List of windmills in Derbyshire

The List of Windmills in Derbyshire is a list of former and extant windmills in the English county of Derbyshire.

Locations Location Name of mill andgrid reference Type Maps First mentionor built Last mention or demise Photograph Alderwasley Post 17911808 1767 Standing 1811, gone by 1835. Alfreton Hitch Hill Mill Tower 1816 Standing in 1824. Alfreton Sleetmore Mill Post 1825 1790 Demolished1925. Ashbourne Windmill Lane Tower 1808 1791 Standing 1817, not on 1825 map. Ashbourne Ashley Mill Tower 1838 Standing in 1847. Ashover Spancarr Mill Tower 1808 1807 Windmill World Beighton (now South Yorkshire) Beighton Mill Post 1791 Burnt down by arson April 1831. Belper Belper Mill Tower 1796 Windmill World Belper Smock19th century Base remains. Belph Open Trestle Post 1808 Standing in 1814. Bolsover Sherwood Lodge MillLime Kiln Fields Mill Tower 1793 Windmill World Bolsover Open Trestle Post 18251836 1795 Borrowash Borrowash Mill Open Trestle Post 18251835 1773 Gone by 1857 Breadsall Breadsall Mill Tower 18081836 Demolished 1840s. Calow Bole Hill Mill Post 180818351840 1812 Burnt down 15 April 1843 Chellaston Chellaston Mill Tower 183618871899 c.1827 Working in 1889. Single story stump was standing in 1970, gone by 1995. Chesterfield Holywell Street Mill Post c.1787 Advertised for sale 1789, no further trace. Chesterfield New Brampton Mill} Post 1808 1800 Advertised for sale 1814, no further trace. Chesterfield Club Mill Tower 18081836 1800 Clay Cross Clay Cross Mill Post 1835† Standing in 1857. Clowne Clown mill Post 17911808183618801887 1767 Codnor Codnor Mill Post 1808 1801 Standing in 1834, not on 1836 map. Creswell Cresswell Mill Post 1828 Standing in 1864. Crich Pothouse Mill 1757 Moved to Four Lanes End in 1764. Crich Four Lanes End Mill Tower 1764 Burnt out 15 February 1849. Dale Abbey Cat and Fiddle Mill Midlands Post 1788 Windmill World Derby Windmill Hill Lane Mill Tower 1791 1767 Advertised for sale in 1781. Derby Depot Mill Tower 1816 Probably demolished between 1855 and 1888. Derby Normanton Road Mill Tower Standing in 1949. Derby Chain Lane Mill, Littleover Medieval mill. Eckington Eckington Mill Post 1825. Burnt down by arson, 19 January 1832. Eyam Eyam Mill Tower 1827 Demolished c.1877 Findern Findern Mill Tower 182518361887 1797 Windmill World Fritchley Fritchley Mill Post 18251880 1793 Windmill World Hazelwood Hazelwood Mill Smock 1906 1906 Pumping windmill, demolished 1939. Heage Heage Windmill Tower Built c. 1797. First use c. 1805 Heage Windmill Official Website Heanor 17911808 Holbrook Holbrook Mill Post 182518361880 1825 Standing in 1841, not marked on any map later than 1880. Hopton Carsington Pasture Mill Tower 18391880 1780s Windmill World Horsley Park Hosley Mill Post 18081836 Gone by 1841. Hulland Ward Hulland Ward Mill Tower 1836 c.1825 Standing in 1850, not on 1880 map. Ilkeston Lawn GardensMill Post 1817 Burnt down 1831. Ilkeston Field Mill Post 18251836 Moved to Derby Road, Ilkeston mid-C19th. Ilkeston Derby Road Mill Post 18961908 1876 Standing in September 1920. Kilburn Kilburn Mill Tower 1821 Not marked on any maps after 1879. Long Eaton Long Eaton Mill 1808 Loscoe Loscoe Mill Post 18251836 Advertised for sale in 1851. Lower Pilsley Hagg Hill 1897 Possibly a windpump. Mapperley Mapperley Mill Post 18251836 Standing in 1900, blown down by 1932. Marlpool Marlpool Mill 1791 1767. Gone by 1801. Marlpool Marlpool Mill Post Burnt down by arson, 4 December 1828. Marlpool Marlpool Mill Tower 18361881 c.1830 Dismantled 1885. Melbourne Melbourne Mill Tower 180818251836 1797 Windmill World Melbourne Post 180818251836 1808 1836 Melbourne Ticknall Road Mill Post 1782 Advertised for sale 1853. Mickleover Mill Field Mill 1808 1808 Moved to Common Road in 1850. Mickleover Common Road Mill Tower 1850 Demolished c.1973. Mosborough Mosborough Mill Tower c.1802 Standing in 1856, not marked on 1877 Ordnance Survey map. Muggington Muggington Mill Tower 18351836 c.1830 Standing in 1876. Netherseal Netherseal Mill Post 1834 Was in Leicestershire when built. Working in 1904. Newhall Newhall Mill Post 180818251836 Working in 1841. Nitticar Hill Knitacre Mill 17911808 1767 Gone by 1830. Ockbrook Ockbrook Mill Tower 1880 c.1770 Windmill World Pleasley Pleasley Mill Post 180818251836 1808 Demolished late 1860s. Riddings James Tower 1877 Demolished 1963 Riddings Sarah Tower 1877 Demolished 1963. Riddings Riddings Mill Post 1835† 1829 Ripley Pease Hill Mill Tower 180818251914 1808 Demolished 1920s. Risley Risley Mill Post 1808182518351836 1798 Advertised for sale 1835. Sandiacre Sandiacre Mill Post 18251835† 1820 Advertised for sale 1834. Sawley Sawley Mill 18251836 1794 Working until 1861. Shardlow Shardlow Union Mill Post 1803 Advertised for sale in 1851. Shipley Shipley Mill 1808 1808 Blown down 16 May 1809. Shirebrook Shirebrook Mill 1828 1841. Smalley Cloves Lane 1808 c.1700 Moved to Smalley watermill 1800. Smalley at Smalley watermill 1800 Moved back to Cloves Lane 1815. Smalley Cloves Lane 1815 Demolished c.1856. Smalley Swine Hill Lane 1800 1800, burnt down before 1828, remains to Marlpool, which burnt down in that year. Smisby Ann's Well Place Post 179118081895 1767 Blown down c.1920. South Normanton Fordbridge Lane Mill Tower 1880 1820s Windmill World South Normanton Normanton Common Mill Tower 18801905 1850s Windmill World South Normanton Post 18081825 c.1805 Working until 1908. Dismantled 1980, remains declared beyond restoration in 1997 and burnt.Windmill World South Normanton Post 1630 Severely damaged December 1809, ruins auctioned January 1810. Spinkhill Spinkhill Mill Tower 17911808 1767 House converted 1879, demolished mid-1950s. Spondon Spondon Mill Post 1824 Standing in 1861. Swarkestone Swarkestone Mill Tower 18081825 1794 Disused by 1889, reduced to single storey stump by 1932, demolished by 1983. Swarkestone Lowes Post 1675 1675 1745. Swathick Swathick Mill 1808 1808 1808. Temple Normanton Temple Normanton Mill Tower 18081825 1796 House converted mid-1860s. Demolished 1935. Tibshelf Nethermoor Post 179118081836 1767 Demolished 1915, leaving roundhouse standing. This was demolished in the 1960s. West Hallam West Hallam Mill 17911808 1767 1808 Whitwell Whitwell Mill Tower 18401916 1829 Working until 1912, demolished 1965. Whittington Whittington Mill Tower 1808182518401895 1808 Demolished c.1900. Willington Willington Mill 17911825 1710 1825. Wirksworth Wirksworth Mill Post 18081836 1799 Advertised for sale 1849. Woodville Butt House Mill Post 1835†1836 c.1827 Demolished c.1880.

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Maps 1675 John Ogilby 1791 Burdett (surveyed 1762-67) 1808 James Farey 1825 Greenwood 1827 Greenwood 1834 Ordnance Survey 1835 Greenwood 1835† George Sanderson (surveyed 1830-35) 1836 Ordnance Survey 1839 Ordnance Survey 1840 Ordnance Survey 1880 Ordnance Survey 1881 Ordnance Survey 1887 Ordnance Survey 1895 Ordnance Survey (surveyed 1879-83) 1896 Ordnance Survey (surveyed 1876) 1897 Ordnance Survey (surveyed 1875-85) 1899 Ordnance Survey 1905 Ordnance Survey 1906 Ordnance Survey 1908 Ordnance Survey (surveyed 1905-06) 1914 Ordnance Survey 1916 Ordnance Survey