List of windmills in Devon

A list of windmills in Devon.

Locations

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise
Abbotsham	Bowood Mill		1765 1827	1765	1827
Abbotsham	Tealter Mill			1695	Demolished c. 1817
Alverdiscott				1603	1603
Bere Ferrers				1637	1637
Brixham	Little Rey Mill SX 926 557	Tower		1797	1840 Windmill World
Brixham	Furzeham Common Mill	Tower		1818	1838
Broadclyst	Clyston Manor Mill SX 991 966	Tower	1809 1827	1786	Windmill World
Cruwys Morchard				1553	1553
Dartmouth		Post		c. 1700	c. 1700
Exminster	Shillingford Mill			1835	1835
Exmouth		Tower	1809	1797	Demolished 1849
Galmpton Warnborough	SX 889 567	Tower	1827	c. 1810	Windmill World
Holsworthy		Tower	1765	1765	Demolished c. 1890
Instow	Church Mill SS 482 312	Tower			Windmill World
Instow	South Mill			1797	1797
Littleham	Heale House^[1]	Titt iron wind engine
Lundy	North Mill	Tower		17th century	Ruin by 1787
Lundy	West Mill SS 136 465	Tower		17th century	Windmill World
Northam			1675	1609	1675
Northam	Bidna Mill SS 457 296	Tower		1806	Tower blown down 1919 Windmill World
North Whilborough	Long Burrow Mill SX 872 658	Tower			Windmill World
Paignton	Fernacombe Mill SX 875 624	Tower		1829	Windmill World
Pilton				1594
Petrockstowe	Heanton Mill SS 491 103	Tower	1809	1756	Windmill World
Plymouth	Devonport Mill			1751	Demolished 1762
Plymouth	Devonport Mill	Tower	1827	1762	Demolished c. 1843
Plymouth	Hoe Mill	Post		1564	1792
Plympton St Mary				1561	1561
Rackenford			1765	1765	1765
Sandford	Dowrish Mill			Late 16th century	Late 16th century
Shute	Shute House^[1]	Titt iron wind engine		1900
Stokenham				1612	1612
Teigngrace				1713	1713
Teignmouth				1628	1727, demolished by 1759
Topsham				1769	1790, demolished by 1817
Torquay	Yaddon Down Mill SX 908 658	Tower		1673	Windmill World
Torquay	Chelston Mill			1823	1823
Torquay	Fleet Mill			1808	1820
Witheridge			1765	1765	1765
Woodbury				1289	1289
Woodbury Salterton				1549	1549
Woolfardisworthy	Almiston Mill			c. 1840	c. 1840

Sources

Unless stated otherwise, the source for all entries is Minchinton, Walter (1977). Windmills of Devon. Exeter: Exeter Industrial Archaeology Group. ISBN 978-0-950177-86-1.

Maps

1675 John Ogilby
1765 Benjamin Donn
1809 Ordnance Survey
1827 C & J Greenwood

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

^ ^a ^b Major, J Kenneth (1977). The Windmills of John Wallis Titt. The International Molinological Society.

[Titt-1] Major, J Kenneth (1977). The Windmills of John Wallis Titt. The International Molinological Society.

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London	Greater London Arkley Barking Battersea Brixton Keston Plumstead Common Shirley Upminster Wandsworth Common Wimbledon Common
North East	Durham Northumberland
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South East	Berkshire Buckinghamshire Cobstone Hawridge Pitstone East Sussex Alfriston Argos Hill Battle Cross-in-Hand Crowborough Herstmonceux Icklesham Kingston Mark Cross North Chailey Nutley Punnetts Town Rye Polegate Rottingdean Stone Cross Tide Mills Patcham West Blatchington Westham Winchelsea Hampshire Bursledon Chalton Crux Easton Langstone Isle of Wight Bembridge Kent Benenden Bidborough Barham Canterbury Charing Chillenden Chislet Copton Cranbrook Eastry Edenbridge Guston Herne Kingston Margate Meopham Northbourne Oare Ringwould Rolvenden Sandhurst Sandwich Sarre Sheerness Stanford Stelling Minnis St Margaret's Bay West Kingsdown Whitstable Willesborough Wittersham Woodchurch Oxfordshire Surrey Buckland Capel Ewhurst Frimley Green Lowfield Heath Outwood Reigate Reigate Heath Tadworth West Sussex Angmering Arundel Barnham Clayton Earnley East Wittering Halnaker High Salvington Keymer Nutbourne Pagham Selsey Shipley Washington West Chiltington
South West	Cornwall Devon Gloucestershire Dorset Cottonfields Top Growlands Somerset Ashton Stembridge Wiltshire Wilton
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