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.

Locations

A

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
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
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. Windmill World
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
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
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

C

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
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

D

E

F

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
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

G

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
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
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
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
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
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

H

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
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
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
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
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

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L

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
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
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

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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Wimbish	Lower Green Mill Mynott's Mill	Smock		1828	Demolished c. 1912 Windmill World
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