A list of all windmills and windmill sites which lie in the current ceremonial county of Surrey.
Location | Name of mill and grid reference | Type | Maps | First mention or built | Last mention or demise | Photograph |
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Alfold | Alfold Mill Laker's Green Mill Tickner's Heath Mill Robbin's Mill Dunsfold Mill TQ 033 359 | Smock | 1871 | 1841 | Probably built after 1813. Mill Field marked on 1841 Tithe map, first mention of a miller in 1845 Six Home Counties Directory. Working until c. 1870. Demolished c. 1913. [1] | |
Ash | Post | 1332 | The Abbot of Chertsey ordered a new windmill to be built at Ash in 1332. [2] | |||
Banstead | Hundred Acres Mill TQ 262 615 | Post | 1816 | 1505 | Field names in the C16th indicate the possibility of an earlier mill. Demolished c. 1877. [3] | |
Belmont | The Folly Mill TQ 253 622 | Smock | 1823 | 1823 | Markeds as a folly on 1823 map. Windmill may have been erected post-1840. Demolished c. 1890 . [4] | |
Birtley | Birtley Mill TQ 019 435 | 1834 | Built to pump water into the Wey and Arun Canal. Demolished in 1853 . [5] | |||
Blackheath | Tangley Way, Blackheath, near Guildford | Smock | After 1923 | Designed by E Lancaster Burns for generating electricity. Out of use by the 1970s. [6] | ||
Bletchingley | Cox Hill Mill | Moved to Ifield, Sussex c. 1870 [7] | ||||
Buckland | Buckland Windmill TQ 220 508 | Smock | A saw mill, built in 1860s or 1870s. Restored 1995-2003. | ![]() |
Location | Name of mill and grid reference | Type | Maps | First mention or built | Last mention or demise | Photograph |
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Capel | Clark's Green Mill TQ 176 398 | Post | 1733 1749 1762 1777 1789 | 1649 | Marked on a map of the manor of Dorking dated 1649. Demolished in 1774. [8] | |
Capel | Shiremark Mill TQ 173 377 | Smock | 1774 | Incorporated timbers from Clark's Green Mill. Working until c.1919. Burnt down 1970. | ![]() | |
Carshalton | TQ 269 630 | 1816 | 1816 | Marked on the 1" to a mile Ordnance Survey map, 1816 . [9] | ||
Caterham | TQ 329 554 | Demolished before 1736. [10] | ||||
Caterham | Caterham Common Mill TQ 325 563 | Post | 1696 1762 1793 | Standing in 1795. Probably gone by 1838, possibly demolished c. 1851. [11] | ||
Charlwood | Stanhill Mill TQ 238 417 | Blown down 13 January 1703. [12] | ||||
Charlwood | Little Park Farm Mill TQ 243 398 | Blown down 13 January 1703. [12] | ||||
Charlwood | Norwood Hill Mill TQ 244 437 | 1729 1750 | 1729 | 1750 | ||
Charlwood | Charlwood Common Mill TQ 245 409 | Post | 1762 | 1762 | 1762 | |
Charlwood | Charlwood Common Mill TQ 245 409 | Smock | 1804 | Burnt down February 1901. The base survived and was house converted in 1934. [12] | ![]() | |
Charlwood | Lowfield Heath Mill TQ 245 409 | Post Mill | 1989 | Windmill World | ![]() | |
Chelsham | Chelsham Mill TQ 350 577 | Post | 1762 1770 1823 | 1762 | Burnt down c. 1840. [13] | |
Chiddingfold | SU 964 357 | 1762 1789 | 1760 | Stood 400 yards (370 m) north east of Chiddingfold Church. [14] | ||
Chiddingfold | Hungry Corner Mill SU 952 339 | Post | 1668 | Demolished c.1813. [14] | ||
Chiddingfold | Hungry Corner Mill SU 952 339 | Smock | 1823 1871 | 1813 | Cap blown off c. 1874, demolished c. 1876. [14] Base survives, used as a store. [15] | |
Chipstead | Mugswell Mill | 1790 | 1772 | 1790 | ||
Chipstead | Mugswell Mill TQ 258 548 | Post | 1816 | Working until c. 1895. Demolished c. 1912. [16] Roundhouse survives.< [17] | ||
Cobham | Fairmile Mill TQ 117 615 | 1816 1823 | c. 1805 | Built c. 1805. Demolished in the 1850s. [18] | ||
Cranleigh | Windmill Field TQ 065 376 | Gone by 1843. [19] | ||||
Cranleigh | Cranleigh Common Mill TQ 048 395 | Tower | 1753 | 1703 | Replaced by smock mill c. 1800. [19] | |
Cranleigh | Cranleigh Common Mill Killick's Mill TQ 036 403 | Smock | c. 1800 | Demolished in February 1917. [19] | ![]() | |
Cranleigh | Cranley Mill TQ 019 435 | 1833 | A pumping windmill, supplied water for the Wey and Arun Canal. Demolished in 1853. [19] |
Location | Name of mill and grid reference | Type | Maps | First mention or built | Last mention or demise | Photograph |
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Dorking | Popper Mill Pupper Mill | 1729 1749 | 1729 | 1749 | ||
Epsom Wells | early mill | 15th century | 15th century | |||
Epsom Wells | Post | 1823 1871 | 1796 | Burnt down c. 1880 | ||
Ewell | Tower | 1816 1853 | 1801 | Demolished c. 1900 | ||
Ewhurst | Hurt Wood Mill | Post | 1733 1749 | 1648 | Standing in 1847, blown down c. 1854 | |
Ewhurst | Hurt Wood Mill TQ 078 427 | Tower | 1871 | 1855 | Windmill World | ![]() |
Location | Name of mill and grid reference | Type | Maps | First mention or built | Last mention or demise | Photograph |
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Fetcham | Cheshire Mill | Tower | 1789 | 1777 | 1804 | |
Frimley | early mill | 1537 | 1537 | |||
Frimley | Frimley Green Mill SU 896 563 | Tower | 1816 | 1784 | Windmill World | |
Godstone | Tilburstow Hill Mill | Post | 1762 1777 1790 1871 | 1760 | Collapsed 1805 | |
Godstone | Godstone Green Mill | Post | 1816 1871 | c. 1810 | Demolished late 1880s | |
Haslemere | Grayswood Hill Mill Oliver's Mill | Smock | 1871 | 1785 | Demolished August 1886 | |
Holmwood | Holmwood Mill | 1762 | ||||
Holmwood | Holmwood Mill | Post | 1816 | 1775 | Demolished c. 1880 | |
Hookwood | Hookwood Mill | Post | 1823 1866 | c. 1820 | Demolished 1896 | |
Horley | Horley mill | Post | 1762 1777 1789 1816 1871 | 1762 | Demolished c. 1900 | |
Horne | Horne Mill | 1823 | 1823 | Standing in 1845, gone by 1851 | ||
Horsell | Saw mill | Post mill | 1890 | c. 1910 |
Location | Name of mill and grid reference | Type | Maps | First mention or built | Last mention or demise | Photograph |
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Kingston upon Thames | Kingston Mill | 1700 1733 | 1700 | 1733 | ||
Leigh | Shellwood Common Mill | 1729 1750 1762 1789 | 1729 | 1789, later burnt down, gone by 1795 | ||
Leigh | Shellwood Common Mill | Post | 1816 1823 | 1795 | Standing in 1915, gone by 1925 | |
Limpsfield Chart | Post | 1816 | Demolished February 1925 | |||
Long Ditton | 1762 | 1762 | 1762 |
Location | Name of mill and grid reference | Type | Maps | First mention or built | Last mention or demise | Photograph |
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Merstham | Post | 1789 1816 1823 1871 | 1786 | Demolished 7 October 1896 | ||
Mitcham | Mitcham Common Mill | Post | 1806 | Demolished 1906 | ||
Mitcham | Horizontal | |||||
Nutfield | Post mill | 1296 | 1296 | |||
Nutfield | Botterys Mill | Post | 1680 | Demolished December 1929 |
Location | Name of mill and grid reference | Type | Maps | First mention or built | Last mention or demise | Photograph |
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Ockley | Emler Mill Almer's Mill TQ 147 395 | Smock | 1823 | 1803 | Collapsed 23 November 1944 Windmill World | ![]() |
Ockley | TQ 147 395 | Smock | Replica for residential use. Windmill World | ![]() | ||
Outwood | Outwood Mill TQ 585 315 | Post | 1665 | Windmill World | ![]() | |
Outwood | Outwood High Mill | Smock | 1796 | Collapsed 25 November 1960 | ||
Reigate | Oatmill | 1800 | 1800 | |||
Reigate | Blackborough Mill | 1700 1729 1733 | 1700 | 1733, replaced by later post mill on same site | ||
Reigate | Blackborough Mill, Blackberry Mill, Ganders Hatch Mill | Post | 1736 | Demolished 1938 | ||
Reigate | Cockshot Hill Mill | 1628 | Collapsed by 1639 | |||
Reigate | Cockshot Hill Mill | Post | 1729 | 1729 | Standing in 1826, gone by 1845 | |
Reigate | Cockshot Hill Mill [20] | Post | 1748 | Demolished c. 1893 | ||
Reigate | Reigate Heath Mill TQ 235 500 | Post | 1753 1762 | 1753 | Windmill World | ![]() |
Reigate | Trumpet's Hill Mill | Smock | 1789 1816 1823 1871 | Built 1760s | Demolished 4 October 1950 | ![]() |
Reigate | Wray Common Mill TQ 269 511 | Tower | 1824 | Windmill World | ![]() |
Location | Name of mill and grid reference | Type | Maps | First mention or built | Last mention or demise | Photograph |
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Shepperton | Upper Halliford | 14th century | 14th century | |||
Shepperton | Halliford | 1382 | 1399 | |||
Shepperton | Walton Bridge Approximately TQ 090 658 | 1597 | 1597 | |||
South Beddington | Smock | 1835 | Burnt down 1852 | |||
Sunbury on Thames | 1311 [21] | 1311 [21] | ||||
Sunbury on Thames | 1591 [21] | 1603 [21] | ||||
Sunbury on Thames | TQ 099 699 | 1683 [21] | Burnt down c. 1705 [21] | |||
Sunbury on Thames | TQ 099 699 | 1712 [21] | 1722 [21] | |||
Sunbury on Thames | TQ 091 701 | Smock [21] | 1819 [21] | Demolished 1900s [21] |
Location | Name of mill and grid reference | Type | Maps | First mention or built | Last mention or demise | Photograph |
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Tadworth | Post | 1295 | 1295 | |||
Tadworth | Post | 1600 | 1775 | |||
Tadworth | New Mill TQ 236 554 | Post | 1780 | Windmill World | ![]() | |
Tadworth | Post | 1795 | Demolished 1890 | |||
Walton-on-Thames | 18th century or earlier | |||||
Walton-on-Thames | 1765 | 1765 | 1820 | |||
Warlingham | Succombs Hill | Post | 1198 | 1325 | ||
Warlingham | Ashby's Mill | Smock | 1865 | Burnt down 24 April 1865 | ||
Warlingham | Farleigh Mill | |||||
West Horsley | Windmill Hill Mill | Tower | 1729 1753 1762 1777 1790 | 1729 | Demolished 1866 | |
Weybridge | Conduit Hill | Tower | 1847 | 1847 | ||
Windlesham | Post |
Unless otherwise indicated, the reference for all entries is:-
Farries, K G, and Mason, M T (1966). The Windmills of Surrey and Inner London. London: Charles Skilton Ltd.
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.
The maps quoted by date are:-
Wimbledon Windmill is a Grade II* listed windmill situated on Wimbledon Common in the London Borough of Merton, in the west of South London, and is preserved as a museum.
Shirley Windmill is a Grade II listed tower mill in Shirley, in the London Borough of Croydon, England which has been restored to working order.
Margate was a "limb" of Dover in the ancient confederation of the Cinque ports. It was added to the confederation in the 15th century.
Lowfield Heath Windmill is a grade II listed post mill at Charlwood, Surrey, England which has been restored to working order.
Reigate Heath Windmill is a grade II* listed post mill at Reigate Heath, Surrey, England which has been restored and is used as a chapel. It is thought to be the only windmill in the world which is a consecrated church.
New Mill is a grade II listed post mill at Tadworth, Surrey, England which is on the Buildings at Risk Register.
Buckland Windmill is a grade II listed smock mill at Buckland, Surrey, England which has been restored to working order. It is the only surviving wind saw mill in the United Kingdom.
Wandsworth Common Windmill is a conserved grade II listed smock mill at Wandsworth Common, in the London Borough of Wandsworth in the United Kingdom.
Ashby's Mill, often referred to as Brixton Windmill, is a restored grade II* listed tower mill at Brixton in the London Borough of Lambeth. The mill was in Surrey when built and has been preserved.
Hurt Wood Mill is a grade II* listed tower mill at Ewhurst, Surrey, England which has been converted to residential use.
Wray Common Mill is a grade II* listed tower mill at Reigate, Surrey, England which has been converted to residential use.
Frimley Green Windmill is a Grade II listed tower mill at Frimley Green, Surrey, England, which has been converted to residential use.