List of windmills in Derbyshire

The List of Windmills in Derbyshire is a list of former and extant windmills in the English county of Derbyshire.

Locations

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]
Belph	SK 536 755	Open Trestle Post	1808		Standing in 1814.[9]
Belper	Belper Mill SK 353 478	Tower		1796[10]	Windmill World
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[9]
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
Holbrook	Holbrook Mill SK	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.[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	1811[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.[60]
Risley	Risley Mill SK 466 362	Post	1808 1825 1835 1836	1798[61]	Advertised for sale 1835.[61]
Sandiacre	Sandiacre Mill SK 481 356	Post	1825 1835†	1820[62]	Advertised for sale 1834.[62]
Sawley	Sawley Mill SK 482 325		1825 1836	1794[63]	Working until 1861.[63]
Shardlow	Shardlow Union Mill SK 432 303	Post		1803[64]	Advertised for sale in 1851.[64]
Shipley	Shipley Mill SK		1808	1808[65]	Blown down 16 May 1809.[65]
Shirebrook	Shirebrook Mill SK 532 680			1828[66]	1841.[66]
Smalley	Cloves Lane SK 408 446		1808	c.1700[67]	Moved to Smalley watermill 1800.[66]
Smalley	at Smalley watermill			1800[67]	Moved back to Cloves Lane 1815.[66]
Smalley	Cloves Lane SK 408 466			1815[66]	Demolished c.1856.[66]
Smalley	Swine Hill Lane			1800[68]	1800, burnt down before 1828, remains to Marlpool, which burnt down in that year.[68]
Smisby	Ann's Well Place SK 343 183	Post	1791 1808 1895	1767[68]	Blown down c.1920.[68]
South Normanton	Fordbridge Lane Mill SK 442 569	Tower	1880	1820s[69][70]	Windmill World
South Normanton	Normanton Common Mill SK 442 561	Tower	1880 1905	1850s[71]	Windmill World
South Normanton	SK 442 561	Post	1808 1825	c.1805[72]	Working until 1908. Dismantled 1980, remains declared beyond restoration in 1997 and burnt.[72] Windmill World
South Normanton	SK 439 562	Post		1630[72]	Severely damaged December 1809, ruins auctioned January 1810.[72]
Spinkhill	Spinkhill Mill SK 452 784	Tower	1791 1808	1767[73]	House converted 1879, demolished mid-1950s.[73]
Spondon	Spondon Mill SK 369 394	Post		1824[74]	Standing in 1861.[75]
Swarkestone	Swarkestone Mill SK 381 297	Tower	1808 1825	1794[76]	Disused by 1889, reduced to single storey stump by 1932, demolished by 1983.[77]
Swarkestone Lowes	SK 336 298	Post	1675	1675[78]	1745.[78]
Swathick	Swathick Mill SK 365 678		1808	1808[79]	1808.[79]
Temple Normanton	Temple Normanton Mill SK 418 675	Tower	1808 1825	1796[80]	House converted mid-1860s. Demolished 1935.[80]
Tibshelf	Nethermoor SK 428 605	Post	1791 1808 1836	1767[81]	Demolished 1915, leaving roundhouse standing. This was demolished in the 1960s.[82]
West Hallam	West Hallam Mill		1791 1808	1767[83]	1808[83]
Whitwell	Whitwell Mill SK 533 768	Tower	1840 1916	1829[84]	Working until 1912, demolished 1965.[84]
Whittington	Whittington Mill SK 386 745	Tower	1808 1825 1840 1895	1808[85]	Demolished c.1900.[85]
Willington	Willington Mill SK 396 305		1791 1825	1710[86]	1825.[86]
Wirksworth	Wirksworth Mill SK 274 538	Post	1808 1836	1799[87]	Advertised for sale 1849.[87]
Woodville	Butt House Mill SK 323 190	Post	1835† 1836	c.1827[88]	Demolished c.1880.[88]

References

1. Gifford 2003, p. 38.
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3. Gifford 2003, pp. 39-40.
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Sources

• Gifford, Alan (2003). Derbyshire Windmills Past & Present. Heage: Heage Windmill Society / Midland Mills Group. ISBN 0-9544863-0-7.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

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