| County |
Location |
Notes |
| Bedfordshire |
Eversholt |
A horse engine, now preserved at Billing Mill, Northamptonshire. |
|
Kensworth |
A donkey wheel from Nash Farm is preserved in Luton Museum and Art Gallery. |
|
Kensworth |
There was a donkey wheel at Church End Farm. |
|
Sandy Heath |
A horse powered wash mill was in use at the coprolite mine in the 1870s. |
|
Woburn |
A horse-driven corn mill. |
| Berkshire |
Woolley Park |
A horse-driven corn mill. |
| Buckinghamshire |
Aylesbury |
A horse wheel and churn are now preserved in the Science Museum (London). |
|
Hawridge |
A horse mill photographed in 1938 by Stanley Freese. |
| Cambridgeshire |
Fen Ditton |
in 1251 the customary tenants of the bishop of Ely were required to use the horse mill even though other mills were available. |
|
Horningsea |
A horse-powered mill in 1251. |
|
Little Eversden |
A horse mill £50 (on the coprolite workings).1871. |
|
Meldreth |
A horse-powered mill was used to process material from coprolite mine between 1860 and 1890. |
|
Newton-in-the-Isle |
A horse powered temporary woad mill that was subsequently moved to Parson Drove. |
|
Parson Drove |
A horse driven temporary woad mill operated in Parson Drove, near Wisbech until the early 20th century. Previously used in Newton-in-the-Isle. Taken down in 1914.[2] model is on exhibition in Wisbech & Fenland museum.[3] |
|
Stretham |
A horse powered washing mill for the coprolite mine c1870. |
|
Tydd St.Giles |
A former location of the horse operated temporary woad mill that ended its days at Parson Drove. |
|
Wisbech |
In 1251 a water mill, a horse mill, at which customary tenants were obliged to grind their corn, and a newly constructed wind mill.[4] |
|
Wisbech |
In 1813 an excellent second-hand Horse Mill was for sale. Described as consisting of one horse wheel, 18 feet diameter : 2 sour ditto with upright shaft and iron work complete : one pair of stones, 4 feet diameter, and irons complete; stone bed frame, brig tree, stone cases, with hopper, screen, & c. Pump gears, shaft, cranks, and iron work to the same, all in excellent condition. Enquire of Mr. geo. Snarey, millwright, Wisbech.[5] |
| Cheshire |
Widnes |
A horse-powered mill in Widnes in the 13th century. |
| Cornwall |
Gwennap |
A horse whim for raising ore. |
|
Newquay |
A horse gear for driving a threshing machine is preserved at the Dairyland museum. |
| Cumberland |
Cartmel |
A horse gear is preserved at the Museum of Lakeland Life, Kendal. |
| Derbyshire |
Castleton |
A horse-powered ore crusher stood at SK135835. |
| Devonshire |
Bovey Tracey |
A photo of the horse cider Press in Bovey Tracey. C1940. E.M.Gardiner. |
|
Dunsford |
Remains of a horse powered cider Press. Lowley Farm. |
|
Harberton |
A photo of the cider Press in Harberton. c1940.Mills archive. |
|
Scorlinch, Clyst St. Lawrence |
A horse engine. |
|
Weyland, Tedburn St. Mary |
A horse-powered mill, extant in the 1920s. |
| Durham |
East Herrington |
A horse-powered mine gin. |
|
Beamish Museum |
Oak and iron horse mill for threshing in situ in gin gang at Home Farm; unused since ca.1830. |
| Hampshire |
Southampton |
A horse-powered pumping engine in the Weevil Brewery. Built by John Smeaton in 1780. |
| Herefordshire |
Bacton |
A contemporary horse powered cider Press at Fair Oak.[6] |
|
Little Cowarne |
A horse-powered cider mill located in the oast at Little Cowarne Court. |
| Hertfordshire |
Ashridge |
A donkey wheel. |
| Isle of Wight |
Carisbrooke |
Carisbrooke Castle: a donkey wheel, extant. |
| Kent |
Chilham |
Chilham Castle: a horse wheel driving pumps. |
|
Burham |
Great Kewlands, a dog wheel for raising water.[7] |
|
West Kingsdown |
A horse whim, now preserved at the Weald and Downland Open Air Museum, Singleton, Sussex. |
| Lancashire |
Preston |
A horse powered spinning mill.[8] |
| Lincolnshire |
Brothertoft |
A horse powered permanent woad mill. In operation until the early 20th century. |
|
Grimsby |
A horse operated machine for grinding Malt was offered for sale by Messrs. Simpson & Reavis in 1809.[9] |
|
Spalding |
A horse powered temporary woad mill. Later relocated and finally taken down at Parson Drove, Cambridgeshire. |
|
Sutterton |
A horse powered Woad mill.[10] |
|
Whaplode Marsh |
A horse powered temporary woad mill. Later relocated and finally taken down at Parson Drove, Cambridgeshire. |
| London |
|
A horse-powered pumping engine in the Chiswell Street brewery. |
| Norfolk |
Norwich |
Catton mill: a horse and wind mill. |
|
|
Earlham Hall: a horse mill. |
|
|
Heigham: in a tannery |
|
|
Mill Hill, Heigham: a horse and wind mill. |
|
|
Pockthorpe mill: a horse and wind mill. |
|
Attleborough |
Great mill: a horse and wind mill. |
|
King's Lynn |
Kettle mills: a horse-, wind- and water-mill.[11] |
|
Oulton |
A horse and wind mill. |
|
Wymondham |
A horse-powered mill.[12] |
| Northumberland |
Berwick Hill |
A horse gin built in 1814. Now preserved at Beamish Museum.
Cragend Farm Rothbury 1864 OS map
A horse gin built earlier shown on OS map in 1864 latterly reconstructed by Loord Armstong of Cragside into a hydraulic machine room using water power. |
| Nottinghamshire |
Nottingham |
A horse powered cotton mill.[13] |
|
Wollaton Park |
A horse gin built at Langton Colliery in 1844 and later used at Pinxton Colliery. |
| Oxfordshire |
Rotherfield Greys. |
Greys Court: a National Trust property, with a donkey wheel. |
|
Great Tew |
A horse-powered corn mill. |
| Suffolk |
Blythburgh |
There was a horse wheel at Henham Hall now preserved at the Museum of East Anglian Life in Stowmarket. |
|
Drinkstone. |
The smock mill formerly had a horse mill in the base. |
| Surrey |
Cobham |
A contemporary horse powered cider mill 'Horse Kick Cider Ltd' since 2016 |
|
Painshill |
A horse wheel used for raising water. In use from 1770 to the 1830s. |
| Sussex |
Patching |
A pug mill, now preserved at the Weald and Downland Open Air Museum, Singleton |
|
Mark Cross |
a pug mill in a brickyard. |
|
Stanmer |
A donkey wheel, in the churchyard of Stanmer Church. |
|
Saddlescombe |
A donkey wheel at the farm, owned by the National Trust.[14] |
| Wiltshire |
Broad Hinton |
A donkey wheel, demolished in 1908. |
|
Tidworth |
A horse-driven pump, working in the 1930s. |
| Worcestershire |
Burlingham |
A horse-powered cider mill is preserved at Hartlebury Castle. |
| Yorkshire |
Hutton-le-Hole |
A horse mill is preserved at the Ryedale Folk Museum. |
|
Stillington |
A horse wheel now preserved at Shibden Hall. |
|
Sutton |
A gorse crushing mill is preserved on the village green. |
