1552^[40]	1565
Quinton^[41]	Lower Quinton Mill	Tower		Early 19th century	Demolished spring 1951
Quinton	Ridgacre Mill				gone by 1722
Ratley	Edge Hill Mill	Post		1561^[42]	1697
Ratley	Edge Hill Mill	Post		Early 19th century	Demolished 1916
Ratley	Ratley Grange Mill	Post		1789	Demolished c. 1900
Rowington	Bouncing Bess	Tower		1789^[43]	Windmill World
Rugby	Hillmorton Mill	Tower		Late 18th century	Demolished 1899
Sheldon	Lyndon Green Mill				gone by 18th century
Sheldon	Wells Green Mill	Post		1675	Demolished early 18th century, gone by 1725
Sheldon	Sheldon Mill	Post		1788	1840
Shrewley	Justice	Tower		Late 18th century	Demolished 1949
Shrewley	Pinchem	Post		1832	Collapsed 1937
Snitterfield	Black Hill Mill	Tower		Late 18th century	1893
Solihull	Copt Heath Mill	Tower		Late 18th century	Demolished early 20th century
Solihull	Olton End Mill	Midlands post		Mid-19th century	Demolished c. 1900
Solihull	Hasluck's Green Mill Solihull Lodge Mill	Tower		Late 18th century	Demolished September 1957
Southam	Old Mill	Tower		c. 1800	Burnt down 1849^[44]
Southam	Old Mill	Tower		1849	1948, truncated by 1955 Windmill World
Stockton				1356^[45]	1526
Stockton	Rugby Road Mill	Post		Mid-18th century	Demolished April 1914^[46]
Stockton	Rugby Road Mill	Tower		c. 1865	Demolished c. 1923
Sutton Coldfield	Maney Hill Mill^[47]			1309	1309
Sutton Coldfield	Langley Mill				gone by 1722
Sutton Coldfield	High Heat Mill	Post	1750 1755	1725	1755, gone by 1788
Tanworth-in-Arden	Danzey Green Mill	Midlands Post		1810	Dismantled 1969, re-erected at Avoncroft Museum of Historic Buildings in 1975.
Thurlaston	Thurlaston Mill	Tower		1794	Windmill World
Tysoe				14th century^[48]	15th century
Tysoe	Upper Tysoe Mill Compton Wynyates Mill	tower		Early 18th century	Windmill World
Tysoe	Middle Tysoe Mill	Post		1752	Blown down 1913
Ufton				1291^[49]	1291
Warmington		Post		17th century	Demolished c. 1910
Warton	Warton Mill	Midlands Post		Early 19th century	Demolished c. 1923
Willey				1376^[50]	1376
Wolfhamcote				1587^[51]	1687
Wolvey				1553^[52]	1604
Wolvey		Post		c. 1820	1901
Wooton Wawen				Early 17th century^[53]	Early 17th century
Wooton Wawen	Edstone House Mill	tower		1725	Demolished c. 1912

Maps

• 1722 Henry Beighton
• 1725 Henry Beighton
• 1731 Samuel & Nathaniel Buck, South-west prospect of Birmingham
• 1755 Thomas Jeffrey
• 1792 Sheriff
• 1800 Taylor
• 1800^* Taylor (map of Worcestershire)
• 1822 Greenwood
• 1834 Ordnance Survey

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. 1977. Windmills in Warwickshire. Warwickshire Museum. Warwick . 0-9504239-8-X. or the linked Windmill World page.

Notes and References

1. Web site: ALLESLEY . British History Online . 17 June 2009.
2. Web site: TEMPLE GRAFTON . British History Online . 17 June 2009.
3. May have been standing in 1291
4. Web site: ATHERSTONE . British History Online . 17 June 2009.
5. Web site: Austrey . British History Online . 17 June 2009.
6. Web site: AVON DASSETT . British History Online . 17 June 2009.
7. Book: Foreman, Wilfred. 1983. Oxfordshire Mills. Phillimore. Chichester. 0-85033-441-1.
8. Web site: BINLEY . British History Online . 17 June 2009.
9. Web site: MILLS . British History Online . 17 June 2009.
10. Web site: NEWTON REGIS . British History Online . 17 June 2009.
11. Web site: BISHOP'S TACHBROOK . British History Online . 17 June 2009.
12. Web site: Wolston . British History Online . 17 June 2009.
13. Web site: Burton Dassett . British History Online . 17 June 2009.
14. Web site: CALDECOTE . British History Online . 17 June 2009.
15. Web site: HODNELL . British History Online . 17 June 2009.
16. Web site: CHILVERS COTON . British History Online . 17 June 2009.
17. Web site: CHURCH LAWFORD . British History Online . 17 June 2009.
18. Web site: MILLS . British History Online . 17 June 2009.
19. Web site: CUBBINGTON . British History Online . 17 June 2009.
20. Web site: Cubbington, Windmill . Windows on Warwickshire . 17 June 2009.
21. Web site: DUNCHURCH AND THURLASTON . British History Online . 17 June 2009.
22. Web site: EXHALL . British History Online . 17 June 2009.
23. Web site: FENNY COMPTON . British History Online . 17 June 2009.
24. Web site: Fenny Compton. Post windmill . Windows on Warwickshire . 17 June 2009.
25. Web site: GRANDBOROUGH . British History Online . 17 June 2009.
26. Rugby Advertiser, 5 December 1853
27. Web site: IDLICOTE . British History Online . 17 June 2009.
28. Web site: ILMINGTON . British History Online . 17 June 2009.
29. Web site: Kineton . British History Online . 17 June 2009.
30. Web site: LADBROKE . British History Online . 17 June 2009.
31. Web site: Introduction: Leamington Spa, Tachbrook Road Windmill . Windows on Warwickshire . 17 June 2009.
32. Web site: LIGHTHORNE . British History Online . 17 June 2009.
33. Web site: LONG ITCHINGTON . British History Online . 17 June 2009.
34. Coventry Mercury, 15 July 1811
35. Web site: MORETON MORRELL . British History Online . 17 June 2009.
36. Web site: MONKS KIRBY . British History Online . 17 June 2009.
37. Web site: NAPTON-ON-THE-HILL . British History Online . 17 June 2009.
38. Web site: Introduction: Napton on the Hill. Napton Windmill . Windows on Warwickshire . 17 June 2009.
39. Rebuilt with five sails in 1905.
40. Web site: PILLERTON PRIORS . British History Online . 17 June 2009.
41. In Gloucestershire until 1934
42. Web site: Edgehill. Remains of post windmill . Windows on Warwickshire . 17 June 2009.
43. Web site: Rowington. Windmill . Windows on Warwickshire . 17 June 2009.
44. Web site: Introduction: Southam. Windmill . Windows on Warwickshire . 17 June 2009.
45. Web site: STOCKTON . British History Online . 17 June 2009.
46. Rugby Advertiser, 11 April 1914
47. Book: McKenna, Joseph. 1986. Windmills of Birmingham and the Black Country. K A F Brewin Books. Studley. 0-947731-10-5.
48. Web site: TYSOE . British History Online . 17 June 2009.
49. Web site: UFTON . British History Online . 17 June 2009.
50. Web site: WILLEY . British History Online . 17 June 2009.
51. Web site: WOLFHAMCOTE . British History Online . 17 June 2009.
52. Web site: WOLVEY . British History Online . 17 June 2009.
53. Web site: WOOTTON WAWEN . British History Online . 17 June 2009.