List of windmills in Bedfordshire

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Extant windmills in Bedfordshire.
Sharnbrook, 2 Shefford, 3 Stanbridge, 4 Stevington, 5 Thurleigh, 6 Upper Dean

A list of all windmills and windmill sites which lie in the current ceremonial county of Bedfordshire.

Locations

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Apsley Guise		Post			Demolished c. 1900
Barton-in-the-Clay	Barton Mill TL 0806 2949	Post		1831	1851
Bedford	Mill Street			1842	Burnt down February 1844
Biggleswade	Franklin's Tower The Steam Mill TL 189 440	Tower		1860	Demolished 1966
Biscot		Smock
Bolnhurst		Post
Colmworth		Post
Cranfield	Cranfield Windmill SP 960 429	tower			Demolished 1966
Dunstable	TL 014 218	Tower		Late 18th or early 19th century [1]	Windmill World
Dunstable	TL 013 221
Dunstable	TL 001 208
Flitwick					Standing 1880s
Flitwick		Smock		c. 1850	Burnt down 9 November 1903
Great Barford		Smock		1835	Demolished 1907
Henlow		Smock		1819 [2]	Demolished 1935
Houghton Conquest		Post			Demolished 1830s
Houghton Conquest	Houghton Conquest Mill TL 047 423	Tower		1830s	Windmill World
Houghton Regis		Smock			Replaced by tower mill
Houghton Regis		Tower		18th century [2]
Hulcote	Hulcote Windmill SP 949 382	Tower		19th century [2]	Demolished c. 1880, machinery to Spaldwick Mill, Huntingdonshire Windmill World
Husbourne Crawley	Pug Mill	Vertical axis		1820	Demolished c. 1840
Keysoe		Post		c. 1800	Blown down 1948
Leighton Buzzard				1212	1212
Leighton Buzzard	Flemmon's Mill	Post			Moved to Whipsnade 1860
Leighton Buzzard	Beaudesert Mill	tower		Early 19th century	Demolished 1890s
Lower Dean		Post		1620 [3]	Collapsed 20 December 1959 [2]
Lower Dean		Post	1765	1762	Rebuilt 1834
Lower Dean	TL 041 698	Post		1834	Collapsed 1959 Windmill World
Luton	Biscot Windmill	Post			Burnt down 1841
Luton	Biscot Windmill	Smock		1842	Demolished 1938
Markyate	TL 056 186	Post [4]		1222 [4]	1222 [4]
Markyate	Caddington Mill [4] TL 056 186	Post [4]		c. 1810 [4]	Blown down c. 1815 [4]
Potton		Post		1840s	1853
Potton	TL 213 498	Tower			Demolished 1955 Windmill World
Riseley		Post			Standing 1936
Riseley		Smock
Sharnbrook	Sharnbrook Windmill SP 998 593	Tower			Windmill World
Shefford	Shefford Windmill TL 149 395	Tower			Windmill World
Stanbridge	Stanbridge Windmill SP 962 245	Tower		1800	Windmill World
Stevington	Stevington Windmill SP 992 528	Post		c. 1770	Windmill World
Sundon		Post			Moved to Toddington 1847
Thurleigh	Thurleigh Windmill TL 047 582	Tower		1890 [5]	Windmill World
Toddington		Post			Demolished c. 1845
Toddington		Post		1847	Blown down 1880s
Totternhoe		Post
Totternhoe	Doolittle Windmill SP 990 202	Tower		c. 1820	Windmill World
Upper Dean	Upper Dean Windmill TL 041 682	Tower		1856 [6]	Windmill World
Whipsnade		Post		1860	Demolished 1877
Woburn	Woburn Windmill SP 941 329	Smock			Demolished 1805 Windmill World
Yelden		Post			Burnt down October 1877

Locations formerly within Bedfordshire

For windmills in Eaton Socon see List of windmills in Cambridgeshire .

Sources

Unless stated otherwise, the source for all entries is Howes, Hugh (1983). Bedfordshire Mills. Bedford: Bedfordshire County Council. ISBN   0-907041-06-X.

Maps

• 1765 Thomas Jeffrey

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.

References

1. Historic England. "WINDMILL, WEST STREET (north side), DUNSTABLE, SOUTH BEDFORDSHIRE, BEDFORDSHIRE (1146443)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 2008-11-02.
2. "Bedfordshire". UK Windmills. Retrieved 2008-11-02.
3. "Nether Dean Mill on Shadbolt Hill". Stodden. Retrieved 2008-11-02.
4. Moore, Cyril (1999). Hertfordshire Windmills and Windmillers. Sawbridgeworth: Windsup Publishing. ISBN   0-9533861-0-4.
5. Historic England. "WINDMILL, MILL HILL, THURLEIGH, BEDFORD, BEDFORDSHIRE (1114126)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 2008-11-02.
6. "Bedfordshire". UK Windmills. Retrieved 2008-11-02.