List of windmills in East Sussex

A list of all windmills and windmill sites which lie in the current ceremonial county of East Sussex. __TOC__

Locations

A - B Location Name of mill andgrid reference Type Maps First mentionor built Last mention or demise Photograph Alfriston Alfriston Mill Tower 1834 Windmill World Arlington Windover Mill Post c. 1800 Burnt down c. 1881 Baldslow Hayward's Mill Post Demolished 1855 Baldslow The Harrow Mill Smock 1855 Barcombe Post c. 1818 Burnt down c. 1907 Battle King's Head Mill Post Demolished 1805 Battle King's Head MillCaldbec Hill Mill Smock 1805 Windmill World Battle Telham Hill Mill Post 1747 Demolished 1962 Battle Watch Oak MillNetherfield Mill 1813 Beckley Old Mill 1724 1724 1724 Beckley New Mill Beddingham Old Mill 17241813 1724 1813 Berwick Post 1724 1724 1724 Bexhill Mount Idle Mill Bexhill Black Mill Bexhill Down MillHoad's Mill Post 1784 Collapsed during storm 30 July 1965, demolished 31 July 1965. Information and photographs Bishopstone Tide Mills Smock 1860s 1883 Bishopstone Post Brede Post 1813 1794 1905 Brightling Beacon Mill Brighton Brighthelmstone Mill (north) Post 1545 Blown down 1703 Brighton Brighthelmstone Mill (south) Post 1545 Blown down 1703 Brighton Church Hill Mill Post 1724 1724 Blown down 10 May 1726 Brighton Coffee Mill, East Street Post 1736 1736 Brighton West Mill, Belle Vue FieldsRegency Square Mill PostHemming incorrectly describes this as a smock mill. 1744 Moved to Preston 28 March 1797 Brighton West Street Mill 1744 1750, Possibly moved to Black Rock Brighton East Brighton, Lewes Crescent 1793 1795, possibly moved (East End Mill) Brighton East End Mill Post 1800 1842, moved to Sudeley Place by 1847 Brighton Black Rock MillRoedean Mill c. 1750 c. 1790 Brighton Sudeley Place MillEast Mill Post 1790s Moved to Windmill St (Taylor's Mill) mid1840s Brighton Vine's MillClifton Gardens Mill Post 1810 Moved to Windmill Street c. 1837 Brighton Toronto Terrace MillAlbion Hill MillBrighton Park MillButcher's Mill Post 1822 Moved to Falmer (Race Hill) December 1861 Brighton Windmill StreetClifton Mill Post c. 1837 Demolished c. 1862 Brighton Windmill StreetTaylor's MillEast End Mill 1847 Collapsed 24 March 1862 whilst being prepared for move to new site at Woodingdean Brighton Preston MillStreeter's MillBlack MillTrusler's Mill Post 1797 Demolished c. 1890 Brighton Lashmar's Old MillHove Mill Post 1780 Demolished 1821 Brighton Lashmar's New Mill Post 1821 Moved to Clayton, 1852 Brighton Port Hall Mill Post 1826 Demolished c. 1882 Brighton Bear Mill Post 1813 Standing 1903 Brighton Site later occupied by Hanover Mill 1813 1813 Brighton Hanover Mill Post 1838 Demolished c. 1887 Brighton Rose Hill MillRoundhill MillCutress's Mill Tower c. 1834 Demolition commenced 13 March 1913, completed by 25 April 1913 Brighton Black MillHodson's MillWest Hill Mill Smock 1808 Demolished 25 June 1866 Burwash Witherenden Mill Burwash Rockhill Mill Post 1839 Collapsed 1940

C Location Name of mill andgrid reference Type Maps First mentionor built Last mention or demise Photograph Catsfield Catsfield Mill Post Chailey Post 1596 Six mills in succession, on same site as Heritage mill Chailey Heritage Mill Smock Windmill World Chailey South Common Mill Smock 1823 c. 1808 Standing 1922Windmill World Chailey Yokehurst Mill 1813 1790 Moved to South Common c. 1808 Chiddingly Willard's Mill, The DickerOld Mill Chiddingly Black Mill, The Dicker Chiddingly Golden Cross Mill, The DickerWicken's Mill Post 1823 1823 Demolished 1919. roundhouse house convertedWindmill World Chiddingly Lower Dicker MillOvenden's MillNew Mill Post 1813 Collapsed 28 December 1929 Cross in Hand Waldron Down Mill Post 1598 Struck by lightning and severely damaged, 1790 Cross in Hand Old MillLittle Mill Post 1791 Demolished 1903Windmill World Cross in Hand New Mill Post 1855 Windmill World Crowborough Beacon Mill Post 1782 Burnt down c. 1940 Crowborough Pratt's Mill Tower 1862 Crowhurst

D - E Location Name of mill andgrid reference Type Maps First mentionor built Last mention or demise Photograph Dallington Smock c. 1852 Demolished 1913Windmill World Ditchling Elphick's Farm Mill Hollow post c. 1884 1904 East Blatchington Black Mill East Blatchington Pumping mill Tower 1882 Demolished c. 1919 Eastbourne Parsonage MillBlack MillWatt's Lane MillRectory Manor Mill Post Eastbourne Paradise Hill Mill Eastbourne White Mill Post Eastbourne Rodmill Farm Mill Eastbourne Radmill Village Mill Post Eastbourne Ocklynge Mill Tower Standing in 1934 Eastbourne Old Mill Tower 1800 Replaced by Hurst's Mill, 1808 Eastbourne Hurst's MillSt John's Mill Tower 1808 Demolished 1950 Eastbourne Bullock Down Wind wheel Eastbourne Pashley Down Vertical axle mill 1752 1767, Demolished by 1785 Eastbourne Pashley Down Post 1724 1724 1785, later burnt down Eastbourne Seafront Vertical axle mill 1757 1780s Eastbourne Ocklynge Hill Vertical axle mill c. 1767 Burnt down 1811 Eastbourne Black Mill Post East Grinstead North End Mill 1564 Burnt down 1757 East Grinstead Common Mill 1767 Standing 1900 East Grinstead Ashurst Wood MillCutten's Hill Mill Smock Demolished 1882 East Grinstead Pook Hill Mill 1823 1823 1823, gone by 1841 East Hoathly Post Burnt down 1824 East Hoathly Post 1824 Burnt down December 1891 Ewhurst Brasses' Mill 1724 1724 1724 Ewhurst Beacon Mill Ewhurst Staplecross Mill Smock 1815 Demolished 1951

F Location Name of mill andgrid reference Type Maps First mentionor built Last mention or demise Photograph Fairlight Old Mill Smock 1813 1813 Burnt down 1872 Fairlight Batchelor's Mill Post Standing in 1859 Falmer Old Mill Smock 1724 1617 1724, later burnt down Falmer Falmer Mill Post 1801 Moved within Falmer, 1817 Falmer Mill Street Post 1817 1866 Falmer Race Hill Mill Post 1861 Blown down 16 May 1913 Firle Firle Mill 1724 1724 1724 Forest Row Old Mill Framfield Mount Ephraim Mill Post 1841 Moved to Cross in Hand, 1855 Framfield Blackboys Mill Post 1868 Demolished 1944 Frant Benhall Mill Post 1818 1880s, gone by 1900 Frant Friston Friston Mill Post Blown down January 1926.

G Location Name of mill andgrid reference Type Maps First mentionor built Last mention or demise Photograph Glynde Post 1807 Moved to Blackboys 1868 Glynde Hollow Post Mid-19th century Moved to High Salvington 2007 Glynde Glyndebourne MillRingmer Mill Post 1724 1700 Collapsed 1925 Guestling Old MillPickham Farm Mill post 1813 Guestling Guestling millJenner's MillDown MillFairlight Mill Smock 1859 Demolished c. 1918

H Location Name of mill andgrid reference Type Maps First mentionor built Last mention or demise Photograph Hailsham Upper Mill Post Hailsham South Common Mill Post 1691 Standing in 1711, gone by 1735. Hailsham Lower MillHamlin's Mill Smock 1834 Burnt down November 1923 Hailsham Harebeating MillUpper Mill Post 1823 1823 Collapsed 1934. Modern house built on roundhouse.Windmill World Hamsey Post 1724 1724 1724 Hamsey Offham MillRacehill MillSteeres Mill Smock Hankham 1724 1724 1813 Hastings Summerfield's Mill Hastings French's MillCroft Road Mill Smock 1799 Moved to Silverhill, St Leonards c. 1838 Hastings Priory Road Mill #1 Hastings Priory Road Mill #2 Hastings Priory Road Mill #3 Hastings Priory Road Mill #4 Hastings Priory Road Mill #5 Hastings Town Mill Hastings Six sailed mill Post Heathfield Sandy Cross Mill Post 1842 Demolished 1916 Heathfield Broad Oak Mill Post 1842 Burnt down 11 March 1890 Heathfield Mutton Hall Mill Post 1805 Demolished 1891 Heathfield Cade Street MillChapman's Town Mill Smock Gone by 1936 Heathfield Punnetts Town Mill Post Burnt down 1856 Heathfield Punnetts Town MillBlackdown MillCherry Clack Mill Smock 1856 Windmill World Heathfield Punnetts Town Saw Mill Smock 1862 Demolished 1934 Heathfield Alexandra Road Wind wheel c. 1910 Heathfield Punnetts Town Wind wheel c. 1908 Dismantled 1916 Hellingly Old MillNorth Street Mill Post 1781 Blown down 1908 Herstmonceux Windmill Hill Mill Post Herstmonceux Windmill Hill Mill Post c. 1814 Windmill World Herstmonceux Bodle Street Green Mill Post 1780s Herstmonceux Cowbeech MillErry's Mill Smock 1823 1820 Demolished c. 1919Windmill World Hooe Hooe Common Mill Post 1813 Demolished by 1934 Hooe Hooe Common Mill Smock Horham Smock Moved to Punnetts Town 1866

I - L Location Name of mill andgrid reference Type Maps First mentionor built Last mention or demise Photograph Icklesham Telegraph Hill Mill Smock 1834 Demolished c. 1922 Icklesham Village Mill Post Icklesham Hogg Hill Mill Post 1790 Windmill World Iden Post Iford Sunk Post 1155 1155 Kingston Kingston MillAshcombe mill Post 1832 Blown down, March 1916 Kingston Kingston MillAshcombe mill Post 2009 Facsimile of original mill, for residential and electricity generation purposes. Kingston Old Duck Mill Smock 1802 Collapsed 1891 Windmill World Laughton Laughton Mill 1724 1724 1724 Lewes Town Mill Smock 1802 Moved to new site, c. 1818 (Shelley's Mill).Windmill World Lewes Shelly's Mill Smock c. 1818 Demolished 1922 Lewes Southern Mill Post c. 1785 Demolished c. 1912 Lewes Spital Mill Post 1770 Burnt down May 1885 Lewes Malling Mill Post 1625 Burnt down 8 September 1908 Lewes King Harry's Mill Post 1264 1264 Lewes Smart's Mill Lewes Southover Mill Blown down 1888 Little Horsted Old Mill

M - N Location Name of mill andgrid reference Type Maps First mentionor built Last mention or demise Photograph Mark Cross Walter's Mill Tower 1845 Windmill World Mayfield Luggers Crouch Mill 1795 1825 Mayfield Gravil Hill Mill 1711 1720 Mayfield Argos Hill Mill Post 1835 Windmill World NewendenPart of the parish was formerly in Sussex pumping mill Trestle Newhaven Bolen's Mill Burnt down 1844 Newhaven Smock 1844 Moved to North Chailey Newhaven Post Newick Old Mill Ninfield Ashburnham Mill Post 1809 Standing 1936, demolished by September 1937 Ninfield Lunsford's Cross MillThorne Mill Smock c. 1870 Demolished 1907 Northiam Old mill Post 1795 1795 Burnt down 1800 Northiam High Park MillMillcorner Mill Post 1800 Demolished 1949 Nutley Nutley Mill Post c. 1817 Windmill World

O - P Location Name of mill andgrid reference Type Maps First mentionor built Last mention or demise Photograph Ore White MillCheale's Mill Smock 18131823 1813 Burnt down May 1900 Ore Black MillDown Mill Smock 1855 Demolished c. 1918 Patcham Post 1724 1620 1791 Patcham Ballard's Mill Smock c. 1780 Demolished c. 1900 Patcham Waterhall Mill Tower 1885 Windmill World Peasemarsh Smock Standing 1936 Pett Pett Mill Post 1781 Moved to Icklesham, 1790 Piddinghoe Peddinghoe Mill 1724 1724 1724 Playden Black Mill Standing c. 1915 Playden Old Mill Post Moved to Appledore, Kent by 1819 Playden Playden Mill Playden Smock Playden Post Standing 1936 Polegate Ovenden's MillMockett's Mill Tower 1817 Windmill World Portslade East Hill Mill Post 1837 1837 Portslade Copperas Gap Mill Post 1820 Demolished 1882 Pevensey Blackness Mill 1778 1779

R - S Location Name of mill andgrid reference Type Maps First mentionor built Last mention or demise Photograph Ringmer Broyle Mill Post Burnt down 1905 Ripe Old Mill 17241813 1724 1813 Rodmell 1199 1199 Rodmell Old Mill Post 1813 c. 1801 Demolished 12 January 1912 Rottingdean Dudeney's Hill Mill Post 17831813 1773 1818, possibly moved to Whitehawk Hill, Brighton Rottingdean Beacon MillNew Mill Smock 1802 Windmill World Rottingdean Smock Rye Wilkinson's Mill Rye Smock Moved to Punnetts Town 1862 Rye Post 1596 1596 Gone by 1758 Rye Old Mill Post 1758 Replaced by smock mill 1824 Rye New millGibbet MillTillingham MillBarry's Mill Smock 1824 Burnt down 13 June 1930Windmill World Salehurst Silverhill Mill Seaford Sutton Mill Post Sidley Sidley Mill 1723 Burnt down 1797 Sidley Sidley MillPankhurst's Mill Smock 1798 Moved to Leigh, Kent, 1928 St Leonards Tivoli Old Mill Post 1813 St Leonards Tivoli New Mill St Leonards Silverhill Mill Smock c. 1838 Burnt down 1867 St Leonards Draper's MillSilverhill Mill Smock 1868 Demolished 1966 Stone Cross Stone Cross MillBlackness MillWhite Mill Tower 1876 Windmill World Stone Cross Black Mill Post

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