List of windmills in Derbyshire

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

Contents

Locations

LocationName of mill and
grid reference		TypeMapsFirst 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]
AlfretonSleetmore Mill
SK 415 539 		Post 18251790 [2] Demolished1925. [2]
Ashbourne Windmill Lane
SK 180 463 		Tower 18081791 [3] Standing 1817, not on 1825 map. [4]
AshbourneAshley Mill
SK 173 465 		Tower 1838 [5] Standing in 1847. [6]
Ashover Spancarr Mill
SK 342 660 		Tower 18081807 [7] Windmill World Spancarr Mill.jpg
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 19th century [10] Base remains. [10]
Belph SK 536 755 Open Trestle Post 1808Standing in 1814. [11]
Bolsover Sherwood Lodge Mill
Lime Kiln Fields Mill
SK 472 712 		Tower 1793 [12] Windmill World Limekiln Fields Mill - geograph.org.uk - 1192739.jpg
Bolsover SK 479 706 Open Trestle Post 1825
1836		1795 [11]
Borrowash Borrowash Mill
SK 422 345 		Open Trestle Post 1825
1835		1773 [13] Gone by 1857 [13]
Breadsall Breadsall Mill
SK 376 394 		Tower 1808
1836		Demolished 1840s. [14]
Calow Bole Hill Mill
SK 417 703 		Post 1808
1835
1840		1812 [15] Burnt down 15 April 1843 [15]
Chellaston Chellaston Mill
SK 381 298 		Tower 1836
1887
1899		c.1827 [16] Working in 1889. Single story stump was standing in 1970, gone by 1995. [16]
Chesterfield Holywell Street Mill
SK 383 714 		Post c.1787 [17] Advertised for sale 1789, no further trace. [17]
ChesterfieldNew Brampton Mill
SK 372 710 }		 Post 18081800 [18] Advertised for sale 1814, no further trace. [18]
ChesterfieldClub Mill
SK 372 717 		Tower 1808
1836		1800 [19]
Clay Cross Clay Cross Mill
SK 395 633 		Post 1835†Standing in 1857. [20]
Clowne Clown mill
SK 488 755 		Post 1791
1808
1836
1880
1887		1767 [20]
Codnor Codnor Mill
SK 420 495 		Post 18081801 [21] Standing in 1834, not on 1836 map. [21]
Creswell Cresswell Mill Post 1828 [22] Standing in 1864. [22]
Crich Pothouse Mill1757 [23] Moved to Four Lanes End in 1764. [23]
CrichFour Lanes End Mill Tower 1764 [24] Burnt out 15 February 1849. [24]
Dale Abbey Cat and Fiddle Mill
SK 438 398 		Midlands Post 1788 [25] Windmill World Cat and Fiddle Mill.jpg
Derby Windmill Hill Lane Mill
SK 333 368 		Tower 17911767 [26] Advertised for sale in 1781. [26]
DerbyDepot Mill
SK 351 349 		Tower 1816 [27] Probably demolished between 1855 and 1888. [28]
DerbyNormanton Road Mill Tower Standing in 1949. [28]
DerbyChain Lane Mill, Littleover
SK 342 336 		Medieval mill. [29]
Eckington Eckington Mill
SK 425 793 		Post 1825. [30] Burnt down by arson, 19 January 1832. [30]
Eyam Eyam Mill
SK 212 765 		Tower 1827Demolished c.1877 [31]
Findern Findern Mill
SK 302 307 		Tower 1825
1836
1887		1797 [32] Windmill World
Fritchley Fritchley Mill
SK 365 532 		Post 1825
1880		1793 [33] Windmill World Fritchley Mill roundhouse.jpg
Hazelwood Hazelwood Mill
SK 333 460 		Smock 19061906 [34] Pumping windmill, demolished 1939. [34]
Heage Heage Windmill
SK 367 507 		Tower Built c. 1797. First use c. 1805 [35] Heage Windmill Official Website Heage Windmill - geograph.org.uk - 206512.jpg
Heanor 1791
1808
Holbrook Holbrook Mill
SK 364 449 		Post 1825
1836
1880		1825 [36] Standing in 1841, not marked on any map later than 1880. [36]
Hopton Carsington Pasture Mill
SK 252 545 		Tower 1839
1880		1780s [37] [38] Windmill World Carsington Pasture mill.jpg
Horsley Park Hosley Mill
SK 377 439 		Post 1808
1836		Gone by 1841. [39]
Hulland Ward Hulland Ward Mill
SK 266 475 		Tower 1836c.1825 [39] Standing in 1850, not on 1880 map. [39]
Ilkeston Lawn GardensMill
SK 464 423 		Post 1817 [40] Burnt down 1831. [40]
IlkestonField Mill
SK 465 420 		Post 1825
1836		Moved to Derby Road, Ilkeston mid-C19th. [41]
IlkestonDerby Road Mill
SK 458 413 		Post 1896
1908		1876 [42] Standing in September 1920. [42]
Kilburn Kilburn Mill
SK 382 455 		Tower 1821 [43] Not marked on any maps after 1879. [43]
Long Eaton Long Eaton Mill
SK 339 492 		1808
Loscoe Loscoe Mill
SK 430 480 		Post 1825
1836		Advertised for sale in 1851. [44]
Lower Pilsley Hagg Hill
SK 411 636 		1897Possibly a windpump. [44]
Mapperley Mapperley Mill
SK 437 429 		Post 1825
1836		Standing in 1900, blown down by 1932. [45]
Marlpool Marlpool Mill
SK 442 456 		17911767. [46] Gone by 1801. [46]
MarlpoolMarlpool Mill
SK 442 456 		Post Burnt down by arson, 4 December 1828. [47]
MarlpoolMarlpool Mill
SK 442 456 		Tower 1836
1881		c.1830 [48] Dismantled 1885. [48]
Melbourne Melbourne Mill
SK 378 248 		Tower 1808
1825
1836		1797 [49] Windmill World Melbourne Mill, Derbyshire.jpg
Melbourne SK 386 252 Post 1808
1825
1836		1808 [50] 1836 [50]
MelbourneTicknall Road Mill
SK 370 245 		Post 1782 [48] Advertised for sale 1853. [48]
Mickleover Mill Field Mill18081808 [51] Moved to Common Road in 1850. [51]
MickleoverCommon Road Mill
SK 310 356 		Tower 1850 [51] Demolished c.1973. [51]
Mosborough Mosborough Mill
SK 415 807 		Tower c.1802 [52] Standing in 1856, not marked on 1877 Ordnance Survey map. [52]
Muggington Muggington Mill
SK 286 424 		Tower 1835
1836		c.1830 [52] Standing in 1876. [52]
Netherseal Netherseal Mill
SK 278 135 		Post 1834Was in Leicestershire when built. Working in 1904. [53]
Newhall Newhall Mill
SK 281 213 		Post 1808
1825
1836		Working in 1841. [54]
Nitticar Hill Knitacre Mill
SK 488 786 		1791
1808		1767 [55] Gone by 1830. [55]
Ockbrook Ockbrook Mill
SK 429 357 		Tower 1880c.1770 [56] Windmill World
Pleasley Pleasley Mill
SK 500 645 		Post 1808
1825
1836		1808 [55] Demolished late 1860s. [55]
Riddings James
SK 424 531 		Tower 1877 [57] Demolished 1963 [57] Riddings mills.jpg
Riddings Sarah
SK 424 531 		Tower 1877 [57] Demolished 1963. [57] Riddings mills.jpg
RiddingsRiddings Mill
SK 427 527 		Post 1835†1829 [58]
Ripley Pease Hill Mill
SK 410 496 		Tower 1808
1825
1914		1808 [59] Demolished 1920s. [59]
Risley Risley Mill
SK 466 362 		Post 1808
1825
1835
1836		1798 [60] Advertised for sale 1835. [60]
Sandiacre Sandiacre Mill
SK 481 356 		Post 1825
1835†		1820 [61] Advertised for sale 1834. [61]
Sawley Sawley Mill
SK 482 325 		1825
1836		1794 [62] Working until 1861. [62]
Shardlow Shardlow Union Mill
SK 432 303 		Post 1803 [63] Advertised for sale in 1851. [63]
Shipley Shipley Mill
SK 449 448 		18081808 [64] Blown down 16 May 1809. [64]
Shirebrook Shirebrook Mill
SK 532 680 		1828 [65] 1841. [65]
Smalley Cloves Lane
SK 408 446 		1808c.1700 [66] Moved to Smalley watermill 1800. [65]
Smalleyat Smalley watermill1800 [66] Moved back to Cloves Lane 1815. [65]
SmalleyCloves Lane
SK 408 466 		1815 [65] Demolished c.1856. [65]
SmalleySwine Hill Lane1800 [67] 1800, burnt down before 1828, remains to Marlpool, which burnt down in that year. [67]
Smisby Ann's Well Place
SK 343 183 		Post 1791
1808
1895		1767 [67] Blown down c.1920. [67]
South Normanton Fordbridge Lane Mill
SK 442 569 		Tower 18801820s [68] [69] Windmill World SNormanton Windmill 254916 74401cc4.jpg
South NormantonNormanton Common Mill
SK 442 561 		Tower 1880
1905		1850s [70] Windmill World Normanton Common Mill.jpg
South Normanton SK 442 561 Post 1808
1825		c.1805 [71] Working until 1908. Dismantled 1980, remains declared beyond restoration in 1997 and burnt. [71]
Windmill World
South Normanton SK 439 562 Post 1630 [71] Severely damaged December 1809, ruins auctioned January 1810. [71]
Spinkhill Spinkhill Mill
SK 452 784 		Tower 1791
1808		1767 [72] House converted 1879, demolished mid-1950s. [72]
Spondon Spondon Mill
SK 369 394 		Post 1824 [73] Standing in 1861. [73]
Swarkestone Swarkestone Mill
SK 381 297 		Tower 1808
1825		1794 [74] Disused by 1889, reduced to single storey stump by 1932, demolished by 1983. [75]
Swarkestone Lowes SK 336 298 Post 16751675 [76] 1745. [76]
Swathick Swathick Mill
SK 365 678 		18081808 [77] 1808. [77]
Temple Normanton Temple Normanton Mill
SK 418 675 		Tower 1808
1825		1796 [78] House converted mid-1860s. Demolished 1935. [78]
Tibshelf Nethermoor
SK 428 605 		Post 1791
1808
1836		1767 [79] Demolished 1915, leaving roundhouse standing. This was demolished in the 1960s. [79]
West Hallam West Hallam Mill1791
1808		1767 [80] 1808 [80]
Whitwell Whitwell Mill
SK 533 768 		Tower 1840
1916		1829 [81] Working until 1912, demolished 1965. [81]
Whittington Whittington Mill
SK 386 745 		Tower 1808
1825
1840
1895		1808 [82] Demolished c.1900. [82]
Willington Willington Mill
SK 396 305 		1791
1825		1710 [83] 1825. [83]
Wirksworth Wirksworth Mill
SK 274 538 		Post 1808
1836		1799 [84] Advertised for sale 1849. [84]
Woodville Butt House Mill
SK 323 190 		Post 1835†
1836		c.1827 [85] Demolished c.1880. [85]

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