List of windmills in Hertfordshire facts for kids
A list of all windmills and windmill sites which lie in the Ceremonial county of Hertfordshire.
Locations
A
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
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Albury | Approximately TL 454 247 |
Post | 1676 1766 |
1370 | 1766 | |
Albury | Approximately TL 427 232 |
Post | 1720 1728 1749 1766 |
1720 | 1766 | |
Albury | Patmore Heath Mill TL 445 258 |
Tower | 1862 | Demolished April 1921 | ||
Aldbury | Approximately SP 953 128 |
Post | Site identified in 1972 by cropmark. | |||
Aldbury | Approximately SP 949 113 |
Post | 1364 | 1364 | ||
Aldenham | Hilfield Approximately TQ 152 962 |
1803 | 1803 | |||
Aldenham | Munden House approximately TL 137 003 |
1804 | 1804 | |||
Anstey | 1314 | 1508 | ||||
Anstey | Lincoln Hill Mill TL 398 322 |
Post | 1675 1676 1695 1700 1720 1728 1749 1766 1800 1822 |
1675 | Demolished 1920 | |
Anstey | Snow End Mill | 1862 | 1889 | |||
Ashwell | 1336 | 1336 | ||||
Ashwell | Fordham's Mill approximately TL 269 393 |
Post | 1800 1822 |
1800 | 1877 | |
Ashwell | Kitchener's Mill TL 264 390 |
Smock | 1822 | 1822 | 1877 | |
Ashwell | Slip End Mill Approximately TL 287 373 |
Post | 1800 1822 |
1800 | 1833 | |
Aspenden | Approximately TL 366 284 |
Post | 1583 | 1623 | ||
Aspenden | Approximately TL 366 284 |
Post | 1720 1728 1749 |
1720 | 1749 | |
Aston | Approximately TL 267 223 |
Post | 1307 | 1314 | ||
Aston | Broadwater Approximaterly TL 267 223 |
Post | 1676 1720 1728 1749 1766 |
1676 | 1766 | |
Aston | Broadwater TL 275 231 |
Smock | c. 1828 | Demolished June 1878 |
B
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
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Baldock | Approximately TL 240 344 |
Post | 1676 1695 1700 1720 1728 1749 1766 |
1676 | 1766 | |
Barkway | Cokenach | Post | 1271 | 1271 | ||
Barkway | Rokey Mill TL 382 362 |
Post | 1676 1700 1720 1766 |
1595 | 1766 | |
Barkway | Rokey Mill TL 382 362 |
Smock | 1822 1898 |
1818 | 1898 | |
Barkway | Newsells Mill TL 383 364 |
Post | 1699 | Demolished 1792 | ||
Barkway | Newsells Mill TL 384 364 |
Smock | 1800 1822 |
1792 | Demolished 1873 | |
Barley | 1577 | 1577 | ||||
Bennington | Post | 1342 | 1342 | |||
Bennington | Benington Mill TL 295 222 |
Post | 1676 1695,br>1700 1720 1728 |
1676 | 1728 | |
Berkhamsted | 1300 | 1300 | ||||
Berkhamsted | Approximately TL 000 079 |
Post | 1720 1728 1749 |
1720 | 1749 | |
Berkhamsted | Approximately TL 014 089 |
Post | 1720 1728 |
1720 | 1728 | |
Berkhamsted | Approximately TL 014 089 |
Post | 1749 | 1743 | 1749 | |
Bishop's Stortford | Hockerill Mill Approximately TL 497 212 |
Post | 1766 1822 |
1766 | Demolished c. 1823, Windshaft to Bardfield Saling, Essex | |
Bishop's Stortford | Hockerill Mill Approximately TL 497 212 |
Tower | c. 1823 | 1914, gone by 1918. | ||
Bishop's Stortford | Barrell's Down Mill Linsell Mill TL 485 223 |
Post | 1800 1822 |
1800 | 1896, gone by 1906 | |
Braughing | Approximately TL 391 251 |
Tower | 1800 | 1787 | Demolished c. 1811 | |
Brent Pelham | Brent Pelham Mill TL 433 313 |
Smock | 1826 | Windmill World | ||
Buntingford | 1577 | 1589 | ||||
Buntingford | Layston TL 370 294 |
Post | 1720 1728 1749 1766 1800 1822 |
1720 | Burnt down 1 September 1889 | |
Buntingford | TL 368 287 | 1822 | 1822 | 1905 | ||
Bushey | Bushey Heath Mill TQ 151 943 |
Smock | 1826 | Demolished c. 1910 |
C
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
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Chesfield | Post | 1318 | 1372 | |||
Chesfield | Chesfield Park | Titt iron wind engine | 1896 | |||
Cheshunt | TL 317 036 | Post | 1843 | Demolished c. 1860 | ||
Cheshunt | Goff's Oak Mill TL 317 036 |
Tower | c. 1860 | Demolished 1953 | ||
Cheshunt | Turner's Hill Mill TL 363 023 |
1822 | 1822 | 1861 | ||
Chipperfield | TL 037 014 | Post | 1594 | 1594 | ||
Chipperfield | TL 037 014 | Smock | 1822 | 1822 | 1881, gone by 1896 | |
Chipping | Approximately TL 350 319 |
Post | 1720 1728 |
1720 | 1728 | |
Clothall | Approximately TL 264 326 |
Post | 1370 | 1370 | ||
Codicote | Codicote Heath Approximately TL 206 185 |
Smock | 1841 | 1855, gone by 1881 | ||
Colney Heath | Colney Heath Mill TL 205 055 |
Tower | 1854 | Windmill World | ||
Cottered | Post | 1581 | 1581 | |||
Cromer | 1192 | 1576 | ||||
Cromer | Cromer Mill TL 304 286 |
Post | 1720 1728 1749 1766 1800 1822 |
1720 | Windmill World | |
Croxley Green | Croxley Green Mill TQ 067 953 |
Tower | c. 1860 | Windmill World |
E - G
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
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Essendon | Pope's Mill TL 258 077 |
1766 | c. 1750 | 1766 | ||
Flamstead | Approximately TL 074 145 |
Post | 1676 | 1309 | 1676 | |
Flamstead | Approximately TL 081 155 |
1800 1822 |
1800 | 1841 | ||
Furneaux Pelham | Approximately TL 442 284 |
Post | 1676 1700 1749 1766 1800 1822 |
1587 | 1822 | |
Furneaux Pelham | Approximately TL 441 278 |
Smock | 1822 | c. 1820 | Demolished c. 1880 | |
Graveley | Jack's Hill Mill TL 238 298 |
Smock | 1826 | Burnt down c. 1884 | ||
Great Amwell | Amwell End Mill Peatfield Mill Approximately TL 355 135 |
1822 | 1820 | 1878, gone by 1881 | ||
Great Hormead | TL 398 303 | Post | 1675 1676 1695 1700 1720 1728 1749 1766 1800 1822 |
c. 1576 | 1928 Windmill World |
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Great Hormead | TL 398 303 | Smock | 1861 | 1928 Windmill World |
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Great Munden | 1290 | 1290 | ||||
Great Munden | Munden Mill TL 364 222 |
Post | 1676 1695 1700 1720 1728 1749 1766 1800 1822 |
1611 | 1881, gone by 1898 | |
Great Munden | Approximately TL 345 250 |
Post | 1720 1728 1749 |
1720 | 1749 | |
Great Offley | Offley Mill TL 133 269 |
Post | 1676 | 1644 | 1684 | |
Great Offley | Offley Mill TL 133 269 |
Tower | 1851 | Demolished 1926 Windmill World |
H
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
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Harpenden | Rothamstead TL 127 124 |
Post | 1654 | Demolished 1715 | ||
Hemel Hempstead | Approximately TL 064 074 |
Post | 19th century | Late 19th century | ||
Hemel Hempstead | Approximately TL 052 106 |
Post | 1720 1728 1749 |
1720 | 1749 | |
Hertford | Wallfield TL 324 120 |
Post | 1720 1728 |
1715 | Moved to Moreton, Essex, 1740 | |
Hitchin | TL 176 281 | Post | c. 1657 | Demolished 1676 | ||
Hitchin | TL 176 281 | Post | 1720 1728 1749 1766 1800 1822 |
1676 | Burnt down 1838 | |
Hitchin | Charlton Mill TL 176 281 |
Tower | c. 1838 | 1894 Windmill World |
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Hitchin | Approximately TL 186 283 |
Post | 1676 1720 |
1676 | 1727, gone by 1750 | |
Hitchin | Rawlins Mill TL 189 291 |
Post | 1749 1766 1800 1822 |
1725 | Burnt down 7 November 1875 | |
Hitchin | Walsworth Mill TL 195 297 |
Post | 1720 1728 1749 1766 1800 1822 |
1720 | 1844 | |
Hitchin | Lucas' Mill TL 173 293 |
Post | 1822 | 1820 | 1846, gone by 1851 | |
Hitchin | Gosmore Mill TL 190 275 |
Post | c. 1829 | Demolished c. 1867 |
K - M
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
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Kelshall | Post | 1251 | 1251 | |||
Kelshall | Post | 1599 | 1679 | |||
King's Walden | Breachwood Green Mill TL 146 232 |
Tower | c. 1859 | Windmill World | ||
Lilley | Post | 1638 | 1674 | |||
Little Gaddesden | Approximately SP 999 135 |
Post | 1284 | 1305 | ||
Little Hormead | Approximately TL 398 290 |
c. 1876 | c. 1876 | |||
Little Hadham | TL 434 213 | Post | 1251 | 1270 | ||
Little Hadham | Little Hadham Mill TL 438 229 |
Smock | 1800 1822 |
1786 | Burnt down 31 July 1981 Windmill World |
|
Little Wymondley | Approximately TL 215 820 |
Sunk Post | Early 13th century | 1366 | ||
Little Wymondley | Approximately TL 215 820 |
Post | 1720 1728 1749 |
1720 | 1749 | |
Much Hadham | TL 433 195 | Post | 1676 1695 1700 1720 1728 1749 1800 1822 |
1676 | Demolished 1892 | |
Markyate | TL 069 167 | post mill | 1720 1728 1749 1766 1800 1822 |
1720 | 1851 | |
Meesden | 1262 | 14th century | ||||
Meesden | TL 432 324 | Post | 1676 1695 1700 1720 1728 1749 1766 1800 |
1583 | 1827 | |
Much Hadham | TL 422 183 | Tower | 1892 | Demolition began 1925 |
N - R
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Northaw | TL 270 034 | Post | 1676 1695 1720 1728 1749 1800 |
1676 | 1808 | |
Pirton | Post | 1592 | 1700 | |||
Redbourn | Dagnall's Mill TL 117 099 |
Post | 1708 | 1738 | ||
Reed | 1341 | 1341 | ||||
Reed | Reed Common Mill TL 356 366 |
Post | 1676 1695 1700 1720 1728 |
1661 | 1728 | |
Reed | Reed Common Mill TL 356 366 |
Post | 1766 1800 |
1766 | 1808 | |
Reed | Mile End Farm Mill TL 359 386 |
Tower | 1822 | 1822 | Truncated c. 1900 Windmill World |
|
Ridge | Approximately TL 205 025 |
Post | 1675 1720 1728 |
1675 | Burnt down c. 1743 | |
Ridge | Approximately TL 205 025 |
Post | 1749 | 1749 | 1785 | |
Royston | Apprioximately TL 358 402 |
Post | 1720 1728 1766 |
1720 | 1766 | |
Royston | Approximately TL 359 415 |
Post | 1720 1728 1749 |
1720 | 1749 | |
Rushden | Approximately TL 302 319 |
Post | 1676 1695 1700 |
1619 | 1700 |
S
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
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Sacombe | Approximately TL 328 182 |
Post | 1766 | 1766 | 1766 | |
Sandon | TL 329 345 | Sunk Post | 1222 | 1320 | ||
Sandon | Roe Green Mill Approximately TL 320 338 |
Post | 1676 1720 1766 |
1676 | 1785 | |
Sandon | Green End Mill TL 325 334 |
Post | 1800 1822 |
1800 | Burnt down 1 August 1877 | |
Sandridge | Approximately TL 183 103 |
Post | 1628 | 1686 | ||
Sawbridgeworth | High Wych Mill TL 466 143 |
Post | 1800 1822 |
1799 | Moved to Little Dunmow, Essex, 1875 | |
Shephall | Post | Standing before 1541 | ||||
South Mimms | 1220 | 1349 | ||||
South Mimms | 1289 | 1310 | ||||
South Mimms | 1628 | 1668 | ||||
St Albans | Bernard Heath Mill Approximately TL 153 083 |
Post | 1676 | 1675 | c. 1687 | |
St Albans | Bernard heath Mill Approximately TL 153 083 |
Post | 1720 1728 1749 |
1687 | 1749, gone by 1753 | |
St Albans | Cunningham Hill Mill Approximately TL 163 067 |
Post | 1675 1676 |
1675 | 1676 | |
St Albans | Approximately TL 143 083 |
Post | 1720 1728 1749 |
1720 | 1749 | |
St Albans | Approximately TL 150 050 |
Post | 1720 1749 |
1702 | 1749 | |
Standon | TL 396 221 | Smock | 1823 | Demolished 1931 | ||
Stanstead Abbotts | Approximately TL 386 118 |
Smock | 1891 | 1895 | ||
Stevenage | Approximately TL 242 258 |
Post | 1274 | 1274 | ||
Stevenage | Approximately TL 242 258 |
Post | 1688 | Gone by 1699 | ||
Stevenage | Approximately TL 242 258 |
Post | 1720 1728 1749 1766 |
1699 | 1762, gone by 1765 | |
Stevenage | Corey's Mill TL 229 266 |
Post | 1675 1676 1695 1700 1720 1728 1766 1800 1822 |
1593 | Burnt down 1878 | |
Stevenage | South End Mill TL 233 247 |
Smock | 1849 | Burnt down c. 1895 |
T
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Therfield | 1323 | 1323 | ||||
Therfield | TL 340 176 | Post | 1720 1766 1800 1822 |
1720 | 1822 | |
Therfield | TL 340 176 | Smock | 1871 | Burnt down 19 January 1881 | ||
Thundridge | Wadesmill TL 360 170 |
Post | 1800 1822 |
1793 | 1865, gone by 1878 | |
Tring | New Mill Approximately SP 924 125 |
Post | 1766 | 1766 | 1797 | |
Tring | Gamnel Wharf Mill SP 925 131 |
Tower | 1822 | 1822 | Demolished 1911 | |
Tring | Goldfield Mill Grover's Mill SP 915 117 |
Tower | c. 1839 | Windmill World |
W
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
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Walkern | 1360 | 1360 | ||||
Walkern | Approximately TL 285 250 |
Post | 1676 1695 1766 1800 |
1676 | 1800 | |
Walkern | Bassus Green Mill Pryer's Mill Prior's Mill Approximately TL 299 257 |
1676 1700 1720 1766 1800 1822 |
1676 | 1839 | ||
Wallington | Approximately TL 283 343 |
Post | 1676 1695 1700 |
1660 | 1700 | |
Ware | 1570 | 1570 | ||||
Welwyn | Approximately TL 233 172 |
Post | 1676 | 1676 | 1676 | |
Weston | 1275 | 1275 | ||||
Weston | Approximately TL 266 296 |
Post | 1676 1720 1728 1749 1766 1800 1822 |
1676 | 1861 | |
Weston | TL 253 306 | 1720 1749 |
1720 | 1766 | ||
Weston | Lannock Mill TL 253 306 |
Tower | 1860 | Windmill World | ||
Whitwell | Approximately TL 188 207 |
Post | 1766 | 1766 | 1766 | |
Wormley | 1338 | 1391 |
Locations formerly within Hertfordshire
- For windmills in Arkley and Totteridge see List of windmills in Greater London.
- Two further mill sites at Markyate now fall within Bedfordshire and are covered under the List of windmills in Bedfordshire.
Maps
- 1675 John Ogilby
- 1676 John Seller
- 1695 John Ogilby
- 1700 Herman Moll
- 1720 John Warburton
- 1728 Clark
- 1749 Thomas Kitchin
- 1766 Dury & Andrews
- 1800 Ordnance Survey
- 1822 Andrew Bryant
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