List of windmills in Wiltshire explained

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

Locations

LocationName of mill and
grid reference		TypeMapsFirst mention
or built		Last mention
or demise		Photograph
Aldbourne1311[1] 1311
AldbourneTowerDemolished 1900
AmesburyAmesbury JunctionTitt iron wind engine[2]
BoytonTitt iron wind engine1894
BurderopBurderop EstateTitt iron wind engine1899
Bradford on AvonBradford Mill
Tower[3] 1808Cap and sails blown off c. 1818
Windmill World
CalneBowood HouseTitt iron wind engine1900
ChiseldonSaxon Mill
TowerEarly to mid-19th centuryDismantled, moved to Swindon
Windmill World
ChitterneElm Farm Mill
Post18411841
Chute1305[4] c. 1331
Chute17731773Demolished 1930s
Clyffe PypardWoodhill14th century[5] Mid-17th century
Codford St. MaryTitt iron wind engine1893
DevizesSouth Mill, Devizes CastleTower[6] c. 1720[7] Demolished c. 1840[8]
DevizesNorth Mill, Devizes Castle
Towerc. 1720Incorporated into Devizes Castle, 1860s
Windmill World
East Grafton1593[9] 1593
East KnoyleEast Knoyle Mill
Towerc. 1800Windmill World
FoxhillTitt iron wind engine1896
FyfieldFyfield MillEarly 19th centuryDemolished by 1842
GomeldonIdmiston Mill
TowerLate 18th or early 19th centuryWindmill World
Great BedwynPostReplaced by tower mill, 1821
Great BedwynWilton Mill
Tower1821Windmill World
HeytesburyTytherington EstateTitt iron wind engine1893
HeytesburyBolesbro' KnollTitt iron wind engine1895
Hilmarton1348[10] 1348
HighworthHannington HallTitt iron wind engine1898
LudgershallLudgershall CommonPost1773
1810		17731810
Milton LilbourneClench Mill17731773[11] 1773
Ogbourne St Andrew1589[12] 1589
Ogbourne St George1294[13] 1341
OdstockTitt iron wind engine1886
Pewsey1810[14] 1820, gone by 1839
SalisburyTitt iron wind engine1890
Savernake ForestChisbury FarmTitt iron wind engine1888
ShrewtonNett RoadPost17931827, gone by 1899
ShrewtonMaddington1580s[15] 1580s
ShrewtonMaddington1841Demolished 1958
Steeple Ashton1371[16] 1371
StourtonSearch FarmTitt iron wind engine1888
Stratton St Margaret1291[17] 1291
Sutton VenyThe BeechesTitt iron wind engine1895
Swindon13241324
SwindonWindmill Street[18] [19] gone by 1867[20]
SwindonOkus Farm Mill1849Burnt down c. 1854
SwindonSwindon WorksTitt iron wind engine1907[21]
SwindonChiseldon Mill
TowerWindmill World
TilsheadTilshead WindmillPost[22] 1813Demolished c.1905
TisburyPyt HouseTitt iron wind engine1888
Urchfont[23] 1884[24] 1884
Wanborough1310[25] 1310
WestburyCourtleighTitt iron wind engine1892
Winterbourne Monktonwest of villagec. 1265[26] Early 14th century
Winterbourne Monkton1530s1540s
Winterbourne Monkton18151889
Winterbourne StokeHill FarmTitt iron wind engine1899
Wootton BassettWootton Manor Mill1271[27] 1334
Wootton BassettVastern Manor Mill12711334
Wootton BassettWood Street177317731773
Wootton Bassettnorth of Hunt's Mill (watermill)17731773Blown down 1781
Yatesbury1309[28] 1310

Notes

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

Sources

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Aldbourne . . 2010-11-12 .
  2. Book: Major, J Kenneth. Ken Major . 1977. The Windmills of John Wallis Titt. The International Molinological Society.
  3. Web site: A TALL STORY, The mill's history in a nutshell . Bradford Old Windmill . 18 June 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090721220852/http://www.bradfordoldwindmill.co.uk/Frameset%20docs/aframeset.htm . 21 July 2009 .
  4. Web site: CHUTE . British History Online . 18 June 2009.
  5. Web site: CLYFFE PYPARD. British History Online . 18 June 2009.
  6. Book: Wailes, Rex. Rex Wailes . 1954. The English Windmill . Plate XXIX. Routledge & Kegan Paul. London.
  7. Web site: OTHER INDUSTRIES . British History Online . 18 June 2009.
  8. Web site: Devizes Castle Historic Details . Geocities . 18 June 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090804231751/http://geocities.com/TheTropics/3670/histdets.html. dead . 2009-08-04.
  9. Web site: GREAT BEDWYN . British History Online . 18 June 2009.
  10. Web site: HILMARTON . British History Online . 18 June 2009.
  11. Web site: MILTON LILBOURNE . British History Online . 18 June 2009.
  12. Web site: OGBOURNE ST ANDREW . British History Online . 18 June 2009.
  13. Web site: OGBOURNE ST GEORGE . British History Online . 18 June 2009.
  14. Web site: PEWSEY . British History Online . 18 June 2009.
  15. Web site: Shrewton . . 2010-11-12 .
  16. Web site: STEEPLE ASHTON . British History Online . 18 June 2009.
  17. Web site: THE PRIORY OF BRADENSTOKE . British History Online . 18 June 2009.
  18. The present-day Wood Street
  19. Web site: SWINDON . British History Online . 18 June 2009.
  20. Web site: AGRICULTURE. British History Online . 18 June 2009.
  21. Web site: ENGINEERING AND RAILWAY WORKS . British History Online . 18 June 2009.
  22. Book: and Major, J Kenneth, Watts, Martin. 1977. Victorian and Edwardian Windmills and Watermills from old photographs. 120–21. Batsford. London. 978-0-7134-0621-4.
  23. Site now in Stert parish
  24. Web site: Stert Concise History . . 2010-11-12.
  25. Web site: WANBOROUGH . British History Online . 18 June 2009.
  26. Web site: WINTERBOURNE MONKTON . British History Online . 18 June 2009.
  27. Web site: WOOTTON BASSETT . British History Online . 18 June 2009.
  28. Web site: YATESBURY . British History Online . 18 June 2009.

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