A list of all windmills and windmill sites which lie in the current ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire. __TOC__
Locations
A - B Location Name of mill andgrid reference Type Maps First mentionor built Last mention or demise Photograph Alconbury Alconbury Mill Post Blown down 1936 Arrington Tower 1891 1926Windmill World Ashley Smock 1741 1940Windmill World Balsham Smock 1831 Demolished 1963Windmill World Barnack Barnack Mill Tower Windmill World Barrington Orwell Mill Tower 1822 Windmill World Bluntisham Town Mill Post 18th century Demolished 1899 Bluntisham Wood End Mill Tower 19th century Demolished 1926 Bourn Bourn Windmill Post 1636 Windmill World Buckden Buckden Mill Tower 1830 Demolished c. 1893Windmill World Burrough Green Post 1764 1796, moved to Westley Waterless by 1810 Burwell Stevens' Mill Tower c. 1820 Windmill World Burwell Big Mill Smock Early 19th century Windmill World Burwell Busy Bee Mill Smock
C - D Location Name of mill andgrid reference Type Maps First mentionor built Last mention or demise Photograph Chesterton Milton Road Smock 1827 Burnt down 12 May 1855 Chesterton Milton Road akaUnion Mill akaHurst Park Mill Tower 1885 1855 Demolished April 1957 Images available for viewing here or here Chesterton French's Mill Smock 1847 Windmill World Castor Castor Mill Tower Windmill World Chatteris Black Mill Smock Cherry Hinton Sunk post Chippenham Chippenham Mill Smock 1883 Base remains, house convertedWindmill World Christchurch Lavender's Mill Smock Christchurch Drake's Mill Tower 1860 1903 Christchurch Key's Mill Smock 1875 Demolished c. 1950 Coates Tower Windmill World Cottenham Cottenham Windmill Tower Windmill World Doddington Post 1669 Demolished 16 April 1879 Doddington Doddington Mill Tower 1810 Windmill World
E Location Name of mill andgrid reference Type Maps First mentionor built Last mention or demise Photograph Easton Mill Hill Mill Post c. 1820 Moved to Ellington c. 1845 Eaton Socon Post c. 1700 Burnt down 1814 Eaton Socon Duloe Mill Tower 1815 Windmill World Ellington Ellington Mill Post c. 1845 Moved to Madingley 1936 Elm Smock 1616 1616 Elm Chapel Lane Smock 17971826 1797 1904 Elsworth Papworth's MillBlack Mill Tower c. 1825 Windmill World Elsworth Smock 1930s Ely Cobbin's Mill Smock Carried 1732 datestone. Demolished April 1954.Windmill World Ely Mount Hill Mill 1610 1610 1610 Ely North of the city 1610 1610 1610 Ely North east of the city 1610 1610 1610 Eye Eye Windmill Tower 1850 Demolished 1954 Eye Green Eye Green Mill Smock
F - G Location Name of mill andgrid reference Type Maps First mentionor built Last mention or demise Photograph Fenstanton Fenstanton Mill Post Windmill World Fordham Smock Foxton Foxton Mill Smock Windmill World Fulbourn Fulbourn Mill Smock 1808 Windmill World Gamlingay Smock Demolished 1977 Gorefield New MillWard's Mill Smock 1836 1933 Great Chishill Great Chishill Mill Post 1819 Windmill World Great Gidding Post Demolished c. 1820 Great Gidding Great Gidding Mill Tower c. 1820 Windmill World Great Gransden Great Gransden Mill Post 1612 Windmill World Great Wilbraham Smock Guilden Morden Hook's Mill Tower 1865 Windmill World Guyhirn Tower 1871 1871
H - I Location Name of mill andgrid reference Type Maps First mentionor built Last mention or demise Photograph Haddenham Great Mill Tower 1803 Windmill World Haddenham Setchell's Mill Tower Harston Tower Windmill World Hemingford Grey Hemingford Grey Mill Tower 1820 Windmill World Hildersham Hildersham Mill Tower 1863 Windmill World Holywell Holywell Mill Post 1741 Demolished 1930sWindmill World Ickleton Ickleton Mill Tower Windmill World Ickleton Great Chesterford Mill Smock 1903 Demolished c. 1918 Impington Histon Mill Smock 1808 Windmill World
K - L Location Name of mill andgrid reference Type Maps First mentionor built Last mention or demise Photograph Kneesworth Tower Demolished 1976 Leverington Pre 1317 Leverington Post 1581 1597 Leverington Horseshoe Corner 1727 Moved to Walsoken, Norfolk, 1778 Leverington Gooden's Mill 1732 1732 Leverington White Engine Mill Smock 1796 Burnt down 19 March 1826 Leverington White Engine Mill Tower 1827 1916, gone by 1920 LintonSite was in Hadstock, Essex until 1965 Tower 1836 Demolished 1926 Little Downham 1251 Little Downham Cornwell's Mill Tower Windmill World Little Downham Good Intent Mill Tower Burnt down 13 June 1884. Little Paxton Little Paxton Mill Smock Standing c. 1864 Littleport Arber's Mill Tower 1840s Little Wilbraham Little Wilbraham Mill Tower c. 1820 Windmill World Lode Smock Demolished c. 1885
M - O Location Name of mill andgrid reference Type Maps First mentionor built Last mention or demise Photograph Madingley Madingley Mill Post Collapsed July 1909 Madingley Madingley Mill Post 1936 Windmill World Manea Tower March Southwell's Mill Smock March Billitt's Mill 1862 1929 Murrow 1826 1826 New Fletton New Fletton Mill Tower c. 1870 Demolished 1974 Oakington Tower 1863 Old Weston Old Weston Mill Post c. 1700 Standing 1918 Over Over Mill Tower c. 1860 Windmill World
P - R Location Name of mill andgrid reference Type Maps First mentionor built Last mention or demise Photograph Pymore Pymore Mill Tower Windmill World Ramsey Ramsey Mill Tower Windmill World Ramsey Lotting Fen Mill Tower Ramsey Ramsey Mere Tower Ramsey Ramsey Mere Tower 1870 1938 Ramsey Heights Tower 1870 1916 Ramsey St Mary's Ugg Mere MillSt Mary's Mill Tower Windmill World Royston Mill Road Mill Midlands Post Royston Melbourn Road Mill
S Location Name of mill andgrid reference Type Maps First mentionor built Last mention or demise Photograph Sawtry Bannister's Mill Smock 1778 Windmill World Shudy Camps Post 1920 Six Mile Bottom Bungalow Hill Mill Post 1846 Windmill World Soham Pollards MillDownfield Mill Smock 1726 Severely damaged 1887, rebuilt as tower mill Soham Downfield Mill Tower 1887 Windmill World Soham Northfield Millalso known asShade MillTownsend Mill Smock 1830s Northfield WindmillWindmill World Soham Hardfield Mill Smock Soham Soham Mere Smock 1867 Demolished 1948 Soham White Top Mills (four) Smock x4 One mill standing 1930 Somersham Mill Farm MillApproximately Smock Spaldwick Post Burnt down c. 1881 Spaldwick Belton's Mill Tower 1881 Windmill World Stanground Farcet Mill Tower 19th century Demolished c. 1910Windmill World Stapleford Smock c. 1930 Steeple Morden Saunderson's Mill Smock 1805 Windmill World Stretham Post Demolished c. 1880 Stretham Stretham Windmill Tower 1880 Windmill World Sutton-in-the-Isle Sutton Mill Post Destroyed by fire 20 June 1912. Swaffham Bulbeck Smock Swaffham Prior Smock 1830 Demolished c. 1875 Swaffham Prior Swaffham Prior Mill Smock 1864 Windmill World Swaffham Prior Post Demolished c. 1860 Swaffham Prior Foster's Mill Tower 1860 Windmill World Swavesey Demolished c. 1866 Swavesey Hale Mill tower 1866 Windmill World
T Location Name of mill andgrid reference Type Maps First mentionor built Last mention or demise Photograph Thorney Thorney Mill Tower 1787 Windmill World Tilbrook Tilbrook Mill Post Standing 1906 Trumpington Tower Tydd St Giles 1871 1929 Tydd St Giles Redmoor Mill Post 1879 1883 Tydd St Giles Smock
U - Y Location Name of mill andgrid reference Type Maps First mentionor built Last mention or demise Photograph Upwood Setchell's Mill Tower 1852 Windmill World Warboys Ramsey Road Mill Tower Warboys Mill Green Mill Tower 19th century Warboys Behagg's Mill Tower c. 1850 Standing 1926 Werrington Werrington Mill Tower Windmill World Westley Waterless Post 1810 Moved to Six Mile Bottom 1846 Weston Colville Weston Colville Smock c. 1830 Windmill World West Wickham Streetley End Mill Tower 1802 Windmill World West Wratting West Wratting Mill Smock 1726 Windmill World Whittlesey Fletcher's Mill Tower Windmill World Whittlesey Elderkin's Mill Tower Early to mid-19th century Windmill World Wicken Wicken Mill Smock Windmill World Wicken Adventurer's Fen Smock 1908 Moved to Wicken Fen 1956 Wicken Spinney Bank Mill Smock 1920s Wicken Fen Wicken Fen Windpump Smock 1956 Windmill World Willingham Cattell's Mill 1828 Windmill World Willingham Ingle's Mill Smock c. 1812 Demolished 1956Windmill World Winwick Winwick Mill Tower Demolished 1935 Wisbech Post 1583 Struck by lightning and demolished 1778 Wisbech Leach's Mill Tower 1778 Windmill World Wisbech 1277 1356 Wisbech 1356 1356 Wisbech Market Place 1571 Demolished 1750 Wisbech Lynn Road, Clarkson Mill Post 1690 Demolished May 1886 Wisbech Leverington Road, Red Engine Mill Smock 1792 Demolished July 1890 Wisbech Old Playhouse Post 1752 Demolished c. 1805 Wisbech Leverington Road, Webster's Mill Post 1750s 1887, gone by 1895 Wisbech Leverington Road Post 1772 Burnt down 1792 Wisbech Leverington Road, Bell's Mill Post 1772 1846 Wisbech North Brink, Bowles Mill Tower c. 1772 Demolished 1928 Wisbech Timber Market 1348 1348 Wisbech Timber Market, Brewin's Mill 1752 1865, gone by 1886 Wistow Wistow Mill Tower Woodditton Smock c. 1840 Demolished 1936Windmill World Wood Walton Fen Higney MillCharterhouse mill Tower 1874 1924Windmill World Yaxley Black Mill Tower 1671 Demolished 1935 Yaxley Yaxley Mill Tower 1842 Yelling Yelling Mill Post
Locations formerly within Cambridgeshire For mills in Upwell and Walpole St Peter see List of windmills in Norfolk.
Maps 1610 - Map of Huntingdonshire, 1610, John Speed 1797 - William Faden 1826 - Andrew Bryant 1885 - Ordnance Survey 25 inch England and Wales
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
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