The List of Windmills in Derbyshire is a list of former and extant windmills in the English county of Derbyshire.
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
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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] | ||
Alfreton | Sleetmore Mill SK 415 539 |
Post | 1825 | 1790 [2] | Demolished1925. [2] | |
Ashbourne | Windmill Lane SK 180 463 |
Tower | 1808 | 1791 [3] | Standing 1817, not on 1825 map. [4] | |
Ashbourne | Ashley Mill SK 173 465 |
Tower | 1838 [5] | Standing in 1847. [6] | ||
Ashover |
Spancarr Mill SK 342 660 |
Tower | 1808 | 1807 [7] | Windmill World | |
Beighton (now South Yorkshire) | Beighton Mill SK 434 826 |
Post | 1791 [8] | Burnt down by arson April 1831. [8] | ||
Belph | SK 536 755 | Open Trestle Post | 1808 | Standing in 1814. [9] | ||
Belper |
Belper Mill SK 353 478 |
Tower | 1796 [10] | Windmill World | ||
Bolsover |
Sherwood Lodge Mill Lime Kiln Fields Mill SK 472 712 |
Tower | 1793 [11] | Windmill World | ||
Bolsover | SK 479 706 | Open Trestle Post | 1825 1836 |
1795 [9] | ||
Borrowash | Borrowash Mill SK 422 345 |
Open Trestle Post | 1825 1835 |
1773 [12] | Gone by 1857 [12] | |
Breadsall | Breadsall Mill SK 376 394 |
Tower | 1808 1836 |
Demolished 1840s. [13] | ||
Calow | Bole Hill Mill SK 417 703 |
Post | 1808 1835 1840 |
1812 [14] | Burnt down 15 April 1843 [14] | |
Chellaston | Chellaston Mill SK 381 298 |
Tower | 1836 1887 1899 |
c.1827 [15] | Working in 1889. Single story stump was standing in 1970, gone by 1995. [15] | |
Chesterfield | Holywell Street Mill SK 383 714 |
Post | c.1787 [16] | Advertised for sale 1789, no further trace. [16] | ||
Chesterfield | New Brampton Mill SK 372 710} |
Post | 1808 | 1800 [17] | Advertised for sale 1814, no further trace. [17] | |
Chesterfield | Club Mill SK 372 717 |
Tower | 1808 1836 |
1800 [18] | ||
Clay Cross | Clay Cross Mill SK 395 633 |
Post | 1835† | Standing in 1857. [19] | ||
Clowne | Clown mill SK 488 755 |
Post | 1791 1808 1836 1880 1887 |
1767 [19] | ||
Codnor | Codnor Mill SK 420 495 |
Post | 1808 | 1801 [20] | Standing in 1834, not on 1836 map. [20] | |
Creswell | Cresswell Mill | Post | 1828 [21] | Standing in 1864. [21] | ||
Crich | Pothouse Mill | 1757 [22] | Moved to Four Lanes End in 1764. [22] | |||
Crich | Four Lanes End Mill | Tower | 1764 [23] | Burnt out 15 February 1849. [23] | ||
Dale Abbey |
Cat and Fiddle Mill SK 438 398 |
Midlands Post | 1788 [24] | Windmill World | ||
Derby | Windmill Hill Lane Mill SK 333 368 |
Tower | 1791 | 1767 [25] | Advertised for sale in 1781. [25] | |
Derby | Depot Mill SK 351 349 |
Tower | 1816 [26] | Probably demolished between 1855 and 1888. [27] | ||
Derby | Normanton Road Mill | Tower | Standing in 1949. [27] | |||
Derby | Chain Lane Mill, Littleover SK 342 336 |
Medieval mill. [28] | ||||
Eckington | Eckington Mill SK 425 793 |
Post | 1825. [29] | Burnt down by arson, 19 January 1832. [29] | ||
Eyam | Eyam Mill SK 212 765 |
Tower | 1827 | Demolished c.1877 [30] | ||
Findern |
Findern Mill SK 302 307 |
Tower | 1825 1836 1887 |
1797 [31] | Windmill World | |
Fritchley | Fritchley Mill SK 365 532 |
Post | 1825 1880 |
1793 [32] | Windmill World | |
Hazelwood | Hazelwood Mill SK 333 460 |
Smock | 1906 | 1906 [33] | Pumping windmill, demolished 1939. [33] | |
Heage |
Heage Windmill SK 367 507 |
Tower | Built c. 1797. First use c. 1805 [34] | Heage Windmill Official Website | ||
Heanor | 1791 1808 |
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Holbrook | Holbrook Mill SK 364 449 |
Post | 1825 1836 1880 |
1825 [35] | Standing in 1841, not marked on any map later than 1880. [35] | |
Hopton |
Carsington Pasture Mill SK 252 545 |
Tower | 1839 1880 |
1780s [36] [37] | Windmill World | |
Horsley Park | Hosley Mill SK 377 439 |
Post | 1808 1836 |
Gone by 1841. [38] | ||
Hulland Ward | Hulland Ward Mill SK 266 475 |
Tower | 1836 | c.1825 [38] | Standing in 1850, not on 1880 map. [38] | |
Ilkeston | Lawn GardensMill SK 464 423 |
Post | 1817 [39] | Burnt down 1831. [39] | ||
Ilkeston | Field Mill SK 465 420 |
Post | 1825 1836 |
Moved to Derby Road, Ilkeston mid-C19th. [40] | ||
Ilkeston | Derby Road Mill SK 458 413 |
Post | 1896 1908 |
1876 [41] | Standing in September 1920. [41] | |
Kilburn | Kilburn Mill SK 382 455 |
Tower | 1821 [42] | Not marked on any maps after 1879. [42] | ||
Long Eaton | Long Eaton Mill SK 339 492 |
1808 | ||||
Loscoe | Loscoe Mill SK 430 480 |
Post | 1825 1836 |
Advertised for sale in 1851. [43] | ||
Lower Pilsley | Hagg Hill SK 411 636 |
1897 | Possibly a windpump. [43] | |||
Mapperley | Mapperley Mill SK 437 429 |
Post | 1825 1836 |
Standing in 1900, blown down by 1932. [44] | ||
Marlpool | Marlpool Mill SK 442 456 |
1791 | 1767. [45] | Gone by 1801. [45] | ||
Marlpool | Marlpool Mill SK 442 456 |
Post | Burnt down by arson, 4 December 1828. [46] | |||
Marlpool | Marlpool Mill SK 442 456 |
Tower | 1836 1881 |
c.1830 [47] | Dismantled 1885. [47] | |
Melbourne |
Melbourne Mill SK 378 248 |
Tower | 1808 1825 1836 |
1797 [48] | Windmill World | |
Melbourne | SK 386 252 | Post | 1808 1825 1836 |
1808 [49] | 1836 [49] | |
Melbourne | Ticknall Road Mill SK 370 245 |
Post | 1782 [47] | Advertised for sale 1853. [47] | ||
Mickleover | Mill Field Mill | 1808 | 1808 [50] | Moved to Common Road in 1850. [50] | ||
Mickleover | Common Road Mill SK 310 356 |
Tower | 1850 [50] | Demolished c.1973. [50] | ||
Mosborough | Mosborough Mill SK 415 807 |
Tower | c.1802 [51] | Standing in 1856, not marked on 1877 Ordnance Survey map. [51] | ||
Muggington | Muggington Mill SK 286 424 |
Tower | 1835 1836 |
c.1830 [51] | Standing in 1876. [51] | |
Netherseal | Netherseal Mill SK 278 135 |
Post | 1834 | Was in Leicestershire when built. Working in 1904. [52] | ||
Newhall | Newhall Mill SK 281 213 |
Post | 1808 1825 1836 |
Working in 1841. [53] | ||
Nitticar Hill | Knitacre Mill SK 488 786 |
1791 1808 |
1767 [54] | Gone by 1830. [54] | ||
Ockbrook |
Ockbrook Mill SK 429 357 |
Tower | 1880 | 1811 [55] | Windmill World | |
Pleasley | Pleasley Mill SK 500 645 |
Post | 1808 1825 1836 |
1808 [54] | Demolished late 1860s. [54] | |
Riddings |
James SK 424 531 |
Tower | 1877 [56] | Demolished 1963 [56] | ||
Riddings |
Sarah SK 424 531 |
Tower | 1877 [56] | Demolished 1963. [56] | ||
Riddings | Riddings Mill SK 427 527 |
Post | 1835† | 1829 [57] | ||
Ripley | Pease Hill Mill SK 410 496 |
Tower | 1808 1825 1914 |
1808 [58] | Demolished 1920s. [58] | |
Risley | Risley Mill SK 466 362 |
Post | 1808 1825 1835 1836 |
1798 [59] | Advertised for sale 1835. [59] | |
Sandiacre | Sandiacre Mill SK 481 356 |
Post | 1825 1835† |
1820 [60] | Advertised for sale 1834. [60] | |
Sawley | Sawley Mill SK 482 325 |
1825 1836 |
1794 [61] | Working until 1861. [61] | ||
Shardlow | Shardlow Union Mill SK 432 303 |
Post | 1803 [62] | Advertised for sale in 1851. [62] | ||
Shipley | Shipley Mill SK 449 448 |
1808 | 1808 [63] | Blown down 16 May 1809. [63] | ||
Shirebrook | Shirebrook Mill SK 532 680 |
1828 [64] | 1841. [64] | |||
Smalley | Cloves Lane SK 408 446 |
1808 | c.1700 [65] | Moved to Smalley watermill 1800. [64] | ||
Smalley | at Smalley watermill | 1800 [65] | Moved back to Cloves Lane 1815. [64] | |||
Smalley | Cloves Lane SK 408 466 |
1815 [64] | Demolished c.1856. [64] | |||
Smalley | Swine Hill Lane | 1800 [66] | 1800, burnt down before 1828, remains to Marlpool, which burnt down in that year. [66] | |||
Smisby | Ann's Well Place SK 343 183 |
Post | 1791 1808 1895 |
1767 [66] | Blown down c.1920. [66] | |
South Normanton |
Fordbridge Lane Mill SK 442 569 |
Tower | 1880 | 1820s [67] [68] | Windmill World | |
South Normanton | Normanton Common Mill SK 442 561 |
Tower | 1880 1905 |
1850s [69] | Windmill World | |
South Normanton | SK 442 561 | Post | 1808 1825 |
c.1805 [70] | Working until 1908. Dismantled 1980, remains declared beyond restoration in 1997 and burnt.
[70] Windmill World |
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South Normanton | SK 439 562 | Post | 1630 [70] | Severely damaged December 1809, ruins auctioned January 1810. [70] | ||
Spinkhill | Spinkhill Mill SK 452 784 |
Tower | 1791 1808 |
1767 [71] | House converted 1879, demolished mid-1950s. [71] | |
Spondon | Spondon Mill SK 369 394 |
Post | 1824 [72] | Standing in 1861. [72] | ||
Swarkestone | Swarkestone Mill SK 381 297 |
Tower | 1808 1825 |
1794 [73] | Disused by 1889, reduced to single storey stump by 1932, demolished by 1983. [74] | |
Swarkestone Lowes | SK 336 298 | Post | 1675 | 1675 [75] | 1745. [75] | |
Swathick | Swathick Mill SK 365 678 |
1808 | 1808 [76] | 1808. [76] | ||
Temple Normanton | Temple Normanton Mill SK 418 675 |
Tower | 1808 1825 |
1796 [77] | House converted mid-1860s. Demolished 1935. [77] | |
Tibshelf | Nethermoor SK 428 605 |
Post | 1791 1808 1836 |
1767 [78] | Demolished 1915, leaving roundhouse standing. This was demolished in the 1960s. [78] | |
West Hallam | West Hallam Mill | 1791 1808 |
1767 [79] | 1808 [79] | ||
Whitwell | Whitwell Mill SK 533 768 |
Tower | 1840 1916 |
1829 [80] | Working until 1912, demolished 1965. [80] | |
Whittington | Whittington Mill SK 386 745 |
Tower | 1808 1825 1840 1895 |
1808 [81] | Demolished c.1900. [81] | |
Willington | Willington Mill SK 396 305 |
1791 1825 |
1710 [82] | 1825. [82] | ||
Wirksworth | Wirksworth Mill SK 274 538 |
Post | 1808 1836 |
1799 [83] | Advertised for sale 1849. [83] | |
Woodville | Butt House Mill SK 323 190 |
Post | 1835† 1836 |
c.1827 [84] | Demolished c.1880. [84] |