List of windmills in Derbyshire
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The List of Windmills in Derbyshire is a list of former and extant windmills in the English county of Derbyshire.
| Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alderwasley SK 317 526 |
Post | 1791 1808 |
1767[1] | Standing 1811, gone by 1835.[1] | ||
| Alfreton | Hitch Hill Mill SK 408 539 |
Tower | 1816[1] | Standing in 1824.[1] | ||
| Alfreton | Sleetmore Mill SK 415 539 |
Post | 1825 | 1790[2] | Demolished1925.[2] | |
| Ashbourne | Windmill Lane SK 180 463 |
Tower | 1808 | 1791[3] | Standing 1817, not on 1825 map.[4] | |
| Ashbourne | Ashley Mill SK 173 465 |
Tower | 1838[5] | Standing in 1847.[6] | ||
| Ashover | Spancarr Mill SK 342 660 |
Tower | 1808 | 1807[7] | Windmill World |  |
| Beighton (now South Yorkshire) | Beighton Mill SK 434 826 |
Post | 1791[8] | Burnt down by arson April 1831.[8] | ||
| Belper | Belper Mill SK 353 478 |
Tower | 1796[9] | Windmill World | ||
| Belper | SK 347 488 | Smock | 19th century[10] | Base remains.[10] | ||
| Belph | SK 536 755 | Open Trestle Post | 1808 | Standing in 1814.[11] | ||
| Bolsover | Sherwood Lodge Mill Lime Kiln Fields Mill SK 472 712 |
Tower | 1793[12] | Windmill World |  | |
| Bolsover | SK 479 706 | Open Trestle Post | 1825 1836 |
1795[11] | ||
| Borrowash | Borrowash Mill SK 422 345 |
Open Trestle Post | 1825 1835 |
1773[13] | Gone by 1857[13] | |
| Breadsall | Breadsall Mill SK 376 394 |
Tower | 1808 1836 |
Demolished 1840s.[14] | ||
| Calow | Bole Hill Mill SK 417 703 |
Post | 1808 1835 1840 |
1812[15] | Burnt down 15 April 1843[15] | |
| Chellaston | Chellaston Mill SK 381 298 |
Tower | 1836 1887 1899 |
c.1827[16] | Working in 1889. Single story stump was standing in 1970, gone by 1995.[16] | |
| Chesterfield | Holywell Street Mill SK 383 714 |
Post | c.1787[17] | Advertised for sale 1789, no further trace.[17] | ||
| Chesterfield | New Brampton Mill SK 372 710} |
Post | 1808 | 1800[18] | Advertised for sale 1814, no further trace.[18] | |
| Chesterfield | Club Mill SK 372 717 |
Tower | 1808 1836 |
1800[19] | ||
| Clay Cross | Clay Cross Mill SK 395 633 |
Post | 1835† | Standing in 1857.[20] | ||
| Clowne | Clown mill SK 488 755 |
Post | 1791 1808 1836 1880 1887 |
1767[20] | ||
| Codnor | Codnor Mill SK 420 495 |
Post | 1808 | 1801[21] | Standing in 1834, not on 1836 map.[21] | |
| Creswell | Cresswell Mill | Post | 1828[22] | Standing in 1864.[22] | ||
| Crich | Pothouse Mill | 1757[23] | Moved to Four Lanes End in 1764.[23] | |||
| Crich | Four Lanes End Mill | Tower | 1764[24] | Burnt out 15 February 1849.[24] | ||
| Dale Abbey | Cat and Fiddle Mill SK 438 398 |
Midlands Post | 1788[25] | Windmill World |  | |
| Derby | Windmill Hill Lane Mill SK 333 368 |
Tower | 1791 | 1767[26] | Advertised for sale in 1781.[26] | |
| Derby | Depot Mill SK 351 349 |
Tower | 1816[27] | Probably demolished between 1855 and 1888.[28] | ||
| Derby | Normanton Road Mill | Tower | Standing in 1949.[28] | |||
| Derby | Chain Lane Mill, Littleover SK 342 336 |
Medieval mill.[29] | ||||
| Eckington | Eckington Mill SK 425 793 |
Post | 1825.[30] | Burnt down by arson, 19 January 1832.[30] | ||
| Eyam | Eyam Mill SK 212 765 |
Tower | 1827 | Demolished c.1877[31] | ||
| Findern | Findern Mill SK 302 307 |
Tower | 1825 1836 1887 |
1797[32] | Windmill World | |
| Fritchley | Fritchley Mill SK 365 532 |
Post | 1825 1880 |
1793[33] | Windmill World |  |
| Hazelwood | Hazelwood Mill SK 333 460 |
Smock | 1906 | 1906[34] | Pumping windmill, demolished 1939.[34] | |
| Heage | Heage Windmill SK 367 507 |
Tower | Built c. 1797. First use c. 1805[35] | Heage Windmill Official Website |  | |
| Heanor | 1791 1808 |
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| Holbrook | Holbrook Mill SK 364 449 |
Post | 1825 1836 1880 |
1825[36] | Standing in 1841, not marked on any map later than 1880.[36] | |
| Hopton | Carsington Pasture Mill SK 252 545 |
Tower | 1839 1880 |
1780s[37][38] | Windmill World |  |
| Horsley Park | Hosley Mill SK 377 439 |
Post | 1808 1836 |
Gone by 1841.[39] | ||
| Hulland Ward | Hulland Ward Mill SK 266 475 |
Tower | 1836 | c.1825[39] | Standing in 1850, not on 1880 map.[39] | |
| Ilkeston | Lawn GardensMill SK 464 423 |
Post | 1817[40] | Burnt down 1831.[40] | ||
| Ilkeston | Field Mill SK 465 420 |
Post | 1825 1836 |
Moved to Derby Road, Ilkeston mid-C19th.[41] | ||
| Ilkeston | Derby Road Mill SK 458 413 |
Post | 1896 1908 |
1876[42] | Standing in September 1920.[42] | |
| Kilburn | Kilburn Mill SK 382 455 |
Tower | 1821[43] | Not marked on any maps after 1879.[43] | ||
| Long Eaton | Long Eaton Mill SK 339 492 |
1808 | ||||
| Loscoe | Loscoe Mill SK 430 480 |
Post | 1825 1836 |
Advertised for sale in 1851.[44] | ||
| Lower Pilsley | Hagg Hill SK 411 636 |
1897 | Possibly a windpump.[44] | |||
| Mapperley | Mapperley Mill SK 437 429 |
Post | 1825 1836 |
Standing in 1900, blown down by 1932.[45] | ||
| Marlpool | Marlpool Mill SK 442 456 |
1791 | 1767.[46] | Gone by 1801.[46] | ||
| Marlpool | Marlpool Mill SK 442 456 |
Post | Burnt down by arson, 4 December 1828.[47] | |||
| Marlpool | Marlpool Mill SK 442 456 |
Tower | 1836 1881 |
c.1830[48] | Dismantled 1885.[48] | |
| Melbourne | Melbourne Mill SK 378 248 |
Tower | 1808 1825 1836 |
1797[49] | Windmill World |  |
| Melbourne | SK 386 252 | Post | 1808 1825 1836 |
1808[50] | 1836[50] | |
| Melbourne | Ticknall Road Mill SK 370 245 |
Post | 1782[48] | Advertised for sale 1853.[48] | ||
| Mickleover | Mill Field Mill | 1808 | 1808[51] | Moved to Common Road in 1850.[51] | ||
| Mickleover | Common Road Mill SK 310 356 |
Tower | 1850[51] | Demolished c.1973.[51] | ||
| Mosborough | Mosborough Mill SK 415 807 |
Tower | c.1802[52] | Standing in 1856, not marked on 1877 Ordnance Survey map.[52] | ||
| Muggington | Muggington Mill SK 286 424 |
Tower | 1835 1836 |
c.1830[52] | Standing in 1876.[52] | |
| Netherseal | Netherseal Mill SK 278 135 |
Post | 1834 | Was in Leicestershire when built. Working in 1904.[53] | ||
| Newhall | Newhall Mill SK 281 213 |
Post | 1808 1825 1836 |
Working in 1841.[54] | ||
| Nitticar Hill | Knitacre Mill SK 488 786 |
1791 1808 |
1767[55] | Gone by 1830.[55] | ||
| Ockbrook | Ockbrook Mill SK 429 357 |
Tower | 1880 | c.1770[56] | Windmill World | |
| Pleasley | Pleasley Mill SK 500 645 |
Post | 1808 1825 1836 |
1808[55] | Demolished late 1860s.[55] | |
| Riddings | James SK 424 531 |
Tower | 1877[57] | Demolished 1963[57] |  | |
| Riddings | Sarah SK 424 531 |
Tower | 1877[57] | Demolished 1963.[57] | | |
| Riddings | Riddings Mill SK 427 527 |
Post | 1835† | 1829[58] | ||
| Ripley | Pease Hill Mill SK 410 496 |
Tower | 1808 1825 1914 |
1808[59] | Demolished 1920s.[59] | |
| Risley | Risley Mill SK 466 362 |
Post | 1808 1825 1835 1836 |
1798[60] | Advertised for sale 1835.[60] | |
| Sandiacre | Sandiacre Mill SK 481 356 |
Post | 1825 1835† |
1820[61] | Advertised for sale 1834.[61] | |
| Sawley | Sawley Mill SK 482 325 |
1825 1836 |
1794[62] | Working until 1861.[62] | ||
| Shardlow | Shardlow Union Mill SK 432 303 |
Post | 1803[63] | Advertised for sale in 1851.[63] | ||
| Shipley | Shipley Mill SK 449 448 |
1808 | 1808[64] | Blown down 16 May 1809.[64] | ||
| Shirebrook | Shirebrook Mill SK 532 680 |
1828[65] | 1841.[65] | |||
| Smalley | Cloves Lane SK 408 446 |
1808 | c.1700[66] | Moved to Smalley watermill 1800.[65] | ||
| Smalley | at Smalley watermill | 1800[66] | Moved back to Cloves Lane 1815.[65] | |||
| Smalley | Cloves Lane SK 408 466 |
1815[65] | Demolished c.1856.[65] | |||
| Smalley | Swine Hill Lane | 1800[67] | 1800, burnt down before 1828, remains to Marlpool, which burnt down in that year.[67] | |||
| Smisby | Ann's Well Place SK 343 183 |
Post | 1791 1808 1895 |
1767[67] | Blown down c.1920.[67] | |
| South Normanton | Fordbridge Lane Mill SK 442 569 |
Tower | 1880 | 1820s[68][69] | Windmill World |  |
| South Normanton | Normanton Common Mill SK 442 561 |
Tower | 1880 1905 |
1850s[70] | Windmill World |  |
| South Normanton | SK 442 561 | Post | 1808 1825 |
c.1805[71] | Working until 1908. Dismantled 1980, remains declared beyond restoration in 1997 and burnt.[71] Windmill World |
|
| South Normanton | SK 439 562 | Post | 1630[71] | Severely damaged December 1809, ruins auctioned January 1810.[71] | ||
| Spinkhill | Spinkhill Mill SK 452 784 |
Tower | 1791 1808 |
1767[72] | House converted 1879, demolished mid-1950s.[72] | |
| Spondon | Spondon Mill SK 369 394 |
Post | 1824[73] | Standing in 1861.[73] | ||
| Swarkestone | Swarkestone Mill SK 381 297 |
Tower | 1808 1825 |
1794[74] | Disused by 1889, reduced to single storey stump by 1932, demolished by 1983.[75] | |
| Swarkestone Lowes | SK 336 298 | Post | 1675 | 1675[76] | 1745.[76] | |
| Swathick | Swathick Mill SK 365 678 |
1808 | 1808[77] | 1808.[77] | ||
| Temple Normanton | Temple Normanton Mill SK 418 675 |
Tower | 1808 1825 |
1796[78] | House converted mid-1860s. Demolished 1935.[78] | |
| Tibshelf | Nethermoor SK 428 605 |
Post | 1791 1808 1836 |
1767[79] | Demolished 1915, leaving roundhouse standing. This was demolished in the 1960s.[79] | |
| West Hallam | West Hallam Mill | 1791 1808 |
1767[80] | 1808[80] | ||
| Whitwell | Whitwell Mill SK 533 768 |
Tower | 1840 1916 |
1829[81] | Working until 1912, demolished 1965.[81] | |
| Whittington | Whittington Mill SK 386 745 |
Tower | 1808 1825 1840 1895 |
1808[82] | Demolished c.1900.[82] | |
| Willington | Willington Mill SK 396 305 |
1791 1825 |
1710[83] | 1825.[83] | ||
| Wirksworth | Wirksworth Mill SK 274 538 |
Post | 1808 1836 |
1799[84] | Advertised for sale 1849.[84] | |
| Woodville | Butt House Mill SK 323 190 |
Post | 1835† 1836 |
c.1827[85] | Demolished c.1880.[85] |
References
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Sources
- Gifford, Alan (2003). Derbyshire Windmills Past & Present. Heage: Heage Windmill Society / Midland Mills Group. ISBN 0-9544863-0-7.
- Maps
- 1675 John Ogilby
- 1791 Burdett (surveyed 1762-67)
- 1808 James Farey
- 1825 Greenwood
- 1827 Greenwood
- 1834 Ordnance Survey
- 1835 Greenwood
- 1835† George Sanderson (surveyed 1830-35)
- 1836 Ordnance Survey
- 1839 Ordnance Survey
- 1840 Ordnance Survey
- 1880 Ordnance Survey
- 1881 Ordnance Survey
- 1887 Ordnance Survey
- 1895 Ordnance Survey (surveyed 1879-83)
- 1896 Ordnance Survey (surveyed 1876)
- 1897 Ordnance Survey (surveyed 1875-85)
- 1899 Ordnance Survey
- 1905 Ordnance Survey
- 1906 Ordnance Survey
- 1908 Ordnance Survey (surveyed 1905-06)
- 1914 Ordnance Survey
- 1916 Ordnance Survey
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