List of windmills in Kent
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A list of all windmills in Kent, including those parts of the county absorbed into London in 1889 and 1965.
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Location | Name of mill | Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
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Acrise | Elham Mill, Elham Down Mill |
Post | 1596 1610 1736 1769 1819 1858 |
1596 | Blown down 1878 |
Acrise | Elham Mill | smock | 1903 | 1878 | Demolished 6 July 1919 |
Acrise | Acrise Mill | Post | 1769 | 1769 | 1769 |
Adisham | Bekesbourne Mill | Smock | 1819 1903 |
1819 | Burnt down 29 August 1933 |
Aldington | Aldington Mill | Smock | 1903 | 1878 | Demolished 1910 |
Appledore | Horne Place Mill | Post | 1596 1736 |
1596 | 1736 |
Appledore | Court Lodge Mill | Post | 1596 | 1596 | Last tenant died end of eighteenth century. |
Appledore | Great Mill, Union Mill |
Smock | 1819 1903 |
1791 | Demolished 1909 |
Appledore | Post | 1819 1903 |
1819 | Demolished 1900[1] | |
Ash | Mount Ephraim Mill | Post | 1769 1819 1903 |
1735 | Blown down 28 October 1955 |
Ash | (formed a pair with Mount Ephraim Mill) | Post | Demolished before 1879 | ||
Ash (Sandwich) | Ash Mill | Post | 1736 | 1736 | 1736 |
Ashford | Regent's Place Mill | Smock | 1870 | Moved to Badlesmere, 1872 | |
Badlesmere | Boundgate Mill | Smock | 1903 | 1872 | Demolished 1938[1] |
Badlesmere Lees | Post | 1695 1736 |
1695 | 1736 | |
Bapchild | Bapchild Mill | 1819 | 1819 | Demolished by 1865 | |
Barfreston | Barfeston Mill | 1769 1819 |
1769 | 1843 | |
Barfreston | Barfreston Mill | Smock | 1769 1819 1858 |
1769 | Thought to have been standing c.1852 |
Barham | Barham Downs Mill | Post | 1596 1695 1736 1819 |
1596 | 1819 |
Barham | Black Mill, Barham Downs Mill |
Smock | 1858 1903 |
1834 | Burnt down 3 March 1970 |
Barham | 1819 | 1819 | 1819 | ||
Barham | Breach Downs Mill | Smock | 1858 | 1858 | Demolished c.1900 |
Barham | Smock | 1869 | Moved to Margate 1869 | ||
Barming | Barming Heath Mill | 1805 | Burnt down 1805 | ||
Barming | Barming Heath Mill | 1829 | 1810 | Standing 1846, demolished by 1853. | |
Bearsted | Smock | 1819 | 1819 | Demolished by 1873 | |
Benenden | Beacon Mill (south) | 1819 | 1819 | Demolished by 1850 | |
Benenden | Beacon Mill (north) | Smock | 1819 1821 1858 |
1819 | |
Benenden | East End Mill | Post | 1870 | Demolished c.1870 | |
Bethersden | Old Mill | Post | 1596 1610, |
1555 | Moved to Biddenden (Paul Sharpe's Mill) by 1736 |
Bethersden | Old Mill | 1736 1769 |
1736 | 1769 | |
Bethersden | White Mill | Smock | 1819 1903 |
1819 | Demolished 1937[1] |
Bethersden | Little Mill (1st site) | Smock | Moved to 2nd site. | ||
Bethersden | Little Mill (2nd site) | Smock | Demolished c.1896 | ||
Bethersden | Black Mill | Smock | 1903 | 1886 | Demolished by 1933 |
Betteshanger | 1596 | 1596 | 1596 | ||
Bexley Heath | May Place Mill | Post | 1769 1819 |
1769 | Demolished c.1867 |
Bicknor | Post | 1769 | 1769 | 1769 | |
Bidborough | Bidborough Mill | 1769 1819 |
1769 | 1819 | |
Bidborough | Bidborough Mill | Tower | 1903 | 1858 | |
Biddenden | Beacon Hill Mill, Paul Sharpe's Mill |
Post | 1736 1769 1819 1903 |
1736 | Demolished 1912 |
Biddenden | Three Chimneys Mill, Cherry Clack Mill |
Smock | 1859[2] | Moved to Punnetts Town, Sussex, 1859[2] | |
Biddenden | Town Mill | Smock | 1819 1903 |
1819 | Collapsed 1946[3] |
Birchington | Post | 1596 1695 1719 |
1596 | 1719 | |
Birchington | Dentdelion Mill | 1610 1695 |
1610 | 1695 | |
Birchington | Quex Park Mill, Birchington Mill | 1736 1769 1819 |
1736 | Possibly moved to Birchington (Hudson's Mill) | |
Birchington | Grove End Mill | 1769 | 1769 | 1769 | |
Birchington | Seed Mill | 1819 | 1819 | 1819 | |
Birchington | Hudson's Mill | Smock | 1819 1858 |
1819 | Demolished c.1900 |
Blackheath | Lewisham Hill Mill | 1695 1745 |
1695 | 1745 | |
Blackheath | Morden Hill Mill | 1745 | 1745 | 1750 | |
Blackheath | Black Heath | Post | 1769 | 1769 | 1815 |
Blackheath | Black Heath | Post | 1769 1819 |
1769 | 1819 |
Blean | Glover's Old Mill | Smock | 1819 1903 |
1819 | Demolished early 20th century |
Blean | Glover's New Mill | Smock | 1903 | 1868 | Demolished 1924 |
Bluebell Hill | Bluebell Hill Mill | Smock | 1833 | 1833 | Blown down July 1890 |
Bobbing | Goord's Mill | Smock | 1819 1858 |
1819 | Demolished 1902 |
Boughton Monchelsea | Haste Hill Mill | Smock | 1819 | 1819 | Burnt Down 1858 |
Boughton under Blean | Black | 1819 | 1819 | Standing c.1850 | |
Boughton under Blean | 1819 | 1819 | Demolished before c.1850 | ||
Boughton under Blean | Miles' Mill | Smock | 1819 1903 |
c.1793 | Demolished 1942[1] |
Boughton under Blean | Richardson's Mill | Smock | 1769 1819 1903 |
1769 | Demolished during World War Two[1] |
Boxley | The Pilgrim's Way Mill | 1819 | 1819 | 1819 | |
Boxley | Boxley Mill | 1865 | Standing 1876, demolished by 1880 | ||
Brabourne | Brabourne Lees Mill | smock | 1819 | 1819 | Burnt down 1871 |
Bredgar | Dean's Hill Mill | Smock | 1769 1819 1858 1903 |
1769 | Demolished c.1909 |
Bredhurst | Naylor's Mill | Smock | 1903 | 1845 | Demolished c.1914 |
Brenchley | Pixett Hill Mill | Post | 1769 1819 |
1769 | 1860[4] |
Brenzett | Brenzett Corner Mill | Post | 1596 1610 |
1596 | 1610 |
Brenzett | Brenzett Corner Mill | Post | 1819 1903 |
1776 | Demolished 5 February 1925 |
Bridge | Post | 1596 1719 1829 |
1596 | 1829 | |
Bridge | Smock | 1819 1903 |
1819 | Demolished 1955[1] | |
Broadstairs | St Peter's Mill | 1695 1736 1819 |
1695 | 1819 | |
Broadstairs | 1596 1610 1719, 1736 1769 1819 |
1596 | 1819 | ||
Broadstairs | Bradstowe Mill | Smock | 1819 1903 |
1819 | Demolished c.1908 |
Bromley | Post | 1769 1819 |
c.1600 | Demolished c.1840 | |
Brook | Spelder's Hill Mill | Smock | 1858 1903 |
c.1810 | Demolished c.1912 |
Canterbury | St Martin's Mill | Tower | 1819 1903 |
1817 | |
Canterbury | St Martin's Black Mill | Smock | 1819 | 1819 | Demolished 1868 |
Canterbury | St Lawrence Mill | Smock | 1819 | 1819 | Burnt down 15 May 1873 |
Canterbury | Dane John Mill | Post | 1731 | 1839[4] | |
Canterbury | Franciscan Gardens Mill | Smock | 1846 | 1846 | |
Canterbury | St Thomas Hill Mill | 1816 | 1856 | ||
Challock | Challock Lees Mill | Smock | 1769 1819 1858 1903 |
1769 | Blown down February 1906 |
Challock | Challock Lees | 1819 | 1819 | 1819, Burnt down unknown date | |
Charing | Charing Mill, Field Mill |
Smock | 1819 1821 1903 |
1819 | |
Charing | Charing Heath Mill | Smock | 1858 | 1858 | 1858 |
Charlton | 1660 | Burnt down, 1660 | |||
Great Chart | Saw mill | Smock | 1903 | 1888 | Demolished 1928 |
Chartham | Hatch Green Mill | 1819 | 1819 | 1819 | |
Chatham | Upberry Mill, Gilbert's Mill, Lower Chatham Hill Mill |
Smock | 1596 1695 1736 1769 1819 |
1596 | Demolished 1897 |
Chatham | Star Mill | Smock | 1819 1903 |
1819 | Demolished 1925 |
Chatham | Cherry Tree Hall Mill | Smock | 1819 | 1819 | Blown down c.1875 |
Chatham | Chalk Pit Hill Mill, | 1819 | 1819 | Burnt down 1836 | |
Chatham | Chalk Pit Hill Mill, Field's Mill |
Smock | 1837 | Demolished 1887 | |
Chatham | Chalk Pit Hill Mill (2nd mill) | 1819 | 1819 | 1819 | |
Chatham | New Road Mill, Feather Mill |
Smock | pre 1851[5] |
Demolished c.1890 | |
Chatham | Ordnance Place Mill, Belsey's Mill |
Smock | 1845 | Demolished c.1900 | |
Chatham | Ordnance Place Mill, Willis's Mill |
Smock | 1839 | Demolished c.1875 | |
Chatham | Luton Mill, Mainwaring's Mill |
Smock | 1858 | 1848 | Burnt down 1887 |
Chelsfield | Well Hill Mill | 1769 | 1769 | 1769 | |
Chevening | Chevening Mill | ||||
Chilham | Chilham Windmill | 1858 | 1858 | 1858 | |
Chillenden | Chillenden Mill | Post | 1695 1736 1769 1819 |
1695 | Blown Down 1868 |
Chillenden | Chillenden Mill | Post | 1903 | 1868 | |
Chislehurst | Chislehurst Common Mill | Smock | 1819 | 1796 | Demolished c.1877 |
Chislet | Chislet Mill | Smock | 1819 1903 |
1765 | Burnt down 15 October 2005[6] |
Cliffe | Dance's Mill | Smock | 1769 1819 |
1769 | Burnt down c.1885 |
Cliftonville | Gougher's Mill (east) | Smock | 1819 | 1819 | Demolished November 1875 |
Cliftonville | Gougher's Mill (middle) | Smock | |||
Cliftonville | Gougher's Mill (west) | smock | 1819 | 1819 | Demolished November 1875 |
Cobham | Cobham Hall Mill | Post | 1596 1610 |
1596 | 1610 |
Cobham | Darnley's Mill | Smock | 1903 | 1852[4] | Burnt down 1903 |
Cowden | Polefields Mill | ||||
Cranbrook | Windmill Hill Mill | Smock | 1736 1769 |
1736 | Moved to Sissinghurst (Crampton's Mill) c.1814, |
Cranbrook | Satin's Hill Mill | 1769 | 1769 | 1769 | |
Cranbrook | Cranbrook Common Mill | Smock | 1858 | 1858 | Demolished 9 August 1902 |
Cranbrook | Union Mill | Smock | 1819 1858 1903 |
1814 | |
Cudham | Biggin Hill Mill, Pimlico Mill |
Post | 1829 | 1826 | Demolished 1885[4] |
Dartford | The Brent Mill | Smock | 1819 | 1819 | Demolished c.1901 |
Deal | Upper Deal Mill | Post | 1596 1769 1819 |
1596 | 1840 |
Deal | Upper Deal Mill | Smock | 1903 | 1855 | Demolished March 1929 |
Deal | Wellington Mill | Smock | 1819 | 1819 | Demolished c.1890 |
Deal | Lower Deal Mill | Smock | 1736 1769 1819 |
1736 | Demolished c.1870 |
Deal | North End Mill, Great Mill |
Smock | 1819 | 1767 | Burnt down c.1896 |
Deal | Sandown Castle Mill | 1829 | 1829 | 1829 | |
Deal | Sandown Mill | Post | 1695 | 1695 | 1695 |
Deal | Sandown Mill | Smock | 1819 | 1819 | 1819 |
Deal | Walmer Road Mill | Smock | 1819 | 1849 | Demolished late 1850s |
Denton | Denton | 1736 1769 |
1736 | 1769 | |
Deptford | Black Horse Fields Mill | Smock | 1819 | 1819 | Burnt down 1854 |
Deptford | Windmill Lane Mill | 1819 1832 |
1819 | 1832 | |
Deptford | Tanners Hill Mill | Post | 1849 | Demolished 1849 | |
Detling | Detling Mill | Smock | 1864[4] | 1866, demolished by February 1868 | |
Doddington | Elvey's Mill, Jarvis's Mill |
Smock | 1903 | c.1820 | Demolished 1937[7] |
Dover | Dover Castle, Mill Tower | ||||
Dover | Buckland Brewery | Smock | 1798[8] | 1890s[8] | |
Downe | Gorringes Farm Mill | Tower | 1819 | 1819 | Burnt down 1902 |
Dymchurch | Dymchurch Mill | Smock | 1829 1903 |
1829 | Demolished c.1905 |
Eastchurch | Eastchurch Mill | Post | 1596 1610 |
1596 | 1610 |
East Farleigh | East Farleigh Mill | Smock | 1819 | 1819 | Burnt down, c.1830s |
East Langdon | Martin Mill | Smock | 1769 1819 1903 |
1769 | Demolished c.1954[1] |
Eastling | Eastling Mill | Smock | 1858 1903 |
1858 | Demolished c.1912 |
Eastry | Post | 1596 1695 1736 |
1596 | 1839[4] | |
Eastry | Lower Mill | Smock | 1769 1819 1903 |
1743 | Demolished 1926 |
Eastry | Upper Mill | Smock | 1769 1819 1903 |
1770 | |
Eastry | Smock | 1819 | 1819 | 1833, burnt down unknown date | |
Eastry | 1819 | 1819 | 1819 | ||
Eastry | Eastry Mill | 1736 | 1736 | 1736 | |
Edenbridge | Edenbridge Mill | Tower | 1858 1903 |
1812 | |
Egerton | (near church) | Smock | 1818 | Moved to Stone Hill, 1818 | |
Egerton | Stone Hill Mill | Smock | 1903 | 1818 | Blown down 2 December 1919 |
Elham | Elham Mill | Post | 1769 | 1769 | 1769 |
Elham | Bladblean Mill | 1769 | 1769 | 1769 | |
Elham | Cullen's Hill Mill | Smock | 1903 | c.1820 | Demolished 1925 |
Elmley | 1695 | 1695 | 1695 | ||
Elmsted | Itinge Mill | 1736 1769 1819 |
1736 | 1819 | |
Elmsted | Itinge Mill, Folly Town Mill |
Post | c.1865 | Demolished c.1875 | |
Elmsted | Stone Street Mill, The George Seed Mill (west) |
Smock | 1819 | 1819 | Demolished c.1868 |
Elmsted | Stone Street Mill, The George Seed Mill (east) |
Smock | 1769 1819 |
1769 | Demolished c.1876 |
Elmsted | Bodsham Green Mill | Smock | 1819 | 1819 | Demolished c.1895 |
Eltham | Mottingham Mill | 1819 | 1819 | 1819 | |
Erith | Northumberland Heath Mill | Post | 1819 | 1819 | Blown down 1 January c.1892 |
Eythorne | Upper Eythorne Mill | 1769 | 1769 | 1769 | |
Farningham | Smock | 1819 | 1819 | Moved to West Kingsdown 1880 | |
Faversham | Forbes Road Mill, Gravel Pit Mill |
Smock | 1819 | 1819 | Demolished c.1910 |
Faversham | Hangman's Lane Mill | Smock | 1819 | 1819 | Demolished c.1855 |
Faversham | Copton Mill | Tower | 1858 1903 |
1863[1] | |
Fawkham | Fawkham Mill | 1719 | 1719 | 1719 | |
Folkestone | Cheriton Mill, Ashley Mill |
Smock | 1903 | 1877 | Demolished 1919 |
Folkestone | Cheriton Mill | 1819 | 1819 | 1869, later burnt down | |
Folkestone | Cheriton Mill | Smock | Moved to Lympne | ||
Folkestone | Folkestone Mill | 1769 1819 |
1769 | 1819 | |
Folkestone | (on coast) | Post | 1769 | 1769 | 1769 |
Folkestone | Dawson's Mill | Smock | 1819 | 1819 | Moved to Bethersden (Black Mill) in 1885 |
Frindsbury | Quarry Mill | Post | 1596 1610 1736 1769 |
1596 | Burnt down c.1850 |
Frindsbury | Prospect Hill Mill, Little Mill, Manwaring's Mill |
Smock | 1769 1819 |
1769 | Demolished c.1886 |
Frindsbury | Prospect Hill Mill, Great Mill, Rose's Mill |
Smock | 1819 | 1819 | Demolished c.1890 |
Frindsbury | Kimmins' Mill | Smock | 1819 | 1819 | Demolished c.1865 |
Frindsbury | Frindsbury Mill, House Mill |
Smock | 18189 1903 |
1819 | Demolished 1931 |
Frinsted | Frinsted Mill | 1736 | 1736 | 1736 | |
Frittenden | Maplehurst Windmill | Demolished by 1836 | |||
Frittenden | Sinkhurst Green Mill | Post | 1829 1903 |
1829 | Demolished early 1950s[1] |
Gillingham | Stedman's Mill | Smock | 1819 | 1819 | Demolished c.1888 |
Gillingham | Stedman's Mill | Smock | 1839 | Burnt down 28 June 1892 | |
Gillingham | Charter Street mill Huggins' Mill |
Burnt down | |||
Gillingham | Mulberry Tree Place Mill | 1819 | 1819 | 1819 | |
Gillingham | Friday's Mill | Smock | 1858 | 1839 | Demolished c.1896 |
Goodnestone | Post | 1736 | 1736 | 1736 | |
Goudhurst | Kilndown Mill[9] | Post[10] | 1770[9] | Moved to Nutley, Sussex c.1817[10] | |
Goudhurst | Town Mill | Smock | 1819 | c.1803 | Demolished c.1890 |
Gravesend | Windmill Hill Mill | Post | 1596 | 1596 | Burnt down 1763 |
Gravesend | Windmill Hill Mill (south) | Post | 1769 | 1769 | Caught fire and remains demolished 1787 |
Gravesend | Windmill Hill Mill (south) | Post | 1819 | c.1787 | Burnt down 17 May 1900 |
Gravesend | Windmill Hill Mill (north) | Post | 1769 1819 |
1769 | 1819 |
Gravesend | Denton Mill Sulphur Mill |
1819 | 1812 | c.1872 | |
Greenwich | Greenwich Reach Mill | Post | |||
Great Mongeham | Mongeham Mill | 1596 1695 1736 |
1596 | 1736 | |
Greenwich | Greenwich Reach Mill | Smock | |||
Guilton | Guilton Mill | Smock | 1903 | 1903 | Demolished October 1923 |
Guilton | Post | 1769 1819 |
1769 | Standing in 1854 | |
Guilton | Smock | 1819 | 1819 | Standing in 1854 | |
Guilton | Good Intent Mill | Smock | 1903 | 1854 | Demolished c.1918 |
Guston | Swingate Mill | Tower | 1903 | 1849 | |
Harbledown | The Old Black Mill | Smock | 1819 1858 1903 |
1780 | Demolished 9 July 1913 |
Hartley | 1719 | 1719 | 1719 | ||
Hartlip | Friday's Mill | Smock | 1596 1736 1769 1819 1858 |
1596 | burnt down June 1887 |
Hastingleigh | Staple Lees Mill Brown Town Mill |
Post | 1736 | 1736 | 1736 |
Hawkhurst | Old Conghurst | 1719 | 1719 | 1719 | |
Hawkhurst | Hawkhurst Horn | Post | 1736 1769 |
1736 | 1769, Moved to High Street |
Hawkhurst | Pipsden | Post | 1736 1819 |
1736 | Standin 1874 |
Hawkhurst | High Street | Post | 1819 | 1819 | 1819 |
Hawkhurst | Gun Green Mill | Post | 1819 | 1819 | 1819, |
Hawkhurst | Gun Green Mill | Smock | c.1870 | Moved to Four Throws c.1870 | |
Hawkhurst | Four Throws Mill Nightingale's Mill |
Smock | c.1870 | Demolished 1926 | |
Hawkinge | The Old Mill | Smock | 1819 | 1819 | Collapsed 1962[1] |
Hawkinge | Drellingore Mill | Smock | 1810 | Moved to Ringwould (Ripple Mill c.1810) | |
Headcorn | Black Mill Crows's Foot Mill |
Smock | 1769 1819 1903 |
1769 | Demolished c.1910 |
Headcorn | White Mill | Smock | 1903 | 1819 | Demolished 1952[1] |
Herne | Beacon Hill Mill | Post | 1596 1610 1695 1736 1769 |
1589[4] | 1769 |
Herne | Herne Windmill | Smock | 1819 1903 |
1781 | |
Herne Bay | The Bay Mill | Smock | 1819 | 1819 | Demolished 1878 |
Higham | Rose's Mill | Smock | 1819 1903 |
1760 | Demolished April 1921 |
High Halden | High Halden Mill | Post | 1736 1769 1819 1903 |
1736 | Standing in 1918, demolished by 1933 |
Hildenborough | Watt's Cross mill | Smock | 1819 1903 |
1812 | Demolished 1961[1] |
Hoath | Fuller's Mill | Smock | 1819 1903 |
1819 | Collapsed July 18, 1919 |
Hoo | Hoo Common Mill | Post | 1769 | ||
Hoo | Hoo Common Mill Ballard's Mill |
Smock | 1819 1903 |
1799[4] | Standing in 1905, demolished by 1933 |
Hythe | Post | 1819 | 1809 | Moved to Ruckinge 1830s | |
Hythe | Stade Street | Smock | 1829 | 1829 | Standing in 1889 |
Hythe | Stade Street | Smock | 1829 | 1829 | Moved to Cheriton (Ashley Mill) 1877 |
Hythe | Stade Street | Smock | 1829 | 1829 | 1829, demolished by 1877 |
Hythe | Smock | 1860s | Demolished 1860s | ||
Ide Hill | 1819 | 1819 | Burnt down c.1860(Finch) 1875[4] | ||
Ide Hill | Post | 1858 | Demolished 1882 | ||
Isle of Grain | Grain | 1596 1610 |
1596 | 1610 | |
Isle of Grain | All Hallows | 1769 | 1769 | 1769 | |
Isle of Grain | St Peter's | 1769 1819 |
1769 | 1819 | |
Kennington | Kennington Lees Mill | Post | 1769 | 1769 | Demolished c,1878 |
Kennington | Wind, Steam and Water Mill | Smock | 1819 1858 1903 |
1813 | Demolished 1952[1] |
Keston | Keston Mill | Post | 1736 1769 1819 1903 |
1716 | |
Keston | Olive's Mill | 1878 | Burnt down 1885[4] | ||
Keston | Holwood Park Mill | 1819 | 1819 | 1819 | |
Kingsdown | Demolished c.1850s | ||||
Kingsnorth | Millbank Place Mill | 1858 1903 |
1858 | 1903, demolished by 1930 | |
Kingsnorth | Smock | 1903 | 1878 | 1903, demolished by 1933 | |
Kingston, Kent | Reed Mill | Tower | 1858 1903 |
1858 | |
Kippings Cross | Keys Green Mill | Tower | 1819 1858 1903 |
1819 | Demolished c.1963[1] |
Knockholt | Tower | 1845[4] | Demolished c.1886 | ||
Lamberhurst | Windmill Farm | Gone by 1769 | |||
Lee | 1819 | 1819 | Demolished c.1850 | ||
Leeds | Brogden Mill | Smock | 1819 | 1819 | Demolished(Finch) 1883[4] |
Leigh | Stocks Green Mill | Smock | 1928 | Collapsed c.1966 | |
Lenham | Town mill | Smock | 1819 | 1819 | 1897[4] |
Lenham | Town Mill | Smock | 1858 1903 |
Built c.1843 | Burnt down 1904 |
Lenham | Mill Hill Mill | 1819 | 1819 | Burnt down before 1881 | |
Lenham | Lenham Heath Mill | Smock | 1769 1819 1903 |
1760 | Demolished 1925 |
Lower Stoke | 1819 | 1819 | 1819 | ||
Lower Stoke | Smock | 1819 1903 |
1819 | Standing in 1905, gone by 1933 | |
Luddesdown | Henley Downs Mill | 1829 | 1829 | Blown down 1856 | |
Lydd | 1596 1610 1769 |
1596 | 1766 | ||
Lydd | Old Mill | Post | 1596 1910 1769 1819 1858 |
1596 | Burnt down 26 February 1900 |
Lydd | New Mill | Smock | 1858 1903 |
1805 | Burnt down 22 September 1927 |
Lyminge | Post | 1736 1769 1819 |
1736 | 1819, blown down unknown date | |
Lyminge | Black Mill | Smock | 1819 | 1819 | Burnt down September 1891 |
Lyminge | White Mill | Smock | 1903 | c.1852 | Demolished 1920 |
Lympne | Smock | 1829 | 1829 | Blown down November 1891 | |
Lynsted | Claxfield, Seed Mill | 1819 | 1819 | Gone by 1850s | |
Lynsted | Union Mill | Smock | 1736 1819 |
1736 | Standing in 1870, demolished "a few years later" |
Lynsted | Champion's Mill | Smock | 1819 1903 |
1819 | Standing in 1933 |
Maidstone | Sandling Road | Smock | 1819 | 1819 | Gone by 1834 |
Margate | Humber's Mill Chamber's Mill |
1695 1719 1736 |
1695 | 1736 | |
Margate | 1695 1719 1819 |
1695 | 1819, Gone by 1847 | ||
Margate | Drapers Mill Old Mill |
Smock | 1858 1903 |
c.1847 | |
Margate | Little Draper's Mill | Smock | 1903 | Built c.1869 | Standing in 1903, gone by 1933 |
Margate | Pumping Mill | Tower | 1858 | 1858 | Standing in 1894 |
Margate | Town Mill | 1719 1858 |
1719 | Working in 1889 | |
Meopham | Meopham Mill | Smock | 1903 | 1801 | |
Meopham | Priestwood Mill | 1769 1819 |
1769 | Demolished 1850s | |
Milton | Chalkwell Mill | Smock | 1819 | 1819 | Standing in 1878 |
Milton Regis | Meade Mill | smock | 1819 1903 |
1819 | Burnt down 1965[1] |
Minster, Sheppey | Pigtail Corner Mill | 1596 1610 |
1596 | 1610 | |
Minster, Sheppey | Pigtail Corner Mill | Smock | 1695 1769 1819 |
1695 | Burnt down 1889 |
Minster, Thanet | Minster Mill | Post | 1596 1610 1695 1719 |
1596 | 1719 |
Minster, Thanet | Minster Mill | Smock | 1819 | 1819 | Standing in 1882 |
Minster, Thanet | Minster Mill | Smock | 1769 1819 |
1769 | Standing in 1875, gone by 1882 |
Molash | Molash Mill | Smock | 1819 | 1819 | Standing in 1877 |
Monkton | Monkton Mill | 1596 1610 1695 1719 1736 1769 |
1596 | 1769 | |
Murston | Murston Mill | 1819 | 1819 | 1819 | |
Newchurch | Newchurch Mill | Tower | 1903 | 1810 | Demolished c.1906 |
Newington | Newington Mill | Smock | 1819 1903 |
1819 | Standing in 1933 |
Newington | Newington Mill | Smock | 1819 | 1819 | Stading in 1884, gone by 1933 |
Newnham | Newnham Mill | Smock | 1819 | 1819 | Dismantled 1876, tower burnt 5 November 1876 |
New Romney | Post | 1596 | 1500 | 1596 | |
New Romney | New Romney Mill | Smock | 1769 1903 |
1769 | 1903, gone by 1933 |
New Romney | 1769 | 1769 | 1769 | ||
Nonington | Nonington Mill | 1596 1695 1736 |
1596 | 1736 | |
Nonington | Nonington mill | Smock | 1819 1903 |
1819 | Burnt down 1965[1] |
Nonington | Seed Mill | Smock | 1903 | 1903 | Demolished 1905 |
Northbourne | 1596 1736 |
1596 | 1736 | ||
Northbourne | Old Mill | Smock | 1769 1819 1903 |
1769 | Demolished 1957[1] |
Northbourne | New Mill | Smock | 1903 | 1848 | |
Northfleet | The Hive | 1819 | 1819 | 1819 | |
Northfleet | Stone Bridge | 1819 | 1819 | 1819 | |
Northfleet | Stone Bridge | 1819 | 1819 | Standing in 1850s | |
Northfleet | Fiveash Mill | 1819 | 1819 | Demolished c.1902 | |
Northfleet | Rosherville | Tower | 1819 | 1819 | Demolished c.1916 |
Northwood | Thanet Mill | Tower | 1819 1903 |
1819 | Demolished 1961[1] |
Oare | Oare Windmill | Tower | 1819 1821 1903 |
1819 | |
Old Romney | Post | 1596 1610 1736 |
1596 | 1736 | |
Old Romney | Post | 1596 1736 |
1596 | 1736 | |
Ospringe | Water Lane Mill | Smock | 1903 | 1878 | Demolished c.1915 |
Ospringe | Union House | 1819 | 1819 | 1819 | |
Ospringe | Union House | Smock | 1819 | 1819 | Burnt down c.1910 |
Pegwell Bay | 1828 | Demolished c.1830 | |||
Penenden Heath | Penenden Heath Mill | Smock | 1819 | 1800[4] | Moved to Folkestone (Dawson's) c.1840 |
Petham | Mill Downs Mill | Post | 1829 | 1829 | Moved to Stelling Minnis (Brambleton Mill) c.1850 |
Petham | Mark's Folly Mill Duckpit Mill |
Post | 1865 | Moved to Elmsted (Itinge Mill) c.1865 | |
Petham | Chequers' Mill | Smock | 1858 | 1821 | Demolished 1900 |
Pluckley | Pluckley Mill | Smock | 1903 | 1872 | Burnt down 1939[1] |
Plumstead Common | Plumstead Common Mill | Tower | 1819 | 1819 | |
Postling | Postling Mill | Post | 1596 1719 |
1596 | 1719 |
Preston next Faversham | Preston Mill | Smock | 1819 1903 |
1819 | Demolished 1943[1] |
Preston next Wingham | Old Mill Dunn's Mill |
Smock | 1819 1903 |
1778 | Demolished 1959[1] |
Preston next Wingham | Solly's Mill | 1819 | 1819 | 1819 | |
Preston next Wingham | New Mill Solly's Mill |
Smock | 1852 | Demolished 1926 | |
Queenborough | Queenborough Mill | 1819 | 1819 | 1819, burnt down by 1860 | |
Ramsgate | St. Lawrence | 1596 1719 1769 |
1596 | 1769 | |
Ramsgate | Grange Road Mill | 1719 1819 |
1719 | 1819 | |
Ramsgate | Grange Road Mill | Smock | 1819 1858 1903 |
1819 | Standing 1905, gone by 1930 |
Ramsgate | Hereson Mill | Smock | 1858 | 1858 | Burnt down c.1890 |
Richborough | 1769 | 1769 | 1787 | ||
Richborough | 1769 | 1769 | 1787 | ||
Ringwould | Post | 1695 | 1695 | 1695 | |
Ringwould | Ripple Mill | Smock | 1819 1903 |
c.1810 | |
Rochester | Star Hill Mill | 1787 | Demolished c.1865 | ||
Rochester | Star Hill Mill Friday's Mill |
1819 | 1819 | Burnt down 1852 | |
Rochester | Star Hill Mill Boy's Mill Belsey's Mill |
Smock | 1877 | Demolished c.1890-95 | |
Rochester | Delce Mill | Smock | 1903 | 1853 | Demolished after World War Two[11] |
Rochester | Borstal Hill Mill | 1870 | Demolished 1885 | ||
Rochester | Church Mill Horsnaill's Mill |
Post | 1769 1819 |
1769 | Demolished c.1880 |
Rochester | Zenith Mill Huggin's Mill |
Post | 1769 1819 |
1769 | Burnt down c.1820s |
Rochester | St Margaret's Mill | Post | 1769 | 1769 | 1769 |
Rodmersham Green | Rodmersham Green Mill | Tower | 1819 1903 |
1835 | Demolished 1969[1] |
Rolvenden | Rolvenden Mill | Post | 1596 1610 1769 1819 1903 |
c.1580[3] | |
Ruckinge | Rucking Mill | Post | 1903 | 1830s | Demolished c.1912 |
Sandgate | Saw mill | Smock | Moved to Bethersden (Little Mill) | ||
Sandhurst | Post | 1769 | 1769 | 1769, Moved to Sandhurst (Boxhurst Farm) by 1793 | |
Sandhurst | Boxhurst Farm Mill | Post | 1819 | 1793 | Blown down c.1842 |
Sandhurst | Ringle Crouch Green Mill | Smock | 1858 1903 |
1844 | Demolished 1945[12] |
Sandwich | Northwest of town | Post | 1695 1736 |
1608 | 1736 |
Sandwich | Northwest of town | Post | 1736 1769 1819 |
1736 | Working in 1842 |
Sandwich | Black Mill | Smock | 1819 | 1819 | Burnt down c.1910 |
Sandwich | White Mill | Smock | 1819 | 1760 | |
Sandwich | Millwall Mill Town Mill |
Smock | 1819 | 1819 | Standing in 1878, burnt down unknown date |
Sandwich | Millwall | 1819 | 1819 | 1819, gone by c.1850 | |
Sarre | Sarre Windmill | Smock | 1819 1903 |
1820 | |
Selling | Shottenden Mill Perry Wood Mill |
Post | 1596 1736 1769 1819 1903 |
1596 | Demolished c.1920 |
Sellindge | Stone Hill Mill | Smock | 1819 1903 |
1819 | Demolished c.1898 |
Sevenoaks | Tubs Hill Mill | Post | 1819 1858 |
1792 | Standing in 1864, Moved to West Kingsdown date unknown |
Sevenoaks | Hubbard Hill Mill | 1669 | 1669 | ||
Sevenoaks | Hubbard Hill Mill | 1819 1858 |
1819 | 1858 | |
Sevenoaks | Melregge (Witley Woods) |
1388 | 1388 | ||
Sevenoaks Weald | 1862[4] | 1880 | Working in 1880 | ||
Sheerness | Great Mill Ride's Mill |
Smock | 1829 | 1816 | Demolished 1824 |
Sheerness | Little Mill | Smock | 1819 | 1819 | Burnt down 7 February 1862 |
Sheerness | Hundred Acre Mill Marine Town Mill |
Tower | 1860 | Demolished 1878 | |
Sheldwich | 1769 | 1769 | 1769 | ||
Shepherdswell, or Sibertswold | Smock | 1903 | 1857 | Standing in 1910, gone by 1933 | |
Shorne | Shorne Mill | Post | 1596 1610 |
1596 | 1610 |
Shorne | Shorne Mill | Post | 1736 1769 1819 1903 |
1736 | Burnt down 1952[1] |
Sissinghurst | Crampton's Mill | Smock | 1819 | 1819 | 1933, demolished after World War Two[1] |
Sittingbourne | Smock | 1819 | 1819 | Standing in 1880, burnt down year unknown | |
Smarden | West Mill Town mill Corne's Mill |
Post | 1769 1819 1903 |
1680 | 1933 |
Smarden | East Mill Black Mill |
Smock | 1903 | c.1800 | Standing in 1933, gone by 1953[1] |
Snargate | 1610 | 1610 | 1610 | ||
Snodland | Smock | 1839 | Move to Gillingham (Stedman's) c.1839 | ||
Southborough | Southborough Common | 1819 | 1819 | 1819 | |
Southfleet | Betsham Mill | Post | 1829 | 1829 | Demolished c.1873 |
Southfleet | Troy's Island | ||||
Stanford | Stanford Mill | Tower | 1903 | 1857 | |
Stansted | Stansted Mill | 1736 1769 |
1736 | 1769 | |
Staple | Barnsole Mill | 1903 | 1870s | Burnt down c.1914 | |
Staplehurst | 1769 | 1769 | 1769 | ||
Staplehurst | Smock | 1819 1903 |
1819 | Burnt down 22 June 1911 | |
Stelling Minnis | Brambleton | 1736 | 1736 | 1736 | |
Stelling Minnis | Brambleton | 1736 1769 |
1736 | 1769 | |
Stelling Minnis | Brambleton Mill | Post | 1903 | c.1850 | 1881 |
Stelling Minnis | Post | 1736 1769 |
1736 | Demolished 1866 | |
Stelling Minnis | Davison's Mill | Smock | 1903 | 1866 | |
St Margaret's at Cliffe | Mill Close Mill | Post | 1596 1695 1736 |
1596 | 1736 |
St Margarets Bay | St Margaret's Bay Mill | Smock | 1929 | ||
St Nicholas at Wade | 1719 | 1719 | 1719 | ||
Stodmarsh | 1819 | 1819 | 1819 | ||
Strood | Strood Hill Mill | Smock | 1819 | 1819 | Demolished c.1860 |
Strood | Field's Mill | 1819 | 1819 | Burnt down c.1875 | |
Strood | Killick's Mill | Smock | 1819 | 1819 | Standing in 1891, gone by 1933 |
Sutton Valence | Town Mill | Smock | 1819 1903 |
1798 | Demolished 1945[3] |
Swingfield | Old Mill | Post | |||
Swingfield | Old Mill | Smock | 1858 | 1858 | Blown down 1884 |
Swingfield | New Mill | Smock | 1903 | 1885 | Burnt down August 1911 |
Swingfield | Selstead Mill | Smock | 1880 | Burnt down 1885 | |
Sydenham | 1819 | 1819 | 1845[4] | ||
Tenterden | Shoreham Lane | Post | 1599 | 1686 | |
Tenterden | 1858 | 1858 | 1858 | ||
Tenterden | Mill Farm | 1736 1769 1819 |
1736 | 1819. gone by 1851 | |
Tenterden | Goods Hill Mill | Post | 1819 1858 |
c.1807 | Demolished 1896 |
Tenterden | Ashbourne Windmill | Post | 1819 1858 1903 |
1807 | Demolished December 1912 |
Tenterden | Leigh Green Mill | Smock | 1819 1858 1903 |
1818 | Burnt down 26 November 1913 |
Teynham | Conyer Quay | Smock | 1850s | 1850s | |
Throwley | Parsonage Mill | Smock | 1736 1858 |
1736 | 1884 |
Throwley | Clare's Forstal Mill | Smock | 1858 1903 |
1858 | Demolished 1915 |
Tonbridge | Uridge's Mill | Post | 1819 | 1819 | Demolished c.1872 |
Tonge | Tonge Mill | 1819 | 1815 | 1834 | |
Tunbridge Wells | Calverley Mill | Smock[13] | 1769 1819 |
1769 | Demolished c.1860, Machinery used in a windmill at Crowborough. |
Tunbridge Wells | Culverden Mill | Post | 1819 | 1819 | Demolished c.1870 |
Ulcombe | Ulcombe Hill Mill | 1819 | 1769[4] | Demolished c.1850s | |
Ulcombe | Windmill Hill Mill | Smock | 1903 | 1787 | Demolished 16 July 1911 |
Upchurch | Wakeley's Mill | Smock | 1819 1858 1903 |
1819 | Burnt down September 1910 |
Uphill | Uphill Mill | Smock | 1903 | 1790 | Demolished May 1931 |
Walmer | Post | 1736 | 1736 | 1736 | |
Waltham | Cloke's Mill | Smock | 1858 1903 |
1858 | Blown down 11 February 1931 |
Waltham | Dilnot's Old Mill | Smock | 1858 1903 |
c.1850 | Collapsed 20 May 1910 |
Warehorne | 1596 | 1596 | 1596 | ||
Warehorne | Post | 1769 1819 |
1769 | Demolished c.1900 | |
Westerham | 1819 | 1819 | 1819 | ||
Westerham | Hosey Common Mill | 1596 1610 |
1596 | 1610 | |
Westerham | Hosey Common Mill | 1858 | 1858 | Burnt down c.1860 | |
West Hougham | Smock | 1903 | 1802[1] | Collapsed 1951[1] | |
West Kingsdown | Old Mill | Post | 1819 | 1819 | Burnt Down May 1909 |
West Kingsdown | West Kingsdown Mill | Smock | 1903 | 1880 | |
Westwell | Tutt Hill Mill | 1878 | Burnt down c.1880 | ||
Whitfield | Smock | 1819 1903 |
1805[4] | Demolished c.1916 | |
Whitstable | Borstal Hill | 1736 | 1736 | 1736 | |
Whitstable | Black Mill | Smock | 1819 1903 |
1815 | |
Whitstable | Borstal Hill pumping mill | 1819 | 1819 | 1819 | |
Whitstable | Feakins' Mill | Smock | 1819 | 1819 | Demolished 1905 |
Whitstable | Feakins' Mill | Post | |||
Willesborough | Old Mill | Smock | 1819 | 1819 | Demolished 1868 |
Willesborough | New Mill | Smock | 1903 | 1869 | |
Wingham | Wingham Well | Tower | 1903 | 1878 | Demolished 1964[1] |
Wingham | Shatterling Mill | Post | 1769 | 1769 | 1769 |
Wittersham | Old Mill | Post | 1736 1769 1819 1858 1903 |
1736 | Demolished 1922 |
Wittersham | Stocks Mill | Post | 1819 1903 |
1781 | |
Woodchurch | Upper Mill | Smock | 1769 1819 1903 |
1769 | Standing in 1933, gone by 1939[1] |
Woodchurch | Lower Mill | Smock | 1820 | ||
Woodnesborough | 1695 1736 |
1695 | 1736 | ||
Woodnesborough | Post | 1736 1769 |
1736 | Moved to Ash (Mount Ephraim) in 1818 | |
Woolwich | Co-operative Mill | 1760 | Burnt down 16 March 1760 | ||
Woolwich | Co-operative Mill | Smock | 1769 1819 |
1760 | 1845 |
Wormshill | Beddington (north) | 1819 | 1819 | 1819 | |
Wormshill | Beddington (south) | 1819 | 1819 | 1819 | |
Worth | Smock | 1769 1819 1903 |
1769 | Demolished c.1903 | |
Wrotham | Fry's Mill | Smock[14] | 1819 | 1800[15] | Burnt down 1906[15] |
Wye | Wye Windmill | Smock | 1819 1858 1903 |
1819 | Demolished c.1920 |
Yalding | Rugmore Hill Mill | Post | 1819 | 1819 | 1870s |
Yalding | Downs Farm Mill | Post | 1870 | Demolished c.1870 |
[edit] Notes
Unless otherwise indicated, the reference for all entries is:-
Coles Finch, William (1933). Watermills and Windmills. London: C W Daniel Company.
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.
[edit] Maps
The maps quoted by date are:-
- 1596 - Phil Symondson
- 1610 - John Speed
- 1695 - Robert Morden
- 1719 - Dr Harris
- 1736 - E Bowen
- 1769 - Andrews, Dury and Herbert
- 1819 - Ordnance Survey 1819 - 43 maps
- 1829 - Greenwood & Co
- 1858 - Ordnance Survey 1858 - 72 maps
- 1903 - Ordnance Survey 1903 - 10 maps
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac West, Jenny (1973). The Windmills of Kent. London: Charles Skilton. SBN 284.98534.1.
- ^ a b Brunnarius, Martin (1979). The Windmills of Sussex. Chichester: Philimore, p60-63, 158, 190. ISBN 0 85033 345 8.
- ^ a b c Clark, F C (1947). Kentish Fire. Rye: Adams & Son.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Directory of Kent Mill People. The Mills Archive Trust. Retrieved on 2008-05-05.
- ^ Appears in "Chatham, from Spur Battery", a painting by J M W Turner
- ^ Windmill collapses following fire. BBC News Online. Retrieved on 2008-05-05.
- ^ No. 26 Doddington Windmill. twokentvillages.org. Retrieved on 2008-05-05.
- ^ a b Kingsford Windmill Brewery. dover-kent.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-05.
- ^ a b Nutley Windmill. Sussex Mills Group. Retrieved on 2008-05-09.
- ^ a b Brunnarius, Martin (1979). The Windmills of Sussex. Chichester: Philimore, p54, 189. ISBN 0 85033 345 8.
- ^ A windmill among Delce's back gardens. Medway Memories. Retrieved on 2008-05-07.
- ^ Ringle Crouch Windmill, Sandhurst, Kent. English Heritage. Retrieved on 2008-05-05.
- ^ Picture showing the windmill
- ^ Old postcards show it to have been a smock mill
- ^ a b A Brief History. wrothamheath.co.uk. Retrieved on 2008-05-07.