List of windmills in Lancashire

A list of windmills in Lancashire, including those now within Greater Manchester and Merseyside.

Contents

Locations

A – C

Location Name of mill and
grid reference		 Type Maps First mention
or built		 Last mention
or demise		 Photograph
Aughton Aughton Mill Sunk Post[1]
Barton-upon-Irwell 1600[2] 1600[2]
Bickerstaffe Bickerstaffe Mill
SD 442 048		 Tower 1756 Windmill World
Billinge Billinge Mill 1641[3] 1691[3]
Birkdale Birkdale Mill Sunk Post[1] c.16th century[4] Mentioned 1845[4]
Boothstown Mid C18th[5] Demolished 1874[5]
Bretherton Bank Mill
SD 462 208		 Tower 1741 Windmill World
Burscough Mere Mill
SD 426 157		 Tower Windmill World
Carleton Dick's Mill Tower Demolished 1886[6]
Clifton Clifton Mill
SD 464 313		 Tower Windmill World
Culcheth 1516[7] 1593[7]

F – K

Location Name of mill and
grid reference		 Type Maps First mention
or built		 Last mention
or demise		 Photograph
Freckleton Smock Saw Mill
Golborne 1352[8] 1367[8]
Great Crosby Moor Lane Mill
SD 329 003		 Tower 1813[9] Windmill World
Haigh Brewery Mill
SD 605 089		 Tower 1845 Windmill World
Hambleton Post 1870s[10] Demolished by 1934[6]
Ince 1558[11] 1558[11]
Kirkham Carr Hill Mill
SD 431 320		 Tower Windmill World
Kirkham Treales Mill
SD 447 328		 Tower Late C18th[12] Windmill World

L

Location Name of mill and
grid reference		 Type Maps First mention
or built		 Last mention
or demise		 Photograph
Little Marton Little Marton Mill
SD 349 342		 Tower 1838 Windmill World
Liverpool Wavertree Mill Midlands Post 1452 Demolished 1916
Liverpool Edge Hill Mill Post 1642[1] 1642[1]
Liverpool Eastham Mill 1250[13] Destroyed May 1644[1]
Liverpool Cathedral Mount[1]
Liverpool Hale Mill Post[1] Moved to Hale Bank, 1790[1]
Liverpool Hale Bank Mill Post[1] 1790[1]
Liverpool Townsend Mill 1348[13]
Liverpool Townsend Mill Midlands Post 1644[1] 1772
Liverpool Gallows Mill Tower 1825
Liverpool Gallows Mill
(2nd mill)		 Tower 1825
Liverpool Chisenhale Street Tower 1814
Liverpool Chisenhale Street (2nd mill) Tower 1814
Liverpool Preston Road Mill Tower Standing in 1936[14]
Liverpool St James's Park Tower 1773[15] Gone by 1889[16]
Liverpool Stanley Park 1823[17]
Liverpool Springfield Mill Tower 1823[18] 1907
Liverpool Parliament St (two) Gone by 1889[16]
Liverpool Bootle Lane Burnt down 1834[19]
Longton Standing 1916[19]
Lydiate Forest's Mill
SD 380 039		 Tower 1768 Windmill World
Lytham St Annes Lytham Mill
SD 371 271		 Tower 1803 Windmill World

M – P

Location Name of mill and
grid reference		 Type Maps First mention
or built		 Last mention
or demise		 Photograph
Maghull Standing in 1916[19]
Manchester Deansgate 1771[20]
Manchester Windmill Street 1766[19] 1811[19]
Much Hoole Standing in 1916[19]
Ormskirk Wimbrick Mill Standing in 1916[19] Photo
Parbold Parbold Mill
SD 491 106		 Tower 1810 Windmill World
Pilling Damside Mill
SD 406 487		 Tower 1808 Windmill World
Preesall Preesall Mill
SD 367 467		 Tower 1839 Windmill World
Prescot Acres Mill Tower Burnt down 9 August 1908[21]
Preston Craggs Row Mill
SD 537 300		 Tower Early C19th[22] Windmill World
Preston Park Lane Mill Standing 1916[19]

R – W

Location Name of mill and
grid reference		 Type Maps First mention
or built		 Last mention
or demise		 Photograph
Rimington Stopper Lane Mill Smock[1]
Rufford Causeway End Mill Tower Standing in 1947[14]
Rufford Midlands Post Moved to Warton 1771[23]
Salford 1380[24] 1380[24]
Singleton Singleton Mill Tower[1] Standing in 1947[14]
Southport Titt iron wind engine 1894
Staining Staining Mill
SD 347 366		 Tower Late C18th[25] Windmill World
St Helens Ravenhead Mill
SJ 502 942		 Tower Late C18th[26] Windmill World
Southport Tower Photo
Southport Titt wind engine 1894[27]
Tarleton Standing in 1916[19]
Thornton Cleveleys Marsh Mill
SD 335 426		 Tower 1794 Windmill World
Toxteth Scott's Mill
Wilson's Mill		 Tower Demolished c1960
Treales Treales Tower Windmill World
Upholland Holland Mill
SD 513 057		 Tower 1768 Windmill World
Warton Warton Mill
SD 420 288		 Sunk post (Midlands type) 1771[23] Windmill World
West Derby 1229[28] 1256[28]
West Derby Acker's Mill 1717[29] 1717[29]
Wrea Green Wrea Green Mill
SD 395 313		 Tower Windmill World
Wrightington Harrock Hill Mill
SD 511 133		 Tower Windmill World
Weeton Weeton Mill
SD 393 346		 Tower 1812 Demolished 1950s?
Windmill World

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

These sources will be useful to expand the article:-

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