List of windmills in Staffordshire
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Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
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Audley Audley, Staffordshire Audley is a rural village approximately four miles north west of the town of Newcastle-under-Lyme in Staffordshire, England. It is the centre of Audley Rural parish.... |
Approximately |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1796 | 1860, gone by 1899 | ||
Bilston Bilston Bilston is a town in the English county of West Midlands, situated in the southeastern corner of the City of Wolverhampton. Three wards of Wolverhampton City Council cover the town: Bilston East and Bilston North, which almost entirely comprise parts of the historic Borough of Bilston, and... |
Bilston Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1686 | 1686 | 1771 | |
Bilston | Mount Pleasant Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1791 | Demolished early 1970s | ||
Blakenhall Heath | Approximately |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1686 1693 1747 1775 1787 |
1686 | 1787 | |
Blakenhall Heath | Approximately |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1686 1693 1747 1775 1787 |
1686 | 1787 | |
Blakenhall Heath | Bloxwich Mill (one of above two sites) |
1816 | 1853 | |||
Bloxwich Bloxwich Bloxwich is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, West Midlands, England, with a population of around 40,000 people.-Early history:Bloxwich has its origins at least as early as the Anglo-Saxon period, when the place name evidence suggests it was a small Mercian settlement named after the... |
Little Bloxwich Mill approximately |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1682 | 1609 | 1682 | |
Bloxwich | Great Bloxwich Mill | Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1682 1775 |
1682 | c1812 | |
Blymhill Blymhill and Weston-under-Lizard Blymhill and Weston-under-Lizard is a civil parish in the South Staffordshire district of Staffordshire, near the border with Shropshire in England. According to the 2001 census, it had a population of 654. The parish includes Blymhill, Weston-under-Lizard, Brineton and Orslow.In medieval times,... |
Approximately |
1203 | 1291 | |||
Bradley Bradley, West Midlands Bradley was originally a village in the Manor of Sedgley, England. Nowadays it is situated in the Bilston East ward of Wolverhampton City Council.... |
Approximately |
1337 | 1337 | |||
Brewood Brewood Brewood refers both to a settlement, which was once a town but is now a village, in South Staffordshire, England, and to the civil parish of which it is the centre. Located around , Brewood village lies near the River Penk, eight miles north of Wolverhampton city centre and eleven miles south of... |
Kent's Mill approximately |
1775 | 1775 | 1778 | ||
Brewood | Somerford Mill approximately |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1817 | 1802 | 1880 | |
Broadhill | Beffcote Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
Late C18th | Windmill World | ||
Bromstead Heath | ||||||
Brocton Brocton, Staffordshire Brocton is a village and civil parish in the Stafford borough of Staffordshire, England. It about four miles south-east of Stafford town centre, and just outside the built-up area of Stafford, on the edge of Cannock Chase... |
Oat Hill Mill approximately |
1686 1747 1749 |
1686 | 1749 | ||
Burslem Burslem The town of Burslem, known as the Mother Town, is one of the six towns that amalgamated to form the current city of Stoke-on-Trent, in the ceremonial county of Staffordshire, in the Midlands of England.-Topography:... |
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Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
c1750 | 1832, gone by 1860 | ||
Burslem | Approximately |
1780s | Demolished early C19th | |||
Burton on Trent | Approximately |
1818 | 1844 |
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Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
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Cannock Cannock Cannock is the most populous of three towns in the district of Cannock Chase in the central southern part of the county of Staffordshire in the West Midlands region of England.... |
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Church Eaton Church Eaton Church Eaton is a small English village in the west of Staffordshire lying some southwest of Stafford, northwest of Penkridge and just from the Shropshire border. It lies in gently rolling dairy farming countryside... |
Alstone Mill |
1682 1775 1831 |
1641 | 1831 | ||
Church Eaton Church Eaton Church Eaton is a small English village in the west of Staffordshire lying some southwest of Stafford, northwest of Penkridge and just from the Shropshire border. It lies in gently rolling dairy farming countryside... |
High Onn Mill |
Gone by 1652 | ||||
Church Eaton Church Eaton Church Eaton is a small English village in the west of Staffordshire lying some southwest of Stafford, northwest of Penkridge and just from the Shropshire border. It lies in gently rolling dairy farming countryside... |
Shushions Manor Mill approximately |
1300 | 1301 | |||
Codsall Codsall Codsall is a large village in the South Staffordshire district of Staffordshire, England. It is situated north west of the city of Wolverhampton.-History:... |
Codsall Windmill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1775 | Windmill World | ||
Colton Colton, Staffordshire Colton is a village and civil parish in Lichfield District, Staffordshire, England. It is situated just outside the town of Rugeley.Colton is the home to Border Collie Trust GB, a registered charity rescuing and rehoming Border Collies and Collie crosses throughout the UK.There is also a village... |
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Coppenhall Coppenhall Coppenhall is a small settlement in Staffordshire, England. Coppenhall lies southwest of Stafford and NNW of Penkridge with Baron Stafford as lord of the manor. The parish of ~ is bounded on the east by the Pothooks Brook... |
Coppenhall Mill |
1607 | 1617 | |||
Coppenhall Mill | Butterhill Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
c1800 | Windmill World | ||
Coseley Coseley Coseley is a town located mostly within the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley in the English West Midlands. Part of the Black Country, it lies south east of Wolverhampton and north of Dudley.... |
Old Mill, Bramford |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
c1780 | |||
Coseley | Maullin's Mill, Roseville |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1812 | 1813 | ||
Coseley | Coseley Mill, Roseville |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1820 | 1820 | 1868 | |
Coseley | New Mill | Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
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Coven Heath | 1775 | 1775 | 1775, gone by 1790 | |||
Cowley | Approximately |
1686 1747 |
1587 | 1747 | ||
Croxton Croxton, Staffordshire Croxton is a village on the B5026 between Eccleshall and Loggerheads. It is notable for having an old windmill. The village church is called St... |
Croxton Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1777 | Windmill World |
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Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
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Darlaston | Darlaston Mill | Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1795 | 1795 | 1795 | |
Darlaston Darlaston Darlaston is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall in the West Midlands of England.-History:Archaeological evidence of the history of Darlaston has been destroyed by The de Darlaston family owned Darlaston and lived in the manor between the 12th century and 15th century. When the de... |
Approximately |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1834 | 1818 | 1886, gone by 1902 | |
Dilhorne Dilhorne Dilhorne is an ancient parish and village in Staffordshire, three miles from Cheadle and six miles from Stoke-on-Trent.The village is within the Staffordshire Moorlands area.... |
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1775 | 1775 | 1872, gone by 1900 | ||
Dudley Dudley Dudley is a large town in the West Midlands county of England. At the 2001 census , the Dudley Urban Sub Area had a population of 194,919, making it the 26th largest settlement in England, the second largest town in the United Kingdom behind Reading, and the largest settlement in the UK without... |
Shaver's End Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1682 | 1682 | 1682 | |
Dudley | Shaver's End Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1800 1816 |
1787 | Demolished 1930s | |
Dudley | Eve Hill Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1682 1747 1749 1775 |
1682 | 1775 | |
Dudley | Eve Hill Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1808 | 1822, gone by 1886 | ||
Dudley | London Fields Mill |
1682 1747 1749 |
1682 | 1749 | ||
Dudley | Tipton Green Mill |
1682 1747 1749 |
1682 | 1749 | ||
Dudley | Nertherton Mill |
1818 | 1818 | 1818 | ||
Enville Enville, Staffordshire Enville is a small village in rural Staffordshire, England, on the A458 road between Stourbridge and Bridgnorth. Enville is also the name of the parish in which it lies.... |
Spital Brook Mills |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1801 | Windmill World | ||
Enville | Grove Farm Mill approximately |
Early C19th | Early C19th | |||
Enville | Highgate Common Mill approximately |
Early C19th | Early C19th | |||
Essington Essington Essington is a village and civil parish in South Staffordshire, England. It is considered by the Office for National Statistics to be part of the Wolverhampton Urban Subdivision, and is within the West Midlands conurbation.... |
Midlands post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1775 | 1681 | 1930 Windmill World |
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Etruria Pottery Works |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1774 | 1794 | ||
Forton Forton, Staffordshire Forton is a small village on the Staffordshire/Shropshire situated east of the market town of Newport, Shropshire.Situated around Forton Hall and the 14th century All Saints church and sited on the Roman road Via Devana and the modern A519 road between Newport and Newcastle-under-Lyme-External links:... |
Forton Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1573 | 1780 Windmill World |
G - H
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
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Garshall Green | Milwich Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1812 | 1829 | ||
Gentleshaw Gentleshaw Gentleshaw is a village and hamlet in Staffordshire located about midway between Cannock and Lichfield, and about a mile north of Burntwood. Although it is now part of Longdon civil parish, it has a Parish Church and a primary school.... |
Gentleshaw Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1820 | Windmill World | ||
Gentleshaw | Coney's Mill |
1775 | 1775 | 1895 | ||
Gerrards Bromley | Approximately |
Gone by 1564 | ||||
Gerrards Bromley | Approximately |
1818 1831 |
1818 | 1831 | ||
Gnosall Gnosall Gnosall is a large village in the Borough of Stafford, Staffordshire, England, with a population of approximately 5,000. It lies on the A518, approximately half-way between the towns of Newport and the county town of Staffordshire, Stafford... |
1831 | 1815 | 1831 | |||
Hammerwich Hammerwich Hammerwich is a village and civil parish in Lichfield District, Staffordshire, England. It is situated to the south east of Burntwood.The name may derive from the Old English hamor and wic , or possibly, 'a smith's workshop' or 'a hammer-making workshop'.Charcoal burning, nail making, agriculture... |
1300 | 1300 | ||||
Hammerwich | Speedwell Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1779 | Windmill World | ||
Hanbury Hanbury, Staffordshire Hanbury is a village near Burton-on-Trent in Staffordshire, England.It was the location of the 1944 RAF Fauld Explosion, one of the largest artificial non-nuclear explosions in the world.-References:*... |
1567 | 1567 | ||||
Handsworth Handsworth, West Midlands Handsworth is an inner city area of Birmingham in the West Midlands, England. The Local Government Act 1894 divided the ancient Staffordshire parish of Handsworth into two urban districts: Handsworth and Perry Barr. Handsworth was annexed to the county borough of Birmingham in Warwickshire in 1911... |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
Gone by 1794 | ||||
Handsworth | Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1759 | Demolished c1870 | |||
Hanley, | Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
c1795 | 1857 | |||
Hartshill Hartshill, Staffordshire Hartshill is a township within Stoke-upon-Trent in the city of Stoke-on-Trent in the English county of Staffordshire.Hartshill was developed by Herbert Minton as a dormitory suburb of Stoke. The ecclesiastical parish was created out of the parish of Stoke in 1842 when Holy Trinity church was built... |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1780 | Demolished 1842 | |||
Haughton Haughton, Staffordshire Haughton is a village in Staffordshire, England, approximately 4 miles outside the county town of Stafford. It lies on the A518 between Stafford and Gnosall.... |
1575 | 1638 | ||||
Hilderstone | 1798 | 1855 | ||||
Himley Himley Himley is a village located in Staffordshire, England. It is most notable for being the location of Himley Hall and the location of the death or capture of a group of conspirators following the Gunpowder Plot of 1605.- The area :... |
1682 | 1682 | 1682 | |||
Himley | Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1831 | 1881 | |||
Hixon Hixon, Staffordshire Hixon is a village in the borough of Stafford, Staffordshire, England. It is about 8 km east of Stafford at .Hixon was served by a railway station which was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway on May 1, 1849.... |
Approximately |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1801 | 1841 |
K - M
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
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Kidsgrove Kidsgrove Kidsgrove is a town in the borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England, near the border with Cheshire. It forms part of The Potteries Urban Area in North Staffordshire, along with Stoke-on-Trent and Newcastle-under-Lyme. It has a population of 24,112... |
Kidsgrove Mill Long Row Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1812 | Windmill World | ||
Kingswinford Kingswinford Kingswinford is a suburban area in the West Midlands.Historically within Staffordshire, the area is mentioned in the Domesday Book its name relates to a ford for the King's swine - Latin Swinford Regis. The current significance is probably in tourism, education and housing... |
Kingswinford Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1834 | 1818 | 1886 | |
Kingswinford | Tansey Green Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1775 | 1775 | 1840 | |
Kinver Kinver Kinver is a large village in South Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England. It is in the far south-west of the county, at the end of the narrow finger of land surrounded by the counties of Shropshire, Worcestershire and the West Midlands. The nearest towns are Stourbridge in the West... |
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1775 | 1775 | 1775 | ||
Lapley Lapley Lapley is a small English village situated in Staffordshire some 3.5 miles SW by Wof Penkridge, 1.5 miles east of Wheaton Aston, 0.5 miles northeast of the Shropshire Union Canal, 1.5 miles north of Watling Street and 6 miles SSW of Stafford... |
Approximately |
1291 | 1358 | |||
Lichfield Lichfield Lichfield is a cathedral city, civil parish and district in Staffordshire, England. One of eight civil parishes with city status in England, Lichfield is situated roughly north of Birmingham... |
Windmill House Grange Road Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1809 | Windmill World | ||
Little Saredon Saredon Saredon is a civil parish in South Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England, situated to the north east of Wolverhampton, West Midlands, and to the south west of Cannock.... |
1332 | 1332 | ||||
Little Saredon | Little Saredon Mill Shareshill Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1816 | Windmill World | ||
Longdon Longdon, Staffordshire Longdon is a village and civil parish in the District of Lichfield, Staffordshire, England, situated midway between the towns of Rugeley and Lichfield. The parish also includes the nearby villages of Upper Longdon, Longdon Green and Gentleshaw.... |
Windmill Farm Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1806 | Windmill World | ||
Meir Heath Meir Heath Meir Heath is a suburb in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire situated on a hilltop between Meir and Rough Close, 2½ miles from Barlaston and only 5 miles from Stone.It is located in the Borough of Stafford.... |
Meir Heath Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1775 | 1775 | Windmill World | |
Moneymore | Weeford Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1818 | Windmill World |
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Newborough Newborough, Staffordshire Newborough is a village and civil parish in East Staffordshire.Newborough has a pub, a school and a church.- External links :****... |
1820 1831 |
1820 | 1831 | |||
Newcastle under Lyme | Approximately |
1696 | 1696 | |||
Newcastle under Lyme | Sneyd's Mill |
1682 | 1682 | Moved to Whitmore 1684 | ||
Newcastle under Lyme | 1819 1820* |
1819 | 1820 | |||
Norbury Norbury, Staffordshire Norbury is a village in the Borough of Stafford, in south-west Staffordshire, England.It is situated approximately north-east of Newport, just south of the A519 Newport to Newcastle-under-Lyme road, and two miles south-east of Woodseaves.... |
Approximately |
1686 1747 |
1686 | 1747 | ||
Norton-in-the-Moors | (two mills) |
1547 | 1547 | |||
Pattingham Pattingham Pattingham is a village in South Staffordshire, close to the border with Shropshire. The village is seven miles to the west of Wolverhampton and seven and a half miles east of Bridgnorth.... |
Nurton Hill Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1811 | Windmill World | ||
Pattingham | Approximately |
1682 | 1682 | 1682 | ||
Penkhull Penkhull Penkhull is a township within Stoke-upon-Trent in the city of Stoke-on-Trent in the English county of Staffordshire. The Domesday Book records it as two hides of land in the Hundred of Pirehill and that it was held by Earl Algar.... |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1818 | Demolished 1891 | |||
Penkridge Penkridge Penkridge is a market town and ancient parish in Staffordshire, England with a population of 7,836 . Many locals refer to it as a village, although it has a long history as an ecclesiastical and commercial centre. Its main distinction in the Middle Ages was as the site of an important collegiate... |
Approximately |
1772 1820 |
1775 | 1820 | ||
Perry Bar | Holdford Mill |
1814 1831 |
1814 | 1831 | ||
Quinton Quinton, Birmingham Quinton is a suburb on the western edge of Birmingham, England. It is a Birmingham City Council ward within the Edgbaston formal district, and forms a part of the Birmingham Edgbaston parliamentary constituency.The area is served by .-Geography:... |
Ridgacre Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1887 | 1900 |
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Rowley Regis Rowley Regis Rowley Regis is a town in the Sandwell metropolitan borough of the West Midlands county and a part of the Black Country in the United Kingdom. Being part of the Black Country, locals speak with the traditional dialect, though in a form regarded by many as the quickest and the hardest to... |
Rowley Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1775 | 1775 | 1865 | |
Rowley Regis | Hailstone Mill Hawes Hill Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1682 1775 |
1682 | 1826 | |
Rowley Regis | Approximately |
1819 | 1819 | 1819 | ||
Rugeley Rugeley Rugeley is a historic market town in the county of Staffordshire, England. It lies on the northern edge of Cannock Chase, and is situated roughly midway between the towns of Stafford, Cannock, Lichfield and Uttoxeter... |
Approximately |
1600 | 1600 | |||
Rushall | Rushall Mill approximately |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1775 1788 |
1693 | Demolished early C19th | |
Rushall | Goscote Field Mill | 1775 1788 | 1744 | 1799, gone by 1816 | ||
Sandon Sandon, Staffordshire Sandon is a village and parish in Staffordshire, approximately six miles NNE of Stafford. It is situated on the A51 road. According to MySpace it has a population of 261 people.... |
1682 1747 |
1682 | 1747 | |||
Sedgely | Ruiton Old Mill | 1682 | 1682 | 1682 | ||
Rewardine Field Mill Ruiton Old Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1702 | Collapsed 31 January 1872 | |||
Sedgely | Roundhouse Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
c1830 | Collapsed 1961 | ||
Sedgely | Sandyfields Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1817 | 1822 | ||
Sedgely | Ruiton New Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
c1830 | |||
Shelfield Shelfield Shelfield is a small village to the north of Walsall in the West Midlands conurbation.The name Shelfield derives from the Anglo Saxon Skelfeld for sloping ground or field -Education:... |
High Heath Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1682 | 1682 | 1682 | |
Shelfield | Shelfield Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1831 | 1831 | 1872 | |
Smethwick Smethwick Smethwick is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, in the West Midlands of England. It is situated on the edge of the city of Birmingham, within the historic boundaries of Staffordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire.... |
Smethwick Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1803 | Demolished August 1949 | ||
Smethwick | Cape Mill approximately |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1836 | |||
Stafford Stafford Stafford is the county town of Staffordshire, in the West Midlands region of England. It lies approximately north of Wolverhampton and south of Stoke-on-Trent, adjacent to the M6 motorway Junction 13 to Junction 14... |
Foregate Field | 1585 | 1585 | |||
Stafford | Broad Eye Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1796 | Windmill World | ||
Stone Stone, Staffordshire Stone is an old market town in Staffordshire, England, situated about seven miles north of Stafford, and around seven miles south of the city of Stoke-on-Trent. It is the second town, after Stafford itself, in the Borough of Stafford, and has long been of importance from the point of view of... |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1803 | Demolished 1847 | |||
Tatenhill Tatenhill Tatenhill is an ancient village and a civil parish located in a deep valley, between two hills, which gradually descend from the eastern border of Needwood Forest, three and a half miles west-southwest of Burton upon Trent.... |
1842 | 1861 | ||||
Tettenhall Wood Tettenhall Wood Tettenhall Wood is a suburb of Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England. It is west of Wolverhampton city centre, within the Tettenhall Wightwick ward. It sits high on a relatively steep hill and it is claimed that the Malvern Hills can be seen from some of the houses located in the area. To its west... |
Tettenhall Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1818 | 1818 | ||
Trentham Trentham, Staffordshire Trentham is a suburb of Stoke-on-Trent, located to the south-west of the city centre and to the south of the neighbouring town of Newcastle-under-Lyme. Although the majority of Trentham is within the city limits, it is mostly separated from the main urban area by surrounding open space and the... |
Approximately |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1802 | Demolished 1819 |
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Tunstall Tunstall, Staffordshire Tunstall is an area in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England. It was one of the original six towns that federated to form the city. Tunstall is the most northern town of the city of Stoke-on-Trent.... |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1813 | Demolished 1855 |
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Uttoxeter Uttoxeter Uttoxeter is a historic market town in Staffordshire, in the West Midlands region of England. The current population is approximately 13,711, though new developments in the town will increase this figure. Uttoxeter lies close to the River Dove and is near the cities of Stoke-on-Trent, Derby and... |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1809 | Demolished 1919 | |||
Walsall Walsall Walsall is a large industrial town in the West Midlands of England. It is located northwest of Birmingham and east of Wolverhampton. Historically a part of Staffordshire, Walsall is a component area of the West Midlands conurbation and part of the Black Country.Walsall is the administrative... |
Morteyn's Mill approximately |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1304 | Blown down 1393 | ||
Walsall | Persehouse's Mill approximately |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1619 | 1732, gone by 1735 | ||
Walsall | Blackham's Mill approximately |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1732 1735 |
c1672 | 1735 | |
Walsall | Blackham's Mill approximately |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1829 | demolished 1885 | ||
Walsall | Highgate Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
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Walsall | Highgate Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1826 | |||
Walsall | Spring Hill Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1799 1816 |
1799 | 1816 | |
Wednesbury Wednesbury Wednesbury is a market town in England's Black Country, part of the Sandwell metropolitan borough in West Midlands, near the source of the River Tame. Similarly to the word Wednesday, it is pronounced .-Pre-Medieval and Medieval times:... |
Church Hill Mill approximately |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1686 | 1686 | 1868, gone by 1889 | |
Wednesbury | Church Hill Mill (2nd mill) approximately |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1686 | 1686 | ||
Wednesbury | Church Hill Mill approximately |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1803 | 1868, gone by 1889 | ||
Wednesbury | King's Hill Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1686 | 1686 | 1886 | |
Wednesfield Heath | Approximately |
1824 | 1849 | |||
Wednesfield Heath | Mill Hill Mill |
Demolished c1750 | ||||
Werrington Werrington, Staffordshire For other places with the same name, see Werrington.Werrington is a village and civil parish, located in the Staffordshire Moorlands district of Staffordshire, England.The village is the location of HMP Werrington, a prison for male juveniles.... |
Werrington Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1730 | Windmill World | ||
West Bromwich West Bromwich West Bromwich is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, in the West Midlands, England. It is north west of Birmingham lying on the A41 London-to-Birkenhead road. West Bromwich is part of the Black Country... |
Hall Green Mill approximately |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1616 | 1822 | ||
West Bromwich | Rider's Mill approximately |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1694 | 1767, gone by 1775 | ||
West Bromwich | Mill Street Mill Tantany Mill approximately |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1834 | 1842 | ||
West Bromwich | Windmill Field Lyndon Mill approximately |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1808 | 1830s | ||
West Bromwich | Crabb's Mill approximately |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
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Weston under Lizard | 1682 1749 |
1682 | 1749 | |||
Wheaton Aston Wheaton Aston Wheaton Aston is a village in Staffordshire, England about 9 miles south west of Stafford and 7 miles west of Cannock. It is located beside Bridge 19 of the Shropshire Union Canal. The civil parish is called Lapley, Stretton and Wheaton Aston.... |
Midlands post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1854 | Burnt down c1912 | |||
Wigginton Wigginton, Staffordshire Wigginton is a village in the district of Lichfield, in Staffordshire, England. It lies about north of Tamworth.-History:The name Wigginton is believed to come from Old English, and to mean Wicga's farm... |
1818 | 1818 | 1828 | |||
Wightwick Wightwick Wightwick is a part of Tettenhall Wightwick ward in Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England. It is named after an ancient local family the "de Wightwicks". It is on the western fringe of Wolverhampton and borders the rural South Staffordshire area that includes neighbourhoods such as Perton.Of note... |
Wightwick mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1720 | |||
Wightwick | (2nd mill) | Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
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Wilbrighton Moreton, Staffordshire Moreton is a small rural village in Staffordshire, England. It lies south-west from Gnosall railway station, and south-east from Newport, both on the Stafford and Shrewsbury section of the former London and North Western Railway.- Description :... |
1787 | 1787 | ||||
Willenhall Willenhall Willenhall is a town in the Black Country area of the West Midlands of England, with a population of approximately 40,000. It is situated between Wolverhampton and Walsall, historically in the county of Staffordshire... |
Nechells Mill | Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1682 | 1682 | 1682 | |
Willenhall | Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1818 1831 1834 |
1818 | 1880 | ||
Willenhall | Rose Hill Mill | Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1850 | 1850 | ||
Willenhall | Stowheath Mill Tudor Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1682 | 1625 | 1756 | |
Willenhall | Clemson's Mill | Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
Mid C18th | Demolished early C19th | ||
Wolverhampton | Stafford Street |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1775 | 1775 | Demolished 1893 | |
Wolverhampton | Stafford Street (2nd mill) |
post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1775 | 1775 | ||
Wolverhampton | Quebb Mill approximately |
1686 1832 |
1587 | 1832 | ||
Wolverhampton | Penn Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1813 | 1837 | ||
Wolverhampton Wolverhampton Wolverhampton is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England. For Eurostat purposes Walsall and Wolverhampton is a NUTS 3 region and is one of five boroughs or unitary districts that comprise the "West Midlands" NUTS 2 region... |
Wolverhampton Mill |
1686 | 1686 | 1686 | ||
Wolverhampton | Goldthorn Hill |
1818 | 1818 | c1905 | ||
Wombourne Wombourne Wombourne is a very large village and civil parish located in the district of South Staffordshire, in the county of Staffordshire, 4 miles south-west of Wolverhampton. Local affairs are run by a parish council. At the 2001 census it had a population of 13,691... |
1818 1834 |
1818 | 1834 | |||
Woodseaves Woodseaves Woodseaves is a village in Staffordshire, England.It lies in the civil parish of High Offley and is situated on the A519 road and lies at the south-west end of the B5405 road, which leads to Great Bridgeford. Nearby are the villages of Gnosall and Norbury, the hamlets of Knightley and High Offley,... |
1821 | Early C20th | ||||
Wrottesley Wrottesley Hall Wrottesley Hall is a Victorian mansion house situated near Tettenhall, Staffordshire which has been subdivided into three separate private residences. It is a Grade II listed building.The manor was held by the Wrottesley family from the thirteenth century... |
Pendeford Mill |
1819 | Gone by 1883 | |||
Yarnfield Yarnfield Yarnfield is a village in Staffordshire, England. It is considered part of historic Stone, and is near to other historic locations such as Eccleshall and Swynnerton.It is the site of a very large training and conference centre managed by BT... |
Tarnfield Mill |
c1800 | 1861 | |||
Yarnfield | Heanie's Mill |
1824 | 1827 | |||
Yoxall Yoxall Yoxall is a large village in Staffordshire, England. It is on the banks of the River Swarbourn on the A515 road north of Lichfield and south west of Burton upon Trent... |
1570 | 1570 | ||||
Yoxhall | 1818 | 1892 |
Maps
- 1682 Joseph Brown
- 1686 Robert Plot
- 1747 Jeffrey
- 1749 Bowen
- 1775 Yates
- 1799 Yates
- 1814 Ordnance SurveyOrdnance SurveyOrdnance Survey , an executive agency and non-ministerial government department of the Government of the United Kingdom, is the national mapping agency for Great Britain, producing maps of Great Britain , and one of the world's largest producers of maps.The name reflects its creation together with...
- 1817 Ordnance Survey
- 1818 C & G Greenwood
- 1820 C & G Greenwood
- 1820* Sherwood
- 1831 Yates
- 1834 Ordnance Survey