List of windmills in Devon

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A list of windmills in Devon.

Locations

LocationName of mill and
grid reference		TypeMapsFirst mention
or built		Last mention
or demise		Photograph
Abbotsham Bowood Mill 1765
1827		17651827
AbbotshamTealter Mill1695Demolished c. 1817
Alverdiscott 16031603
Bere Ferrers 16371637
Brixham Little Rey Mill
SX 926 557 		Tower 17971840
Windmill World 		Little Rey Mill, Brixham - geograph.org.uk - 1225971.jpg
BrixhamFurzeham Common Mill Tower 18181838
Broadclyst Clyston Manor Mill
SX 991 966 		Tower 1809
1827		1786 Windmill World Broadclyst Windmill.jpg
Cruwys Morchard 15531553
Dartmouth Post c. 1700c. 1700
Exminster Shillingford Mill18351835
Exmouth Tower 18091797Demolished 1849
Galmpton Warnborough SX 889 567 Tower 1827c. 1810 Windmill World Galmpton Windmill.jpg
Holsworthy Tower 1765 1765Demolished c. 1890
Instow Church Mill
SS 482 312 		Tower Windmill World Church Mill, Instow.jpg
InstowSouth Mill17971797
Littleham Heale House [1] Titt iron wind engine
Lundy North Mill Tower 17th centuryRuin by 1787
LundyWest Mill
SS 136 465 		Tower 17th century Windmill World
Northam 167516091675
NorthamBidna Mill
SS 457 296 		Tower 1806Tower blown down 1919
Windmill World
North Whilborough Long Burrow Mill
SX 872 658 		Tower Windmill World North Wilborough windmill.jpg
Paignton Fernacombe Mill
SX 875 624 		Tower 1829 Windmill World Paignton windmill.jpg
Pilton 1594
Petrockstowe Heanton Mill
SS 491 103 		Tower 18091756 Windmill World Petrockstowe windmill.jpg
Plymouth Devonport Mill1751Demolished 1762
PlymouthDevonport Mill Tower 18271762Demolished c. 1843
PlymouthHoe Mill Post 15641792
Plympton St Mary 15611561
Rackenford 176517651765
Sandford Dowrish MillLate 16th centuryLate 16th century
Shute Shute House [1] Titt iron wind engine 1900
Stokenham 16121612
Teigngrace 17131713
Teignmouth 16281727, demolished by 1759
Topsham 17691790, demolished by 1817
Torquay Yaddon Down Mill
SX 908 658 		Tower 1673 Windmill World Windmill (disused) - geograph.org.uk - 391093.jpg
TorquayChelston Mill18231823
TorquayFleet Mill18081820
Witheridge 1765 17651765
Woodbury 12891289
Woodbury Salterton 15491549
Woolfardisworthy Almiston Millc. 1840c. 1840

Sources

Unless stated otherwise, the source for all entries is Minchinton, Walter (1977). Windmills of Devon. Exeter: Exeter Industrial Archaeology Group. ISBN   978-0-950177-86-1.

Contents

Maps

Notes

Mills 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.

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Devon County in South West England

Devon is a county in South West England, reaching from the Bristol Channel in the north to the English Channel in the south. It is bounded by Cornwall to the west, Somerset to the north-east and Dorset to the east. The city of Exeter is the county town. The county includes the districts of East Devon, Mid Devon, North Devon, South Hams, Teignbridge, Torridge and West Devon. Plymouth and Torbay are each geographically part of Devon, but are administered as unitary authorities. Combined as a ceremonial county, Devon's area is 6,707 km2 and its population is about 1.2 million.

Lieutenant-Colonel John Lambrick Vivian (1830–1896), Inspector of Militia and Her Majesty's Superintendent of Police and Police Magistrate for St Kitts, West Indies, was an English genealogist and historian. He edited editions of the Heraldic Visitations of Devon and of Cornwall, standard reference works for historians of these two counties. Both contain an extensive pedigree of the Vivian family of Devon and Cornwall, produced largely by his own researches.

References

  1. 1 2 Major, J Kenneth (1977). The Windmills of John Wallis Titt. The International Molinological Society.
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