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List of windmills in West Sussex
Encyclopedia
A list of all windmill
s and windmill sites which lie in the current ceremonial county
of West Sussex
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Windmill
A windmill is a machine which converts the energy of wind into rotational energy by means of vanes called sails or blades. Originally windmills were developed for milling grain for food production. In the course of history the windmill was adapted to many other industrial uses. An important...
s and windmill sites which lie in the current ceremonial county
Ceremonial counties of England
The ceremonial counties are areas of England to which are appointed a Lord Lieutenant, and are defined by the government as counties and areas for the purposes of the Lieutenancies Act 1997 with reference to the metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England and Lieutenancies Act 1997...
of West Sussex
West Sussex
West Sussex is a county in the south of England, bordering onto East Sussex , Hampshire and Surrey. The county of Sussex has been divided into East and West since the 12th century, and obtained separate county councils in 1888, but it remained a single ceremonial county until 1974 and the coming...
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Aldingbourne Aldingbourne Aldingbourne is a village and civil parish in the Arun district of West Sussex, England, with a population of 3,612 . It is about five miles north of Bognor Regis and six miles east of Chichester.... |
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Amberley Amberley, West Sussex Amberley is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England.Amberley is situated at the foot of the South Downs. Its neighbours are Storrington, West Chiltington and Arundel. The village is noted for its many thatched cottages... |
Old Mill, Amberley | 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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Angmering Angmering Angmering is a large village and civil parish between Littlehampton and Worthing in West Sussex, England. It is located approximately two miles north of the English Channel; Worthing and Littlehampton are about four miles to the east and west respectively.Angmering railway station is miles away... |
Jerusalem 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... |
1780 | Moved to Rustington, September 1848 | ||
Angmering | Luck's 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 | Demolished July 1930 | ||
Angmering | Highdown New Mill Ecclesden Mill Highdown New Mill, Angmering Highdown New Mill or Ecclesden Mill is a tower mill at Angmering, Sussex, England which has been converted to residential accommodation.-History:... |
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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Angmering | Preston Place Farm | Trestle with wind wheel Trestle (mill) The Trestle of a Post mill is the arrangement of the Main post, crosstrees and quarterbars that form the substructure of this type of windmill. It may or may not be surrounded by a roundhouse... |
1853 | 1916 | ||
Apuldram Apuldram Apuldram or Appledram is a small parish on the north eastern upper reach of Chichester Harbour about two miles south-west of the centre of Chichester in West Sussex, England.... |
Dell Quay Mill Tipper's 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... |
1790 | Demolished c1866 | ||
Arundel Arundel Arundel is a market town and civil parish in the South Downs of West Sussex in the south of England. It lies south southwest of London, west of Brighton, and east of the county town of Chichester. Other nearby towns include Worthing east southeast, Littlehampton to the south and Bognor Regis to... |
Cement Mill | 1864 | Standing c1915 | |||
Arundel | Atfield's 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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Arundel | South Marsh Mill South Marsh Mill, Arundel South Marsh Mill is a grade II listed tower mill at Arundel, Sussex, England which has been converted to residential use.-History:South Marsh Mill was built in 1830. It was working by wind until 1915, when the windshaft snapped, but was worked by engine until 1922. The machinery was removed... |
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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Ashington Ashington, West Sussex Ashington is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies on the A24 road 3 miles northeast of Storrington.The parish has a land area of 805 hectares... |
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Ashurst Ashurst, West Sussex Ashurst is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England, about west of Henfield, and south of Horsham on the B2135 road. The village is about west of the River Adur. There is a 12-century parish church dedicated to St James, a C of E primary school and a pub, the... |
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 | Blown down December 1929 |
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Barnham Barnham, West Sussex Barnham is a large village and civil parish in the Arun district of West Sussex, England, about five miles north of Bognor Regis. The civil parish had a population of 1,270 persons according to the 1991 census, although the adjacent area of 'West Barnham' adds a further 3,107 to the total... |
1230 | 1683 | ||||
Barnham | Old 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... |
1762 | Blown down 11 October 1827 | ||
Barnham | Feaver's Mill John Baker's Mill John Baker's Mill, Barnham John Baker's Mill is a grade II listed tower mill at Barnham, Sussex, England which was under restoration and is now to be converted to residential use.-History:... |
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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Billingshurst Billingshurst Billingshurst is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies thirteen kilometres south-west of Horsham, and nine kilometres north-east of Pulborough.... |
Sprinks Mill Six Bells Inn Mill |
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Billingshurst | Hammond'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... |
1825 | Blown down 1906 Windmill World |
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Birdham Birdham Birdham is a village and civil parish in the Chichester District of West Sussex, England. It is located on the Manhood Peninsula, about three miles south west of the city of Chichester... |
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... |
1724 | 1724 | 1724 | ||
Birdham | 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... |
1927 | 1939, gone by 1946 | |||
Bognor Regis Bognor Regis Bognor Regis is a seaside resort town and civil parish in the Arun district of West Sussex, on the south coast of England. It is south-south-west of London, west of Brighton, and south-east of the city of Chichester. Other nearby towns include Littlehampton east-north-east and Selsey to the... |
Black 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.... |
Standing c1899 | |||
Bolney Bolney Bolney is a village and civil parish in the Mid Sussex district of West Sussex, England. It lies south of London, north of Brighton, and east northeast of the county town of Chichester, near the junction of the A23 road with the A272 road. The parish has a land area of 1479.41 hectares... |
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... |
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Bosham Bosham Bosham is a small coastal village and civil parish in the Chichester District of West Sussex, England, about ) west of Chichester on an inlet of Chichester Harbour.... |
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Boxgrove Boxgrove Boxgrove is a village and civil parish in the Chichester District of the English county of West Sussex, about five kilometres north east of the city of Chichester. The village is just south of the A285 road which follows the line of the Roman road Stane Street.The parish has an area of... |
Halnaker Mill Halnaker Windmill Halnaker Windmill is a tower mill which stands on Halnaker Hill, northeast of Chichester, Sussex, England. The Mill is reached by a public footpath from the north end of Halnaker, where a track follows the line of Stane Street before turning west to the hilltop... |
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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Bramber Bramber Bramber is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It is located on the northern edge of the South Downs and on the west side of the River Adur. Nearby are the communities of Steyning to the west and Upper Beeding to the east, and the other side of the river.... |
1778 | 1779 | ||||
Burgess Hill Burgess Hill Burgess Hill is a civil parish and a town primarily located in the Mid Sussex district of West Sussex, England, close to the border with East Sussex, on the edge of the South Downs National Park... |
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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Chichester Chichester Chichester is a cathedral city in West Sussex, within the historic County of Sussex, South-East England. It has a long history as a settlement; its Roman past and its subsequent importance in Anglo-Saxon times are only its beginnings... |
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Chichester | Broyle Mill | |||||
Chichester | Broyle Mill (2nd mill) | |||||
Chichester | Portfield Mill | |||||
Chidham Chidham Chidham is a civil parish in the District of Chichester in West Sussex, England located seven kilometres west of Chichester, south of the A27 road, near Bosham.-Prehistory:... |
Old 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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Clayton Clayton, West Sussex Clayton is a small village at the foot of the South Downs in the Mid Sussex district of West Sussex, England. It lies south of London, north of Brighton, and east northeast of the county town of Chichester. Other nearby towns include Burgess Hill to the north and Lewes, the county town of East... |
Duncton Mill Clayton Windmills The Clayton Windmills, known locally as Jack and Jill, stand on the South Downs above the village of Clayton, West Sussex, England. They comprise a post mill and a tower mill, and the roundhouse of a former post mill. All three are Grade II* listed buildings.... |
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... |
1765 | Demolished 1866 Windmill World |
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Clayton | Jill Clayton Windmills The Clayton Windmills, known locally as Jack and Jill, stand on the South Downs above the village of Clayton, West Sussex, England. They comprise a post mill and a tower mill, and the roundhouse of a former post mill. All three are Grade II* listed buildings.... |
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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Clayton | Jack Clayton Windmills The Clayton Windmills, known locally as Jack and Jill, stand on the South Downs above the village of Clayton, West Sussex, England. They comprise a post mill and a tower mill, and the roundhouse of a former post mill. All three are Grade II* listed buildings.... |
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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Climping Climping Clymping is a civil parish, located around the hamlet of Climping in the Arun District of West Sussex, England. The parish also contains the coastal hamlet of Atherington. It is located three miles west of Littlehampton, just north of the A259 road... |
Ilsham Manor | 1338 | 1338 | |||
Climping | Cudlow Manor | 1338 | 1338 | |||
Climping | Atherington Manor Totsham Mill |
1378 | 1485 | |||
Climping | Clymping 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... |
1780 | Replaced by smock mill, 1799 | ||
Climping | Clymping 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... |
1799 | Demolished 1963 Windmill World |
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Coldwaltham Coldwaltham Coldwaltham is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It is divided in two by the A29 road and lies 2.4 miles southwest of Pulborough which has both a railway station on the Arun Valley Line and a bus connection to Worthing... |
Watersfield Common | Éolienne Bollée Éolienne Bollée The Éolienne Bollée is an unusual wind turbine, unique for having a stator and a rotor, as a water turbine has. The eponymous invention was first patented in 1868 by Ernest Sylvain Bollée in France... |
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Coldwaltham | Watersfield 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... |
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Compton Compton, West Sussex Compton is a village and civil parish in the Chichester district of West Sussex. The village lies on the B2146 road, six miles southeast of Petersfield, Hampshire and eight miles northwest of Chichester... |
Old Mill | 1724 | 1724 | 1724 | ||
Cowfold Cowfold Cowfold is a village and civil parish between Billingshurst and Haywards Heath in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England, located at the intersection of the A272 and A281 roads. The parish has a land area of 1926 hectares . In the 2001 census 1,864 people lived in 729 households, of... |
Monastery | Éolienne Bollée Éolienne Bollée The Éolienne Bollée is an unusual wind turbine, unique for having a stator and a rotor, as a water turbine has. The eponymous invention was first patented in 1868 by Ernest Sylvain Bollée in France... |
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Cowfold | Éolienne Bollée Éolienne Bollée The Éolienne Bollée is an unusual wind turbine, unique for having a stator and a rotor, as a water turbine has. The eponymous invention was first patented in 1868 by Ernest Sylvain Bollée in France... |
1885 | Collapsed 1960s | |||
Cuckfield Cuckfield Cuckfield is a large village and civil parish in the Mid Sussex District of West Sussex, England, on the southern slopes of the Weald. It lies south of London, north of Brighton, and east northeast of the county town of Chichester. Nearby towns include Haywards Heath to the southeast and Burgess... |
Beech Farm 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... |
1873 | Demolished 1922 | ||
Cuckfield | Whiteman's Green Mill Whiteman's Cross 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... |
Demolished c1877 | |||
Cuckfield | Kennard's Mill |
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Durrington Durrington, West Sussex Durrington is a neighbourhood of the Borough of Worthing in West Sussex, England. It is situated near the A27 road, northwest of the town centre.Durrington means 'Dēora's farmstead', Dēora presumably being the name of a Saxon settler... |
High Salvington Mill | 1724 | 1615 | 1724 | ||
Durrington | High Salvington Mill High Salvington windmill Durrington or High Salvington Windmill is a Grade II listed post mill in High Salvington, Sussex that has been restored and is in full working order. The mill stands above sea level and is able to take advantage of incoming sea winds.-History:... |
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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Durrington | Glynde windpump High Salvington windmill Durrington or High Salvington Windmill is a Grade II listed post mill in High Salvington, Sussex that has been restored and is in full working order. The mill stands above sea level and is able to take advantage of incoming sea winds.-History:... |
Hollow 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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Earnley | Somerley Mill Somerley Mill, Earnley Somerley Mill is a grade II listed smock mill at Earnley, Sussex, England which is under restoration.-History:Somerley Mill, was first mentioned in 1803. It was raised in 1827, with a brick base being built under the mill. It was working until 1942... |
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... |
1803 | Windmill World | ||
East Wittering East Wittering East Wittering is a coastal village in the Chichester district of West Sussex, England. The eastern half of the village lies within the civil parish of East Wittering and Bracklesham, while the western half lies within the boundary of West Wittering civil parish... |
East Wittering Mill East Wittering Windmill East Wittering Windmill is a grade II listed tower mill at East Wittering, Sussex, England which is derelict.-History:East Wittering Windmill was first mentioned in 1810. The mill was working by wind until 1895, and the sails were removed in 1896. The cap was blown off in 1931... |
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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Fishbourne Fishbourne, West Sussex Fishbourne is a village and civil parish in the Chichester District of West Sussex, England and is situated two miles west of Chichester. The name derives from fissaburna/fiseborne/fysshburn, all meaning "stream with fish"... |
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... |
c1854 | Demolished 1898 | |||
Felpham Felpham Felpham is a village and civil parish in the Arun District of West Sussex, England. Although sometimes considered part of the greater Bognor Regis habitation it is a village and civil parish in its own right, having an area of 4.26 km² with a population of 9611 people and still growing .The... |
Black 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... |
1760 | Demolished December 1902 | ||
Felpham | White 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... |
1801 | Demolished 1879 | ||
Ferring Ferring Ferring is a village and civil parish in the Arun District of West Sussex, England. It is part of the built-up area of Worthing and is located on the A259 road west of the town. The parish has a land area of 430.6 hectares... |
John Olliver's 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 | Blown down c1823 | ||
Findon Findon, West Sussex Findon is a village and civil parish in the Arun District of West Sussex, England, four miles north of Worthing. The parish has an area of 16.41 km² and a population of 1848 persons .... |
Church 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... |
1783 | 1794 | ||
Findon | Old 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... |
1823 | 1891 | ||
Findon | Muntham | Vertical axis mill | 1794 | 1795 | ||
Fontwell | White Mill |
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Goring-by-Sea | Goring Mill | 1724 | 1724 | 1724 – Actually 'Heene Mill' as the Budgeon Map of 1724 shows it east of the Hundred boundary. | ||
Harting Harting Harting is a civil parish in the Chichester District of West Sussex, England, situated on northern flank of the South Downs. It comprises four settlements namely Nyewood plus South, East and West Harting.... |
1724 | 1724 | 1724 | |||
Haywards Heath Haywards Heath -Climate:Haywards Heath experiences an oceanic climate similar to almost all of the United Kingdom.-Rail:Haywards Heath railway station is a major station on the Brighton Main Line... |
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Henfield Henfield Henfield is a large village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies south of London, northwest of Brighton, and east northeast of the county town of Chichester at the road junction of the A281 and A2037. The parish has a land area of . In the 2001 census 5,012... |
Old Mill Neptown 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... |
1724 | Blown down 1908 | ||
Henfield | New Mill Barringer's 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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Highbrook West Hoathly West Hoathly is a village and civil parish in the Mid Sussex District of West Sussex, England, located south west of East Grinstead. In the 2001 census 2,121 people, of whom 1,150 were economically active, lived in 813 households. The parish, which has a land area of , includes the hamlets of... |
Hammingden Mill Heritage Mill, North Chailey Heritage Mill, or Beard's Mill is a grade II listed smock mill at North Chailey, Sussex, England which is maintained as a landmark and open to the public.-History:... |
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... |
1830 | Moved to Newhaven Newhaven, East Sussex Newhaven is a town in the Lewes District of East Sussex in England. It lies at the mouth of the River Ouse, on the English Channel coast, and is a ferry port for services to France.-Origins:... 1844 |
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Horsham Horsham Horsham is a market town with a population of 55,657 on the upper reaches of the River Arun in the centre of the Weald, West Sussex, in the historic County of Sussex, England. The town is south south-west of London, north-west of Brighton and north-east of the county town of Chichester... |
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Horsham | Champion's Mill | |||||
Horsham | Warnham Mill | |||||
Horsham | Compton Mill | |||||
Horsham | Roffey Mill | |||||
Horsham | Southwater Mill Cripplegate 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... |
1810 | Burnt down 1914 | ||
Hunston Hunston, West Sussex Hunston is a village and civil parish in the Chichester district of West Sussex, England. It lies on the B2145 Road two miles south of Chichester.-External links:*... |
Kipson Bank 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... |
1813 | 1801 | Demolished 1919 Windmill World |
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Ifield | 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... |
c1870 | Demolished 1899 | |||
Keymer Keymer Keymer is a village in the Mid Sussex District of West Sussex, England. It lies on the B2116 road south of Burgess Hill.Keymer was an ancient parish that like its near neighbour Clayton was merged into the modern day parish of Hassocks. Both Keymer and Clayton's records go back as far as the... |
Oldland Mill Oldland Mill, Keymer Oldland Mill is an 18th century post mill situated in the village of Keymer, West Sussex.-History:Oldland Mill was built c.1700 . It was originally an open trestle mill, with the roundhouse being added later... |
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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Kirdford Kirdford Kirdford is a village and civil parish in the District of Chichester in West Sussex, England located north east of Petworth. The parish has a land area of . In the 2001 census 912 people lived in 373 households, of whom 448 were economically active.... |
Kirdford 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... |
1770s | Moved to Coolham c1800 | ||
Lancing Lancing, West Sussex Lancing is a town and civil parish in the Adur district of West Sussex, England, on the western edge of the Adur Valley. It lies on the coastal plain between Sompting to the west, Shoreham-by-Sea to the east and the parish of Coombes to the north... |
Hoe Court | 1276 | 1277 | |||
Lancing | Lancing Down 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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Lancing | Lancing Down 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 | Demolished 1905 | ||
Lindfield Lindfield, West Sussex Lindfield is a village and civil parish in the Mid Sussex District of West Sussex, England. The parish lies to the north-east of Haywards Heath, of which the village is a part of the built-up area. It stands on the upper reaches of the River Ouse... |
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Littlehampton Littlehampton Littlehampton is a seaside resort town and civil parish in the Arun District of West Sussex, England, on the east bank at the mouth of the River Arun. It lies south southwest of London, west of Brighton and east of the county town of Chichester.... |
Cudlow Mill Arun 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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Littlehampton | Arun 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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Lowfield Heath Lowfield Heath Lowfield Heath is a former village within the boundaries of the Borough of Crawley, a local government district with Borough status in West Sussex, England. Situated on the main London to Brighton road approximately south of London and north of Crawley, it was gradually rendered uninhabitable by... |
Lowfield Heath Mill Lowfield Heath Windmill Lowfield Heath Windmill is a grade II listed post mill at Charlwood, Surrey, England which has been restored to working order.-History:Lowfield Heath Windmill was originally built at Lowfield Heath . Its origins are uncertain, a rumour that it was moved from Hookwood in the 1760s is not borne out... |
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... |
1762 1777 1789 1823* |
1762 | Dismantled June 1987, re-erected at Charlwood Charlwood Charlwood is a village and civil parish in the Mole Valley district of Surrey, England. It is immediately northwest of London Gatwick Airport in West Sussex, close west of Horley and north of Crawley. The historic county boundary between Surrey and Sussex ran to the south of Gatwick Airport... , Surrey 1989 |
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Lyminster Lyminster Lyminster is a village and civil parish in the Arun District of West Sussex, England. It is located on the outskirts of the built-up area of Littlehampton, two miles north of the town centre. The civil parish covers an area of and has a population of 351 persons... |
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Lyminster | Toddington Mill |
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Northchapel Northchapel Northchapel is a village and civil parish in Chichester District in West Sussex, England.It stands on the A283 road just south of the Surrey border, around 9 km north of Petworth.... |
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North Stoke North Stoke, West Sussex North Stoke is a village in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It is just over north of Arundel and south of Amberley railway station, and is at the end of a no through road from the station.... |
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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Nutbourne Nutbourne, Chichester Nutbourne is a village in the Chichester District of West Sussex, England located 2 miles east of Emsworth on the A259 road.This small village on the south side of the former A27 road, now the A259, has a loop of road running through it with a ford on the south side of the village centre. It lies... |
Nutbourne Mill Nutbourne Windmill Nutbourne Windmill is a tower mill at Nutbourne, Sussex, England which has been converted to retail use.-History:Nutbourne Windmill was built in 1854. It had a short working life, stopping c.1894. The mill gradually became derelict, although the cap was still on the mill during the Second World War... |
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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Oving Oving, West Sussex Oving is a civil parish in West Sussex, lying on the coastal plain immediately to the east of Chichester. It is bounded on the north and west sides by the A27 trunk road. The A259 Chichester-Bognor road traverses the southern part of the parish.... |
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Oving | Old Mill | Burnt down C19th | ||||
Pagham Pagham Pagham is a coastal village and civil parish in the Arun district of West Sussex, England, with a population of around 5,500.-Geography:The village comprises three main areas:*Pagham Beach, coastal area, developed in the early 20th Century,... |
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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Pagham | Nyetimber Mill Nyetimber Mill, Pagham Nyetimber Mill is a grade II listed tower mill at Pagham, Sussex, England which has been converted to residential use.-History:Nyetimber Mill was built in the early 1840s and was working until tailwinded in 1915. The sails were on the mill until they were struck by lightning in 1927... |
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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Petworth Petworth Petworth is a small town and civil parish in the Chichester District of West Sussex, England. It is located at the junction of the A272 east-west road from Heathfield to Winchester and the A283 Milford to Shoreham-by-Sea road. Some twelve miles to the south west of Petworth along the A285 road... |
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Plaistow Plaistow, West Sussex Plaistow is a village in the Chichester District of West Sussex, England. It lies within the civil parish of Plaistow and Ifold. There is a village green with a pond, a shop overlooking it, a pub, The Sun Inn and an Anglican Church, all in the centre of the village. There are over thirty graded ... |
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Pulborough Pulborough Pulborough is a large village and civil parish in the Horsham district of West Sussex, England, with some 5,000 inhabitants. It is located almost centrally within West Sussex and is south west of London. It is at the junction of the north-south A29 and the east-west roads.The village is near the... |
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Pulborough | Waterfield 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... |
Demolished 1869 |
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Rudgwick Rudgwick Rudgwick is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England located six miles west of Horsham on the north side of the A281 road. The border between Surrey and Sussex runs through the northern part of the village.... |
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Rusper Rusper Rusper is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies north of the town of Horsham and west of Crawley. Rusper is the centre of Rusper Parish which covers most of the northern area between Horsham and Crawley. Rusper is governed by the Horsham District... |
Old 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... |
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Rustington Rustington Rustington is a seaside resort and civil parish near Littlehampton in West Sussex. Rustington is centrally situated on the West Sussex coast almost midway between the cathedral city of Chichester and Brighton. For local government purposes, it forms part of the Arun district of the administrative... |
Bridge 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... |
1855 | 1894 | ||
Rustington | Sea Field 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... |
1805 | Demolished 1910 | ||
Rustington | Rustington Mill | 1848 | Moved to Fishbourne, October 1857 | |||
Selham Selham Selham is a small village in the Chichester district of West Sussex, England. It lies south of the A272 road 3 miles east of Midhurst.... |
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Selsey Selsey Selsey is a seaside town and civil parish, about seven miles south of Chichester, in the Chichester District of West Sussex, England. Selsey lies at the southernmost point of the Manhood Peninsula, almost cut off from mainland Sussex by the sea... |
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... |
1783 | Replaced by tower mill Medmerry Mill, Selsey Medmerry Mill is a grade II listed tower mill at Selsey, Sussex, England which has been restored and is used as a shop.-History:Medmerry Mill was built circa 1827, replacing an earlier post mill and was working by wind until 1890. After falling into disrepair, the mill was refitted by Holloway of... , c1827 |
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Selsey | Medmerry Mill Medmerry Mill, Selsey Medmerry Mill is a grade II listed tower mill at Selsey, Sussex, England which has been restored and is used as a shop.-History:Medmerry Mill was built circa 1827, replacing an earlier post mill and was working by wind until 1890. After falling into disrepair, the mill was refitted by Holloway 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.... |
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Shipley Shipley, West Sussex Shipley is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies just off the A272 road six miles north east of Storrington.... |
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Shipley | King'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... |
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Shipley | Coolham 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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Shoreham Shoreham-by-Sea Shoreham-by-Sea is a small town, port and seaside resort in West Sussex, England. Shoreham-by-Sea railway station is located less than a mile from the town centre and London Gatwick Airport is away... |
Good Friday 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... |
c1764 | Burnt down 1899 | ||
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Shoreham | Town 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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Singleton Singleton, West Sussex Singleton is a village and civil parish in the Chichester district of West Sussex, England. It lies in the Lavant valley, north of Chichester on the A286 road to Midhurst.The village name is derived from the Anglo-Saxon 'sengel', which means "burnt clearing".... |
Westham windpump Weald and Downland Open Air Museum The Weald and Downland Open Air Museum is an open air museum at in Singleton, Sussex, England. The museum covers , with nearly 50 historic buildings dating from the thirteenth to nineteenth centuries, along with gardens, farm animals, walks and a lake.... |
Hollow 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... |
1975 | Windmill World | ||
Slindon Slindon Slindon is a small village and civil parish in the Arun District of West Sussex, England, nestling in woodlands on the southern edge of the South Downs. Slindon lies approximately seven miles north-east of Chichester... |
Slindon 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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Sompting Sompting Sompting is a village and civil parish in the Adur District of West Sussex, England, located between Lancing and Worthing, at the foot of the southern slope of the South Downs. Twentieth century development has linked it to Lancing. The civil parish covers an area of 10.35 square kilometres and has... |
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Southwick Southwick, West Sussex Southwick is a small town and civil parish in the Adur District of West Sussex, England located three miles west of Brighton and a suburb of the East Sussex resort City of Brighton & Hove... |
Southwick 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... |
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Southwick | Cement Mill | |||||
Steyning Steyning Steyning is a small town and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It is located at the north end of the River Adur gap in the South Downs, four miles north of Shoreham-by-Sea... |
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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Storrington Storrington Storrington is a village in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England, and one of two in the civil parish of Storrington and Sullington. Storrington lies at the foot of the north side of the South Downs. As of 2006 the village has a population of around 4,600. It has one main shopping street... |
Botting's 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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Storrington | Kithurst Mill Black Mill Box 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 | Demolished 1923 | ||
Storrington | Storrington 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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Sullington Sullington Sullington is a village in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England, part of the civil parish of Storrington and Sullington. The village lies on the A283 road west of the A24 road, 20 miles south of Horsham.... |
Sullington Mill Warren Mill Crowhurst's 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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Sullington | 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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Twineham Twineham Twineham is a village and civil parish in the Mid Sussex district of West Sussex, England. It is located eight kilometres to the west of Burgess Hill. The civil parish covers an area of In the 2001 census 271 people lived in 100 households, of whom 139 were economically active.The name 'Twineham'... |
Hooker's mill | Hollow 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... |
c1865 | Demolished 1900 | ||
Upmarden | Haslet Mill | 1581 | 1593 | |||
Upmarden | Upmarden Mill Apple Down Mill |
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Upper Beeding Upper Beeding Upper Beeding is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It is located at the northern end of the River Adur gap in the South Downs four miles north of Shoreham-by-Sea and has a land area of 1877 hectares... |
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Upper Beeding | 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... |
1779 | 1875, gone by 1896 | |||
Walberton Walberton Walberton is a village and civil parish in the Arun District of West Sussex, England. It is located five miles to the north-west of Littlehampton, and is situated south of the A27 road. Located on the southernmost slopes of the South Downs the civil parish covers an area of and has a population... |
Avisford 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... |
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Walberton | Short'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... |
c1820 | Demolished c1896 | ||
Washington Washington, West Sussex Washington is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It is located five miles west of Steyning and three miles east of Storrington on the A24 between Horsham and Worthing. The parish covers an area of 1,276 hectares... |
Rock Mill Rock Mill, Washington Rock Mill is a Grade II listed smock mill at Washington, West Sussex, England which has been converted to residential use.-History:Rock Mill was built in 1823. The mill was working at the outbreak of the First World War but was converted to a house in about 1919, using the machinery as decoration.... |
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... |
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West Ashling (Funtington Funtington Funtington is a village and civil parish in the Chichester district of West Sussex, England. It lies on the B2146 Road 4.5 miles west of Chichester. The parish also contains the villages of East and West Ashling, West Stoke and the Kingley Vale National Nature Reserve lies at its northern tip... ) |
Hackett's Mill | Hollow 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... |
c1868 | Demolished 1955 | ||
West Chiltington West Chiltington West Chiltington is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies on the Storrington to Broadford Bridge road, 2.6 miles north of Storrington.The parish covers an area of 1733 hectares... |
Meeten'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... |
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West Dean West Dean, West Sussex West Dean is a village and civil parish in the District of Chichester in West Sussex, England located north of Chichester on the A286 road just west of Singleton. The parish includes the hamlets of Binderton and Chilgrove.... |
Binderton Rook Mill Rook Bindert's Mill |
1724 | 1724 | 1724 | ||
West Dean | Two Titt iron wind engines John Wallis Titt John Wallis Titt was a late nineteenth-century mechanical engineer and builder of a particular design of large wind engine.-Early life:... |
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West Grinstead West Grinstead West Grinstead is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies just off the B2135 road four miles northwest from Henfield.It is within the ancient division of the Rape of Bramber... |
Littleworth Mill Jolesfield 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... |
1813 | 1788 | Demolished 1959, tower re-erected at Gatwick Manor, Crawley Crawley Crawley is a town and local government district with Borough status in West Sussex, England. It is south of Charing Cross, north of Brighton and Hove, and northeast of the county town of Chichester, covers an area of and had a population of 99,744 at the time of the 2001 Census.The area has... . Intended reconstruction but never completed as a windmill. Surviving machinery now exhibited at Lowfield Heath Mill Lowfield Heath Windmill Lowfield Heath Windmill is a grade II listed post mill at Charlwood, Surrey, England which has been restored to working order.-History:Lowfield Heath Windmill was originally built at Lowfield Heath . Its origins are uncertain, a rumour that it was moved from Hookwood in the 1760s is not borne out... . |
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West Hoathly West Hoathly West Hoathly is a village and civil parish in the Mid Sussex District of West Sussex, England, located south west of East Grinstead. In the 2001 census 2,121 people, of whom 1,150 were economically active, lived in 813 households. The parish, which has a land area of , includes the hamlets of... |
Selsfield Common 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... |
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Wisborough Green Wisborough Green Wisborough Green is a village and civil parish in the Chichester district of West Sussex, England miles west of Billingshurst on the A272.Newbridge where the A272 crosses the River Arun mile east of the village was the highest point of the Arun navigation, and the southern end of the Wey and Arun... |
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Wisborough Green | Champion'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... |
1820 | Demolished 1915 | ||
Worth Worth, West Sussex The civil parish of Worth, which includes the villages of Copthorne, West Sussex and Crawley Down, covers an area of and has a population of 9888 persons. The ecclesiastical parish was one of the larger West Sussex parishes, encompassing the entire area along the West Sussex/Surrey border between... |
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Worthing | Heene | 1279 | 1279 | |||
Worthing | Heene Mill | 1650 | 1750s | |||
Worthing Worthing Worthing is a large seaside town with borough status in West Sussex, within the historic County of Sussex, forming part of the Brighton/Worthing/Littlehampton conurbation. It is situated at the foot of the South Downs, west of Brighton, and east of the county town of Chichester... |
Heene 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... |
1825 | Demolished June 1903 | ||
Worthing | Cross Street Mill Isted's Mill Teville 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... |
1807 | Moved to new site (Sea Mill) 1881 | ||
Worthing | Sea 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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Worthing | East Mill Navarino North Mill Hide'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... |
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Worthing | Navarino South 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.... |
c1829 | Demolished c1910 | ||
Worthing | Cissbury Mill Ballard's Mill Offington Mill Broadwater 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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Worthing | pumping mill |
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Unless stated otherwise, the source for all entries is or Online versionMaps
- 1596 Robert Morden
- 1724 Richard Budgen
- 1762 John Rocque
- 1777 Andrews & Drury
- 1789 Lindley & Crossley
- 1795 Gardner & Gream
- 1813 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...
- 1823 C & G Greenwood
- 1823* Bryant