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