List of horse mills

This is a list of horse mills that exist or are known to have existed.

Belgium

Province	Location	Notes
Antwerp	Antwerp	Brouwers Huis Museum
Antwerp	Ghent	Bas relief of a mediaeval horse mill on front of mill.

Channel Islands

Circular horse-drawn apple crusher (tou d'preinseu) at The Elms, Jersey: a property of the National Trust for Jersey

1840s Whim Gin, original from Langton Colliery. Now at Wollaton hall, Nottingham

Island	Location	Notes
Jersey	The Elms	A horse-drawn apple crusher.
Guernsey		A horse-powered cider mill is preserved at the Folk museum.

Croatia

County	Location	Notes
Vukovar-Srijem County	Otok	The local horse-powered "dry" mill (Croatian: Otočka suvara) is the symbol of- and is found in the coat of arms of the city. It is the last remaining mill of this type in Croatia.[1]

England

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 1860-1890.
	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]
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.[5]
	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.[6]
	West Kingsdown	A horse whim, now preserved at the Weald and Downland Open Air Museum, Singleton, Sussex.
Lancashire	Preston	A horse powered spinning mill.[7]
Lincolnshire	Brothertoft	A horse powered permanent woad mill. In operation until the early 20th century.
	Spalding	A horse powered temporary woad mill. Later relocated and finally taken down at Parson Drove,Cambridgeshire.
	Sutterton	A horse powered Woad mill.[8]
	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.
	Kings Lynn	Kettle mills: a horse-, wind- and water-mill.
	Oulton	A horse and wind mill.
	Wymondham	A horse powered mill.[9]
Northumberland	Berwick Hill	A horse gin built in 1814. Now preserved at Beamish Museum.
Nottinghamshire	Nottingham	A horse powered cotton mill.[10]
	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.[11]
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.

The horse mill at Wester Kittochside farm near Glasgow

France

Département	Location	Notes
Drôme	Nyons	Les Vieux Moulins à huile, a watermill and also animal-powered mill.[12]
Lot	Varaire	Moulin à huile, an animal-powered oil mill.[12]
Tarn	Magrin	Musée du Pastel[12]
Var	Pontevès	Moulin de Pontevès, produced olive oil.[12]
Vaucluse	Gordes	Moulin des Bouillons, produced olive oil.[12]
Vaucluse	Joucas	Le Moulin à huile, produced olive oil.[12]

Hungary

The Vámosoroszi animal-powered "drymill" (reconstructed)

County	Location	Notes
Békés	Szarvas	A mill built in 1836. (Hungarian: szarvasi szárazmalom) is the last remaining horse-powered mill in its condition.[13]
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg	Vámosoroszi	A reconstructed horse powered mill built before 1840. is moved to the Hungarian Open Air Museum in Szentendre.[14]
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg	Tarpa	An animal-powered mill reconstructed in 1980s is declared industrial-history landmark[15] and functions as an open-air cultural heritage museum.[16]

Scotland

County	Location	Notes
Aberdeenshire	Gartly	A horse mill for crushing gorse for fodder
Ayrshire	Titwood Farm, Kilamurs
	Wester Kittochside, East Kilbride.	This example is at the Museum of Scottish Country Life and was recently dug out (2005) and partially restored to working condition.
Selkirkshire	Broomhill House,[17] Selkirk	Recently restored horse mill
Shetland	Lund Farm, Unst	A horse gin, probably for powering a thresher in the barn.

Serbia

Suvača

District	Location	Notes
North Banat District	Suvača, Kikinda	Suvača is in 1990 proclaimed as a Monument of Culture of Exceptional Importance.

Spain

Tefia

Province	Location	Notes
Canary Islands	Tefia, Puerto del Rosario	A donkey-powered mill preserved at La Alcogida Ecomuseum

Wales

County	Location	Notes
Caernarvonshire	Dullog, Rhostryfan, Caernarfon	An oblique dog-wheel. Now preserved at the Welsh Folk Museum, St. Fagans, Cardiff
Denbighshire	Wrexham	Bersham Colliery, a reconstruction of a horse gin.
Monmouthshire	Abergavenny	A dog-driven spit is preserved in the museum.
Pembrokeshire	Penysgwarne Farm, Tremarchog

United States

State	Location	Notes
Indiana	Bottorff-McCulloch Farm

See also

• The International Molinological Society
• Museum of Scottish Country Life

References

• Animal-Powered Machines, J. Kenneth Major. Shire Album 128 – Shire Publications 1985. ISBN 0-85263-710-1
• Water-mills, windmills and horse-mills of South Africa, James Walton. C Struik Publishers, 1974. ISBN 0-86977-040-3

1. Description of the mill at the community's portal. (in Croatian)
2. "Woad mill". artuk.org. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
3. A history of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely:vol 4, city of Ely; Ely, N. and S. Witchford and Wisbech pp 197-200. Victoria County History. 2002.
4. A history of the county of Cambridge and the isle of Ely:vol 4, city of Ely, N. and S.Witchford and Wisbech Hundreds pp243-245. Victoria County History. 2002.
5. "cider mill". Hereford times. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
6. Coles Finch, William (1925). In Kentish Pilgrim Land. London: C W Daniel. p. 26.
7. "Arkwright". BBC.co.uk. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
8. Norman T.Wills (1979). Woad in the Fens. N.T.Wills.
9. "Brodick mill". norfolmills.co.uk. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
10. "cotton mills". google.co.uk. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
11. "Saddlescombe Farm and Newtimber Hill". National Trust. Retrieved 2019-01-20.
12. Azema, Jean-Pierre (1999). Les Moulins de France. Rennes: Fédération Française des Amis des Moulins. ISBN 2-7373-1673-1.
13. Description at the local "Tessedik Sámuel" museum. (in Hungarian)
14. Photostory about the reconstruction of the "dry" mill. (in Hungarian)
15. Info about the mill with some photographs. (in Hungarian)
16. Info with GPS coordinates for visitors. (in Hungarian)
17. http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/sc-19726-broomhill-house-with-walled-garden-and-ho