List of windmills in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight
A list of all windmills and windmill sites which lie in the current ceremonial counties of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.
Hampshire
[edit]Location | Name of mill and grid reference | Type | Maps | First mention or built | Last mention or demise | Photograph |
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Basingstoke | Pitt Hall Farm, Upper Wooton[1] | Titt iron wind engine | 1898[1] | |||
Bentworth | Bentworth and Lasham railway station | Titt Iron wind engine | 1901[2] | 1928[2] | ||
Bitterne | Thornhill Park[1] | Titt iron wind engine | 1894[1] | |||
Buckler's Hard | Tower | |||||
Bursledon | Bursledon Windmill SU 482 108 | Post mill[3] | 1766[3] | Demolished c. 1813[3] | ||
Bursledon | Bursledon Windmill SU 482 108 | Tower | 1813[3] | Bursledon Windmill is Hampshire's only working windmill and is still open to the public today. | ||
Chalton | Chalton Mill SU 716 162 | 1289[4] | 1289[4] | |||
Chalton | Chalton Mill SU 716 162 | Sunk post | 1607 1611 1645 1675 | 1607 | 1675 | |
Chalton | Chalton Mill SU 716 162 | Tower | Early 19th century[5] | Windmill World | ||
Cliddesden | Cliddesden railway station | Titt Iron wind engine | 1901[2] | Demolished 1940s[2] | ||
Cosham | Widely Mill | |||||
Crux Easton | Crux Easton wind engine SU 427 564 | Titt Iron wind engine | c. 1891[6] | Windmill World | ||
Denmead | Denmead Mill[7] | 1600[7] | Demolished 19th century[7] | |||
Denmead | New Denmead Mill | |||||
Denmead | Barn Green Mill Gale's Mill SU 672 142 | Tower[7] | 1819[8] | Burnt 1900 Demolished 1922[8] | ||
Dummer | 1828 | |||||
Enham Alamein | Post | under construction Windmill World | ||||
Fareham | Post | 1759 | 1759 | 1759 | ||
Fareham | Burrant Mill | Post | 1759 | 1759 | 1759 | |
Fawley | Tower | |||||
Froxfield | Tower | 1828 | ||||
Gosport | Haslar mill | Demolished 1746 | ||||
Gosport | Crofton | |||||
Gosport | Peel Common Mill | Tower | ||||
Gosport | Ann's Hill Mill | Tower | 1853 | 1854 | ||
Grateley | Tower | 1849 | 1889 | |||
Haslar | Blown down 29 October 1795.[9] | |||||
Hayling | post | 1325 | 1325 | |||
Hayling | Tower | Burnt down 1890 | ||||
Hayling | North Hayling Mill SU 719 028 | Tower | Burnt down October 1886 | |||
Hythe | Langdown Mill | |||||
Langstone | Langstone Mill SU 721 051 | Tower | c. 1730 | Windmill World | ||
Lymington | ||||||
Marchwood | Titt iron wind engine | 1893[1] | ||||
Micheldever | Stratton Estate | Titt iron wind engine | 1898[1] | |||
Middle Wallop | Tower | Demolished late 18th or early 19th century, machinery to Idmiston Mill, Wiltshire[10] | ||||
Owslebury | Tower | Demolished during World War One | ||||
Owlsebury | Bridle's mill | Tower | ||||
Petersfield | Weston Mill | Smock | Demolished 1911 | |||
Portchester | Tower | Standing 1908[11] | ||||
Portchester | Tower | Demolished c. 1920 | ||||
Portchester | Wicor Mill | Tower | 1821 | |||
Portsmouth | Dock Mill Shipwright's Mill | Tower | 1796[12] | Demolished 1923[12] | ||
Portsmouth | Portsmouth Harbour | 14th century | ||||
Portsmouth | Guildhall | Gone by 1800 | ||||
Portsmouth | Ballard's Mill | Tower | Demolished 1843 | |||
Portsmouth | Rudmore Mill Byerly Mill | |||||
Portsmouth | Dwarf Mill Lime Mill | |||||
Portsmouth | Dennison's Mill | |||||
Portsmouth | Mile End Mill | |||||
Selborne | ||||||
Southampton | 1530 | 1612 | ||||
Southampton | 1600 | |||||
Southampton | Castle Mill | |||||
Southampton | On road to Itchen Ferry | 1600 | ||||
Southsea | Lump's Mill White Mill | tower | 1850 | 1870 | ||
Stockbridge | Marsh Court[1] | Titt iron wind engine | 1900[1] | |||
Titchfield | Peel Common Mill | Tower | 18th century[13] | Demolished 1920s.[13] | ||
Titchfield | Titchfield Common Mill | 18th century[13] | Demolished 19th century[13] | |||
Waterlooville | Hall's Mill | Smock | Burnt down 25 June 1906 | |||
West Meon | Marland's Mill[14] SU 646 256 | Tower | c. 1860[15] | Windmill World |
Isle of Wight
[edit]Location | Name of mill and grid reference | Type | Maps | First mention or built | Last mention or demise | Photograph |
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Bembridge | Knowle Mill SZ 639 875 | Tower | c. 1700 | Windmill World | ||
Calbourne | Calbourne Mill SZ 414 868 | 1980s[14] | Windmill World | |||
Chale | 1374 | 1374 | ||||
East Cowes | 1759 | Gone by 1846 | ||||
Freshwater | 1292 | 1769[16] | ||||
Freshwater | 1769[16] | Burnt down 15 December 1824[17] | ||||
Freshwater | Tower[14] | 1863 | 1869[18] | |||
Newchurch | Kington | Post | Early 17th century | |||
Ryde | Mill Fields | Tower | ||||
Ryde | Aldemoor Upton Mill | Tower | Demolished 1915 | |||
Sandown | Cheverton Down | Post | Early 17th century | |||
Shalcombe | Post | Early 17th century | ||||
Shanklin | Post | Early 17th century | ||||
Cowes | Mill Hill Mill | Tower | 1771[19] | Demolished 1923[12] | ||
Cowes | Kelleway Mill[14] | Tower | 1804[19] | 1853, demolished by 1862[19] |
Sources
[edit]Unless stated otherwise, the source for all entries is:
- Ellis, Monica, ed. (1978). Water and Wind Mills in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. Southampton: Southampton University Industrial Archaeology Group. ISBN 0-905280-01-6.
- Triggs, Anthony (1982). The Windmills of Hampshire. Horndean: Milestone Publications. ISBN 0-903852-36-5.
Maps
[edit]- 1607 John Norden
- 1611 John Speed
- 1645 Joan Blaeu
- 1675 John Ogilby
- 1759 Isaac Taylor
Notes
[edit]Mills in bold are still standing, and known building dates are also indicated in bold. Text in italics denotes indicates that the information is not confirmed, but is likely to be the case stated.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h Major, J Kenneth (1977). The Windmills of John Wallis Titt. The International Molinological Society.
- ^ a b c d Griffith, Edward (1982). The Basingstoke & Alton Light Railway 1901 - 1936. Newbury: Kingfisher Railway Publications. p. 16.
- ^ a b c d "Bursledon Windmill stands as Phoebe Langtry's legacy". Hampshire Chronicle. Retrieved 6 June 2009.
- ^ a b "CHALTON". British History Online. Retrieved 7 June 2009.
- ^ Historic England. "CHALTON WINDMILL, CLANFIELD, EAST HAMPSHIRE, HAMPSHIRE (1094608)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 29 October 2008.
- ^ Historic England. "WIND ENGINE AND FORMER MILL HOUSE AT SU 4268 5632, ASHMANSWORTH, BASINGSTOKE AND DEANE, HAMPSHIRE (1093065)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 29 October 2008.
- ^ a b c d "Denmead". Hampshire County Council. Retrieved 29 October 2008.
- ^ a b "A BRIEF HISTORY OF DENMEAD". localhistories.org. Retrieved 29 October 2008.
- ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 3427. London. 31 October 1795. col B-C, p. 4.
- ^ Historic England. "Windmill, Idmiston (1135691)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 18 June 2009.
- ^ "PORTCHESTER". British History Online. Retrieved 29 October 2008.
- ^ a b c "DOCK MILLS PORTSMOUTH". Hampshire Mills Group. Retrieved 29 October 2008.
- ^ a b c d "Titchfield Mills". Paul Hawkins. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 20 June 2011.
- ^ a b c d "Windmills of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight". Windmill World. Retrieved 29 October 2008.
- ^ "Find the Lady". eastmeon.net. Archived from the original on 21 February 2013. Retrieved 29 October 2008.
- ^ a b "Freshwater Isle in the 17th century". ric martin. Archived from the original on 26 August 2009. Retrieved 29 October 2008.
- ^ "NEWPORT". Hampshire Telegraph and Sussex Chronicle etc. No. 1315. 20 December 1824.
- ^ Major, J Kenneth and, Watts, Martin (1977). Victorian and Edwardian Windmills and Watermills from old photographs. London: Batsford. ISBN 0-7134-0621-6.
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