A list of all windmills and windmill sites which lie in the current ceremonial county of West Sussex.
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
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Aldingbourne | ||||||
Aldingbourne | ||||||
Amberley | Old Mill, Amberley | Tower | ||||
Angmering | Jerusalem Mill | Post [1] | 1780 [1] | Moved to Rustington, September 1848 [1] | ||
Angmering | Luck's Mill | Post | 1813 | Demolished July 1930 | ||
Angmering |
Highdown New Mill Ecclesden Mill TQ 082 044 |
Tower | 1826 | |||
Angmering | Preston Place Farm | Trestle with wind wheel | 1853 | 1916 [1] | ||
Apuldram | Dell Quay Mill Tipper's Mill [2] |
Post | 1790 | Demolished c. 1866. Roundhouse converted to residential use. | ||
Arundel | Cement Mill | 1864 [3] | Standing c. 1915 [3] | |||
Arundel | Atfield's Mill | Post | c. 1824 | Demolished December 1864. [4] | ||
Arundel |
South Marsh Mill TQ 013 063 |
Tower | 1830 | Windmill World | ||
Ashington | Old Mill | |||||
Ashurst | Post | 1789 | Blown down December 1929 |
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
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Barnham | 1230 [5] | 1683 [5] | ||||
Barnham | Old Mill | Post | 1762 [5] | Blown down 11 October 1827 [6] | ||
Barnham | Feaver's Mill John Baker's Mill SU 968 039 |
Tower | 1829 | Windmill World | ||
Billingshurst | Sprinks Mill Six Bells Inn Mill |
Burnt down 5 November 1852 | ||||
Billingshurst |
Hammond's Mill TQ 092 260 |
Smock | 1825 | Blown down 1906
[7] Windmill World |
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Birdham | Post | 1724 | 1724 | 1724 | ||
Birdham | Smock | 1927 [7] | 1939, gone by 1946 | |||
Bognor Regis [3] | Black Mill [3] | Tower [3] | Standing c. 1899 [3] | |||
Bolney | Smock | 18th century [8] | 19th century | |||
Bosham | Old Mill | |||||
Boxgrove |
Halnaker Mill SU 920 097 |
Tower | 1740s | Windmill World | ||
Bramber [7] | 1778 [7] | 1779 [7] | ||||
Burgess Hill | Post |
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
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Chichester | St James's Mill | |||||
Chichester | Broyle Mill | |||||
Chichester | Broyle Mill (2nd mill) | |||||
Chichester | Portfield Mill | |||||
Chidham | Old Mill | Post | ||||
Clayton |
Duncton Mill TQ 304 135 |
Post | 1765 | Demolished 1866 Windmill World |
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Clayton |
Jill TQ 304 134 |
Post | 1852 | Windmill World | ||
Clayton |
Jack TQ 304 135 |
Tower | 1866 | Windmill World | ||
Climping | Ilsham Manor [9] | 1338 [9] | 1338 [9] | |||
Climping | Cudlow Manor [9] | 1338 [9] | 1338 [9] | |||
Climping | Atherington Manor
[9] Totsham Mill [9] |
1378 [9] | 1485 [9] | |||
Climping | Clymping Mill [9] | Post | 1780 [9] | Replaced by smock mill, 1799 | ||
Climping | Clymping Mill TQ 015 013 |
Smock | 1799 | Demolished 1963 Windmill World |
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Coldwaltham | Watersfield Common | Éolienne Bollée | ||||
Coldwaltham | Watersfield Mill | Smock | ||||
Compton | Old Mill | 1724 | 1724 | 1724 | ||
Cowfold | Monastery | Éolienne Bollée | 1885 [10] | |||
Cowfold | Éolienne Bollée | 1885 [10] | Collapsed 1960s [10] | |||
Cuckfield | Beech Farm Mill | Smock | 1873 | Demolished 1922 | ||
Cuckfield | Whiteman's Green Mill Whiteman's Cross Mill |
Post | Demolished c. 1877 | |||
Cuckfield | Kennard's Mill |
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
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Durrington | High Salvington Mill | 1724 | 1615 | 1724 | ||
Durrington |
High Salvington Mill TQ 123 067 |
Post | c. 1750 | Windmill World | ||
Durrington |
Glynde windpump TQ 123 067 |
Hollow Post | 2008 | |||
Earnley |
Somerley Mill SZ 817 984 |
Smock | 1803 | Windmill World | ||
East Wittering |
East Wittering Mill SZ 797 973 |
Tower | 1810 | |||
Fishbourne | Post | c. 1854 [11] | Demolished 1898 [11] | |||
Felpham | Black Mill | Post [12] | 1760 [12] | Demolished December 1902 [12] | ||
Felpham | White Mill | Smock | 1801 [12] | Demolished 1879 [12] | ||
Ferring | John Olliver's Mill | Post | 1750 [13] | Blown down c. 1823 [13] | ||
Findon | Church Hill Mill [14] | Post [14] | 1783 [14] | 1794 [14] | ||
Findon | Old Mill | Post [15] | 1823 [15] | 1891 [16] | ||
Findon | Muntham [17] | Vertical axis mill | 1794 [17] | 1795 [17] | ||
Fontwell | White Mill |
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
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Goring-by-Sea | Goring Mill | 1724 | 1724 | 1724 – Actually 'Heene Mill' as the Budgeon Map of 1724 shows it east of the Hundred boundary. | ||
Harting | 1724 | 1724 | 1724 | |||
Haywards Heath | Church Field Mill | |||||
Henfield |
Old Mill Neptown Mill [18] |
Post | 1724 [19] | Blown down 1908 [19] | ||
Henfield |
New Mill Barringer's Mill [18] |
Post | 1844 [18] | Burnt 1954 [18] | ||
Highbrook | Hammingden Mill | Smock | 1830 | Moved to Newhaven 1844 | ||
Horsham | Wimblehurst Mill | |||||
Horsham | Champion's Mill | |||||
Horsham | Warnham Mill | |||||
Horsham | Compton Mill | |||||
Horsham | Roffey Mill | |||||
Horsham |
Southwater Mill Cripplegate Mill [20] |
Smock | 1810 [21] | Burnt down 1914 | ||
Hunston |
Kipson Bank Mill TQ 858 008 |
Smock | 1813 | 1801 | Demolished 1919 Windmill World |
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
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Ifield | Post | c. 1870 | Demolished 1899 | |||
Keymer |
Oldland Mill TQ 321 162 |
Post | 1703 | Windmill World | ||
Kirdford [12] | Kirdford Mill [12] | Post [12] | 1770s [12] | Moved to Coolham c. 1800 [12] | ||
Lancing | Hoe Court [22] | 1276 [22] | 1277 [22] | |||
Lancing | Lancing Down Mill | Post | 16th century [22] | 1592 [22] | ||
Lancing | Lancing Down Mill | Post | 1750 | Demolished 1905 [22] | ||
Lindfield [7] | ||||||
Littlehampton | Cudlow Mill Arun Mill [7] |
Post | Moved to Fishbourne c 1854 [11] | |||
Littlehampton | Arun Mill | Tower | ||||
Littleworth | Jolesfield Mill | used for corn. In use 1890s but disused by 1911 as per contemporary Ordnance Survey maps. Windmill PH nearby – still on main road through village | ||||
Littlehampton | Toddington Mill [7] | |||||
Lowfield Heath |
Lowfield Heath Mill TQ 270 398 |
Post | 1762 1777 1789 1823* |
1762 | Dismantled June 1987, re-erected at Charlwood, Surrey 1989 | |
Lyminster | Brookfield Mill | |||||
Lyminster | Toddington Mill |
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
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Northchapel | Old Mill | |||||
North Stoke | Post | |||||
Nutbourne |
Nutbourne Mill TQ 078 189 |
Tower | 1854 | Windmill World | ||
Nutbourne | ||||||
Oving | 1291 [23] | 1291 [23] | ||||
Oving | Old Mill | Burnt down 19th century [23] | ||||
Pagham | Post | |||||
Pagham |
Nyetimber Mill SZ 892 988 |
Tower | 1840s | Windmill World | ||
Petworth | Old Mill | |||||
Plaistow | Pullen's Mill | |||||
Pulborough | Heath Mill | |||||
Pulborough | Pulborough Mill | |||||
Pulborough | Waterfield Mill | Post | Demolished 1869 |
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
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Rudgwick | Rudgwick Mill | |||||
Rudgwick | Honey Lane Mill | |||||
Rusper | Old Mill | Smock | ||||
Rustington | Bridge Mill | Post [12] | 1855 [12] | 1894 [12] | ||
Rustington | Sea Field Mill | Post [12] | 1805 [12] | Demolished 1910 [12] | ||
Rustington | Rustington Mill | 1848 [1] | Moved to Fishbourne, October 1857 | |||
Selham | Moorland Farm Mill | |||||
Selsey | Post | 1783 | Replaced by tower mill, c. 1827 | |||
Selsey |
Medmerry Mill SZ 844 934 |
Tower | c. 1827 | Windmill World | ||
Shipley | Honeypoles Mill | |||||
Shipley |
King's Mill TQ 143 218 |
Smock | 1879 | Windmill World | ||
Shipley | Coolham Mill | Post | ||||
Shoreham | Good Friday Mill | Post | c. 1764 | Burnt down 1899 | ||
Shoreham | Old Mill | |||||
Shoreham | Town Mill | Post | ||||
Shoreham | Shripney Mill | |||||
Singleton |
Westham windpump SU 874 128 |
Hollow post | 1975 | Windmill World | ||
Slindon | Slindon Mill | Post | ||||
Sompting | pumping mill | |||||
Southwick | Southwick Mill | Smock | ||||
Southwick | Cement Mill | |||||
Steyning | Post | |||||
Storrington | Botting's Mill | Post | ||||
Storrington |
Kithurst Mill
[24] Black Mill [24] Box Mill [24] |
Post | 1750 [24] | Demolished 1923 [24] | ||
Storrington | Storrington Mill | Post | 1820 [24] | |||
Sullington |
Sullington Mill Warren Mill Crowhurst's Mill |
Post | 1800 | Burnt down 9 August 1911, [25] windshaft remains on site | ||
Sullington | Post |
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
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Twineham | Hooker's mill | Hollow post | c. 1865 | Demolished 1900 | ||
Upmarden | Haslet Mill | 1581 [26] | 1593 [26] | |||
Upmarden | Upmarden Mill Apple Down Mill |
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Upper Beeding | 1384 [27] | 1700 [27] | ||||
Upper Beeding | Post | 1779 [7] | 1875, gone by 1896 [27] | |||
Walberton | Avisford Hill Mill | Post | ||||
Walberton | Short's Mill | Smock | c. 1820 | Demolished c. 1896 | ||
Washington |
Rock Mill TQ 128 137 |
Smock | 1823 | Windmill World | ||
West Ashling ( Funtington) | Hackett's Mill | Hollow Post | c. 1868 | Demolished 1955 | ||
West Chiltington |
Meeten's Mill TQ 085 181 |
Smock | 1838 | Windmill World | ||
West Dean | Binderton Rook Mill Rook Bindert's Mill |
1724 | 1724 | 1724 | ||
West Dean | Two Titt iron wind engines | 1898 [28] | ||||
West Grinstead |
Littleworth Mill Jolesfield Mill |
Smock | 1813 | 1788 | Demolished 1959, tower re-erected at Gatwick Manor, Crawley. Intended reconstruction but never completed as a windmill. Surviving machinery now exhibited at Lowfield Heath Mill. | |
West Hoathly | Selsfield Common Mill | Smock | ||||
Wisborough Green | Amblehurst Mill | |||||
Wisborough Green | Champion's Mill | Smock | 1820 | Demolished 1915 | ||
Worth | Effingham Mill | |||||
Worth | Crawley Down Mill | |||||
Worthing | Heene | 1279 [29] | 1279 [29] | |||
Worthing | Heene Mill | 1650 [29] | 1750s [29] | |||
Worthing | Heene Mill | Post | 1825 [12] | Demolished June 1903 [12] | ||
Worthing | Cross Street Mill Isted's Mill Teville Mill [30] |
Post | 1807 [30] | Moved to new site (Sea Mill) 1881 [30] | ||
Worthing | Sea Mill | Post | 1881 [30] | |||
Worthing |
East Mill Navarino North Mill Hide's Mill [30] |
Smock | 1813 | 1813 | Demolished 1902 | |
Worthing | Navarino South Mill | Tower | c. 1829 | Demolished c. 1910 | ||
Worthing |
Cissbury Mill Ballard's Mill [31] Offington Mill [31] Broadwater Mill [31] |
Post | 1780 [12] | Demolished c. 1914 [12] | ||
Worthing | pumping mill |
Unless stated otherwise, the source for all entries is Brunnarius, Martin (1979). The Windmills of Sussex. Chichester: Philimore. ISBN 0-85033-345-8. or Hemming, Peter (1936). Windmills in Sussex. London: C W Daniel. Online version