List of windmills in Essex facts for kids
A list of all windmills and windmill sites which lie in the current Ceremonial county of Essex.
Contents
Locations
A
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
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Abbess Roding | Post | 1381 | 1381 | |||
Alphamstone | TL 872 344 | Post | 1777 | c. 1760 | 1875 | |
Althorne | TQ 920 977 | 1825 | 1825 | 1825 | ||
Ardleigh | John de Bois Mill Johnnyboy's Mill TM 037 281 |
Post | 1777 1799 1804 |
1636 | Demolished c. 1805, replaced by new mill on same site. | |
Ardleigh | John de Bois Mill Johnnyboy's Mill TM 037 281 |
Post | 1805 1824 1840 1893 |
c. 1805 | Demolished 1898 | |
Ardleigh | Webb's Mill TM 038 281 |
Post | 1791 | 1830, possibly moved to Colchester (Old Heath Road) | ||
Ardleigh | Burnt Heath Mill TM 068 278 |
Post | 1800 | Demolished 1891 | ||
Arkesden | TL 476 343 | Post | Gone by 1387 | |||
Arkesden | TL 490 342 | 1724 | 1724 | 1724 | ||
Ashdon | Post | 1388 | 1394 | |||
Ashdon | Church End Mill TL 580 418 |
Post | 1724 1777 1805 |
1693 | Moved to Nuts Green c. 1812 | |
Ashdon | Bragg's Mill Bartlow Hamlet Mill Stevington End Mill TL 595 425 |
Post | 1757 | Windmill World | ||
Ashdon | Nuts Green Mill TL 575 413 |
Post | 1825 | c. 1812 | 1839 | |
Ashdon | Radwinter Road Mill TL 588 412 |
Tower | 1825 | 1794 | Demolished c. 1900 | |
Asheldham | TL 972 018 | 1678 | 1662 | 1678 | ||
Asheldham | Approximately TL 976 012 |
Post | 1825 | 1825 | 1876 | |
Ashen | TL 760 440 | Post | 1825 | 1825 | 1876 | |
Aveley | Post | 1330 | 1330 | |||
Aveley | (second mill) | Post | 1330 | 1330 | ||
Aveley | TQ 562 807 | Post | 1678 1903 |
1651 | Demolished c. 1917 | |
Aythorpe Roding | TL 590 152 | Post | 1724 | 1615 | 1724 | |
Aythorpe Roding | Aythorpe Roding Mill TL 590 152 |
Post | 1779 | Windmill World |
B
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
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Bardfield Saling | TL 691 220 | Post | 1823 | Demolished 17 September 1965 | ||
Barling | Barling Mill TQ 931 898 |
Post | 1724 | 1724 | 1724 | |
Barling | Barling Mill TQ 931 898 |
Smock | 1760 | Demolished c. 1946 | ||
Barnston | Barnston Mill TL 654 201 |
Post | 1777 1825 |
1777 | Demolished September 1870 | |
Belchamp Otten | Post | 1282 | 1285 | |||
Belchamp Otten | TL 799 417 | Post | 1777 1825 |
1765 | Demolished c. 1881 | |
Belchamp Otten | TL 798 726 | Tower | 1838 | Demolished c. 1959 | ||
Belchamp St Paul | Post | 1222 | 1222 | |||
Belchamp St Paul | TL 785 416 | Post | 1815 | Demolished 1911 | ||
Belchamp Walter | Cottonbury Mill TL 798 395 |
Post | 1777 | 1777 | 1883, demolished by 1893. Converted to bakery.
Trestle inside remaining roundhouse.
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Belchamp Walter | TL 808 398 | 1560 | 1580 | |||
Belchamp Walter | Orbell's Mill TL 825 409 |
1805 | 1805 | 1832 | ||
Berden | Post | 1274 | 1432 | |||
Berden | TL 478 302 | Post | 1678 1724 |
1597 | 1724 | |
Berden | TL 478 301 | Post | 1815 | 1896, gone by 1902 | ||
Birch | Digby's Mill TL 943 206 |
Post | 1724 1777 |
1724 | Moved to Layer de la Haye in 1855 | |
Birch | Royce's Mill TL 942 191 |
Post | 1825 | 1786 | Demolished 1962 | |
Birchanger | TL 517 223 | 1805 | 1774 | 1863 | ||
Birdbrook | TL 716 422 | Post | 1777 | 1777 | Moved c. 1798 (to new site in Birdbrook?) | |
Birdbrook | TL 689 382 | 1555 | 1555 | |||
Birdbrook | TL 717 416 | 1805 | 1805 | 1805 | ||
Blackmore | TQ 597 999 | Post | 1777 | 1777 | Burnt down 6 December 1875 | |
Black Notley | Red Mill TL 760 123 |
Post | 1785 | 1840, gone by 1845 | ||
Bobbingworth | TL 530 050 | 1510 | 1510 | |||
Bobbingworth | Bovinger Mill Brock's Mill TL 522 053 |
Post | 1678 1724 |
1640 | Blown down 1923 | |
Bocking | Post | 1405 | 1405 | |||
Bocking | TL 761 233 | 1617 | 1624, gone by 1655 | |||
Bocking | TL 761 260 | Post | 1724 |
1720 | Moved to Bocking Churchstreet 1830 | |
Bocking | Bocking Churchstreet Mill TL 763 260 |
Post | 1830 | Windmill World | ||
Bocking | Lambert's Mill TL 752 232 |
Post | 1752 | Moved c 1854 (to Broom Hills, Braintree) | ||
Bocking | TL 758 235 | Post | 1724 | 1685 | Standing 1769, replaced by smock mill on same site by 1773 | |
Bocking | Bocking Tower Mill TL 758 235 |
Smock | 1773 | Burnt down 15 March 1807 | ||
Bocking | TL 758 235 | Smock | 1823 | Moved c. 1829 to Greenstead Green, Halstead | ||
Bocking | Coggeshall Road Mill Stock's Mill Playle's Mill TL 771 235 |
Post | 1787 | Demolished 1876 | ||
Bocking | Pumping mill TL 764 244 |
Trestle | 1875 | 1914 | Demolished by 1911 | |
Boreham | TL 748 098 | Post | 1813 | Demolished c. 1894 | ||
Boxted | TL 999 314 | Post | 1825 | 1815 | Demolished c. 1863 | |
Bradfield | North side of Mill Lane Approximately TM 142 307 |
Post | 1678 1724 1777 1825 |
1678 | 1832 | |
Bradfield | South Side of Mill Lane Approximately TM 142 307 |
Post | 1825 | 1825 | 1838, gone by 1847 | |
Bradfield | Daniel's Mill TM 130 296 |
Smock | 1846 | Burnt down November 1857 | ||
Bradfield | Pattrick's Mill TM 132 302 |
Tower | 1845 | Demolished 1934 | ||
Bradwell on Sea | TL 994 057 | Post | 1291 | 1378 | ||
Bradwell on Sea | TL 994 057 | Post | 1678 1700 1777 |
1630 | Blown down 24 December 1791 | |
Bradwell on Sea | Curry's Mill TL 994 057 |
Smock | 1792 | Burnt down c. 1900 | ||
Braintree | Griffin's End Mill TL 752 226 |
Post | 1810 | Demolished 1883 Windmill World |
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Braintree | Broom Hills Mill Digby's Mill TL 747 229 |
Post | c. 1855 | Demolished 1907 | ||
Brightlingsea | Stammer's Mill TM 093 166 |
Post | 1827 | Demolished 1913 | ||
Brightlingsea | Hurst Green Mill Approximately TM 093 166 |
Post | 1521 | 1758 | ||
Broomfield | TL 706 111 | Smock | 1806 | 1880 | ||
Broxted | TL 579 271 | Post | 1815 | Demolished c. 1953 | ||
Bulmer | Post | 1265 | 1265 | |||
Bulmer | Armsey Mill Bulmer Tye Mill TL 858 397 |
Post | 1777 1825 |
1775 | Moved to Assington, Suffolk c. 1869 | |
Bulmer | Bulmer Mill Ballingdon Mill TL 861 408 |
Smock | 1793 | Demolished August 1928 Windmill World |
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Bulphan | Post | 1678 | 1455 | 1678 | ||
Bulphan | TQ 625 854 | 1838 | 1838 | |||
Burnham on Crouch | North Mill Pannell's Mill TQ 952 976 |
Smock | 1805 | 1784 | Demolished c. 1900 | |
Burnham on Crouch | South Mill Town Mill Stagg's Mill TQ 947 959 |
Post | 1796 | Demolished c. 1900 | ||
Buttsbury | Post | 1259 | 1259 | |||
Buttsbury | TQ 681 970 | 1844 | 1844 | 1844 |
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Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
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Canewdon | TQ 890 943 | Post | 1777 | 1669 | Burnt down c. 1880 | |
Canewdon | TQ 899 945 | Post | 1792 | 1883 | ||
Castle Hedingham | Ruffle's Mill TL 790 355 |
Post | 1777 1805 1825 |
1765 | 1878 | |
Castle Hedingham | Digby's Mill TL 793 357 |
Post | 1805 1825 |
1794 | 1838 | |
Chelmsford | Thomas Strutt's Mill TL 706 076 |
1724 1749 |
1710 | 1749 | ||
Chelmsford | Moulsham Mill TL 716 061 |
Post | 1724 1777 |
1717 | 1844 | |
Chelmsford | TL 705 073 | Smock | c. 1810 | Moved to new site c. 1824 (Rainsford mill) | ||
Chelmsford | Rainsford Mill TL 700 069 |
Smock | c. 1824 | Demolished 1875 | ||
Chelmsford | Widford Mill TL 694 048 |
Post | 1734 | 1858 | ||
Chelmsford | pumping mill, River Chelmer | |||||
Chignall Smealy | TL 675 113 | Post | 1333 | 1333 | ||
Chigwell | Post | 1318 | 1318 | |||
Chigwell | Chigwell Row Mill TQ 456 928 |
Post | 1768 | c. 1610 | 1768 | |
Chigwell | Chigwell Row Mill TQ 456 928 |
Post | 1773 | Burnt down July 1842 | ||
Chigwell | Mount Pleasant Mill TQ 443 923 |
1825 | 1813 | 1829 | ||
Chipping Ongar | TQ 553 057 | Post | 1294 | 1372 | ||
Chrishall | Crawley End Mill TL 446 043 |
Post | 1724 | 1724 | Demolished c. 1890 | |
Clavering | Clavering Windmill TL 465 326 |
Post | 1724 | 1625 | 1848 | |
Clavering | South Mill TL 465 326 |
Tower | 1757 | Windmill World | ||
Clavering | North Mill TL 465 328 |
Tower | 1811 | Windmill World | ||
Colchester | Lexden Road Mill (east) TL 987 250 |
Post | 1678 1777 |
1678 | 1819 | |
Colchester | Lexden Road Mill (west) TL 983 250 |
Post | 1678 1777 |
1678 | 1832 | |
Colchester | Butt Mill TL 992 247 |
Post | 1724 1767 1777 |
1660 | Demolished c. 1782 | |
Colchester | Butt Mill TL 992 247 |
Post | 1782 | Burnt down 29 March 1787 | ||
Colchester | Butt Mill TL 992 247 |
Post | 1793 | Demolished c. 1881 | ||
Colchester | Mersea Road Mill TL 999 245 |
Post | 1724 1767 1777 |
1724 | Demolished 1813 | |
Colchester | Mersea Road Mill TL 999 245 |
Tower | 1813 | Demolished 1859 | ||
Colchester | Military Road Mill TM 002 245 |
Post | 1724 | Demolished 1862 | ||
Colchester | Golden Noble Hill Mill (south) Middle Mill TM 001 245 |
Post | 1699 | Moved to new site on Golden Noble Hill 1838 | ||
Colchester | Golden Noble Hill Mill (north) TM 001 246 |
Post | 1838 | Demolished 1862 | ||
Colchester | Old Heath Road Mill | Post | 1774 | Blown down 11 June 1834 | ||
Colchester | Magdalen Green Mill TM 006 247 |
Post | 1801 | 1813, possibly moved to Shrub End 1820 | ||
Colchester | Distillery Mill TM 016 238 |
Tower | 1777 1893 |
1748 | 1893, gone by 1896 | |
Colchester | St Ann's Mill TM 011 256 |
1678 | 1579 | 1678, gone by 1683 | ||
Colchester | St Ann's Mill TM 011 256 |
Post | 1724 | 1683 | Burnt down June 1767 | |
Colchester | St Ann's Mill TM 011 256 |
Tower | 1767 | 1865 | ||
Colchester | Mile End Mill (east) TL 998 281 |
Post | 1777 | 1764 | Burnt down May 1807 | |
Colchester | Mile End Mill (east) TL 998 281 |
Post | 1807 | 1896 | ||
Colchester | Mile End Mill (west) TL 990 278 |
Post | 1777 | 1777 | 1779, gone by 1806 | |
Colchester | Shrub End Mill Bottle End Mill TL 997 234 |
Post | 1820 | Demolished 1871 | ||
Colchester | Greenstead Mill TM 018 247 |
Post | 1777 | 1784 | Demolished c. 1907 | |
Colchester | Scarlett's Mill TM 012 240 |
1724 1777 |
1706 | 1800, possibly moved to Magdalen Green | ||
Colchester | ApproximatelyTL 995 260 | 1724 | 1724 | 1724 | ||
Colchester | Clubb's Mill TL 993 257 |
Trestle | 1832 | Blown down December 1836 | ||
Colchester | Clubb's Mill TL 993 257 |
Smock | 1838 | Blown down July 1852 | ||
Colchester | Old Heath Mill | 1774 | 1780, possibly moved to Greenstead Mill | |||
Colchester | East Bridge Mill | 1795 | Blown down November 1795 | |||
Colchester | Dunnages Mill | 1833 | Blown down June 1833 | |||
Colchester | Colchester Castle | Horizontal | 1834 | 1834 | ||
Colchester | Brickfield (unknown exactly where) | Hollow post | c. 1890 | c. 1890 | ||
Colchester | Oil Mill, St. Mary's | 1656 | 1716 | |||
Colne Engaine | TL 836 297 | Tower | 1880 | Demolished c. 1921 | ||
Copford | Copford Mill TL 932 241 |
Post | 1724 1777 |
1724 | Demolished c. 1900 | |
Cressing | Phillip's Mill TL 778 204 |
Post | 1777 | 1777 | Demolished c. 1900 |
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Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
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Danbury | Runsell Common Mill (east) TL 789 051 |
Post | 1825 1844 |
1733 | demolished c. 1897 | |
Danbury | Runsell Common Mill (west)TL 789 051 | 1825 1844 |
1825 | 1856, gone by 1858 | ||
Danbury | TL 788 049 | |||||
Debden | Tendering's Mill TL 575 318 |
1724 1777 |
1660 | 1777 | ||
Debden | Debden Green Mill TL 554 336 |
Post | 1719 | Demolished c. 1920 | ||
Debden | TL 555 336 | Post | 1724 1777 |
1724 | Demolished c. 1796 | |
Debden | Debden Windmill TL 555 336 |
Tower | 1796 | Windmill World | ||
Dengie | Drainage mill | 1842 | 1842 | |||
Dovercourt | Post | 1353 | 1353 | |||
Dovercourt | Beacon Hill Mill TM 261 319 |
Post | 1514 | Blown down 20 January 1606 | ||
Dovercourt | Beacon Hill Mill TM 261 319 |
Post | 1724 | 1606 | Struck by lightning and demolished 26 June 1728 | |
Dovercourt | Beacon Hill Mill TM 261 319 |
Post | 1777 | 1777 | 1777, gone by 1805 | |
Dovercourt | Mill Hill Mill (north west) TM 253 316 |
Post | 1763 | 1793 | ||
Dovercourt | Mill Hill Mill (south east) Taylor's Mill Pattrick's Mill TM 254 317 |
Post | 1821 | 1864, gone by 1875 | ||
Dovercourt | Pattrick's Mill TM 257 313 |
Post | 1777 1825 1836 |
1777 | Moved to new site in 1829 | |
Dovercourt | Pattrick's mill TM 253 312 |
Post | 1829 | 1866 |
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Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
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Earls Colne | 1678 | 1678 | 1678 | |||
East Horndon | TQ 692 913 | Post | 1777 | 1736 | Moved to Ingrave, May 1786 | |
East Horndon | TQ 635 883 | Post | 1903 | 1832 | Demolished c. 1905 | |
East Tilbury | Post | 1266 | 1266 | |||
East Tilbury | TQ 686 789 | Smock | 1862 | Demolished c. 1939 | ||
East Tilbury | Muckingford Mill TQ 676 790 |
1839 | 1843, gone by 1862 | |||
Elmdon | Post | 1300 | 1315 | |||
Elmstead | Elmstead Mill TM 043 220 |
Post | 1678 1725 1777 1805 |
1660 | 1810 | |
Elsenham | Titt iron wind engine | |||||
Epping | TL 445 048 | Post | 1303 | 1635 | ||
Epping | Epping Mill Eagle's Mill TL 449 012 |
Post | 1582 | 1862 |
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Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
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Farnham | TL 466 254 | Post | 1825 | 1574 | Demolished 1807 | |
Feering | 1678 | 1678 | ||||
Felsted | Cock Green Mill TL 697 198 |
Post | 1777 | 1772 | Demolished c. 1916 | |
Felsted | Felsted Common Mill TL 723 218 |
Post | 1777 | 1684 | 1845, moved to new site by 1875 | |
Felsted | Felsted Common Mill TL 723 217 |
Post | 1875 | Demolished c. 1919 | ||
Finchingfield | Post | 1254 | 1495 | |||
Finchingfield | Duck End Mill TL 687 329 |
Post | 1777 | 1756 | Windmill World | |
Finghingfield | TL 703 341 | 1777 | 1777 | 1777 | ||
Finchingfield | TL 702 352 | Post | 1777 1805 |
1766 | Demolished c. 1817 | |
Finchingfield | TL 690 323 | 1580 | 1580 | |||
Finchingfield | Parsonage Lane Mill Daw Street Mill TL 690 323 |
Post | 1825 | 1787 | Demolished c. 1914 | |
Finchingfield | Monk's Mill TL 686 379 |
Post | 1822 | Demolished c. 1916 | ||
Finchingfield | TL 686 379 | Post | 1825 | 1790 | Demolished c. 1826 | |
Finchingfield | Jekyll's Farm Mill TL 691 357 |
1814 | 1814 | |||
Fingringhoe | East Fingringhoe Mill TM 039 210 |
1724 1777 |
1723 | 1777 | ||
Fingringhoe | Stammer's Mill TM 031 205 |
Post | 1825 | 1788 | Moved to Brightlingsea 1827 | |
Fobbing | TQ 715 845 | Post | 1557 | 1899 | ||
Fordham | TL 943 261 | Post | 1893 | 1836 | 1893 | |
Foulness | TR 003 929 | Post | 1802 | 1914, gone by 1918 | ||
Foxearth | TL 833 443 | Post | 1825 | 1817 | Demolished 1868 | |
Fyfield | Post | 1280 | 1280 | |||
Fyfield | TL 569 066 | Post | 1678 1724 |
1678 | Blown down 1912 |
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Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
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Goldhanger | TL 905 087 | 1781 | 1875 | |||
Good Easter | Hockley's Mill TL 624 123 |
Post | 1777 | 1769 | 1878, gone by 1886 | |
Good Easter | Everett's Mill TL 626 124 |
Smock | 1815 | Demolished c. 1910 | ||
Gosfield | Post | 1266 | 1266 | |||
Gosfield | TL 786 289 | 1777 | 1775 | 1777, gone by 1799 | ||
Grays Thurrock | TQ 615 774 | Post | 1724 | 1624 | 1739 | |
Great Baddow | Barnes Mill TL 726 065 |
Post | 1825 1874 |
1792 | 1876 | |
Great Baddow | Upper Mill TL 703 027 |
Post | 1602 | Replaced by smock mill on same site c. 1827 | ||
Great Baddow | Upper Mill Sewell's Mill TL 703 027 |
Smock | c. 1827 | Demolished February 1923 | ||
Great Baddow | Lower Mill Steven's mill TL 070 026 |
Smock | 1826 | 1888 | ||
Great Bardfield | Post | 1298 | 1384 | |||
Great Bardfield | Gibraltar Mill TL 681 307 |
Tower | 1724 1777 |
1704 | Windmill World | |
Great Bardfield | Park Hall Farm Mill | Post | 1841 | 1856 | ||
Great Bentley | TM 112 219 | Post | 1755 | Demolished 1891 | ||
Great Bromley | TM 075 246 | Post | 1724 1777 |
1724 | Demolished 1895 | |
Great Burstead | Bell Hill Mill (east) TQ 678 939 |
Post | 1724 1777 1805 1903 |
1537 | Collapsed December 1928 Windmill World |
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Great Burstead | Bell Hill Mill (west) TQ 676 939 |
Post | 1777 1805 1903 |
1777 | Demolished c. 1892 | |
Great Burstead | Outwood Farm Mill TQ 693 946 |
Post | 1835 | 1859 | ||
Great Canfield | TL 785 178 | Post | 1386 | 1424 | ||
Great Canfield | Post | 1676 | 1797, gone by 1826 | |||
Great Canfield | Post | 1826 | Demolished 1916 | |||
Great Chesterford | West Mill TL 506 437 |
Smock | 1825 1836 1893 1905 |
1825 | Demolished 21 October 1909 | |
Great Chesterford | East Mill TL 507 437 |
Smock | 1836 | 1836 | 1886, gone by 1893 | |
Great Clacton | Bull Hill Farm Mill TM 178 162 |
Post | 1807 | 1807, possibly moved to new site in Great Clacton by 1824 | ||
Great Clacton | TM 176 163 | Post | 1824 | 1824 | Demolished c. 1918 | |
Great Coggeshall | TL 843 227 | Post | Gone by 1376 | |||
Great Coggeshall | Thompson's Mill TL 858 229 |
Post | 1777 | 1734 | 1833 | |
Great Coggeshall | New Mill Prior's Mill TL 856 223 |
Post | 1802 | 1828 | ||
Great Coggeshall | Tilkey Mill (south) TL 848 230 |
Post | 1778 | Demolished c. 1823 | ||
Great Coggeshall | Tilkey Mill (north) TL 848 230 |
Post | 1820 | Burnt down 4 March 1879 | ||
Great Dunmow | Stowles Green Mill TL 632 212 |
Post | 1724 | 1661 | Moved to Widford 1734 | |
Great Dunmow | Dunmow Down Mill TL 625 224 |
Post | 1730 | Demolished c. 1807 | ||
Great Dunmow | Royal Oak Mill TL 624 218 |
Post | 1777 1805 1825 |
1777 | 1825 | |
Great Dunmow | Joe Lambert's Mill Town Mill TL 629 216 |
Smock | 1807 | Demolished 1896 | ||
Great Dunmow | Church End Mill TL 633 226 |
Tower | 1822 | Windmill World | ||
Great Easton | TL 614 260 | Post | 1777 | 1752 | Demolished 1915 | |
Great Henny | TL 877 383 | Post | 1805 | 1792 | 1811 | |
Great Holland | Post | 1291 | 1294 | |||
Great Holland | TM 203 193 | 1714 | Demolished 1839 | |||
Great Holland | TM 203 193 | Smock | 1840 | Demolished 1952 Windmill World |
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Great Horkesley | TL 978 310 | Post | 1825 | 1821 | Demolished 1870 | |
Great Maplestead | TL 813 337 | 1765 | 1765 | |||
Great Leighs | TL 737 176 | Post | 1724 1777 |
1616 | Demolished c. 1912 | |
Great Oakley | TM 196 277 | Post | 1678 1724 |
1678 | Demolished c. 1904 | |
Great Oakley | Post | 1802 | Demolished July 1821 | |||
Great Saling | c. 1547 | c. 1547 | ||||
Great Sampford | Post | 1288 | 1288 | |||
Great Sampford | Sparepenny Lane Mill TL 642 358 |
Post | 1825 | 1803 | 1890 | |
Great Sampford | Pettit's Mill Day's Mill TL 643 355 |
Smock | 1817 | Demolished c. 1914 Windmill World |
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Great Tey | Post | 1328 | 1328 | |||
Great Tey | Tey Hall Green Mill TL 887 264 |
1777 | 1740 | 1782, gone by 1795 | ||
Great Tey | Sparke's Mill Sach's Mill TL 890 259 |
Post | 1792 | Burnt down, January 1860 | ||
Great Totham | Brown's Mill TL 858 117 |
Post | 1724 | 1718 | Demolished 1911 | |
Great Totham | TL 869 132 | Post | 1815 | 1822 | ||
Great Totham | Frost's Mill Pulford's Mill King's Mill TL 869 122 |
Smock | 1817 | Demolished 1911 | ||
Great Waltham | Chatham Green Mill TL 7159 1515 |
Post | 1829 | Demolished c. 1902, roundhouse survives as of 2024. Windmill World |
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Great Waltham | Ford End Mill TL 679 167 |
Post | 1812 | 1813, moved to Chatham Green 1829? | ||
Great Yeldham | TL 762 394 | Post | 1678 1825 |
1524 | 1844 | |
Greenstead | Post | 1349 | 1349 |
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Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
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Hadstock | TL 567 441 | Post | 1777 | 1773 | Demolished 1836 | |
Hadstock | TL 567 441 | Tower | 1836 | Demolished 1926 | ||
Halstead | West Mill TL 806 304 |
Post | 1724 1805 |
1701 | Struck by lightning 22 August 1800 and subsequently demolished | |
Halstead | Box Mill TL 809 312 |
Post | 1777 | 1775 | Blown down 29 April 1882 | |
Halstead | East Mill TL 819 308 |
Post | 1841 | 1876 | ||
Halstead | East Mill TL 819 308 |
Smock | 1800 | Burnt down 24 December 1862 | ||
Halstead | Greenstead Green Mill TL 822 282 |
Post | 1784 | Demolished c. 1830 | ||
Halstead | Greenstead Green Mill TL 822 282 |
Smock | 1830 | 1939, gone by 1945 | ||
Halstead | Bois Hall Mill TL 815 310 |
Post | 1724 | 1724 | 1770 | |
Halstead | Frost's Mill North Mill TL 815 310 |
Smock | c. 1790 | Demolished 1947 Windmill World |
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Halstead | Approximately TL 802 313 | 1724 | 1682 | 1736 | ||
Harlow | Post | 1287 | 1343 | |||
Harlow | Foster Street Mill TL 487 088 |
Post | 1805 1825 |
1799 | 1874 | |
Harlow | Potter Street Mill TL 472 092 |
Post | 1825 | 1825 | Demolished 1891 | |
Harlow | John Barnard's Mill TL 473 126 |
1825 | 1825 | 1828, gone by 1831 | ||
Hatfield Broad Oak | TL 551 168 | Post | Before 1216 | 1633 | ||
Hatfield Broad Oak | Town Mill TL 540 166 |
Post | 1530 | 1547 | ||
Hatfield Broad Oak | Town Mill TL 540 166 |
Post | 1724 1777 1825 |
1683 | Blown down 26 October 1881 | |
Hatfield Broad Oak | Post | 1443 | ||||
Hatfield Broad Oak | Hatfield Heath Mill | 1678 | 1678 | |||
Hatfield Broad Oak | Down Hall Mill TL 525 131 |
Post | 1777 | 1715 | 1777, moved to Matching by 1799 | |
Hatfield Broad Oak | Hatfield Heath Mill Merchaw's Mill Mawkhaw's Mill TL 524 128 |
Tower | 1838 | Demolished 1909 | ||
Hatfield Peverel | TL 794 113 | Post | 1320 | 1320 | ||
Hatfield Peverel | Gardener's Mill Hatfield Mill TL 788 099 |
Smock | 1824 | Demolished 1842 | ||
Hazeleigh | TL 822 038 | Post | 1724 1777 |
1724 | Blown down 28 April 1892 | |
Helions Bumpstead | Post | 1289 | 1349 | |||
Helions Bumpstead | TL 654 471 | Tower | 1749 1777 1805 |
1749 | Demolished c. 1900 | |
Hempstead | TL 634 378 | Post | 1678 | 1615 | 1678 | |
Hempstead | TL 634 378 | Post | 1845 | 1898, gone by 1912 | ||
Henham | Post | 1202 | 1328 | |||
Henham | TL 544 275 | Post | 1678 1896 |
1678 | Demolished December 1902 | |
Heybridge | Two pumping windmills, Approximately TL 874 074 | 1825 | 1825 | |||
Heydon | 1630 | 1630 | ||||
High Easter | Fuller's Mill Webster's Mill Shead's Mill Welford's Mill TL 618 144 |
Post | 1777 | 1680 | Demolished 1936 Windmill World |
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High Garrett | Pumping mill TL 778 271 |
1904 | 1875 | 1914 | ||
High Ongar | 1586 | 1586 | ||||
High Ongar | TL 566 032 | Smock | 1724 1777 |
1706 | Demolished 1897 Windmill World |
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High Roding | Post | 1386 | 1386 | |||
High Roding | TL 606 177 | Post | 1805 | 1797 | Demolished c. 1911 | |
Hockley | Post | 1295 | 1295 | |||
Hockley | TQ 827 933 | 1590 | 1687 | |||
Horndon on the Hill | Post | 1286 | 1286 | |||
Horndon on the Hill | TQ 663 834 | Post | 1805 | 1799 | 1805 | |
Horndon on the Hill | TQ 668 833 | Post | 1826 | Demolished 1917 Windmill World |
I, K
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
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Ingatestone | TL 639 007 | Post | 1564 | 1753 | ||
Ingatestone | Mill Green Mill, Fryerning TL 639 007 |
Post | 1777 | 1759 | Windmill World | |
Ingrave | TQ 627 913 | Post | 1791 | 1826, Moved to East Horndon by 1832 | ||
Kelvedon | Post | 1294 | 1294 | |||
Kelvedon | TL 859 197 | Smock | 1805 | 1784 | Demolished c. 1875 | |
Kelvedon Hatch | Purkis’ Mill TQ 572 988 |
Smock | 1768 | Demolished 1920 | ||
Kirby le Soken | TM 210 210 | c. 1837 | 1890, gone by 1893 |
L
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
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Laindon | TQ 680 890 | 1678 | 1617 | 1695 | ||
Lamarsh | TL 893 342 | Smock | 1825 | 1825 | 1876 | |
Langham | TM 031 327 | Post | 1805 | 1800 | Moved to new site in Langham 1800 | |
Langham | TM 037 329 | Post | 1805 | 1800 | 1803, gone by 1817 | |
Langham | Whiley's Mill TM 014 323 |
Smock | 1819 | Demolished 1907 | ||
Latchingdon | TL 889 013 | Post | 1310 | 1310 | ||
Latchingdon | Lawland Mill TL 889 013 |
Post | 1678 1724 1777 |
1633 | 1807 | |
Latchingdon | TL 887 969 | 1873 | 1873 | |||
Latton | Gone by 1616 | |||||
Latton | Latton Mill TL 460 119 |
1825 | 1824 | 1835, demolished to enable construction of London – Cambridge railway | ||
Lawford | TM 105 320 | Post | 1804 | 1816, gone by 1824 | ||
Lawford | TM 102 315 | Tower | 1825 | 1783 | 1914, gone by 1918 | |
Lawford | TM 095 333 | Post | 1825 | 1802 | 1825 | |
Layer de la Haye | Cooper's Mill TL 978 202 |
Post | 1825 | 1801 | Moved to West Mersea 1833 | |
Layer de la Haye | TL 979 023 | Post | 1855 | 1875, gone by 1886 | ||
Lindsell | TL 640 276 | Post | 1791 | 1826, replaced by smock mill by 1846 | ||
Lindsell | TL 640 276 | Smock | 1846 | Demolished c. 1906 | ||
Little Baddow | Richardson's Mill TL 783 071 |
Post | 1724 | 1655 | 1757 | |
Little Baddow | Cranie's Mill TL 782 070 |
1813 | 1819 | Moved to Danbury by 1824 | ||
Little Bardfield | Paul's Mill TL 667 312 |
Post | 1724 1777 1805 |
1572 | Burnt down March 1805 | |
Little Bardfield | Paul's Mill TL 667 312 |
Post | 1807 | 1870 | ||
Little Bardfield | Hawkspur Green Mill TL 654 322 |
Post | 1805 | 1805 | Collapsed c. 1871 | |
Little Bardfield | Hawkspur Green Mill | Smock | 1876 | Blown down c. 1928 | ||
Little Bentley | TM 120 257 | Post | 1825 1904 |
1818 | Demolished 1905 | |
Little Canfield | TL 590 214 | Post | 1700 1825 |
1590 | Moved to other site in Little Canfield c. 1809 | |
Little Canfield | TL 601 208 | Post | 1809 | Demolished 1930 | ||
Little Chishill | Little Chishill Mill TL 413 388 |
Post | 1676 1724 |
1676 | 1819 | |
Little Chishill | Little Chishill Mill TL 413 388 |
Post | 1819 | |||
Little Clacton | Foot's Farm Mill TM 178 180 |
Post | 1777 1805 |
1756 | 1805, possibly moved to Great Clacton c. 1807 | |
Little Dunmow | Throws Mill TL 656 224 |
Post | 1875 | Demolished 1913 Windmill World |
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Little Hallingbury | TL 497 167 | 1838 | 1856 | |||
Little Laver | TL 543 090 | Post | 1579 | 1797 | ||
Little Laver | TL 543 909 | Post | 1797 | Converted to Composite mill 1850 | ||
Little Laver | TL 543 090 | Composite | 1850 | Demolished December 1963 | ||
Little Leighs | TL 717 167 | 1662 | 1662 | |||
Little Maplestead | TL 833 336 | 1645 | 1645 | |||
Little Maplestead | Purlshill Mill TL 797 336 |
1830 | 1874, gone by 1887 | |||
Little Sampford | Pettit's Mill TL 652 347 |
Post | 1724 1777 1805 1893 |
1724 | 1893 | |
Little Sampford | Starling's Mill Thaxted Road Mill TL 636 346 |
Post | 1805 | 1796 | 1880, gone by 1902 | |
Little Stambridge | TL 887 905 | Post | 1893 | 1814 | 1893, gone by 1895 | |
Little Tey | TL 892 237 | 1861 | 1861 | |||
Little Totham | Barrow Hill Mill TL 878 078 |
Post | 1703 | Blown down 30 June 1831 | ||
Little Totham | Smith's Mill TL 878 078 |
Smock | 1831 | Demolished 1892 | ||
Little Waltham | TL 718 127 | Post | 1777 1805 |
1760 | 1845 | |
Little Warley | TQ 596 903 | Smock | 1893 | 1832 | Blown down 8 January 1866 | |
Little Yeldham | Post | 1263 | 1263 |
M
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Maldon | Fullbridge Mill TL 850 075 |
Smock | 1799 | 1834, gone by 1841 | ||
Maldon | Herbert's Mill TL 856 067 |
Smock | 1826 | Moved to Stebbing, December 1842 | ||
Manuden | TL 484 266 | Post | c. 1340 | c. 1340 | ||
Manuden | Maggots End Mill TL 483 277 |
Smock | 1805 1825 |
1762 | Demolished 1945 | |
Margaret Roding | TL 593 105 | Post | 1724 1777 |
1725 | Burnt down May 1910 | |
Margaretting | 1678 | 1666 | 1678, gone by 1748 | |||
Marks Tey | 1624 | 1624 | ||||
Mashbury | TL 643 131 | Post | 1724 1777 1805 1825 |
1724 | Blown down 28 January 1825 | |
Mashbury | TL 645 133 | Smock | 1836 | Burnt down 28 November 1896 Windmill World |
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Matching | Down Hall Mill TL 529 131 |
Post | 1805 1825 |
1799 | 1843, gone by 1874 | |
Matching | Matching Tye Mill TL 505 112 |
Post | 1825 | 1825 | Demolished 1880 Windmill World |
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Mayland | Cardnell's Mill TL 919 015 |
Post | 1817 | Demolished c. 1914 | ||
Mayland | Douce's Mill TL 935 998 |
Post | 1826 | 1831, possibly moved to Middleton, Suffolk by 1839 | ||
Mistley | Rigby's Mill TM 120 316 |
Smock | 1777 | 1775 | 1778 | |
Moreton | TL 534 080 | Post | 1777 | 1767 | Demolished 1964 | |
Mount Bures | Newman's Mill TL 903 315 |
Post | 1825 | 1822 | Demolished c. 1917 | |
Mount Bures | Doe's Mill TL 916 315 |
Post | 1825 | 1811 | Demolished 1953 | |
Mountnessing | TQ 631 980 | Post | 1678 1724 |
1477 | 1760 | |
Mountnessing | Mountnessing Mill TQ 631 980 |
Post | 1807 | Windmill World | ||
Mucking | 1654 | 1686 |
N
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Navestock | TQ 527 970 | Post | 1355 | 1355 | ||
Nazeing | TL 451 066 | Post | 1802 | 1875 | ||
Newport | TL 515 350 | 1805 1825 |
1805 | 1876 | ||
Newport | TL 516 357 | Smock | 1805 1825 |
1805 | 1876 | |
Newport | TL 518 359 | Vertical axis mill | ||||
North Weald | Post | 1281 | 1281 | |||
Norton Mandeville | TL 602 042 | Post | 1297 | 1297 |
O, P
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Orsett | TQ 642 815 | Post | 1678 1724 1777 1805 |
1678 | 1887, gone by 1893 Windmill World |
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Orsett | Baker Street Mill TQ 633 813 |
Smock | 1796 | Windmill World | ||
Pebmarsh | Pebmarsh Mills Approximately TL 854 331 |
Post | 1792 | 1814 | ||
Pebmarsh | TL 847 340 | Smock | 1814 | 1852 | ||
Pebmarsh | TL 847 340 | Post | 1872 | Burnt down 26 April 1895 | ||
Peldon | Post | 1282 | 1282 | |||
Peldon | Strood Mill TM 007 158 |
Post | 1777 1805 1825 |
1777 | Demolished c. 1906 | |
Pitsea | TQ 743 885 | Post | 1678 1724 1777 1825 |
1586 | Burnt down July 1891 | |
Prittlewell | Post | 1294 | 1309 | |||
Prittlewell | Milton Hall Mill Hamlet Mill TQ 876 854 |
Post | 1678 1777 |
1678 | Demolished 1877 | |
Prittlewell | TQ 874 868 | 1777 | 1777 | 1777, possibly moved to new site in Prittlewell by 1794 | ||
Prittlewell | Old Mill TQ 873 866 |
Post | 1825 | 1758 | Demolished 1832 | |
Prittlewell | TQ 873 866 | Smock | 1832 | Demolished c. 1869 | ||
Prittlewell | New Mill TQ 873 865 |
Post | 1797 | Demolished 1871 | ||
Purleigh | Gibcrack's TL 855 017 |
Post | 1323 | 1323 | ||
Purleigh | Raven's Mill TL 834 022 |
Smock | 1778 | Demolished 1929 | ||
Purleigh | Mecklenburgh's Mill TL 815 029 |
Smock | 1844 | 1844 | 1852, gone by 1854 | |
Purleigh | Purleigh Barns Mill TL 867 998 |
Composite | 1849 | 1893 |
Q, R
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Quendon | TL 517 309 | Post | 1678 |
1678 | Blown down October 1795 | |
Quendon | TL 517 309 | Tower | 1805 | Demolished c. 1906 | ||
Radwinter | Grange Mill TL 605 367 |
1724 1805 |
1588 | 1805 | ||
Radwinter | East Mill TL 611 377 |
Post | 1777 1825 |
1777 | Demolished c. 1900 | |
Radwinter | Lower Mill TL 605 374 |
1724 | 1701 | Demolished 1732 | ||
Radwinter | North Mill TL 605 374 |
Smock | 1799 | Demolished 1920 | ||
Ramsden Bellhouse | TQ 708 960 | Post | 1678 | 1624 | Blown down 22 November 1873 | |
Ramsey | 1807 | Burnt down 9 January 1822 | ||||
Ramsey | Ramsey Mill TM 209 304 |
Post | 1842 | Windmill World | ||
Rawreth | TQ 774 926 | Post | 1574 | 1574 | ||
Rayleigh | Post | 1310 | 1315 | |||
Rayleigh | Ruffles Mill TQ 811 912 |
Post | 1678 1724 1777 |
1678 | Demolished late 1860s | |
Rayleigh | TQ 810 904 | Post | 1786 | 1877, demolished 1880s | ||
Rayleigh | TQ 810 904 | Post | 1799 | Demolished 1884 | ||
Rayleigh | Rayleigh Mill TQ 807 910 |
Tower | 1809 | Windmill World | ||
Rettendon | West Mill TQ 742 973 |
1678 1724 |
1678 | 1730 | ||
Rettendon | TQ 773 986 | Post | 1678 |
1678 | Burnt down December 1872 | |
Ridgewell | TL 738 402 | 1777 | 1777 | 1777 | ||
Rettendon | TL 736 405 | Post | 1805 | 1805 | Demolished c. 1904 | |
Rettendon | TL 732 409 | Post | 1848 | Demolished c. 1922 | ||
Rivenhall | Sach's Mill Wither's Green Mill Withie's Farm Mill TL 795 226 |
Post | 1825 | 1825 | Demolished c. 1897 | |
Rochford | Post | 1274 | 1331 | |||
Rochford | TQ 887 905 | Post | 1810 | Moved to Little Stambridge, 1814 | ||
Roxwell | 1635 | 1635, gone by 1639 | ||||
Roxwell | TL 634 084 | Post | 1768 | 1895, gone by 1902 | ||
Roxwell | Pumping mill | 1860 | 1919 | |||
Runwell | Post | 1222 | 1222 |
S
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Saffron Walden | TL 549 412 | 1514 | 1549 | |||
Saffron Walden | TL 542 377 | 1777 | 1758 | 1777 | ||
Saffron Walden | Ruse's Mill TL 542 377 |
Smock | 1785 | Demolished 1955 | ||
Saffron Walden | Middleditch's Mill TL 543 374 |
Smock | 1799 | Demolished 1896 | ||
Saffron Walden | Copthall Mill TL 545 389 |
Smock | 1828 | Demolished c. 1896 | ||
Saffron Walden | Thaxted Road Mill TL 548 379 |
Post | 1805 1825 |
1799 | 1830 | |
Saffron Walden | Sewards End Mill TL 556 380 |
Post | 1803 | Demolished c. 1909 | ||
Shenfield | Post | 1476 | 1476 | |||
Shenfield | Alexander's Mill TQ 597 934 |
Post | 1777 1805 1893 |
1777 | Demolished or blown down c. 1870 | |
Shenfield | TQ 598 935 | 1678 1724 1777 |
1678 | 1777 | ||
Shenfield | Tasker's Lane Mill TQ 601 397 |
Smock | 1893 | 1810 | Demolished c. 1880 | |
Sible Hedingham | TL 779 341 | Post | 1678 1724 1777 |
1678 | 1789, gone by 1797 | |
Shilveston | TL 690 451 | Post | 1231 | 1231 | ||
Sible Hedingham | Cutmaple Mill Metson's Mill TL 786 324 |
Post | 1775 | Demolished 1956 | ||
Sible Hedingham | TL 783 333 | Post | 1777 | Blown down 1824 | ||
Sible Hedingham | Eley's Mill TL 783 333 |
Tower | 1824 | Demolished 1923 | ||
South Benfleet | TQ 782 859 | 1678 | 1678 | 1678 | ||
Southchurch | Post | 1294 | 1294 | |||
Southminster | 1585 | 1585 | ||||
Southminster | Ratsborough Mill TQ 953 895 |
Post | 1678 1724 1777 |
1678 | Burnt down November 1781 | |
Southminster | West Mill TQ 955 993 |
Smock | 1805 | 1783 | Burnt down c. 1889 | |
Southminster | East Mill Cripplegate Mill TL 962 001 |
Smock | 1790 | Demolished 1929 | ||
Southminster | Moor Mill TM 968 005 |
Post | 1678 1724 |
1562 | 1724 | |
South Ockendon | TQ 604 819 | Post | 1295 | 1362 | ||
South Ockendon | South Ockendon Mill TQ 604 831 |
Smock | 1829 | Collapsed 2 November 1977 Windmill World |
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South Shoebury | 1678 | 1678 | ||||
South Weald | Weald Mill TQ 549 956 |
1662 | 1761, gone by 1777 | |||
South Weald | Warley Mill TQ 587 917 |
Post | 1805 | 1788 | 1829 | |
South Weald | Bentley Mill TQ 568 968 |
Post | 1724 1777 |
1724 | Moved to Chadwell Heath (Miss Bentley) c. 1820 | |
South Weald | TQ 568 968 | Tower | 1821 | 1884 | ||
South Weald | Brook Street Mill Rush Mill TQ 571 925 |
Post | 1805 | 1778 | Demolished 1913 | |
Springfield | TL 716 074 | Post | 1655 | 1655 | ||
Springfield | Arbour Lane Mill TL 716 074 |
Post | 1777 | 1767 | 1792, gone by 1799 | |
Springfield | Broomfield Mill TL 717 102 |
Post | 1903 | 1782 | 1918 | |
Springfield | Pease Hall Mill TL 733 066 |
Smoxk | 1825 | 1816 | Demolished c. 1932 | |
Stambourne | TL 727 381 | 1724 | 1724 | 1729, gone by 1771 | ||
Stambourne | TL 716 393 | 1777 | 1777 | 1777 | ||
Stambourne | TL 727 388 | 1805 | 1800 | 1815 | ||
Stambourne | TL 714 391 | Post | 1840 | 1836 | Blown down 3 December 1909 | |
Stanford Rivers | Littlebury Mill TL 547 014 |
Post | 1844 | 1781 | 1854 | |
Stanford Rivers | TL 527 984 | 1761 1777 |
1724 | 1703 | Demolished 1797 | |
Stanford Rivers | Shonks Mill TL 527 984 |
Post | 1797 | 1862 | ||
Stanford Rivers | Toothill Mill TL 515 026 |
Post | 1825 | c. 1815 | Demolished 1935 | |
Stansted Mountfitchet | Quendon Road Mill (north) TL 513 260 |
Post | 1724 | 1724 | 1866, gone by 1875 | |
Stansted Mountfitchet | Quendon Road Mill (south) | Post | 1788 | 1798, gone by 1808 | ||
Stansted Mountfitched | Stansted Mountfitchet Mill TL 510 248 |
Tower | 1787 | Windmill World | ||
Stansted Mountfitchet | Wisbey's Mill TL 531 259 |
Smock | 1840 | 1820 | 1887 | |
Stapleford Abbotts | TQ 501 956 | Post | 1566 | 1655 | ||
Stapleford Abbotts | Passingford Mill TQ 500 976 |
1777 | 1743 | 1777 | ||
Stapleford Abbotts | Passingford Mill TQ 502 978 |
Post | 1844 | 1779 | Demolished c. 1857 | |
Stapleford Tawney | Boyland's Oak Mill TQ 512 944 |
Post | 1846 | Demolished 1923 | ||
Stebbing | Playle's Mill TL 654 253 |
1756 | 1757, demolished by 1770 | |||
Stebbing | Barrack Lane Mill TL 658 258 |
Post | 1777 | 1754 | Blown down 1821 | |
Stebbing | Barrack Lane Mill TL 658 258 |
Post | 1825 | 1824 | 1840 | |
Stebbing | New Mill Chopping's Mill TL 655 257 |
Smock | 1832 | Demolished c. 1900 | ||
Stebbing | Bran End Mill TL 649 251 |
Smock | 1842 | Blown down March 1895 | ||
Stebbing | Custance's Mill TL 661 241 |
Post | 1833 | 1896, gone by 1902 | ||
Steeple Bumpstead | Post | 1392 | 1392 | |||
Steeple Bumpstead | Old Hall Mill TL 681 401 |
Post | 1724 1777 1805 |
1724 | 1896, gone by 1905 | |
Steeple Bumpstead | Suckling's Mill TL 682 412 |
Post | 1836 | 1882, gone by 1886 | ||
Steeple Bumpstead | Coe's Mill TL 677 417 |
1825 | 1825 | Demolished c. 1893 | ||
Stifford | 1678 | 1678 | 1686 | |||
Stisted | 1770 | Burnt down August 1770 | ||||
Stisted | Post | 1778 | 1781 | |||
Stock | Post | 1476 | 1476 | |||
Stock | Threadgold's Mill TQ 693 991 |
Post | 1779 | Moved within Stock, 1845 | ||
Stock | Stock Mill TQ 691 969 |
1733 | 1587 | Demolished c. 1890 | ||
Stock | Post | 1600 | 1784 | |||
Stock | Stock Mill TQ 698 987 |
Tower | 1816 | Windmill World | ||
Stock | Post | 1845 | Demolished c. 1890 | |||
St Osyth | Flag Mill TM 116 178 |
Post | 1760 | 1855, gone by 1858 | ||
St Osyth | TM 128 152 | 1777 | 1777 | 1777 | ||
Stow Maries | TL 835 994 | Post | 1489 | 1682 |
T
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
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Takeley | Mid-13th century | Mid-13th century | ||||
Takeley | TL 557 223 | 1601 | 1601 | |||
Takeley | TL 552 213 | 1777 1805 1825 |
1777 | 1825 | ||
Takeley | Piper's Mill TL 540 213 |
Post | 1905 | 1826 | Demolished c. 1904 | |
Takeley | Old Mill Clarke's Mill TL 557 233 |
Post | 1776 | Demolished c. 1899 | ||
Tendring | South Mill TM 152 235 |
Smock | 1777 1825 |
1777 | 1844 | |
Tendring | TM 150 239 | Tower | 1825 | 1824 | Demolished c. 1921 | |
Terling | TL 768 144 | 1698 | 1698 | |||
Terling | Terling Mill TL 764 150 |
Smock | 1830 | Windmill World | ||
Thaxted | Hornham Mill TL 596 296 |
Post | 1456 | 1456 | ||
Thaxted | Old Mill Camps's Mill TL 615 306 |
Post | 1675 1724 |
1569 | 1830 | |
Thaxted | TL 613 309 | Post | 1790 | 1823 | ||
Thaxted | Newbiggin Mill Boyton End Mill Fox and Hounds Mill TL 611 317 |
Post | 1675 1724 |
1623 | 1880, gone by 1893 | |
Thaxted | Cutlers Green Mill TL 592 311 |
Post | 1815 | Blown down January 1870 | ||
Thaxted | Sibleys Green Mill TL 617 283 |
Post | 1806 | Demolished April 1877 | ||
Thaxted | John Webb's Mill Lowe's Mill TL 609 308 |
Tower | 1804 | Windmill World | ||
Theydon Garnon | Theydon Garnon Mill TL 466 027 |
1664 | 1785 | |||
Theydon Mount | Post | 1274 | 1274 | |||
Thorpe-le-Soken | Far Thorpe Green Mill TM 164 226 |
Post | 1724 1777 |
1700 | 1805 | |
Thorpe le Soken | Little Mill TM 178 223 |
Post | 1678 1724 1777 1825 |
1678 | Demolished 1906 Windmill World |
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Thorpe le Soken | TM 179 223 | Post | 1825 | 1825 | 1787 | |
Thorpe le Soken | Great Mill TM 162 232 |
1724 | 1724 | 1758 | ||
Thorrington | TM 083 193 | Post | 1740 | Blown down 16 December 1869 | ||
Tilty | TL 589 266 | Post | 1724 | 1588 | 1730 | |
Tollesbury | Sampson's Mill Golding's Mill Guyne's Mill Guisnes Mill Bourchier's Lodge Mill TL 942 116 |
Post | 1724 1777 |
1724 | 1866 | |
Tolleshunt | Oxley Green Mill Posford's Mill TL 911 143 |
Post | 1802 | Demolished c. 1920 | ||
Tolleshunt | Virley Mill Smith's Mill TL 948 138 |
Post | 1793 | Demolished c. 1900 | ||
Tolleshunt | TL 978 130 | Smock | 1870 | Collapsed 1914 | ||
Tolleshunt d'Arcy | Post | 1282 | 1282 | |||
Tolleshunt d'Arcy | TL 889 140 | 1678 1724 |
1678 | 1724 | ||
Tolleshunt Knights | TL 893 166 | Post | 1764 | Demolished 1775 | ||
Tolleshunt Knights | TL 893 166 | Post | 1777 1825 |
1775 | 1864, gone by 1874 | |
Tolleshunt Knights | Messing Maypole Mill Tiptree Mill TL 894 167 |
Tower | 1777 1825 |
1775 | Windmill World | |
Tolleshunt Major | TL 902 114 | Smock | 1739 | Demolished 1924 | ||
Toppesfield | Post | 1252 | 1252 | |||
Toppesfield | Toppesfield Mill TL 737 368 |
Post | 1677 | Demolished 1888 | ||
Toppesfield | Haxell's Mill Hardy's Mill TL 374 332 |
Smock | 1841 | Burnt down July 1882 | ||
Toppesfield | Gainsford End Mill TM 726 351 |
Post | 1805 | 1800 | Demolished 1869 | |
Toppesfield | Gainsford End Mill TM 726 351 |
Tower | 1869 | Windmill World |
U, W
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
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Ugley | Post | 1327 | 1327 | |||
Wakes Colne | TL 892 299 | Post | 1777 1825 |
1765 | Burnt down May 1856 | |
Waltham Holy Cross | Sewardstone Mill | 1700 | 1700 | 1700 | ||
Waltham Holy Cross | Honey Lane Mill TQ 394 003 |
Post | 1844 | 1826 | Collapsed 25 August 1911 | |
Walton on the Naze | Savage's Mill TM 235 219 |
1747 | 1808, demolished by 1820 | |||
Walton on the Naze | Archer's Mill TM 252 223 |
Post | 1846 | Demolished 1921 Windmill World |
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Weeley | TM 153 205 | Post | 1844 | Demolished c. 1922 | ||
Wenden Lofts | Lofts Mill TL461 380 |
Post | 1678 1724 1777 1825 |
1678 | Demolished c. 1920 | |
Wendens Ambo | TL 510 364 | Smock | 1805 1825 |
1787 | 1889, later burnt down. | |
West Bergholt | Springett's Mill TL 963 279 |
1843 | 1871 | |||
West Horndon | Post | 1466 | 1466 | |||
West Horndon | High Mill TQ 605 918 |
Post | 1678 1724 |
1580 | 1731, gone by 1736 | |
West Mersea | Smith's Mill TM 014 133 |
Post | 1833 | Demolished 1919 | ||
West Thurrock | Post | 1266 | 1266 | |||
West Thurrock | Beacon Hill Mill TQ 550 786 |
1575 | 1620 | |||
West Thurrock | Purfleet mill TQ 595 787 |
1561 | 1611 | |||
West Thurrock | TQ 598 775 | Smock | 1799 | Demolished c. 1861 | ||
West Thurrock | Torrells Hall Mill | Post | 1267 | 1653 | ||
West Tilbury | TQ 659 787 | Post | 1584 | 1584 | ||
West Tilbury | TQ 659 787 | Smock | 1777 | 1761 | Demolished 1905 Windmill World |
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Wethersfield | South Mill TL 713 306 |
Post | 1678 1825 |
1678 | 1825 | |
Wethersfield | East Mill Brand's Mill TL 738 311 |
Smock | 1777 | 1774 | Demolished c. 1918 | |
Wethersfield | North West Mill Livermore's Mill TL 706 313 |
Post | 1806 | 1814 | ||
Wethersfield | Joyce's Mill TL 708 312 |
Post | c. 1807 | Burnt down 10 April 1911 | ||
White Roding | Post | 1289 | c. 1349 | |||
White Roding | TL 563 131 | Post | 1609 | Blown down 1 January 1877 | ||
White Roding | White Roding Mill TL 563 131 |
Tower | 1877 | Windmill World | ||
Wicken Bonhunt | Post | 1314 | 1361 | |||
Wicken Bonhunt | TL 501 335 | Smock | 1765 | Demolished c. 1921 | ||
Wicken St Paul | Ruffle's Mill TL 824 373 |
Post | 1724 1777 |
1725 | Demolished 1914 | |
Wicken Bohunt | Oak Farm Mill |
1859 | 1878 | |||
Wickford | TQ 744 915 | Post | 1247 | 1300 | ||
Wickham St Paul | Post | 1222 | 1222 | |||
Widdington | TL 532 332 | 1423 | 1633 | |||
Widdington | TL 532 332 | Post | 1724 | 1660 | Demolished c. 1910 | |
Willingale Doe | Tye Green Mill Munson's Mill TL 589 353 |
Smock | 1777 1825 |
1757 | Demolished 1912 | |
Willingale Doe | Lower Green Mill Mynott's Mill TL 607 352 |
Smock | 1828 | 1841, moved to new site by 1856 | ||
Willingale Doe | Lower Green Mill Mynott's Mill TL 605 350 |
Smock | 1856 | Demolished c. 1912 | ||
Wimbish | Post | 1252 | 1252 | |||
Wimbish | Tye Green Mill | 1777 |
1757 | Demolished c. 1817 | ||
Wimbish | Tye Green Mill | Smock | 1825 | 1819 | Demolished 1912 Windmill World |
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Wimbish | Lower Green Mill Mynott's Mill |
Smock | 1828 | Demolished c. 1912 Windmill World |
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Witham | TL 818 139 | Smock | 1825 | 1819 | Demolished 1847 | |
Wivenhoe | TM 043 223 | Post | 1825 | 1816 | Burnt down 17 November 1882 | |
Wivenhoe | TM 0430 2385 | |||||
Wix | Approximately TM 180 280 | 1724 | 1569 | 1724 | ||
Wix | Southgate's Mill Kindred's Mill TM 166 283 |
Post | 1808 | 1896 | ||
Woodham Ferrers | Bicknacre Mill TL 785 022 |
Post | 1724 | 1684 | Blown down November 1800 | |
Woodham Ferrers | Bicknacre Mill TL 785 022 |
Post | 1801 | 1898, gone by 1904 | ||
Woodham Mortimer | Old Mill TL 832 044 |
Smock | 1777 | 1759 | 1791, gone by 1799 | |
Woodham Mortimer | Great Mill TL 832 044 |
Smock | 1777 | 1768 | 1895, gone by 1900 | |
Woodham Walter | TL 813 077 | 1856 | 1878 | |||
Writtle | Cooksmill Green Mill | Post | 1274 | 1274 | ||
Writtle | Warren's Mill TL 639 053 |
Post | 1678 1724 |
1678 | Burnt down c. 1890 | |
Writtle | Southgate's Mill TL 687 063 |
Post | 1678 | 1516 | Blown down 24 June 1897 |
Locations formerly within Essex
- For windmills in Barking, Cranham, Dagenham, East Ham, Havering, Leyton, North Ockendon, Rainham, Romford, Upminster, Walthamstow, West Ham and Woodford see List of windmills in London.
- For windmills in Ickleton see List of windmills in Cambridgeshire.
- For windmills in Kedington see List of windmills in Suffolk.
Maps
- 1676 Seller (map of Hertfordshire)
- 1678 John Ogilby & William Morgan
- 1696 John Oliver
- 1700 Robert Morden & John Pask
- 1724 John Warburton, Joseph Bland & Payler Smith
- 1746 John Rocque
- 1749 Emanuel Bowen
- 1761 Thomas Kitchin
- 1757 Sparrow
- 1761 Kitchin
- 1776 John Andrews & Andrew Dury
- 1777 John Chapman & Peter André
- 1781 Carington Bowles
- 1799 J Woodward
- 1804 William Faden
- 1805 Ordnance Survey
- 1818 Christopher and John Greenwood (map of Middlesex)
- 1824 Christopher and John Greenwood
- 1840 Ordnance Survey
- 1844 Ordnance Survey
- 1893 Ordnance Survey
- 1903 Ordnance Survey
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