List of windmills in Derbyshire facts for kids

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

Locations

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Alderwasley SK 317 526	Post	1791 1808	1767	Standing 1811, gone by 1835.
Alfreton	Hitch Hill Mill SK 408 539	Tower		1816	Standing in 1824.
Alfreton	Sleetmore Mill SK 415 539	Post	1825	1790	Demolished1925.
Ashbourne	Windmill Lane SK 180 463	Tower	1808	1791	Standing 1817, not on 1825 map.
Ashbourne	Ashley Mill SK 173 465	Tower		1838	Standing in 1847.
Ashover	Spancarr Mill SK 342 660	Tower	1808	1807	Windmill World
Beighton (now South Yorkshire)	Beighton Mill SK 434 826	Post		1791	Burnt down by arson April 1831.
Belph	SK 536 755	Open Trestle Post	1808		Standing in 1814.
Belper	Belper Mill SK 353 478	Tower		1796	Windmill World
Bolsover	Sherwood Lodge Mill Lime Kiln Fields Mill SK 472 712	Tower		1793	Windmill World
Bolsover	SK 479 706	Open Trestle Post	1825 1836	1795
Borrowash	Borrowash Mill SK 422 345	Open Trestle Post	1825 1835	1773	Gone by 1857
Breadsall	Breadsall Mill SK 376 394	Tower	1808 1836		Demolished 1840s.
Calow	Bole Hill Mill SK 417 703	Post	1808 1835 1840	1812	Burnt down 15 April 1843
Chellaston	Chellaston Mill SK 381 298	Tower	1836 1887 1899	c.1827	Working in 1889. Single story stump was standing in 1970, gone by 1995.
Chesterfield	Holywell Street Mill SK 383 714	Post		c.1787	Advertised for sale 1789, no further trace.
Chesterfield	New Brampton Mill SK 372 710}	Post	1808	1800	Advertised for sale 1814, no further trace.
Chesterfield	Club Mill SK 372 717	Tower	1808 1836	1800
Clay Cross	Clay Cross Mill SK 395 633	Post	1835†		Standing in 1857.
Clowne	Clown mill SK 488 755	Post	1791 1808 1836 1880 1887	1767
Codnor	Codnor Mill SK 420 495	Post	1808	1801	Standing in 1834, not on 1836 map.
Creswell	Cresswell Mill	Post		1828	Standing in 1864.
Crich	Pothouse Mill			1757	Moved to Four Lanes End in 1764.
Crich	Four Lanes End Mill	Tower		1764	Burnt out 15 February 1849.
Dale Abbey	Cat and Fiddle Mill SK 438 398	Midlands Post		1788	Windmill World
Derby	Windmill Hill Lane Mill SK 333 368	Tower	1791	1767	Advertised for sale in 1781.
Derby	Depot Mill SK 351 349	Tower		1816	Probably demolished between 1855 and 1888.
Derby	Normanton Road Mill	Tower			Standing in 1949.
Derby	Chain Lane Mill, Littleover SK 342 336				Medieval mill.
Eckington	Eckington Mill SK 425 793	Post		1825.	Burnt down by arson, 19 January 1832.
Eyam	Eyam Mill SK 212 765	Tower	1827	Demolished c.1877
Findern	Findern Mill SK 302 307	Tower	1825 1836 1887	1797	Windmill World
Fritchley	Fritchley Mill SK 365 532	Post	1825 1880	1793	Windmill World
Hazelwood	Hazelwood Mill SK 333 460	Smock	1906	1906	Pumping windmill, demolished 1939.
Heage	Heage Windmill SK 367 507	Tower		Built c. 1797. First use c. 1805	Heage Windmill Official Website: http://www.heagewindmill.org.uk
Heanor		1791 1808
Holbrook	Holbrook Mill SK 364 449	Post	1825 1836 1880	1825	Standing in 1841, not marked on any map later than 1880.
Hopton	Carsington Pasture Mill SK 252 545	Tower	1839 1880	1780s	Windmill World
Horsley Park	Hosley Mill SK 377 439	Post	1808 1836		Gone by 1841.
Hulland Ward	Hulland Ward Mill SK 266 475	Tower	1836	c.1825	Standing in 1850, not on 1880 map.
Ilkeston	Lawn GardensMill SK 464 423	Post		1817	Burnt down 1831.
Ilkeston	Field Mill SK 465 420	Post	1825 1836		Moved to Derby Road, Ilkeston mid-C19th.
Ilkeston	Derby Road Mill SK 458 413	Post	1896 1908	1876	Standing in September 1920.
Kilburn	Kilburn Mill SK 382 455	Tower		1821	Not marked on any maps after 1879.
Long Eaton	Long Eaton Mill SK 339 492		1808
Loscoe	Loscoe Mill SK 430 480	Post	1825 1836		Advertised for sale in 1851.
Lower Pilsley	Hagg Hill SK 411 636		1897		Possibly a windpump.
Mapperley	Mapperley Mill SK 437 429	Post	1825 1836		Standing in 1900, blown down by 1932.
Marlpool	Marlpool Mill SK 442 456		1791	1767.	Gone by 1801.
Marlpool	Marlpool Mill SK 442 456	Post			Burnt down by arson, 4 December 1828.
Marlpool	Marlpool Mill SK 442 456	Tower	1836 1881	c.1830	Dismantled 1885.
Melbourne	Melbourne Mill SK 378 248	Tower	1808 1825 1836	1797	Windmill World
Melbourne	SK 386 252	Post	1808 1825 1836	1808	1836
Melbourne	Ticknall Road Mill SK 370 245	Post		1782	Advertised for sale 1853.
Mickleover	Mill Field Mill		1808	1808	Moved to Common Road in 1850.
Mickleover	Common Road Mill SK 310 356	Tower		1850	Demolished c.1973.
Mosborough	Mosborough Mill SK 415 807	Tower		c.1802	Standing in 1856, not marked on 1877 Ordnance Survey map.
Muggington	Muggington Mill SK 286 424	Tower	1835 1836	c.1830	Standing in 1876.
Netherseal	Netherseal Mill SK 278 135	Post	1834		Was in Leicestershire when built. Working in 1904.
Newhall	Newhall Mill SK 281 213	Post	1808 1825 1836		Working in 1841.
Nitticar Hill	Knitacre Mill SK 488 786		1791 1808	1767	Gone by 1830.
Ockbrook	Ockbrook Mill SK 429 357	Tower	1880	1811	Windmill World
Pleasley	Pleasley Mill SK 500 645	Post	1808 1825 1836	1808	Demolished late 1860s.
Riddings	James SK 424 531	Tower		1877	Demolished 1963
Riddings	Sarah SK 424 531	Tower		1877	Demolished 1963.
Riddings	Riddings Mill SK 427 527	Post	1835†	1829
Ripley	Pease Hill Mill SK 410 496	Tower	1808 1825 1914	1808	Demolished 1920s.
Risley	Risley Mill SK 466 362	Post	1808 1825 1835 1836	1798	Advertised for sale 1835.
Sandiacre	Sandiacre Mill SK 481 356	Post	1825 1835†	1820	Advertised for sale 1834.
Sawley	Sawley Mill SK 482 325		1825 1836	1794	Working until 1861.
Shardlow	Shardlow Union Mill SK 432 303	Post		1803	Advertised for sale in 1851.
Shipley	Shipley Mill SK 449 448		1808	1808	Blown down 16 May 1809.
Shirebrook	Shirebrook Mill SK 532 680			1828	1841.
Smalley	Cloves Lane SK 408 446		1808	c.1700	Moved to Smalley watermill 1800.
Smalley	at Smalley watermill			1800	Moved back to Cloves Lane 1815.
Smalley	Cloves Lane SK 408 466			1815	Demolished c.1856.
Smalley	Swine Hill Lane			1800	1800, burnt down before 1828, remains to Marlpool, which burnt down in that year.
Smisby	Ann's Well Place SK 343 183	Post	1791 1808 1895	1767	Blown down c.1920.
South Normanton	Fordbridge Lane Mill SK 442 569	Tower	1880	1820s	Windmill World
South Normanton	Normanton Common Mill SK 442 561	Tower	1880 1905	1850s	Windmill World
South Normanton	SK 442 561	Post	1808 1825	c.1805	Working until 1908. Dismantled 1980, remains declared beyond restoration in 1997 and burnt. Windmill World
South Normanton	SK 439 562	Post		1630	Severely damaged December 1809, ruins auctioned January 1810.
Spinkhill	Spinkhill Mill SK 452 784	Tower	1791 1808	1767	House converted 1879, demolished mid-1950s.
Spondon	Spondon Mill SK 369 394	Post		1824	Standing in 1861.
Swarkestone	Swarkestone Mill SK 381 297	Tower	1808 1825	1794	Disused by 1889, reduced to single storey stump by 1932, demolished by 1983.
Swarkestone Lowes	SK 336 298	Post	1675	1675	1745.
Swathick	Swathick Mill SK 365 678		1808	1808	1808.
Temple Normanton	Temple Normanton Mill SK 418 675	Tower	1808 1825	1796	House converted mid-1860s. Demolished 1935.
Tibshelf	Nethermoor SK 428 605	Post	1791 1808 1836	1767	Demolished 1915, leaving roundhouse standing. This was demolished in the 1960s.
West Hallam	West Hallam Mill		1791 1808	1767	1808
Whitwell	Whitwell Mill SK 533 768	Tower	1840 1916	1829	Working until 1912, demolished 1965.
Whittington	Whittington Mill SK 386 745	Tower	1808 1825 1840 1895	1808	Demolished c.1900.
Willington	Willington Mill SK 396 305		1791 1825	1710	1825.
Wirksworth	Wirksworth Mill SK 274 538	Post	1808 1836	1799	Advertised for sale 1849.
Woodville	Butt House Mill SK 323 190	Post	1835† 1836	c.1827	Demolished c.1880.

Sources

Maps

• 1675 John Ogilby
• 1791 Burdett (surveyed 1762-67)
• 1808 James Farey
• 1825 Greenwood
• 1827 Greenwood
• 1834 Ordnance Survey
• 1835 Greenwood
• 1835† George Sanderson (surveyed 1830-35)
• 1836 Ordnance Survey
• 1839 Ordnance Survey
• 1840 Ordnance Survey
• 1880 Ordnance Survey
• 1881 Ordnance Survey
• 1887 Ordnance Survey
• 1895 Ordnance Survey (surveyed 1879-83)
• 1896 Ordnance Survey (surveyed 1876)
• 1897 Ordnance Survey (surveyed 1875-85)
• 1899 Ordnance Survey
• 1905 Ordnance Survey
• 1906 Ordnance Survey
• 1908 Ordnance Survey (surveyed 1905-06)
• 1914 Ordnance Survey
• 1916 Ordnance Survey