List of windmills in Somerset

Last updated March 05, 2022

This is a list of windmills in the English county of Somerset.

Locations

A - B

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise
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
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

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise
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
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

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise
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
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

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise
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

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise
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

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise
St Cuthbert Out	Approximately ST 577 474
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

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise
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
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
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
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

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

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.

Sources

Unless 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.

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Major, J Kenneth (1977). The Windmills of John Wallis Titt. The International Molinological Society.
1 2 3 4 5 6 "OTHERY". British History Online. Retrieved 5 June 2009.

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[Major-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Major, J Kenneth (1977). The Windmills of John Wallis Titt. The International Molinological Society.

[Othery-2] 1 2 3 4 5 6 "OTHERY". British History Online. Retrieved 5 June 2009.

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