This is a list of windmills in the English county of Somerset.
Locations
editA - B
editLocation | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
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Ashcott | ST 442 377 | 1736 1760 |
1736 | 1760, gone by 1784 | ||
Bawdrip | Approximately ST 347 397 |
1660 1675 |
1660 | 1675 | ||
Bedminster | ST 592 714 | 1769 | 1769 | 1769 | ||
Bedminster | ST 583 701 | 1769 | 1769 | 1769 | ||
Berrow | 1330s | 1330s | ||||
Berrow | ST 294 523 | Tower | 1782 | 1773 | Demolished 1890s | |
Bickenhall | Approximately ST 282 180 |
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Bleadon | Bleadon Level | Early 17th century | Early 17th century | |||
Brent Knoll | Approximately ST 335 516 |
1675 | 1330s | 1675 | ||
Brent Knoll | Shackleton's Mill ST 332 509 |
Tower | 1861 | Demolished early 1900s | ||
Bridgwater | Stowey Farm[1] | Titt iron wind engine | 1893[1] | |||
Bridgwater Without | ST 318 384 | Sunk post | 15th century | 15th century | ||
Brockley | ST 473 661 | Tower | 1769 1782 |
1529 | 1782, gone by 1829 | |
Burnham on Sea | ST 309 484 | Post | 1675 | 1675 | 1786 | |
Burnham on Sea | Allen's Mill Sandway Mill ST 309 484 |
Tower | 1840s | Demolished June 1869 | ||
Burnham on Sea | Burnham Brewery[1] | Titt iron wind engine | 1894[1] | |||
Burnham Without | Blew Mill Burnham Mill Edithmead Mill ST 337 490 |
Post | 1675 1760 |
1675 | 1885 | |
Burnham Without | Highbridge Mill ST 322 485 |
Sunk post | 1675 | 1675 | 1675 | |
Burnham Without | Approximately ST 343 472 |
Post | 1803 | 1867 | ||
Burnham Without | Watchfield Mill ST 348 470 |
tower | 1817 | 1817 | Windmill World | |
Butcombe | ST 517 628 | Sunk post | 13th century | 13th century | ||
Butleigh | Approximately ST 513 324 |
1675 1817 |
1675 | 1817 |
C - E
editLocation | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
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Catcott | Catgut Mill approximately ST 388 383 |
1675 | 1675 | 1675 | ||
Chapel Allerton | ST 414 504 | 1317 | 1736 | |||
Chapel Allerton | Ashton Mill ST 414 504 |
Tower | 1774 | Windmill World | ||
Charlton Horethorne | Approximately ST 674 239 |
Demolished c. 1784 | ||||
Charlton Mackrell | (two mills) ST 516 292 |
1467 | 1467 | |||
Charlton Mackrell | Baskett's Mill ST 516 292 |
Tower | 1592 | 1757, gone by 1810 | ||
Chedzoy | ST 345 371 | 1817 1822 |
Sunk post | 1685 | Blown down 7 December 1827 | |
Churchill, Somerset | Approximately ST 445 601 |
1652 | 1652 | |||
Compton Dundon | Approximately ST 495 339 |
1675 | c. 1660 | 1675 | ||
Cossington | Approximately ST 356 400 |
1675 | 1675 | 1675 | ||
Croscombe | Titt iron wind engine | 1899[1] | ||||
Curry Rivel | Willtown Mill ST 388 246 |
Tower | 1822 | 1822 | Demolished c. 1930 | |
Curry Rivel | Week Mill Wick Mill ST 403 265 |
Sunk post | 1760 | 1760 | 1775, gone by 1820 | |
Ditcheat | Blindmill approximately ST 627 341 |
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Durston | ST 294 280 | Sunk post | ||||
Durston | ST 297 278 | Sunk post | Gone by 1817 | |||
East Brent | ST 356 518 | Post | 1675 1760 1822 |
1675 | c. 1880 | |
East Brent | Edingworth ST 357 530 |
Post |
G - H
editLocation | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
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Glastonbury | Approximately ST 519 390 |
1244 | 1309 | |||
Glastonbury | Windmill Hill Mill approximately ST 505 395 |
Late 15th or early 16th century | Late 15th or early 16th century | |||
Glastonbury | Wearyall Hill Mill approximately ST 495 384 |
1660 1675 |
1640 | c. 1775 | ||
Glastonbury | Common Moor Mill | 1722 | 1722 | |||
Glastonbury | The Elms[1] | Titt iron wind engine | 1892[1] | |||
Greinton | Approximately ST 417 371 |
1660 1675 |
1660 | 1675, gone by 1742 | ||
Hardington Mandeville | Approximately ST 511 114 |
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High Ham | Stembridge Mill ST 433 305 |
Tower | 1822 | Windmill World | ||
High Ham | Sedgemoor Hill Mill approximately ST 435 307 |
1660 1760 |
1660 | 1779 | ||
High Ham | Turn Hill Mill ST 427 298 |
1660 | 1660 | 1660 | ||
Hinton Charterhouse | Titt iron wind engine | 1895[1] | ||||
Huish Episcopi | Bowden's Mill approximately,br>ST 415 286 |
Tower | 1874 | Demolished c. 1885 | ||
Huish Episcopi | Pibsbury Mill ST 433 265 |
Tower | 1823 | Collapsed April 1915 | ||
Huish Episcopi | Wearne Mill approximately ST 424 298 |
1660 | 1585 | 1664 | ||
Hutton | ST 361 589 | 1309 | 1309 | |||
Hutton | ST 361 589 | 1482 | 1482 | |||
Hutton | Hutton Mill ST 361 589 |
1809 | 1809 | 1864 | ||
Hutton | Oldmixon Mill approximately ST 337 580 |
1736 1760 |
1736 | 1760 |
K - M
editLocation | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
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Kenn | Kenn Mill ST 411 696 |
1821 | Truncated c. 1900 | |||
Kingsdon | Approximately ST 512 269 |
1628 | 1694 | |||
Langport | Big Mill approximately ST 422 268 |
1344 | Blown down 16 January 1362 | |||
Locking | Vale Mill Locking Moor Mill ST 359 617 |
tower | c. 1813 | |||
Long Ashton | 1312 | 1312 | ||||
Long Sutton | Upton Mill approximately ST 454 266 |
1349 | 1538 | |||
Low Ham | Approximately ST 443 285 |
1660 | 1660 | Derelict in 1779 | ||
Lympsham | Batch Farm Mill ST 326 551 |
Tower | 1758 | 1758 | ||
Mark | ST 387 378 | 1700 | Blown down 26 November 1703 | |||
Mark | Mark Causeway | Blown down 26 November 1703 | ||||
Middlezoy | Approximately ST 366 328 |
1660 | 1660 | 1660 | ||
Middlezoy | Approximately ST 366 328 |
Tower | 1822 | 1822 | 1885 | |
Montacute | Approximately ST 506 170 |
1560 | 1560 | |||
Moorlinch | Knoll Hill Mill ST 400 372 |
Post | 1660 1675 1760 |
1660 | 1760 | |
Moorlinch | ST 400 372 | Tower | Early 19th century | 1889 |
N - P
editLocation | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
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North Cheriton | Approximately ST 686 258 |
1766 | 1766 | |||
North Curry | ST 315 248 | c. 1840 | c. 1840 | |||
Othery | 1308[2] | 1346, gone by 1403[2] | ||||
Othery | 1515[2] | Demolished c. 1811[2] | ||||
Othery | Approximately ST 377 313 |
1660 | 1598[2] | 1701[2] | ||
Paulton | ST 656 567 | |||||
Pawlett | ||||||
Pawlett | Hams Mill ST 277 411 |
Tower | Demolished 1880s | |||
Pitney | 1605 | 1691 | ||||
Portbury | Okey Mill approximately ST 509 740 |
1769 1782 |
1769 | 1782 | ||
Portishead | Portishead Mill ST 458 767 |
Tower | 1832 | Windmill World | ||
Puriton | Approximately ST 319 411 |
Tower | 1610 1675 1760 |
1610 | Demolished early 20th century | |
Puriton | Approximately ST 325 409 |
1675 | 1675 | 1675 | ||
Puriton | Approximately ST 325 409 |
1817 | 1817 | c. 1840 |
S - U
editLocation | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
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St Cuthbert Out | Approximately ST 577 474 |
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Seavington St Michael | c. 1212 | c. 1212 | ||||
Shapwick | ST 422 373 | 1330s | 1330s | |||
Shapwick | ST 422 373 | Post | 1660 1760 1782 |
1660 | Blown down 29 November 1836 | |
Shapwick | ST 425 374 | Tower | c. 1836 | 1860 | ||
Somerton | 1276 | 1330 | ||||
Somerton | Mileburgh approximately ST 480 275 |
1334 | 1484 | |||
Somerton | South Field | 1575 | 1619 | |||
Somerton | Applin's Mill approximately ST 477 283 |
1736* 1760 |
1715 | 1802 | ||
Somerton | Crane's Mill approximately ST 490 275 |
1616 | 1779, gone by 1802 | |||
Somerton | William Champion's Mill | 1651 | 1651 | |||
Somerton | South Hill Mill Cullen's Mill approximately ST 471 271 |
1675 | 1675 | 1749 | ||
Stawell, Somerset | Approximately ST 368 389 |
1660 1675 |
1660 | 1675 | ||
Stawell | Cock Hill Mill Stoll Mill approximately ST 376 387 |
1675 | 1675 | 1675 | ||
Stawell | Sutton Mill ST 369 365 |
1685 | 1685 | |||
Stockland Bristol | (two mills) ST 249 439 |
1317 | 1317 | |||
Stoke St Gregory | ST 339 277 | |||||
Stoke St Gregory | ST 354 269 | Tower | 1704 | 1787 | ||
Street | c. 1255 | c. 1255 | ||||
Street | Millfield Mill approximately ST 492 362 |
1660 1675 |
1660 | 1675 | ||
Street | Ivythorn Mill approximately ST 477 345 |
1822 | 1822 | 1822 | ||
Uphill | Uphill Mill ST 317 583 |
Tower | 1782 | 1782 | Truncated 1934 Windmill World |
W
editLocation | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
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Walton | 1342 | 1342 | ||||
Walton | Walton Mill ST 462 352 |
Post | 1660 1675 |
1660 | Collapsed c. 1725 | |
Walton | Walton Mill ST 462 352 |
Tower | 1741 | Windmill World | ||
Weare | Weare Mill ST 406 515 |
1760 | 1760 | Windmill World | ||
Wedmore | Maltfield Farm Mill ST 441 474 |
Tower | 1760 1782 |
1760 | Demolished 1886 | |
Wedmore | ST 425 428 | Post | 1678 | Moved to Mark, 1700 | ||
Wedmore | Burnt Mill approximately ST 426 509 |
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Wedmore | Heath House Mill ST 421 469 |
1737 | Burnt down c. 1740 | |||
Wedmore | Heath House Mill Westfield Mill ST 421 469 |
tower | 1775 | Demolished 1962 | ||
Wedmore | Stoughton Mill ST 419 487 |
Tower | 1817 | 1817 | 1875 | |
West Huntspill | Approximately ST 310 453 |
1675 | 1675 | 1675 | ||
West Monkton | (two mills) | 1364 | Mid-16th century | |||
West Monkton | Burlinch Mill ST 265 295 |
Tower | 1817 | |||
West Monkton | Woodball Mill ST 255 293 |
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West Pennard | Approximately ST 560 382 |
1362 | 1362 | |||
Westonzoyland | 1330s | 1330s | ||||
Westonzoyland | Penzoy Mill ST 339 350 |
1822 | 1822 | 1822 | ||
Westonzoyland | Westonfield Mill approximately ST 365 346 |
1833 | 1833 | |||
Williton | Great Mill approximately ST 102 342 |
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Winford | Broadfield Mill ST 515 649 |
Tower | 1880s | Windmill World | ||
Woolavington | (two mills) | 1222 | 1222 | |||
Woolavington | ST 347 408 | 1736 1760 1783 1822 |
1630 | Demolished 1967 | ||
Worle | Worle Mill ST 352 632 |
Tower | 1760 1782 |
1760 | Windmill World | |
Worlebury | Approximately ST 326 627 |
1736 1760 |
1736 | 1760 |
Maps
edit- 1660 Newcourt
- 1675 John Ogilby
- 1736 John Kirby
- 1736* Strachey
- 1760 Bowen
- 1769 Donn
- 1782 Day & Masters
- 1783 Joseph Hodgkinson
- 1822 C & J Greenwood
- 1825 C & J Greenwood
- 1817 Ordnance Survey
- 1826 Andrew Bryant
- 1838 Ordnance Survey
Notes
editMills in bold are still standing, known building dates are indicated in bold. Text in italics denotes indicates that the information is not confirmed, but is likely to be the case stated.
Sources
editUnless otherwise indicated, the source for all entries is Coulthard, Alfred J, and Watts, Martin (1978). Windmills of Somerset and the men who worked them. London: The Research Publishing Co. ISBN 0-7050-0060-5.{{cite book}}
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