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This is a list of windmills in the English county of Shropshire.
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph | |
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Alberbury | Rew Wood Mill | Post | Gone by 1774 | ||||
Alberbury | Rowton Mill Sunny Bank Mill SJ 366 129 |
Tower | 1774 | Windmill World | |||
Albrighton | Albrighton Mill SJ 802 040 |
Tower | 1768 | Windmill World | |||
Albrighton | SJ 818 042 | 1827 | 1827 | 1827 | |||
Asterley | Westbury Road SJ 373 075 |
Tower | 1827 1833 |
1809 | Windmill World | ||
Barrow | Posenhall | 1808 | 1808[1] | 1808,[1] gone by 1845[2] | |||
Bayston Hill | Lyth Hill Mill SJ 470 068 |
Tower | c. 1835 | Windmill World | |||
Bishop's Castle | Approximately SO 327 897 |
1808 | 1805 | 1808 | |||
Bourton | Henmoor Hill Mill[3] | c. 1717[3] | c. 1717[3] | ||||
Broome | Broome station | Titt iron wind engine | 1895[4] | ||||
Broseley | Syners Hill Great Mill | 1778[5] | 1838[6] | ||||
Broseley | Syners Hill Lesser Mill | 1782[5] | Stump still standing 2010 [5] | ||||
Broseley | Ferney Bank Mill | 1776[7] | 1838[6] | ||||
Cardeston | SJ 365 129 | Tower | Late 18th century | ||||
Chetwynd | Howle Mill SJ 695 325 |
Tower | 1845 | Windmill World | |||
Ditton Priors | Hillside Mill SO 593 877 |
Tower | 1845 | 1883[8] Windmill World |
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Ellesmere | SJ 406 342 | 1808 | 1803 | 1908 | |||
Hadnall | Waterloo Mill SJ 523 210 |
Tower | 1787 | Windmill World | |||
Harley | Harley Court Mill SJ 597 018 |
Tower | 1808 | 1808 | Demolished 1960 | ||
Harmer Hill | Shotton Farm Mill SJ 496 216 |
Tower | Windmill World | ||||
Ketley | Near ironworks SJ 673 107 |
1794[9] | 1856, gone by 1870[9] | ||||
Lilleshall | 1804[10] | 1880, gone by 1901[10] | |||||
Longford | combined wind and water mill SJ 718 181 | Tower | |||||
Loppington | SJ 463 302 | 1808 | 1808 | 1908 | |||
Lydbury North | Walcot Estate | Titt iron wind engine | 1895[4] | ||||
Lydbury North | Walcot Estate | Titt iron wind engine | 1896[4] | ||||
Madeley | Madeley Court Mill SJ 695 053 |
Tower | 1827 1832 |
1702[11] | Windmill World | ||
Munslow | Bache Mill[12] | Early 19th century[12] | 1880s[12] | ||||
Much Wenlock | 1321[3] | 1321[3] | |||||
Much Wenlock | Much Wenlock Mill SJ 625 008 |
Tower | 1752 1833 |
1714[3] | Windmill World | ||
Preston on the Weald Moors | west of village | 1676[13] | 1676[13] | ||||
Rodington | SJ 590 144 | Tower | 1833 | c. 1830 | 1904, truncated by 1936 Windmill World |
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Shifnal | Upton Mill SJ 756 067 |
Tower | Windmill World | ||||
Shrewsbury | 1267[14] | 1267[14] | |||||
Shrewsbury | Kingsland SJ 484 117 |
1796[15] | 1796[15] | ||||
Telford | Hadley Park Mill SJ 677 135 |
Tower | 1808 1827 |
c. 1787 | Windmill World | ||
Wellington | 1315[16] | 1315[16] | |||||
Wem | 1281[16] | ||||||
Wem | Cotonwood Mill SJ 542 351 |
Tower | 1813 | Windmill World | |||
Westbury | Vennington Mill SJ 337 096 |
Tower | 1808 | 1808 | Windmill World | ||
Weston-under-Redcastle | Hawkstone Mill SJ 566 297 |
Tower | 1808 | Windmill World | |||
Willey | 1755[17] | 1755 | |||||
Whixall | Stanley Green Mill SJ 518 352 |
1827 1833 |
1827 | Demolished c. 1930 | |||
Wrockwardine | destroyed 1349[16] | ||||||
Wrockwardine | 1752 | 1752 | 1752 | ||||
Wrockwardine | Cluddley Mill SJ 631 104 |
Tower | 1827 | Windmill World | |||
Wroxeter | Charlton Hill Mill SJ 588 075 |
Post | 1752 1808 1827 1833 |
1752 | 1833 |
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.
Unless otherwise indicated, the source for all entries is:-Seaby, Wilfred A, and Smith, Arthur C (1984). Windmills in Shropshire Hereford and Worcester. Stevenage: Stevenage Museum. ISBN 0-9504239-8-X.{{cite book}}
: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) or the linked Windmill World page.
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