List of windmills in Warwickshire
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Allesley Allesley Allesley is a civil parish on the northwestern edge of the City of Coventry, West Midlands, England, about 3 miles west of Coventry city centre. According to the 2001 census. the parish had a population of 805. Until recently it contained to a factory belonging to the car maker, Jaguar... |
1325 | 1325 | ||||
Ardens Grafton Ardens Grafton Ardens Grafton is a hamlet or small village in the Stratford on Avon district of Warwickshire, England, situated about 4 miles east of Alcester and 14 miles west of the county town of Warwick... |
1796 | 1571 | 1796 | |||
Atherstone Atherstone Atherstone is a town in Warwickshire, England. The town is located near the northernmost tip of Warwickshire, close to the border with Staffordshire and Leicestershire and is the administrative headquarters of the borough of North Warwickshire.-History:... |
1753 | 1573 | ||||
Attleborough Attleborough, Warwickshire Attleborough is an area of Nuneaton in Warwickshire in central England. It is about a mile south-east of the town centre. The centre of Attleborough has a village feel to it and contains a number of shops, restaurants, takeaways and pubs... |
Quarry 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.... |
Early C19th | 1944 | ||
Austrey Austrey Austrey is a village and civil parish in the North Warwickshire district of Warwickshire, England. The village is at the northern extremity of the county, near Newton Regis and No Man's Heath, and close to the Leicestershire villages of Appleby Magna, Norton-juxta-Twycross and Orton on the... |
1252 | 1252 | ||||
Austrey | 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... |
1824 | Demolished c1905 | |||
Austrey | 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.... |
C18th | Demolished c1915 | |||
Avon Dassett Avon Dassett Avon Dassett is a village and civil parish in the Stratford district of Warwickshire, England, nestling among the Burton Dassett Hills about four miles east of Kineton and seven miles north of Banbury in Oxfordshire... |
1284 | 1284 | ||||
Avon Dassett | 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... |
1725 | Demolished 1924 | |||
Baxterley Baxterley Baxterley is a village and civil parish in the North Warwickshire district of Warwickshire in England. According to the 2001 census, it had a population of 335. The village is about two miles west of Atherstone.-History:... |
Common 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... |
1793 | Demolished c1969 | ||
Berkswell Berkswell Berkswell is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, county of West Midlands, England.- Geography:It is in the east of the borough, borders Coventry and is about west of Coventry city centre.- History and places of interest :... |
Balsall Common Mill Balsall Common Mill, Berkswell Berkswell windmill or Balsall Common mill is a four bladed tower mill constructed in 1826 on the site of a former post mill, near the village of Balsall Common, in the parish of Berkswell, in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, West Midlands... |
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 | Windmill World | ||
Berkswell | Bradnock's Marsh 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.... |
Early C19th | Truncated c1900 | ||
Binley Binley, Coventry Binley is a suburb in the east of Coventry, England. Binley evolved from a small mining village on the outskirts of Coventry to a large residential area composing private residences and council-owned properties.... |
1291 | 1291 | ||||
Birdingbury Birdingbury Birdingbury is a village and civil parish in the Rugby district of Warwickshire, England, just south of the River Leam, and not far from Draycote Water. It is located roughly half way between Rugby and Leamington Spa, about eight miles from each. According to the 2001 census it had a population of... |
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... |
1675 | Demolished late C19th | |||
Birmingham | Demolished c1745 | |||||
Birmingham Birmingham Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a... |
Holloway Head Mill Chapman'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.... |
1745 | Demolished 1873 or 1878 | ||
Birmingham | Deritend Heath, Cooper's mill | Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind... |
1731 | 1731 | 1836 | |
Birmingham | Birmingham Heath | Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind... |
1722 1800 |
1722 | Demolished 1849 | |
Birmingham | Speedwell Mill | 1810 | 1810 | |||
Birmingham | Baskerville'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, post 1745 | 1789 | ||
Birmingham | Soho Mill, 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... |
Gone by 1749 | ||||
Birmingham | Hutton's Mill, Handsworth | 1759 | Demolished late C19th | |||
Birmingham | Hamstead Mill, Handsworth | gone by 1682 | ||||
Birmingham | Greet Mill Red Hill Mill Yardley Mill, Greet Greet, Birmingham Greet is a historical area in south Birmingham, England, around modern Sparkhill.Now a name obsolete in addresses, Greet, meaning "gravel" ", was one of the medieval manors around Birmingham on the eastern gravelly slopes of the sandstone ridge which runs through central Birmingham... |
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... |
1725 | 1668 | 1800 | |
Birmingham | Lea Hall Mill Bach Mill, Yardley Yardley, Birmingham Yardley is an area in east Birmingham, England. It is also a council constituency, managed by its own district committee.Birmingham Yardley is a constituency and its Member of Parliament is John Hemming.-Features:... |
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... |
1800* | 1800 | 1800 | |
Birmingham | North of Over Mill (watermill), Erdington Erdington Erdington is a suburb northeast of Birmingham city centre, England and bordering Sutton Coldfield. It is also a council constituency, managed by its own district committee... |
1833 | 1833 | |||
Birmingham | North west of Dwarfeholes Mill (watermill), Erdington | 1833 | 1833 | |||
Birmingham | Wake Green Mill, Moseley Moseley Moseley is a suburb of Birmingham, England, two miles south of the city centre. The area is a popular cosmopolitan residential location and leisure destination, with a number of bars and restaurants... |
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... |
1664 | 1819, gone by 1834 | ||
Birmingham | Saltley Mill, Saltley Saltley Saltley is an inner-city area of Birmingham, east of the city centre. The area is currently part of the Washwood Heath ward, although formerly a feature of the Nechells ward... |
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... |
1722 1725 1731 1755 |
1722 | 1755, gone by 1760 | |
Birmingham | Edgbaston Mill, Edgbaston Edgbaston Edgbaston is an area in the city of Birmingham in England. It is also a formal district, managed by its own district committee. The constituency includes the smaller Edgbaston ward and the wards of Bartley Green, Harborne and Quinton.... |
1822 | 1810 | 1822, gone by 1834 | ||
Birmingham | Bristnall's End Mill | gone by 1794 | ||||
Birmingham | Holdford Mill | 1834 | 1834 | 1843 | ||
Birmingham | Bleak Hills Mill, Aston Aston Aston is an area of the City of Birmingham, in the West Midlands of England. Lying to the north-east of the Birmingham city centre, Aston constitutes an electoral ward within the council constituency of Ladywood.-History:... |
1814 | 1834 | |||
Birmingham | Slade Mill, Aston | gone by C18th | ||||
Bishop's Itchington Bishop's Itchington Bishop's Itchington is a village and civil parish about southeast of Royal Leamington Spa in Warwickshire, England.The village is on the B4451 road about southwest of Southam, and about northeast of Junction 12 on the M40 motorway... |
1279 | 1602 | ||||
Bishop's Tachbrook Bishop's Tachbrook Bishop's Tachbrook is a village and civil parish in the Warwick district of Warwickshire, England, about three miles south of Warwick and Leamington Spa. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 2,514. Many of the buildings in the village are of traditional half-timbered design.The... |
1557 | 1557 | ||||
Bretford Bretford Bretford is a small hamlet in Warwickshire, England. It is part of the parish of Brandon and Bretford.Bretford lies at a junction between the A428 road and the old Fosse Way. The name of the village comes from the old ford crossing point over the River Avon which runs just south of the village... |
1279 | 1360 | ||||
Bulkington Bulkington Bulkington is a large village and former parish in the Nuneaton and Bedworth district of Warwickshire, UK. In the 2001 census it had a population of 6,303. It is located around north-east of Coventry, just east of the towns of Nuneaton and Bedworth and south-west of Hinckley... |
Weston Mill | 1277 | 1710 | |||
Bulkington | Marston Jabet Mill | 1590 | 1590 | |||
Burton Dassett Burton Dassett Burton Dassett is a parish and shrunken medieval village in Warwickshire. Much of the area is now the Burton Dassett Hills country park. It was enclosed for sheep farming by Sir Edward Belknap at the end of the 15th century.... |
Le Stonmilne | 1367 | 1367 | |||
Burton Dassett | Beacon 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 C15th | Windmill World | ||
Burton Dassett | Northend 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... |
1664 | Blown down 26 July 1946 | ||
Caldecote Caldecote, Warwickshire Caldecote is a village in Warwickshire, England, 2 miles north of Nuneaton and south of the A5.-Further reading:Sheasby, Alan Skylark Fields: A Forties Childhood Exeter, Devon: Wheaton Publishers Ltd/Warwickshire Books, ISBN 1-871942-04-7... |
1794 | 1794 | ||||
Chapel Ascote | 1294 | 1341 | ||||
Chapel Ascote | 1547 | 1547 | ||||
Chesterton Chesterton, Warwickshire Chesterton is a small village in Warwickshire, England. It is about five miles south of Leamington Spa, near the villages of Harbury and Lighthorne.-Parish:... |
Chesterton Mill Chesterton Windmill Chesterton Windmill is a 17th century cylindric stone tower windmill with an arched base, located outside the village of Chesterton, Warwickshire... |
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.... |
1632 | Windmill World | ||
Chilvers Coton | 1556 | 1556 | ||||
Church Lawford Church Lawford Church Lawford is a village in Warwickshire. It is located just under west of the town of Rugby and east of Coventry. The village lies north of the railway between the two and is also north of the main road, the A428. To the north is the River Avon.... |
1535 | 1535 | ||||
Claverdon Claverdon Claverdon is a village and civil parish in the Stratford district of Warwickshire, England, about west of the county town of Warwick.Claverdon's toponym comes from the Old English for "clover hill"... |
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... |
1803 | Moved to Shrewley 1832 | |||
Coleshill Coleshill, Warwickshire Coleshill is a market town in the North Warwickshire district of Warwickshire, England, taking its name from the River Cole. It has a population of 6,343 and is situated east of Birmingham.-Location:... |
Cole 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.... |
1783 | Demolished early c20th | ||
Corley Corley Corley is a village and civil parish in the North Warwickshire district of Warwickshire, England. It is located about northwest of Coventry and is adjacent to the village of Fillongley. The M6 motorway runs close by, and the village is familiar to motorists as it is the site of Corley Services... |
Corley Moor 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... |
c1800 | Demolished 1890s | ||
Coventry Coventry Coventry is a city and metropolitan borough in the county of West Midlands in England. Coventry is the 9th largest city in England and the 11th largest in the United Kingdom. It is also the second largest city in the English Midlands, after Birmingham, with a population of 300,848, although... |
Foleshill Mill | 1682 | 1822 | |||
Coventry | Sowe Mill | 1291 | Late C14th | |||
Coventry | Radford Road | 1411 | 1411 | |||
Coventry | Spon Street | 1411 | 1749 | |||
Coventry | Outside the New Gate | 1583 | 1583 | |||
Coventry | Whitley Common | 1722 | 1725 | |||
Coventry | Whitley Common (2nd mill) | 1725 | 1725 | |||
Coventry | Stivichall | 1725 | 1725 | |||
Coventry | Hearshall Common | 1716 | 1725 | |||
Coventry | Whitley Common | 1740 | 1740 | |||
Coventry | Wasting's Mill | 1807 | 1807 | |||
Cubbington Cubbington Cubbington is a village and civil parish with a population of 4,034 adjoining the north-eastern outskirts of Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England. Welsh Road, running through the village crossroads, may have been an old sheep drovers' route connecting London and Wales... |
1355 | 1355 | ||||
Cubbington | 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... |
1860 | Demolished 1870 | |||
Dorridge Dorridge Dorridge is a village in the West Midlands borough of Solihull, England, with a population of 7800.-Location:Dorridge is to the East of the M40 and the South of the M42 which, along with a small but important green belt area, separates Dorridge and its neighbours of Knowle and Bentley Heath from... |
Bentley 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.... |
c1830 | 1925 | ||
Dunchurch Dunchurch Dunchurch is a civil parish and village on the south-western outskirts of Rugby in Warwickshire, England. The 2001 census recorded a population of 2,842 in the village.- History :... |
West Heath Mill | 1547 | 1547 | |||
Exhall Exhall Exhall is a suburban settlement in the Nuneaton and Bedworth district of Warwickshire, England.- Geography :Exhall is an area south of Bedworth located 4.3 miles north-north-east of Coventry and 3.8 miles south of Nuneaton... |
Hall Green 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.... |
C18th | Truncated c1923, demolished late 1960s | ||
Fenny Compton Fenny Compton Fenny Compton is a village and parish in Warwickshire, England, about eight miles north of Banbury. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 797. Its church of St. Peter and St. Clare was built in the 14th century... |
1655 | 1655 | ||||
Fenny Compton | Mill 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... |
C18th | Collapsed 24 March 1895 | ||
Fenny Compton | 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... |
1655 | Demolished 1820s | |||
Fillongley Fillongley Fillongley is a village in the North Warwickshire district of the county of Warwickshire in England.The village is centred around the crossroads of the B4102 and the B4098 and Tamworth.... |
Corley Moor 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.... |
Early C19th | Windmill World | ||
Frankton Frankton, Warwickshire Frankton is a village and civil parish in the Rugby borough of Warwickshire in England. In the 2001 census it had a population of 344.-Etymology:According to W. H... |
1291 | 1291 | ||||
Grandborough Grandborough Grandborough is a small village and civil parish in Warwickshire, England. The parish includes the hamlets of Calcutt, Grandborough Fields and Woolscott.... |
Woolscott Woolscott Woolscott is a hamlet in Warwickshire, England. It forms part of the civil parish of Grandborough.... |
1668 | 1668 | |||
Grandborough | Woolscott 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.... |
c1820 | 1925 | ||
Harbury Harbury Harbury is a village and civil parish in the Stratford-on-Avon district of Warwickshire, England. In the 2001 census it had a population of 2,485.... |
1279 | 1291 | ||||
Harbury | (2nd mill) | 1279 | 1291 | |||
Harbury | (3rd mill) | 1291 | 1291 | |||
Harbury | Harbury 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 | ||
Hillmorton | Offered for sale in 1853 | |||||
Idlicote | 1279 | 1279 | ||||
Ilmington Ilmington Ilmington is a village and civil parish about north-west of Shipston-on-Stour and south of Stratford-on-Avon in the Cotswolds in Warwickshire, England. Ilmington is the highest village in Warwickshire and is at the foot of the Ilmington Downs, which is the highest point in Warwickshire... |
1295 | 1697 | ||||
Kenilworth Kenilworth Kenilworth is a town in central Warwickshire, England. In 2001 the town had a population of 22,582 . It is situated south of Coventry, north of Warwick and northwest of London.... |
Tainter's 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.... |
1778 | Windmill World | ||
Kineton Kineton Kineton is a village and civil parish on the River Dene in south-eastern Warwickshire, England. The village is part of Stratford-on-Avon district, and in the 2001 census it had a population of 2,278.... |
(two mills) | 1279 | 1565 | |||
Kineton | Pittern 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.... |
Late C18th | Windmill World | ||
Kings Norton Kings Norton Kings Norton is an area of Birmingham, England. It is also a Birmingham City Council ward within the formal district of Northfield.-History:... |
Weather Oak Hill Mill | |||||
Kings Norton | Headley Heath Mill | |||||
Ladbroke Ladbroke, Warwickshire Ladbroke is a village and civil parish about south of Southam in Warwickshire.-Manor:The earliest known record of Ladbroke is from AD 998, when King Æthelred II granted lands at Southam, Ladbroke and Radbourne to Leofwine, Ealdorman of the Hwicce.... |
Early C13th | Early C13th | ||||
Leamington Spa Leamington Spa Royal Leamington Spa, commonly known as Leamington Spa or Leamington or Leam to locals, is a spa town in central Warwickshire, England. Formerly known as Leamington Priors, its expansion began following the popularisation of the medicinal qualities of its water by Dr Kerr in 1784, and by Dr Lambe... |
Whitnash Road Mill Tachbrook 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.... |
c1777 | Demolished 1968 | ||
Lighthorne Lighthorne Lighthorne is a village in Warwickshire, England. It is about south of Leamington Spa.Lighthorne is a small village in a valley and is near Moreton Morrell, Kineton and Wellesbourne.... |
1316 | 1627 | ||||
Little Compton | 1885 | Demolished early C20th | ||||
Long Itchington Long Itchington Long Itchington is a large village and civil parish in the Stratford-on-Avon district of Warwickshire, England. In the 2001 census it had a population of 2,161. The village is named after the River Itchen which flows to the south and west of the village.... |
1347 | 1353 | ||||
Marton Marton, Warwickshire Marton is a village and civil parish in Warwickshire, England. The village is part of the borough of Rugby and in the 2001 census had a population of 484.... |
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... |
Moved within Marton mid C19th | ||||
Marton | 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... |
Mid C19th | Demolished c1907 | |||
Meriden | Demolished post July 1811 | |||||
Moreton Morrell Moreton Morrell Moreton Morrell is a village and civil parish in the county of Warwickshire, England. It is part of the historic hundred of Kington and is located about three and a half miles north west of the village of Kineton. The settlement was first mentioned in the Domesday Book as Moreton. From at least... |
1604 | 1604 | ||||
Monks Kirby Monks Kirby Monks Kirby is a village and civil parish in north-eastern Warwickshire, England. The population of the parish is 434 .Monks Kirby is located around one mile east of the old Fosse Way, around 8 miles north-west of Rugby, seven miles north-east of Coventry and six miles west of Lutterworth.... |
Kirby Mill | 1291 | 1721 | |||
Monks Kirby | Cesters Over Mill | 1545 | 1545 | |||
Napton-on-the-Hill Napton-on-the-Hill Napton-on-the-Hill, , is a village and civil parish east of Southam in Warwickshire, England.-Manor:... |
1543 | 1543 | ||||
Napton-on-the-Hill | Napton 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.... |
c1835 | Windmill World | ||
Newbold Revel | 1538 | 1593 | ||||
Newton Regis Newton Regis Newton Regis is a village and civil parish in the North Warwickshire district of Warwickshire, England. It has a population of about 700 .-Education:... |
1285 | 1285 | ||||
Northfield | Middleton Hall Mill | gone by 1722 | ||||
Northfield | Shenley Fields Mill | 1692 | 1692 | |||
Norton Lindsey Norton Lindsey Norton Lindsey is a village and civil parish in Warwickshire, UK. It is located 3.5 miles south-east of the tourist and county town of Warwick and a mile south-east of the M40 motorway. According to the 2001 UK Census the village had between 300 and 350 people living in it. The uncertainty arises... |
Norton Lindsey 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.... |
c1795 | Windmill World | ||
Nuneaton Nuneaton Nuneaton is the largest town in the Borough of Nuneaton and Bedworth and in the English county of Warwickshire.Nuneaton is most famous for its associations with the 19th century author George Eliot, who was born on a farm on the Arbury Estate just outside Nuneaton in 1819 and lived in the town for... |
Tuttle 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.... |
1821 | |||
Pailton Pailton Pailton is a village and civil parish in Warwickshire, England. Its population in 2001 was recorded as 482. The village was originally known as Pailington.... |
1587 | 1587 | ||||
Packwood | Fullard'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.... |
Late C18th | |||
Pillerton Priors | 1552 | 1565 | ||||
Quinton Quinton, Warwickshire Quinton is a civil parish in the Stratford-on-Avon district of Warwickshire, England, about six miles south of Stratford. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 1503. The parish contains Upper Quinton and Lower Quinton... |
Lower Quinton 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.... |
Early C19th | Demolished spring 1951 | ||
Quinton | Ridgacre Mill | gone by 1722 | ||||
Ratley Ratley Ratley is a village in the civil parish of Ratley and Upton, South Warwickshire, England. It lies on the north west side of the Edge Hill escarpment about 200m above sea level... |
Edge 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... |
1561 | 1697 | ||
Ratley | Edge 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... |
Early C19th | Demolished 1916 | ||
Ratley | Ratley Grange 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... |
1789 | Demolished c1900 | ||
Rowington Rowington Rowington is a village and civil parish in the English county of Warwickshire. It is five miles north-west of the town of Warwick and five miles south-west of the town of Kenilworth... |
Bouncing Bess |
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.... |
1789 | Windmill World | ||
Rugby Rugby, Warwickshire Rugby is a market town in Warwickshire, England, located on the River Avon. The town has a population of 61,988 making it the second largest town in the county... |
Hillmorton 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 | Demolished 1899 | ||
Sheldon Sheldon, West Midlands Sheldon is an area of eastern Birmingham in the West Midlands, England. It is close to the border with the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull and Birmingham International Airport.... |
Lyndon Green Mill | gone by C18th | ||||
Sheldon | Wells 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... |
1675 | Demolished early C18th, gone by 1725 | ||
Sheldon | Sheldon 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... |
1788 | 1840 | ||
Shrewley | Justice |
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 | Demolished 1949 | ||
Shrewley | Pinchem |
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... |
1832 | Collapsed 1937 | ||
Snitterfield Snitterfield Snitterfield is a village and civil parish in the Stratford on Avon district of Warwickshire, England, less than a mile to the north of the A46 road, 4 ½ miles from Stratford upon Avon, 6 ½ miles from Warwick and from Coventry.-History:... |
Black 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.... |
Late C18th | 1893 | ||
Solihull Solihull Solihull is a town in the West Midlands of England with a population of 94,753. It is a part of the West Midlands conurbation and is located 9 miles southeast of Birmingham city centre... |
Copt 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.... |
Late C18th | Demolished early C20th | ||
Solihull | Olton End Mill |
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... |
Mid C19th | Demolished c1900 | ||
Solihull | Hasluck's Green Mill Solihull Lodge 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 | Demolished September 1957 | ||
Southam Southam Southam is a small market town in the Stratford-on-Avon district of Warwickshire, England. The 2001 census recorded a population of 6,509 in the town.The nearest sizeable town to Southam is Leamington Spa, located roughly 7 miles to the west... |
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.... |
c1800 | Burnt down 1849 | ||
Southam | 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.... |
1849 | 1948, truncated by 1955 | ||
Stockton Stockton, Warwickshire Stockton is a village and civil parish, in the Stratford-on-Avon district of Warwickshire, England. In the 2001 census it had a population of 1,391. The village is located just to the east of the A426 road two miles north-east of Southam, and eight miles south-west of Rugby.Stockton's name was... |
1356 | 1526 | ||||
Stockton | Rugby Road 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... |
Mid C18th | Demolished April 1914 | ||
Stockton | Rugby 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.... |
c1865 | Demolished c1923 | ||
Sutton Coldfield Sutton Coldfield Sutton Coldfield is a suburb of Birmingham, in the West Midlands of England. Sutton is located about from central Birmingham but has borders with Erdington and Kingstanding. Sutton is in the northeast of Birmingham, with a population of 105,000 recorded in the 2001 census... |
Maney Hill Mill | 1309 | 1309 | |||
Sutton Coldfield | Langley Mill | gone by 1722 | ||||
Sutton Coldfield | High Heat 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... |
1750 1755 |
1725 | 1755, gone by 1788 | |
Tanworth-in-Arden Tanworth-in-Arden Tanworth-in-Arden is a small village located in the county of Warwickshire, England. It is located south-east of Birmingham in the Tanworth-in-Arden parish and is administered by Stratford-on-Avon District Council... |
Danzey Green Mill |
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... |
1810 | Dismantled 1969, re-erected at Avoncroft Museum of Historic Buildings Avoncroft Museum of Historic Buildings Avoncroft Museum of Historic Buildings is an open-air museum of rescued buildings which have been relocated to its site in Stoke Heath, a district of Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England. Founded in 1963 and opened in 1967, the museum was conceived following the dismantling of a 15th-century... in 1975. |
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Thurlaston Thurlaston, Warwickshire Thurlaston is a village and parish in the Rugby district of Warwickshire, England. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 352.-Location:... |
Thurlaston 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.... |
1794 | Windmill World | ||
Tysoe Tysoe Tysoe is a civil parish located in Warwickshire, England, north-west of Banbury. The three main settlements in the parish, Upper, Middle and Lower Tysoe are on a hill, hence the respective village names. Upper and Middle Tysoe have now merged, whereas Lower Tysoe is still separate, a little... |
C14th | C15th | ||||
Tysoe | Upper Tysoe Mill Compton Wynyates 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.... |
Early C18th | Windmill World | ||
Tysoe | Middle Tysoe 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... |
1752 | Blown down 1913 | ||
Ufton Ufton Ufton is a small village in the Stratford District of Warwickshire, England. It is south east of Leamington Spa and west of Southam on the A425 road. It sits on top of a glacial escarpment 121 metres above sea level which was formed during the last ice age... |
1291 | 1291 | ||||
Warmington Warmington, Warwickshire Warmington is a village in the English county of Warwickshire.Warmington is in the Stratford District Council area. Local matters are in the hands of Warmington and Arlescote parish council. The 2001 census records the parish as having a population of 297... |
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... |
C17th | Demolished c1910 | |||
Warton Warton, Warwickshire Warton is a village in the North Warwickshire district of Warwickshire, United Kingdom. It is five miles east of Tamworth and four miles north-west of Atherstone, and is in the civil parish of Polesworth.... |
Warton Mill |
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... |
Early C19th | Demolished c1923 | ||
Willey Willey, Warwickshire Willey is a rural village and civil parish in the English county of Warwickshire. In the 2001 census it had a population of 95.Administratively it forms part of the borough of Rugby; geographically it is just west of the A5 road that marks the county boundary with Leicestershire... |
1376 | 1376 | ||||
Wolfhamcote | 1587 | 1687 | ||||
Wolvey Wolvey Wolvey is a village and parish in Warwickshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 1,741.The village, originally on the main route between Leicester and Coventry, is now on the B4065 and B4109 roads and is located on the Warwickshire/Leicestershire border in an outlying... |
1553 | 1604 | ||||
Wolvey | 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... |
c1820 | 1901 | |||
Wooton Wawen | Early C17th | Early C17th | ||||
Wooton Wawen | Edstone House 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.... |
1725 | Demolished c1912 |
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 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...