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List of windmills in Derbyshire

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

Locations

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Location Name of mill and
grid reference 		Type Maps First mention
or built 		Last mention
or demise 		Photograph
Alderwasley
SK 317 526 		Post 1791
1808 		1767[1] Standing 1811, gone by 1835.[1]
Alfreton Hitch Hill Mill
SK 408 539 		Tower 1816[1] Standing in 1824.[1]
Alfreton Sleetmore Mill
SK 415 539 		Post 1825 1790[2] Demolished1925.[2]
Ashbourne Windmill Lane
SK 180 463 		Tower 1808 1791[3] Standing 1817, not on 1825 map.[4]
Ashbourne Ashley Mill
SK 173 465 		Tower 1838[5] Standing in 1847.[6]
Ashover Spancarr Mill
SK 342 660 		Tower 1808 1807[7] Windmill World  
Beighton (now South Yorkshire) Beighton Mill
SK 434 826 		Post 1791[8] Burnt down by arson April 1831.[8]
Belper Belper Mill
SK 353 478 		Tower 1796[9] Windmill World
Belper SK 347 488 Smock Base remains
Belph SK 536 755 Open Trestle Post 1808 Standing in 1814.[10]
Bolsover Sherwood Lodge Mill
Lime Kiln Fields Mill
SK 472 712 		Tower 1793[11] Windmill World  
Bolsover SK 479 706 Open Trestle Post 1825
1836 		1795[10]
Borrowash Borrowash Mill
SK 422 345 		Open Trestle Post 1825
1835 		1773[12] Gone by 1857[12]
Breadsall Breadsall Mill
SK 376 394 		Tower 1808
1836 		Demolished 1840s.[13]
Calow Bole Hill Mill
SK 417 703 		Post 1808
1835
1840 		1812[14] Burnt down 15 April 1843[14]
Chellaston Chellaston Mill
SK 381 298 		Tower 1836
1887
1899 		c.1827[15] Working in 1889. Single story stump was standing in 1970, gone by 1995.[15]
Chesterfield Holywell Street Mill
SK 383 714 		Post c.1787[16] Advertised for sale 1789, no further trace.[16]
Chesterfield New Brampton Mill
SK 372 710} 		Post 1808 1800[17] Advertised for sale 1814, no further trace.[17]
Chesterfield Club Mill
SK 372 717 		Tower 1808
1836 		1800[18]
Clay Cross Clay Cross Mill
SK 395 633 		Post 1835† Standing in 1857.[19]
Clowne Clown mill
SK 488 755 		Post 1791
1808
1836
1880
1887 		1767[19]
Codnor Codnor Mill
SK 420 495 		Post 1808 1801[20] Standing in 1834, not on 1836 map.[20]
Creswell Cresswell Mill Post 1828[21] Standing in 1864.[21]
Crich Pothouse Mill 1757[22] Moved to Four Lanes End in 1764.[22]
Crich Four Lanes End Mill Tower 1764[23] Burnt out 15 February 1849.[23]
Dale Abbey Cat and Fiddle Mill
SK 438 398 		Midlands Post 1788[24] Windmill World  
Derby Windmill Hill Lane Mill
SK 333 368 		Tower 1791 1767[25] Advertised for sale in 1781.[25]
Derby Depot Mill
SK 351 349 		Tower 1816[26] Probably demolished between 1855 and 1888.[27]
Derby Normanton Road Mill Tower Standing in 1949.[27]
Derby Chain Lane Mill, Littleover
SK 342 336 		Medieval mill.[28]
Eckington Eckington Mill
SK 425 793 		Post 1825.[29] Burnt down by arson, 19 January 1832.[29]
Eyam Eyam Mill
SK 212 765 		Tower 1827 Demolished c.1877[30]
Findern Findern Mill
SK 302 307 		Tower 1825
1836
1887 		1797[31] Windmill World
Fritchley Fritchley Mill
SK 365 532 		Post 1825
1880 		1793[32] Windmill World  
Hazelwood Hazelwood Mill
SK 333 460 		Smock 1906 1906[33] Pumping windmill, demolished 1939.[33]
Heage Heage Windmill
SK 367 507 		Tower Built c. 1797. First use c. 1805[34] Heage Windmill Official Website  
Heanor 1791
1808
Holbrook Holbrook Mill
SK 364 449 		Post 1825
1836
1880 		1825[35] Standing in 1841, not marked on any map later than 1880.[35]
Hopton Carsington Pasture Mill
SK 252 545 		Tower 1839
1880 		1780s[36][37] Windmill World  
Horsley Park Hosley Mill
SK 377 439 		Post 1808
1836 		Gone by 1841.[38]
Hulland Ward Hulland Ward Mill
SK 266 475 		Tower 1836 c.1825[38] Standing in 1850, not on 1880 map.[38]
Ilkeston Lawn GardensMill
SK 464 423 		Post 1817[39] Burnt down 1831.[39]
Ilkeston Field Mill
SK 465 420 		Post 1825
1836 		Moved to Derby Road, Ilkeston mid-C19th.[40]
Ilkeston Derby Road Mill
SK 458 413 		Post 1896
1908 		1876[41] Standing in September 1920.[41]
Kilburn Kilburn Mill
SK 382 455 		Tower 1821[42] Not marked on any maps after 1879.[42]
Long Eaton Long Eaton Mill
SK 339 492 		1808
Loscoe Loscoe Mill
SK 430 480 		Post 1825
1836 		Advertised for sale in 1851.[43]
Lower Pilsley Hagg Hill
SK 411 636 		1897 Possibly a windpump.[43]
Mapperley Mapperley Mill
SK 437 429 		Post 1825
1836 		Standing in 1900, blown down by 1932.[44]
Marlpool Marlpool Mill
SK 442 456 		1791 1767.[45] Gone by 1801.[45]
Marlpool Marlpool Mill
SK 442 456 		Post Burnt down by arson, 4 December 1828.[46]
Marlpool Marlpool Mill
SK 442 456 		Tower 1836
1881 		c.1830[47] Dismantled 1885.[47]
Melbourne Melbourne Mill
SK 378 248 		Tower 1808
1825
1836 		1797[48] Windmill World  
Melbourne SK 386 252 Post 1808
1825
1836 		1808[49] 1836[49]
Melbourne Ticknall Road Mill
SK 370 245 		Post 1782[47] Advertised for sale 1853.[47]
Mickleover Mill Field Mill 1808 1808[50] Moved to Common Road in 1850.[50]
Mickleover Common Road Mill
SK 310 356 		Tower 1850[50] Demolished c.1973.[50]
Mosborough Mosborough Mill
SK 415 807 		Tower c.1802[51] Standing in 1856, not marked on 1877 Ordnance Survey map.[51]
Muggington Muggington Mill
SK 286 424 		Tower 1835
1836 		c.1830[51] Standing in 1876.[51]
Netherseal Netherseal Mill
SK 278 135 		Post 1834 Was in Leicestershire when built. Working in 1904.[52]
Newhall Newhall Mill
SK 281 213 		Post 1808
1825
1836 		Working in 1841.[53]
Nitticar Hill Knitacre Mill
SK 488 786 		1791
1808 		1767[54] Gone by 1830.[54]
Ockbrook Ockbrook Mill
SK 429 357 		Tower 1880 c.1770[55] Windmill World
Pleasley Pleasley Mill
SK 500 645 		Post 1808
1825
1836 		1808[54] Demolished late 1860s.[54]
Riddings James
SK 424 531 		Tower 1877[56] Demolished 1963[56]  
Riddings Sarah
SK 424 531 		Tower 1877[56] Demolished 1963.[56]  
Riddings Riddings Mill
SK 427 527 		Post 1835† 1829[57]
Ripley Pease Hill Mill
SK 410 496 		Tower 1808
1825
1914 		1808[58] Demolished 1920s.[58]
Risley Risley Mill
SK 466 362 		Post 1808
1825
1835
1836 		1798[59] Advertised for sale 1835.[59]
Sandiacre Sandiacre Mill
SK 481 356 		Post 1825
1835† 		1820[60] Advertised for sale 1834.[60]
Sawley Sawley Mill
SK 482 325 		1825
1836 		1794[61] Working until 1861.[61]
Shardlow Shardlow Union Mill
SK 432 303 		Post 1803[62] Advertised for sale in 1851.[62]
Shipley Shipley Mill
SK 449 448 		1808 1808[63] Blown down 16 May 1809.[63]
Shirebrook Shirebrook Mill
SK 532 680 		1828[64] 1841.[64]
Smalley Cloves Lane
SK 408 446 		1808 c.1700[65] Moved to Smalley watermill 1800.[64]
Smalley at Smalley watermill 1800[65] Moved back to Cloves Lane 1815.[64]
Smalley Cloves Lane
SK 408 466 		1815[64] Demolished c.1856.[64]
Smalley Swine Hill Lane 1800[66] 1800, burnt down before 1828, remains to Marlpool, which burnt down in that year.[66]
Smisby Ann's Well Place
SK 343 183 		Post 1791
1808
1895 		1767[66] Blown down c.1920.[66]
South Normanton Fordbridge Lane Mill
SK 442 569 		Tower 1880 1820s[67][68] Windmill World  
South Normanton Normanton Common Mill
SK 442 561 		Tower 1880
1905 		1850s[69] Windmill World  
South Normanton SK 442 561 Post 1808
1825 		c.1805[70] Working until 1908. Dismantled 1980, remains declared beyond restoration in 1997 and burnt.[70]
Windmill World
South Normanton SK 439 562 Post 1630[70] Severely damaged December 1809, ruins auctioned January 1810.[70]
Spinkhill Spinkhill Mill
SK 452 784 		Tower 1791
1808 		1767[71] House converted 1879, demolished mid-1950s.[71]
Spondon Spondon Mill
SK 369 394 		Post 1824[72] Standing in 1861.[72]
Swarkestone Swarkestone Mill
SK 381 297 		Tower 1808
1825 		1794[73] Disused by 1889, reduced to single storey stump by 1932, demolished by 1983.[74]
Swarkestone Lowes SK 336 298 Post 1675 1675[75] 1745.[75]
Swathick Swathick Mill
SK 365 678 		1808 1808[76] 1808.[76]
Temple Normanton Temple Normanton Mill
SK 418 675 		Tower 1808
1825 		1796[77] House converted mid-1860s. Demolished 1935.[77]
Tibshelf Nethermoor
SK 428 605 		Post 1791
1808
1836 		1767[78] Demolished 1915, leaving roundhouse standing. This was demolished in the 1960s.[78]
West Hallam West Hallam Mill 1791
1808 		1767[79] 1808[79]
Whitwell Whitwell Mill
SK 533 768 		Tower 1840
1916 		1829[80] Working until 1912, demolished 1965.[80]
Whittington Whittington Mill
SK 386 745 		Tower 1808
1825
1840
1895 		1808[81] Demolished c.1900.[81]
Willington Willington Mill
SK 396 305 		1791
1825 		1710[82] 1825.[82]
Wirksworth Wirksworth Mill
SK 274 538 		Post 1808
1836 		1799[83] Advertised for sale 1849.[83]
Woodville Butt House Mill
SK 323 190 		Post 1835†
1836 		c.1827[84] Demolished c.1880.[84]

References

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Sources

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  • Gifford, Alan (2003). Derbyshire Windmills Past & Present. Heage: Heage Windmill Society / Midland Mills Group. ISBN 0-9544863-0-7.
Maps
  • 1675 John Ogilby
  • 1791 Burdett (surveyed 1762-67)
  • 1808 James Farey
  • 1825 Greenwood
  • 1827 Greenwood
  • 1834 Ordnance Survey
  • 1835 Greenwood
  • 1835† George Sanderson (surveyed 1830-35)
  • 1836 Ordnance Survey
  • 1839 Ordnance Survey
  • 1840 Ordnance Survey
  • 1880 Ordnance Survey
  • 1881 Ordnance Survey
  • 1887 Ordnance Survey
  • 1895 Ordnance Survey (surveyed 1879-83)
  • 1896 Ordnance Survey (surveyed 1876)
  • 1897 Ordnance Survey (surveyed 1875-85)
  • 1899 Ordnance Survey
  • 1905 Ordnance Survey
  • 1906 Ordnance Survey
  • 1908 Ordnance Survey (surveyed 1905-06)
  • 1914 Ordnance Survey
  • 1916 Ordnance Survey
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