List of windmills in Warwickshire
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This is a list of windmills in the English county of Warwickshire.
| Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allesley | 1325[1] | 1325[1] | ||||
| Ardens Grafton | 1796 | 1571[2] | 1796 | |||
| Atherstone | 1753[3][4] | 1573[4] | ||||
| Attleborough | Quarry Farm Mill SP 378 901 |
Tower | Early 19th century | 1944 | ||
| Austrey | 1252[5] | 1252[5] | ||||
| Austrey | SK 300 062 | Post | 1824 | Demolished c. 1905 | ||
| Austrey | SK 302 072 | Tower | 18th century | Demolished c. 1915 | ||
| Avon Dassett | 1284[6] | 1284[6] | ||||
| Avon Dassett | SP 412 502 | Post | 1725[7] | Demolished 1924 | ||
| Baxterley | Common Mill SP 280 968 |
Post | 1793 | Demolished c. 1969 | ||
| Berkswell | Balsall Common Mill SP 249 759 |
Tower | 1826 | Windmill World |  | |
| Berkswell | Bradnock's Marsh Mill SP 216 798 |
Tower | Early 19th century | Truncated c. 1900 | ||
| Binley | 1291[8] | 1291[8] | ||||
| Birdingbury | SP 432 678 | Post | 1675 | Demolished late 19th century | ||
| Birmingham | SP 067 862 | Demolished c. 1745[9] | ||||
| Birmingham | Holloway Head Mill Chapman's Mill[10] SP 067 862 |
Tower | 1745[9] | Demolished 1873[9] or 1878 | ||
| Birmingham | Deritend Heath, Cooper's mill[9] | Smock[9] | 1731 | 1731[10] | 1836[9] | |
| Birmingham | Birmingham Heath | Smock[9] | 1722 1800 |
1722 | Demolished 1849[9] | |
| Birmingham | Speedwell Mill[10] | 1810[10] | 1810[10] | |||
| Birmingham | Baskerville's Mill[10] | Tower[9] | Mid-18th century[10] post 1745[9] | 1789[9] | ||
| Birmingham | Soho Mill,[9] Handsworth | Gone by 1749[9] | ||||
| Birmingham | Hutton's Mill, Handsworth[10] | 1759[9] | Demolished late 19th century[9] | |||
| Birmingham | Hamstead Mill, Handsworth[9] | gone by 1682[9] | ||||
| Birmingham | Greet Mill Red Hill Mill[9] Yardley Mill,[9] Greet[10] |
Post[9] | 1725 | 1668[9] | 1800[9] | |
| Birmingham | Lea Hall Mill Bach Mill,[9] Yardley[10] |
Post[9] | 1800* | 1800[9] | 1800[9] | |
| Birmingham | North of Over Mill (watermill),[10] Erdington | 1833[10] | 1833[10] | |||
| Birmingham | North west of Dwarfeholes Mill (watermill),[10] Erdington | 1833[10] | 1833[10] | |||
| Birmingham | Wake Green Mill,[10] Moseley | Post[9] | 1664[9] | 1819, gone by 1834[9] | ||
| Birmingham | Saltley Mill,[10] Saltley | Post[9] | 1722 1725 1731 1755 |
1722 | 1755, gone by 1760[9] | |
| Birmingham | Edgbaston Mill,[10] Edgbaston | 1822 | 1810[9] | 1822, gone by 1834[9] | ||
| Birmingham | Bristnall's End Mill[9] | gone by 1794[9] | ||||
| Birmingham | Holdford Mill[9] | 1834 | 1834 | 1843[9] | ||
| Birmingham | Bleak Hills Mill,[9] Aston | 1814[9] | 1834[9] | |||
| Birmingham | Slade Mill,[9] Aston | gone by 18th century | ||||
| Bishop's Itchington | 1279[11] | 1602[11] | ||||
| Bishop's Tachbrook | 1557[12] | 1557[12] | ||||
| Bretford | 1279[13] | 1360[13] | ||||
| Bulkington | Weston Mill[11] | 1277[11] | 1710[11] | |||
| Bulkington | Marston Jabet Mill[11] | 1590[11] | 1590[11] | |||
| Burton Dassett | Le Stonmilne[14] | 1367 | 1367 | |||
| Burton Dassett | Beacon Mill SP 394 521 |
Tower | Late 15th century | Windmill World |  | |
| Burton Dassett | Northend Mill SP 394 521 |
Post | 1664 | Blown down 26 July 1946 |  | |
| Caldecote | 1794[15] | 1794[15] | ||||
| Chapel Ascote | 1294[16] | 1341[16] | ||||
| Chapel Ascote | 1547[16] | 1547[16] | ||||
| Chesterton | Chesterton Mill SP 349 593 |
Tower | 1632 | Windmill World |  | |
| Chilvers Coton | 1556[17] | 1556[17] | ||||
| Church Lawford | 1535[18] | 1535[18] | ||||
| Claverdon | Post | 1803 | Moved to Shrewley 1832 | |||
| Coleshill | Cole End Mill SP 198 891 |
Tower | 1783 | Demolished early 20th century | ||
| Corley | Corley Moor Mill SP 283 850 |
Post | c. 1800 | Demolished 1890s | ||
| Coventry | Foleshill Mill[19] | 1682[19] | 1822[19] | |||
| Coventry | Sowe Mill[19] | 1291[19] | Late 14th century[19] | |||
| Coventry | Radford Road[19] | 1411[19] | 1411[19] | |||
| Coventry | Spon Street[19] | 1411[19] | 1749[19] | |||
| Coventry | Outside the New Gate[19] | 1583[19] | 1583[19] | |||
| Coventry | Whitley Common[19] | 1722[19] | 1725[19] | |||
| Coventry | Whitley Common (2nd mill)[19] | 1725[19] | 1725[19] | |||
| Coventry | Stivichall[19] | 1725[19] | 1725[19] | |||
| Coventry | Hearshall Common[19] | 1716[19] | 1725[19] | |||
| Coventry | Whitley Common[19] | 1740[19] | 1740[19] | |||
| Coventry | Wasting's Mill[19] | 1807[19] | 1807[19] | |||
| Cubbington | 1355[20] | 1355[20] | ||||
| Cubbington | Post[21] | 1860[21] | Demolished 1870[21] | |||
| Dorridge | Bentley Heath Mill SP 166 758 |
Tower | c. 1830 | 1925 | ||
| Dunchurch | West Heath Mill | 1547[22] | 1547[22] | |||
| Exhall | Hall Green Mill SP 351 855 |
Tower | 18th century[23] | Truncated c. 1923, demolished late 1960s | ||
| Fenny Compton | 1655[24] | 1655[24] | ||||
| Fenny Compton | Mill Hill Mill SP 421 521 |
Post | 18th century | Collapsed 24 March 1895 | ||
| Fenny Compton | Post | 1655[25] | Demolished 1820s[25] | |||
| Fillongley | Corley Moor Mill SP 276 849 |
Tower | Early 19th century | Windmill World | ||
| Frankton | 1291[11] | 1291[11] | ||||
| Grandborough | Woolscott | 1668[26] | 1668[26] | |||
| Grandborough | Woolscott Mill SP 507 692 |
Tower | c. 1820 | 1925 | ||
| Harbury | 1279[11] | 1291[11] | ||||
| Harbury | (2nd mill) | 1279[11] | 1291[11] | |||
| Harbury | (3rd mill) | 1291[11] | 1291[11] | |||
| Harbury | Harbury Mill SP 372 600 |
Tower | 1812 | Windmill World |  | |
| Hillmorton | Offered for sale in 1853[27] | |||||
| Idlicote | 1279[28] | 1279[28] | ||||
| Ilmington | 1295[29] | 1697[29] | ||||
| Kenilworth | Tainter's Hill Mill SP 290 728 |
Tower | 1778 | Converted to water tower Windmill World |
 | |
| Kineton | (two mills) | 1279[30] | 1565[30] | |||
| Kineton | Pittern Hill Mill SP 325 517 |
Tower | Late 18th century | Windmill World |  | |
| Kings Norton | Weather Oak Hill Mill[9] | |||||
| Kings Norton | Headley Heath Mill[9] | |||||
| Ladbroke | Early 13th century[31] | Early 13th century[31] | ||||
| Leamington Spa | Whitnash Road Mill Tachbrook Road Mill[32] SP 318 639 |
Tower | c. 1777[32] | Demolished 1968 | ||
| Lighthorne | 1316[33] | 1627[33] | ||||
| Little Compton | SP 270 291 | 1885 | Demolished early 20th century | |||
| Long Itchington | 1347[34] | 1353[34] | ||||
| Marton | Post | Moved within Marton mid-19th century | ||||
| Marton | SP 415 683 | Post | Mid-19th century | Demolished c. 1907 | ||
| Meriden | Demolished post July 1811[35] | |||||
| Moreton Morrell | 1604[36] | 1604[36] | ||||
| Monks Kirby | Kirby Mill | 1291[37] | 1721[37] | |||
| Monks Kirby | Cesters Over Mill | 1545[37] | 1545[37] | |||
| Napton-on-the-Hill | SP 458 613 | 1543[38] | 1543[39] | |||
| Napton-on-the-Hill | Napton Mill SP 458 613 |
Tower | c. 1835[39] | Windmill World |  | |
| Newbold Revel | 1538[37] | 1593[37] | ||||
| Newton Regis | 1285[11] | 1285[11] | ||||
| Northfield | Middleton Hall Mill[9] | gone by 1722[9] | ||||
| Northfield | Shenley Fields Mill[9] | 1692[9] | 1692[9] | |||
| Norton Lindsey | Norton Lindsey Mill SP 224 632 |
Tower | c. 1795 | Windmill World |  | |
| Nuneaton | Tuttle Hill Mill[40] SP 340 933 |
Tower | 1821 | Windmill World |  | |
| Pailton | 1587[37] | 1587[37] | ||||
| Packwood | Fullard's Mill SP 170 736 |
Tower | Late 18th century | Windmill World | ||
| Pillerton Priors | 1552[41] | 1565[41] | ||||
| Quinton[42] | Lower Quinton Mill SP 176 473 |
Tower | Early 19th century | Demolished spring 1951 | ||
| Quinton | Ridgacre Mill[9] | gone by 1722[9] | ||||
| Ratley | Edge Hill Mill SP 371 470 |
Post | 1561[43] | 1697[43] | ||
| Ratley | Edge Hill Mill SP 371 470 |
Post | Early 19th century | Demolished 1916 | ||
| Ratley | Ratley Grange Mill | Post | 1789[43] | Demolished c. 1900[43] | ||
| Rowington | Bouncing Bess SP 205 705 |
Tower | 1789[44] | Windmill World |  | |
| Rugby | Hillmorton Mill SP 541 735 |
Tower | Late 18th century | Demolished 1899 | ||
| Sheldon | Lyndon Green Mill[9] | gone by 18th century[9] | ||||
| Sheldon | Wells Green Mill[9] | Post[9] | 1675[9] | Demolished early 18th century, gone by 1725[9] | ||
| Sheldon | Sheldon Mill[9] | Post[9] | 1788[9] | 1840[9] | ||
| Shrewley | Justice SP 219 682 |
Tower | Late 18th century | Demolished 1949 |  | |
| Shrewley | Pinchem SP 218 681 |
Post | 1832 | Collapsed 1937 |  | |
| Snitterfield | Black Hill Mill SP 230 591 |
Tower | Late 18th century | 1893 | ||
| Solihull | Copt Heath Mill SP 174 785 |
Tower | Late 18th century | Demolished early 20th century | ||
| Solihull | Olton End Mill SP 152 813 |
Midlands post | Mid-19th century | Demolished c. 1900 | ||
| Solihull | Hasluck's Green Mill Solihull Lodge Mill SP 101 788 |
Tower | Late 18th century | Demolished September 1957 | ||
| Southam | Old Mill SP 413 622 |
Tower | c. 1800 | Burnt down 1849[45] | ||
| Southam | Old Mill SP 413 622 |
Tower | 1849[45] | 1948, truncated by 1955 Windmill World |
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| Stockton | 1356[46] | 1526[46] | ||||
| Stockton | Rugby Road Mill SP 435 643 |
Post | Mid-18th century | Demolished April 1914[47] | ||
| Stockton | Rugby Road Mill SP 436 642 |
Tower | c. 1865 | Demolished c. 1923 | ||
| Sutton Coldfield | Maney Hill Mill[9] | 1309[9] | 1309[9] | |||
| Sutton Coldfield | Langley Mill[9] | gone by 1722[9] | ||||
| Sutton Coldfield | High Heat Mill[9] | Post[9] | 1750 1755 |
1725[9] | 1755, gone by 1788[9] | |
| Tanworth-in-Arden | Danzey Green Mill SP 129 692 |
Midlands Post | 1810 | Dismantled 1969, re-erected at Avoncroft Museum of Historic Buildings in 1975. | ||
| Thurlaston | Thurlaston Mill SP 469 710 |
Tower | 1794 | Windmill World |  | |
| Tysoe | 14th century[48] | 15th century[48] | ||||
| Tysoe | Upper Tysoe Mill Compton Wynyates Mill SP 331 426 |
tower | Early 18th century | Windmill World |  | |
| Tysoe | Middle Tysoe Mill SP 336 445 |
Post | 1752 | Blown down 1913 | ||
| Ufton | 1291[49] | 1291[49] | ||||
| Warmington | SP 407 476 | Post | 17th century | Demolished c. 1910 | ||
| Warton | Warton Mill SK 286 031 |
Midlands Post | Early 19th century | Demolished c. 1923 | ||
| Willey | 1376[50] | 1376[50] | ||||
| Wolfhamcote | 1587[51] | 1687[51] | ||||
| Wolvey | 1553[52] | 1604[52] | ||||
| Wolvey | SP 439 883 | Post | c. 1820 | 1901 | ||
| Wooton Wawen | Early 17th century[53] | Early 17th century | ||||
| Wooton Wawen | Edstone House Mill SP 181 612 |
tower | 1725 | Demolished c. 1912 |
Maps
- 1722 Henry Beighton
- 1725 Henry Beighton
- 1731 Samuel & Nathaniel Buck, South-west prospect of Birmingham
- 1755 Thomas Jeffrey
- 1792 Sheriff
- 1800 Taylor
- 1800* Taylor (map of Worcestershire)
- 1822 Greenwood
- 1834 Ordnance Survey