Windmills have played a significant role in British history, particularly in agriculture and early industry. 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
{| class="wikitable"
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! Location
! Name of mill and<br>grid reference
! Type
! Maps
! First mention<br>or built
! Last mention<br> or demise
! Photograph
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| Bracknell
| Amen Corner Mill
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|
| Demolished by 1936
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| Cookham
| Sutton Farm
| Titt iron wind engine
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| 1894
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| Easthampstead
| Caesars Camp
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| Faringdon<!--Was in Berks at the time built-->
| Wadley House
| Titt iron wind engine
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| 1900
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| Lockinge<!--Was in Berks at the time built-->
| Lockinge Downs
| Titt iron wind engine
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| 1895
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| Slough
| Salt Hill Mill
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| Slough
| Salt Hill Mill<br>(2nd mill)
| Smock
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| Winkfield
| Maiden's Green Mill
|
| 150px
|}
Buckinghamshire
See List of windmills in Buckinghamshire
Cambridgeshire
See List of windmills in Cambridgeshire
Cheshire
Windmills in Cheshire, including those now within Merseyside.
{| class="wikitable"
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! Location
! Name of mill and<br>grid reference
! Type
! Maps
! First mention<br>or built
! Last mention<br> or demise
! Photograph
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| Bidston
| Bidston Windmill<br>
| tower
|
| Late 18th century
| Windmill World
| 150px
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| Bromborough
| Bromborough Mills
| tower
|
| 1870
|1870
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| Buerton
| Buerton Mill<br>
| Tower
|
| Late 18th or early 19th century
| Windmill World
| 150px
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| Burland
| Ravensmoor Mill<br>
| Tower
|
| Early 19th century
| Windmill World
| 150px
|-
| Burton
| Burton Windmill<br>
| Post
|
| 1771
| Demolished, only 8 courses of roundhouse remain.
| Windmill World
| 150px
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| Halton
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| Helsby
| Hornsmill, Hapsford<br>
|
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| 19th century
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| Helsby
| Helsby Mill
| Tower
| Windmill World
|
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| Penketh
| Penketh Mill
| Post
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|
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|
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| Threapwood
| Bevan's Mill<br>
| Tower
|
| Early 18th century
| Windmill World
| 150px
|-
| Upton-by-Chester
| Dean's Mill<br>
| Tower
|
| c. 1775
| Windmill World
| 150px
|-
| Willaston
| Willaston Mill<br>
| Tower
|
| 1805
| Windmill World
| 150px
|}
Cornwall
See List of windmills in Cornwall
Cumbria
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Location
! Name of mill and<br>grid reference
! Type
! Maps
! First mention<br>or built
! Last mention<br> or demise
! Photograph
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| Cardewlees
| Cardewlees Mill<br>
| Tower
|
|
| Windmill World
| 150px
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| Cockermouth
| Cockermouth Mill<br>
| Tower
|
| Early 19th century
| Windmill World
|
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| Hodbarrow
| Haverigg Mill<br>
| Tower
|
|
| Windmill World
| 150px
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| Langrigg
| Langrigg Mill<br>
| Tower
|
| Early 19th century
| Windmill World
| 150px
|-
| Monkhill
| Monkhill Mill<br>
| Tower
|
| Late 18th century
| Windmill World
| 150px
|-
| Wigton
| Wigton Mill<br>
| Tower
|
|
|
| 150px
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| Workington
| Schoose Mill<br>
| Tower
|
|
| Windmill World
| 150px
|}
Derbyshire
See List of windmills in Derbyshire
Devon
See List of windmills in Devon.
Dorset
{| class="wikitable"
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! Location
! Name of mill and<br>grid reference
! Type
! Maps
! First mention<br>or built
! Last mention<br> or demise
! Photograph
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| Easton
| Cottonfields Mill<br>Angel Mill<br>
| Tower
| 1710
| 1710
| Windmill World
| 150px
|-
| Easton
| Top Growlands Mill<br>South Mill
| Windmill World
| 150px
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| Gillingham
| The Kendalls
| Titt iron wind engine
|
| 1895
|
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| Melbury Abbas
| Cann Mill<br>
| Tower
|
| 1970
| Demolished 2009
|
| 150px
|-
| Easington
| Jackson's Mill<br>
| Tower
|
| 1832
| Windmill World
|
|-
| Easington
| Thorpe Moor Mill<br>
| Tower
|
|
| Windmill World
|
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| Elwick
| New Mill<br>
| Tower
|
|
| Windmill World
| 150px
|-
| Ferryhill
| Dean Bank Mill<br>Broom Mill<br>
| Tower
|
|
| Windmill World
| 150px
|-
| Fulwell
| Fulwell Mill<br>
|
|
|
| Demolished c. 1821
|
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| Fulwell
| Fulwell Mill<br>
| Tower
|
| c. 1821
| 1898
|
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| Gateshead
| Gateshead Mill<br>
| Tower
|
|
| Windmill World
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| Gateshead
| Borough Mill<br>
| Tower
|
| 1837
| Windmill World
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| West Boldon
| West Mill<br>
| Tower
|
|
| Windmill World
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| Whickham
| Whickham Mill<br>
| Tower
|
| c. 1720
| Windmill World
|
|-
| Whitburn
| Whitburn Mill<br>
| Tower
|
| 1790
| Windmill World
| 150px
|}
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
{| class="wikitable"
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! Location
! Name of mill and<br>grid reference
! Type
! Maps
! First mention<br>or built
! Last mention<br> or demise
! Photograph
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| Almondsbury
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| Titt iron wind engine
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| c. 1894
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| Almondsbury
|
|
| OS 1830
| 1777
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| Arlingham
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| Barnwood
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| 1777
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| Brimpsfield
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| OS 1830
| 1824
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| Bristol
| Clifton Down Mill<br>
| Tower
|
| 18th century
| Converted to camera obscura, 1828.
| Windmill World
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| Forthampton
| (two mills)
|
|
| 1291
| Windmill World
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| Gloucester
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| Post
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| Gloucester
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| 1455
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| Gloucester
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| 1624
|
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| Hazleton
| Grange Mill<br>
| Tower
|
|
| Windmill World
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| Newent
| Castle Hill Mill<br>
| Smock
|
| 1920s
| Windmill World
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| Oddington
| Martin's Hill Mill<br><!-- nbsps replacing nbsps in grid ref for Falfield above -->
| Tower
|
|
| Windmill World
| 150px
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| Quinton
| Lower Quinton Mill<br>
| Tower
|
| Early 19th century
| Demolished spring 1951
| Windmill World
| 150px
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| Tidenham
| Folly Mill<br>
| Tower<br>
|
|
| Windmill World
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| Warmley
| Warmley Mill<br>
| Tower
|
| 18th century
| Windmill World
| 150px
|}
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.
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Location
! Name of mill and<br>grid reference
! Type
! Maps
! First mention<br>or built
! Last mention<br> or demise
! Photograph
|-
| Haigh
| Haigh Mill
| Tower
|
| 1845
|
| 150px
|}
Hampshire
See List of windmills in Hampshire
Herefordshire
{| class="wikitable"
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! Location
! Name of mill and<br>grid reference
! Type
! Maps
! First mention<br>or built
! Last mention<br> or demise
! Photograph
|-
| Ledbury
| Wellington Heath Mill<br>Approximately<br>
| Post
|
| 1798
| 1885
| Windmill World
| 150px
|-
| Lydiate
| Forest's Mill<br>
| Tower
|
| 1768<!-- from photo description page on geograph website-->
| Windmill World
| 150px
|-
| Prescot
| Acres Mill
| Tower
|
|
| 1908
| 150px
|-
| St Helens
| Ravenhead Mill<br>
| Tower
|
| Late 18th century
| Windmill World
| 150px
|-
| Wavertree
| Wavertree Mill
| Post
|
| 1452
| 1916 <br> Windmill World
| 150px
|}
;Mock mill
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Location
! Name of mill and<br>grid reference
! Type
! Maps
! First mention<br>or built
! Last mention<br> or demise
! Photograph
|-
| Heswall
| Heswall Windmill
| Tower
|
| Mid-1980s
| Windmill World
| 150px
|}
Norfolk
See List of windmills in Norfolk and List of drainage windmills in Norfolk
North Yorkshire
See List of windmills in North Yorkshire
Northamptonshire
{| class="wikitable"
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! Location
! Name of mill and<br>grid reference
! Type
! Maps
! First mention<br>or built
! Last mention<br> or demise
! Photograph
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| Barby
| Barby Mill<br>
| Tower
|
| Early 19th century
| Windmill World
| 150px
|-
| Blakesley
| Quinbury End Mill<br>
| Tower
|
| 1832
| Windmill World
| 150px
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| Bozeat
|
| Post
|
|
| 1937<br>Windmill World
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| Braunston
| Braunston Mill<br>
| Tower
|
| c. 1800
| Truncated c. 1920
| Windmill World
| 150px
|-
| Great Brington
|
| Titt iron wind engine
|
| 1894
|
|
|-
| Hellidon
| Hellidon Mill<br>
| Tower
|
| Late 18th or early 19th century
| Windmill World
| 150px
|-
| Kingsthorpe
| Kingsthorpe Mill<br>
| Tower
|
| Early 19th century
| Windmill World
|
|-
| Newnham
| Newnham Mill<br>
| Tower
|
|
| Windmill World
| 150px
|-
| Rushden
| Rushden Mill<br>
| Smock
|
|
| Windmill World
|
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| Silverstone
| Silverstone Mill<br>
| Tower
|
|
| Windmill World
| 150px
|-
| Strixton
|
|
|
| 13th century
| 13th century<br>Windmill World
|
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| Sulgrave
| Sulgrave Mill<br>
| Tower
|
|
| Windmill World
| 150px
|-
| Tansor
| Tansor Mill<br>
| Tower
|
| Mid-18th century
| Windmill World
|
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| Tansor
| Tansor Crossroads
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|
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| Windmill World
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| West Haddon
|
|
|
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| Windmill World
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| Wootton
| Wootton Mill<br>
| Tower
|
|
| 1902<br>Windmill World
|
|}
Northumberland
{| class="wikitable"
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! Location
! Name of mill and<br>grid reference
! Type
! Maps
! First mention<br>or built
! Last mention<br> or demise
! Photograph
|-
| Acomb
|
| Tower
|
| 1720
| Truncated early 19th century<br>Windmill World
|
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| Bamburgh
| Castle Mill<br>
| Tower
|
| 1835
| Windmill World
| 150px
|-
| Belford
| Spindlestone Ducket Mill<br>
| Tower
|
| 18th century
| Windmill World
| 150px
|-
| Berwick upon Tweed
| Berwick Castle (two mills)
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|
| 1333
| Temporary mills, probably demolished 1335 when the Castle Mill, a watermill, was rebuilt.
|
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| Berwick upon Tweed
| Berwick Castle
| Tower
|
| C17th
| Standing in 1833.
| Windmill World
| 150px
|-
| Haggerston
|
| Tower
|
|
| Windmill World
|
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| Hartley
|
| Tower
|
|
|
|
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| High Callerton
| Birney Hill Mill<br>
| Tower
|
| 18th century
| Windmill World
| 150px
|-
| Hexham
| Dipton Mill<br>
| tower
|
|
| Windmill World
|
|-
| Newcastle
| Chimney Mill<br>
| Smock
|
| 1782
| Windmill World
| 150px
|-
| Newcastle
| Heaton Mill<br>
| Tower
|
| Early 18th century
| Windmill World
| 150px
|-
| North Shields
| Billy Mill<br>
| Tower
|
|
|
| 150px
|-
| Scremerston
|
| Tower
|
|
|
|
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| Stannington
| Plessey Mill<br>
| Tower
|
| 1749
| Windmill World
| 150px
|-
| Woodhorn
| Woodhorn Mill<br>
| Tower
|
| Early 19th century
|Windmill World
| 150px
|}
;Mock mill
{| class="wikitable"
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! Location
! Name of mill and<br>grid reference
! Type
! Maps
! First mention<br>or built
! Last mention<br> or demise
! Photograph
|-
| South Dissington
|
| Smock
|
|
| Windmill World
|
|}
Nottinghamshire
See List of windmills in Nottinghamshire
Oxfordshire
See List of windmills in Oxfordshire
Rutland
{| class="wikitable"
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! Location
! Name of mill and<br>grid reference
! Type
! Maps
! First mention<br>or built
! Last mention<br> or demise
! Photograph
|-
| Greetham
|
| Smock
|
|
| Windmill World
|
|-
| Ketton
| Ketton Mill<br>
| Tower
|
|
| Windmill World
| 150px
|-
| Morcott
| Morcott Mill<br>
| Tower
|
|
| Windmill World
| 150px
|-
| North Luffenham
|
| Tower<br>Windmill World
|
|-
| South Luffenham
| South Luffenham Mill<br>
| Tower
| Windmill World
|
|-
| Inkberrow
|
| Post
| Demolished 1875
| Windmill World
| 150px
|-
| Stourport-on-Severn
| Areley Common Mill<br>
| Tower
|
| c. 1800
| Windmill World
| 150px
|}
;Maps
- 1821 C & G Greenwood
- 1832 Ordnance Survey
Northern Ireland
thumb|[[Ballycopeland Windmill in County Down, 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
References
External links
- Windmill World Extensive and well-researched site run by Mark Berry.