List of windmills in Shropshire

This is a list of windmills in the English county of Shropshire.

Locations

Confirmed
LocationName of mill and
grid reference
TypeMapsFirst mention
or built
Last mention
or demise
Photograph
AlberburyRew Wood MillPostGone by 1774
AlberburyRowton Mill
Sunny Bank Mill

SJ 366 129
Tower1774Windmill World
AlbrightonAlbrighton Mill
SJ 802 040
Tower1768Windmill World
AlbrightonSJ 818 042182718271827
AsterleyWestbury Road
SJ 373 075
Tower1827
1833
1809Windmill World
BarrowPosenhall18081808[1]1808,[1] gone by 1845[2]
Bayston HillLyth Hill Mill
SJ 470 068
Towerc. 1835Windmill World
Bishop's CastleApproximately
SO 327 897
180818051808
BourtonHenmoor Hill Mill[3]c. 1717[3]c. 1717[3]
BroomeBroome stationTitt iron wind engine1895[4]
BroseleySyners Hill Great Mill1778[5]1838[6]
BroseleySyners Hill Lesser Mill1782[5]Stump still standing 2010 [5]
BroseleyFerney Bank Mill1776[7]1838[6]
CardestonSJ 365 129TowerLate 18th century
ChetwyndHowle Mill
SJ 695 325
Tower1845Windmill World
Ditton PriorsHillside Mill
SO 593 877
Tower18451883[8]
Windmill World
EllesmereSJ 406 342180818031908
HadnallWaterloo Mill
SJ 523 210
Tower1787Windmill World
HarleyHarley Court Mill
SJ 597 018
Tower18081808Demolished 1960
Harmer HillShotton Farm Mill
SJ 496 216
TowerWindmill World
KetleyNear ironworks
SJ 673 107
1794[9]1856, gone by 1870[9]
Lilleshall1804[10]1880, gone by 1901[10]
Longfordcombined wind and water mill SJ 718 181Tower
LoppingtonSJ 463 302180818081908
Lydbury NorthWalcot EstateTitt iron wind engine1895[4]
Lydbury NorthWalcot EstateTitt iron wind engine1896[4]
MadeleyMadeley Court Mill
SJ 695 053
Tower1827
1832
1702[11]Windmill World
MunslowBache Mill[12]Early 19th century[12]1880s[12]
Much Wenlock1321[3]1321[3]
Much WenlockMuch Wenlock Mill
SJ 625 008
Tower1752
1833
1714[3]Windmill World
Preston on the Weald Moorswest of village1676[13]1676[13]
RodingtonSJ 590 144Tower1833c. 18301904, truncated by 1936
Windmill World
ShifnalUpton Mill
SJ 756 067
TowerWindmill World
Shrewsbury1267[14]1267[14]
ShrewsburyKingsland
SJ 484 117
1796[15]1796[15]
TelfordHadley Park Mill
SJ 677 135
Tower1808
1827
c. 1787Windmill World
Wellington1315[16]1315[16]
Wem1281[16]
WemCotonwood Mill
SJ 542 351
Tower1813Windmill World
WestburyVennington Mill
SJ 337 096
Tower18081808Windmill World
Weston-under-RedcastleHawkstone Mill
SJ 566 297
Tower1808Windmill World
Willey1755[17]1755
WhixallStanley Green Mill
SJ 518 352
1827
1833
1827Demolished c. 1930
Wrockwardinedestroyed 1349[16]
Wrockwardine175217521752
WrockwardineCluddley Mill
SJ 631 104
Tower1827Windmill World
WroxeterCharlton Hill Mill
SJ 588 075
Post1752
1808
1827
1833
17521833

Maps

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.

Sources

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.


References