List of windmills in the United Kingdom explained

This is a list of windmills and windpumps in the United Kingdom.

England

The list is divided into the current ceremonial counties of England:

Bedfordshire

See List of windmills in Bedfordshire

Berkshire

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Bracknell	Amen Corner Mill				Demolished by 1936^[1]
Cookham	Sutton Farm	Titt iron wind engine		1894
Easthampstead	Caesars Camp^[2]
Faringdon	Wadley House	Titt iron wind engine		1900
Lockinge	Lockinge Downs	Titt iron wind engine		1895
Slough	Salt Hill Mill	Smock			Moved to Great Thurlow, Suffolk^[3]
Slough	Salt Hill Mill (2nd mill)^[4]	Smock			Moved to Luton, Kent 1848.
Winkfield	Chavey Down Mill^[5]
Winkfield	Maiden's Green Mill

Mock mill

Buckinghamshire

See List of windmills in Buckinghamshire

Cambridgeshire

See List of windmills in Cambridgeshire

Cheshire

Windmills in Cheshire, including those now within Merseyside.

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Bidston	Bidston Windmill	tower		Late 18th century	Windmill World
Bromborough	Bromborough Mills	tower		1870^[7]	1870
Buerton	Buerton Mill	Tower		Late 18th or early 19th century	Windmill World
Burland	Ravensmoor Mill	Tower		Early 19th century	Windmill World
Burton	Burton Windmill	Post		1771	Demolished, only 8 courses of roundhouse remain. Windmill World
Gayton	Gayton Mill	Tower			Windmill World
Great Saughall	Gibbet Mill	Tower		Late 18th century	Windmill World
Halton
Helsby	Hornsmill, Hapsford			19th century
Helsby	Helsby Mill	Tower
Neston	Great Neston Mill	Tower		Mid-18th century	Windmill World
Penketh	Penketh Mill^[8]	Post
Threapwood	Bevan's Mill	Tower		Early 18th century	Windmill World
Upton-by-Chester	Dean's Mill	Tower		c. 1775	Windmill World
Willaston	Willaston Mill	Tower		1805	Windmill World

Cornwall

See List of windmills in Cornwall

Cumbria

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Cardewlees	Cardewlees Mill	Tower			Windmill World
Cockermouth	Cockermouth Mill	Tower		Early 19th century	Windmill World
Hodbarrow	Haverigg Mill	Tower			Windmill World
Langrigg	Langrigg Mill	Tower		Early 19th century	Windmill World
Monkhill	Monkhill Mill	Tower		Late 18th century	Windmill World
Wigton	Wigton Mill	Tower
Workington	Schoose Mill	Tower			Windmill World

Derbyshire

See List of windmills in Derbyshire

Devon

See List of windmills in Devon.

Dorset

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Easton	Cottonfields Mill Angel Mill^[9]	Tower	1710	1710	Windmill World
Easton	Top Growlands Mill South Mill	Tower	1710	17th century	Windmill World
Gillingham	The Kendalls	Titt iron wind engine		1895
Melbury Abbas	Cann Mill	Tower		1970^[10]	Demolished 2009 Windmill World

Maps

• 1710 John Hutchins

Durham

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Cleadon	Cleadon Mill	Tower		Early 19th century
Easington	Jackson's Mill	Tower		1832	Windmill World
Easington	Thorpe Moor Mill	Tower			Windmill World
Elwick	New Mill	Tower			Windmill World
Ferryhill	Dean Bank Mill Broom Mill	Tower			Windmill World
Fulwell	Fulwell Mill				Demolished c. 1821
Fulwell	Fulwell Mill	Tower		c. 1821	Windmill World
Gateshead	Windmill Hill Mill	Post		1898^[11]	1898
Gateshead	Windmill Hill (6 mills in addition to that listed above)	Post			Last one demolished in 1890.^[12]
Gateshead	Gateshead Mill	Tower			Windmill World
Gateshead	Borough Mill	Tower		1837	Demolished July 1927.
Newton Aycliffe	Heworth Mill	Tower			Windmill World
Redworth	Redworth Mill	Tower			Windmill World
Ushaw Moor	Ushaw Moor Mill	Tower		1817	Windmill World
West Boldon	West Mill	Tower			Windmill World
Whickham	Whickham Mill	Tower		c. 1720	Windmill World
Whitburn	Whitburn Mill	Tower		1790	Windmill World

East Riding of Yorkshire

See List of windmills in the East Riding of Yorkshire

East Sussex

See List of windmills in East Sussex

Essex

See List of windmills in Essex

Gloucestershire

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Almondsbury		Titt iron wind engine		c. 1894
Almondsbury			OS 1830	1777
Arlingham
Barnwood				1777
Brimpsfield			OS 1830	1824
Bristol	Clifton Down Mill	Tower		18th century	Converted to camera obscura, 1828. Windmill World
Dursley	Cam Mills	Titt iron wind engine		1901
Dursley		Titt iron wind engine		1898
Dymock		Smock mill
Falfield	Falfield Mill	Tower		1708	Windmill World
Forthampton	(two mills)^[13]			1291	1291
Forthampton				1636	1672
Forthampton	Alcock's Mill	Tower		1845	1859
Forthampton	Mill Hill Mill			1759	1759
Forthampton	Swinley Mill			1538	1544
Frampton Cotterell	Frampton Cotterell Mill	Tower		Late 18th or early 19th century	Windmill World
Gloucester		Post
Gloucester				1455
Gloucester				1624
Hazleton	Grange Mill	Tower			Windmill World
Newent	Castle Hill Mill	Smock		1920s	Windmill World
Oddington	Martin's Hill Mill	Tower			Windmill World
Quinton^[14]	Lower Quinton Mill	Tower		Early 19th century^[15]	Demolished spring 1951
Siddington	Siddington Mill	Tower		Late 18th century	Windmill World
Tidenham	Folly Mill	Tower			Windmill World
Warmley	Warmley Mill	Tower		18th century	Windmill World

Greater London

See List of windmills in Greater London

Greater Manchester

Windmills that survive today within Greater Manchester. Historic windmills will be listed under Lancashire.

Hampshire

See List of windmills in Hampshire

Herefordshire

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Ledbury	Wellington Heath Mill Approximately	Post		1798^[16]	1885
Moccas	Rollsford Mill	Tower	1832 1835	1832	Windmill World
Ross-on-Wye	Waterworks	Titt iron wind engine
Leinthall Starkes	Leinthall Starkes Mill	Mock Smock			Windmill World

Hertfordshire

See List of windmills in Hertfordshire

Isle of Wight

See List of windmills in the Isle of Wight

Kent

See List of windmills in Kent

Lancashire

See List of windmills in Lancashire

Leicestershire

See List of windmills in Leicestershire

Lincolnshire

See List of windmills in Lincolnshire, and Lincolnshire's windmills

Merseyside

Historical mills can be found under Cheshire and Lancashire.

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Bidston	Bidston Windmill	tower		Late 18th century	Windmill World
Gayton	Gayton Mill	Tower			Windmill World
Great Crosby	Moor Lane Mill	Tower		1813	Windmill World
Lydiate	Forest's Mill	Tower		1768	Windmill World
Prescot	Acres Mill	Tower			1908
St Helens	Ravenhead Mill	Tower		Late 18th century	Windmill World
Wavertree	Wavertree Mill ^[17]	Post		1452	1916 Windmill World

Mock mill

Norfolk

See List of windmills in Norfolk and List of drainage windmills in Norfolk

North Yorkshire

See List of windmills in North Yorkshire

Northamptonshire

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Barby	Barby Mill	Tower		Early 19th century	Windmill World
Blakesley	Quinbury End Mill	Tower		1832^[18]	Windmill World
Bozeat		Post^[19]			1937^[20] Windmill World
Braunston	Braunston Mill	Tower		c. 1800	Truncated c. 1920 Windmill World
Cottingham				1536	1720 Windmill World
Cottingham	Cottingham Mill	Tower		Late 18th century	Truncated 1955 Windmill World
Finedon	Finedon Mill	Tower		c. 1818	Windmill World
Great Brington		Titt iron wind engine		1894
Hellidon	Hellidon Mill	Tower		Late 18th or early 19th century	Windmill World
Kingsthorpe	Kingsthorpe Mill	Tower		Early 19th century	Windmill World
Newnham	Newnham Mill	Tower			Windmill World
Rushden	Rushden Mill	Smock			Windmill World
Silverstone	Silverstone Mill	Tower			Windmill World
Strixton				13th century	13th century Windmill World
Sulgrave	Sulgrave Mill	Tower			Windmill World
Tansor	Tansor Mill	Tower		Mid-18th century	Windmill World
Tansor	Tansor Crossroads				Windmill World
West Haddon					Windmill World
Wootton	Wootton Mill	Tower			1902 Windmill World

Northumberland

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Acomb		Tower		1720	Truncated early 19th century Windmill World
Bamburgh	Castle Mill	Tower		1835	Windmill World
Belford	Spindlestone Ducket Mill	Tower		18th century^[21]	Windmill World
Berwick upon Tweed	Berwick Castle (two mills)			1333	Temporary mills, probably demolished 1335 when the Castle Mill, a watermill, was rebuilt.^[22]
Berwick upon Tweed	Berwick Castle	Tower		C17th	Standing in 1833.
Chollerton		Tower			Windmill World
Great Whittington	Whittington Mill	Tower		18th century	Windmill World
Haggerston		Tower			Windmill World
Hartley		Tower
High Callerton	Birney Hill Mill	Tower		18th century	Windmill World
Hexham	Dipton Mill	tower			Windmill World
Newcastle	Chimney Mill	Smock		1782	Windmill World
Newcastle	Heaton Mill	Tower		Early 18th century	Windmill World
North Shields	Billy Mill	Tower
Scremerston		Tower
Stannington	Plessey Mill	Tower		1749	Windmill World
Woodhorn	Woodhorn Mill	Tower		Early 19th century	Windmill World

Mock mill

Nottinghamshire

See List of windmills in Nottinghamshire

Oxfordshire

See List of windmills in Oxfordshire

Rutland

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Greetham		Smock			Windmill World
Ketton	Ketton Mill	Tower			Windmill World
Morcott	Morcott Mill	Tower			Windmill World
North Luffenham		Tower
Oakham		Post
Preston		Post			Demolished c. 1928
Seaton		Post			Demolished c. 1928^[24] Windmill World
South Luffenham	South Luffenham Mill	Tower			Windmill World
Whissendine	Whissendine Mill	Tower		1809	Windmill World

Shropshire

See List of windmills in Shropshire

Somerset

See List of windmills in Somerset

South Yorkshire

See List of windmills in South Yorkshire

Staffordshire

See List of windmills in Staffordshire

Suffolk

See List of windmills in Suffolk

Surrey

See List of windmills in Surrey

Tyne and Wear

Windmills standing today in Tyne and Wear, historic windmills are listed under Co Durham or Northumberland as appropriate.

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Cleadon	Cleadon Mill	Tower		Early 19th century	Windmill World
Fulwell	Fulwell Mill	Tower		c. 1821	Windmill World
Newcastle	Chimney Mill	Smock	1793 upminster	1782	Windmill World
Whitburn	Whitburn Mill	Tower		1790	Windmill World

Warwickshire

See List of windmills in Warwickshire

West Midlands

Windmills standing today in the West Midlands. Historical mills can be found under Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Berkswell	Balsall Common Mill	Tower		1826	Windmill World
Chesterton, Warwickshire	Chesterton Windmill	Tower		1632
Tettenhall Wood	Tettenhall Mill	Tower	1818	1818
Walsall	Highgate Mill	Tower		1826	Windmill World
Wightwick	Wightwick mill	Tower		1720

Maps

• 1818 C & G Greenwood

West Sussex

See List of windmills in West Sussex

West Yorkshire

See List of windmills in West Yorkshire

Wiltshire

See List of windmills in Wiltshire

Worcestershire

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Alvechurch	Weatheroak Hill Mill	Tower	1821	1821	Windmill World
Inkberrow	Holberrow Green Mill	Tower	1821 1832	1801	Windmill World
Inkberrow	Stonepits Quarry Mill	Tower		c. 1840^[25]	Windmill World
Inkberrow		Post		1832	Demolished 1880s
Kempsey	Kempsey Mill	Tower		1854^[26]	Demolished 1875
Redditch	Walkwood Common Mill	Tower		1833	1848, gone by 1885
Redditch	Approximately	Vertical axis mill		c. 1780	Demolished c. 1889
Stoke Heath	Danzey Green Mill	Midlands post		1971	Windmill World
Stourport-on-Severn	Areley Common Mill	Tower		c. 1800	Windmill World

Maps

• 1821 C & G Greenwood
• 1832 Ordnance Survey

Northern Ireland

• See List of windmills in Northern Ireland

Scotland

See List of windmills in Scotland

Wales

See List of windmills in Wales

See also

• Windmills in the Channel Islands
• Windmills in the Isle of Man
• Watermills in the United Kingdom

External links

• Windmill World Extensive and well-researched site run by Mark Berry.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Berkshire . University of Kent at Canterbury . 4 November 2008.
2. Web site: EASTHAMPSTEAD . Britannia.com . 4 November 2008.
3. Book: Dolman, Peter. 1978. Windmills in Suffolk . 43. Suffolk Mills Group. Ipswich. 0-9506447-0-6.
4. Book: Coles Finch, William. William Coles Finch. 1933. Watermills and Windmills. 183. C W Daniel Company. London.
5. Web site: Winkfield Hamlets . Royal Berkshire History . 4 November 2008.
6. Web site: Windmills of the UK - mock mills . Windmill World . 4 November 2008.
7. Book: Major, J Kenneth and, Watts, Martin. Ken Major. 1977. Victorian and Edwardian Windmills and Watermills from old photographs. Batsford. London. 0-7134-0621-6. registration.
8. Web site: Penketh History . Penketh.com . 12 November 2008.
9. Web site: Portland Windmills . Portland Bill . 18 November 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080828024410/http://www.portlandbill.co.uk/windmills.htm . 28 August 2008 . dead .
10. Web site: Developments at Cann Mills. Windmill World. 9 March 2009.
11. Web site: Windmill Hill, Gateshead . Windows on Warwickshire . 17 June 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110613041910/http://www.search.windowsonwarwickshire.org.uk/engine/resource/default.asp?theme=123&originator=%2Fengine%2Ftheme%2Fdefault.asp&page=11&records=132&direction=1&pointer=25566&text=0&resource=17798 . 13 June 2011 . dead .
12. Web site: Gateshead, Windmill Hills, Windmill . Tyne & Wear Sitelines . 19 October 2023 .
13. Web site: Forthampton . British History Online . 26 January 2010.
14. In Warwickshire since 1934
15. Book: Seaby, Wilfred A, and Smith, Arthur C. 1977. Windmills in Warwickshire. Warwickshire Museum. Warwick . 0-9504239-8-X.
16. Book: Seaby, Wilfred A and, Smith, Arthur C. 1984. Windmills in Shropshire, Hereford and Worcester. Stevenage Museum Publications. Stevenage. 0-9504239-8-X.
17. Web site: Liverpool Windmills. World of Windmills. 1 March 2015.
18. Web site: THE OLD WINDMILL . English Heritage . 3 April 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070319030707/http://pastscape.english-heritage.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=498232 . 19 March 2007 . dead .
19. Book: Wailes, Rex. Rex Wailes. 1954. The English Windmill. 31, 86, 169. Routledge & Kegan Paul. London.
20. Web site: BOZEAT . British History Online . 3 April 2009.
21. Possibly a dovecote
22. Web site: Berwick Castle . Friends of Castle Parks . 22 May 2021 .
23. Actually a water tower
24. Book: Wailes, Rex. Rex Wailes. 1991. Lincolnshire Windmills. 106–108, 118, 250. Friends of Heckington mill. Heckington. 0-9518795-0-2.
25. Web site: A Brief History of The Old Windmill . The Old Windmill Hotel, Inkberrow . 12 June 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090718203405/http://www.theoldwindmill.co.uk/history.htm . 18 July 2009 . dead .
26. Web site: Kempsey Windmill . Andy Morrall . 12 June 2009. https://archive.today/20240524143225/https://www.webcitation.org/5knOUdqXc?url=http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Academy/5386/windmill.htm%3F200912. dead . 24 May 2024.