List of windmills in West Sussex
Appearance
Extant (red) and former (blue) windmills in West Sussex.
1 Angmering, 2 Arundel, 3 Barnham, 4 Boxgrove, 5 Clayton, 6 Durrington, 7 Earnley, 8 East Wittering, 9 Keymer, 10 Lowfield Heath, 11 Nutbourne, 12 Pagham, 13 Selsey, 14 Shipley, 15 Singleton, 16 Washington, 17 West Chiltington
1 Angmering, 2 Arundel, 3 Barnham, 4 Boxgrove, 5 Clayton, 6 Durrington, 7 Earnley, 8 East Wittering, 9 Keymer, 10 Lowfield Heath, 11 Nutbourne, 12 Pagham, 13 Selsey, 14 Shipley, 15 Singleton, 16 Washington, 17 West Chiltington
A list of all windmills and windmill sites which lie in the current ceremonial county of West Sussex.
Locations
[edit]A
[edit]Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
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Aldingbourne | ||||||
Aldingbourne | ||||||
Amberley | Old Mill, Amberley | Tower | ||||
Angmering | Jerusalem Mill | Post[1] | 1780[1] | Moved to Rustington, September 1848[1] | ||
Angmering | Luck's Mill | Post | 1813 | Demolished July 1930 | ||
Angmering | Highdown New Mill Ecclesden Mill TQ 082 044 |
Tower | 1826 | ![]() | ||
Angmering | Preston Place Farm | Trestle with wind wheel | 1853 | 1916[1] | ||
Apuldram | Dell Quay Mill Tipper's Mill[2] |
Post | 1790 | Demolished c. 1866. Roundhouse converted to residential use. | ![]() | |
Arundel | Cement Mill | 1864[3] | Standing c. 1915[3] | |||
Arundel | Atfield's Mill | Post | c. 1824 | Demolished December 1864.[4] | ![]() | |
Arundel | South Marsh Mill TQ 013 063 |
Tower | 1830 | Windmill World | ![]() | |
Ashington | Old Mill | |||||
Ashurst | Post | 1789 | Blown down December 1929 |
B
[edit]Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
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Barnham | 1230[5] | 1683[5] | ||||
Barnham | Old Mill | Post | 1762[5] | Blown down 11 October 1827[6] | ||
Barnham | Feaver's Mill John Baker's Mill SU 968 039 |
Tower | 1829 | Windmill World | ![]() | |
Billingshurst | Sprinks Mill Six Bells Inn Mill |
Burnt down 5 November 1852 | ||||
Billingshurst | Hammond's Mill TQ 092 260 |
Smock | 1825 | Blown down 1906[7] Windmill World |
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Birdham | Post | 1724 | 1724 | 1724 | ||
Birdham | Smock | 1927[7] | 1939, gone by 1946 | |||
Bognor Regis[3] | Black Mill[3] | Tower[3] | Standing c. 1899[3] | |||
Bolney | Smock | 18th century[8] | 19th century | |||
Bosham | Old Mill | |||||
Boxgrove | Halnaker Mill SU 920 097 |
Tower | 1740s | Windmill World | ||
Bramber[7] | 1778[7] | 1779[7] | ||||
Burgess Hill | Post |
C
[edit]Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
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Chichester | St James's Mill | |||||
Chichester | Broyle Mill | |||||
Chichester | Broyle Mill (2nd mill) | |||||
Chichester | Portfield Mill | |||||
Chidham | Old Mill | Post | ||||
Clayton | Duncton Mill TQ 304 135 |
Post | 1765 | Demolished 1866 Windmill World |
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Clayton | Jill TQ 304 134 |
Post | 1852 | Windmill World | ![]() | |
Clayton | Jack TQ 304 135 |
Tower | 1866 | Windmill World | ![]() | |
Climping | Ilsham Manor[9] | 1338[9] | 1338[9] | |||
Climping | Cudlow Manor[9] | 1338[9] | 1338[9] | |||
Climping | Atherington Manor[9] Totsham Mill[9] |
1378[9] | 1485[9] | |||
Climping | Clymping Mill[9] | Post | 1780[9] | Replaced by smock mill, 1799 | ||
Climping | Clymping Mill TQ 015 013 |
Smock | 1799 | Demolished 1963 Windmill World |
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Coldwaltham | Watersfield Common | Éolienne Bollée | ||||
Coldwaltham | Watersfield Mill | Smock | ||||
Compton | Old Mill | 1724 | 1724 | 1724 | ||
Cowfold | Monastery | Éolienne Bollée | 1885[10] | |||
Cowfold | Éolienne Bollée | 1885[10] | Collapsed 1960s[10] | |||
Cuckfield | Beech Farm Mill | Smock | 1873 | Demolished 1922 | ||
Cuckfield | Whiteman's Green Mill Whiteman's Cross Mill |
Post | Demolished c. 1877 | |||
Cuckfield | Kennard's Mill |
D – F
[edit]Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
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Durrington | High Salvington Mill | 1724 | 1615 | 1724 | ||
Durrington | High Salvington Mill TQ 123 067 |
Post | c. 1750 | Windmill World | ![]() | |
Durrington | Glynde windpump TQ 123 067 |
Hollow Post | 2008 | |||
Earnley | Somerley Mill SZ 817 984 |
Smock | 1803 | Windmill World | ![]() | |
East Wittering | East Wittering Mill SZ 797 973 |
Tower | 1810 | ![]() | ||
Fishbourne | Post | c. 1854[11] | Demolished 1898[11] | |||
Felpham | Black Mill | Post[12] | 1760[12] | Demolished December 1902[12] | ||
Felpham | White Mill | Smock | 1801[12] | Demolished 1879[12] | ||
Ferring | John Olliver's Mill | Post | 1750[13] | Blown down c. 1823[13] | ||
Findon | Church Hill Mill[14] | Post[14] | 1783[14] | 1794[14] | ||
Findon | Old Mill | Post[15] | 1823[15] | 1891[16] | ||
Findon | Muntham[17] | Vertical axis mill | 1794[17] | 1795[17] | ||
Fontwell | White Mill |
G – H
[edit]Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
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Goring-by-Sea | Goring Mill | 1724 | 1724 | 1724 – Actually 'Heene Mill' as the Budgeon Map of 1724 shows it east of the Hundred boundary. | ||
Harting | 1724 | 1724 | 1724 | |||
Haywards Heath | Church Field Mill | |||||
Henfield | Old Mill Neptown Mill[18] |
Post | 1724[19] | Blown down 1908[19] | ||
Henfield | New Mill Barringer's Mill[18] |
Post | 1844[18] | Burnt 1954[18] | ![]() | |
Highbrook | Hammingden Mill | Smock | 1830 | Moved to Newhaven 1844 | ||
Horsham | Wimblehurst Mill | |||||
Horsham | Champion's Mill | |||||
Horsham | Warnham Mill | |||||
Horsham | Compton Mill | |||||
Horsham | Roffey Mill | |||||
Horsham | Southwater Mill Cripplegate Mill[20] |
Smock | 1810[21] | Burnt down 1914 | ||
Hunston | Kipson Bank Mill TQ 858 008 |
Smock | 1813 | 1801 | Demolished 1919 Windmill World |
I – L
[edit]Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
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Ifield | Post | c. 1870 | Demolished 1899 | |||
Keymer | Oldland Mill TQ 321 162 |
Post | 1703 | Windmill World | ![]() | |
Kirdford[12] | Kirdford Mill[12] | Post[12] | 1770s[12] | Moved to Coolham c. 1800[12] | ||
Lancing | Hoe Court[22] | 1276[22] | 1277[22] | |||
Lancing | Lancing Down Mill | Post | 16th century[22] | 1592[22] | ||
Lancing | Lancing Down Mill | Post | 1750 | Demolished 1905[22] | ||
Lindfield[7] | ||||||
Littlehampton | Cudlow Mill Arun Mill[7] |
Post | Moved to Fishbourne c 1854[11] | |||
Littlehampton | Arun Mill | Tower | ![]() | |||
Littleworth | Jolesfield Mill | used for corn. In use 1890s but disused by 1911 as per contemporary Ordnance Survey maps. Windmill PH nearby – still on main road through village | ||||
Littlehampton | Toddington Mill[7] | |||||
Lowfield Heath | Lowfield Heath Mill TQ 270 398 |
Post | 1762 1777 1789 1823* |
1762 | Dismantled June 1987, re-erected at Charlwood, Surrey 1989 | |
Lyminster | Brookfield Mill | |||||
Lyminster | Toddington Mill |
N – P
[edit]Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
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Northchapel | Old Mill | |||||
North Stoke | Post | |||||
Nutbourne | Nutbourne Mill TQ 078 189 |
Tower | 1854 | Windmill World | ![]() | |
Nutbourne | ||||||
Oving | 1291[23] | 1291[23] | ||||
Oving | Old Mill | Burnt down 19th century[23] | ||||
Pagham | Post | |||||
Pagham | Nyetimber Mill SZ 892 988 |
Tower | 1840s | Windmill World | ![]() | |
Petworth | Old Mill | |||||
Plaistow | Pullen's Mill | |||||
Pulborough | Heath Mill | |||||
Pulborough | Pulborough Mill | |||||
Pulborough | Waterfield Mill | Post | Demolished 1869 | ![]() |
R – S
[edit]Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
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Rudgwick | Rudgwick Mill | |||||
Rudgwick | Honey Lane Mill | |||||
Rusper | Old Mill | Smock | ||||
Rustington | Bridge Mill | Post[12] | 1855[12] | 1894[12] | ||
Rustington | Sea Field Mill | Post[12] | 1805[12] | Demolished 1910[12] | ||
Rustington | Rustington Mill | 1848[1] | Moved to Fishbourne, October 1857 | |||
Selham | Moorland Farm Mill | |||||
Selsey | Post | 1783 | Replaced by tower mill, c. 1827 | |||
Selsey | Medmerry Mill SZ 844 934 |
Tower | c. 1827 | Windmill World | ![]() | |
Shipley | Honeypoles Mill | |||||
Shipley | King's Mill TQ 143 218 |
Smock | 1879 | Windmill World | ![]() | |
Shipley | Coolham Mill | Post | ||||
Shoreham | Good Friday Mill | Post | c. 1764 | Burnt down 1899 | ||
Shoreham | Old Mill | |||||
Shoreham | Town Mill | Post | ||||
Shoreham | Shripney Mill | |||||
Singleton | Westham windpump SU 874 128 |
Hollow post | 1975 | Windmill World | ||
Slindon | Slindon Mill | Post | ||||
Sompting | pumping mill | |||||
Southwick | Southwick Mill | Smock | ||||
Southwick | Cement Mill | |||||
Steyning | Post | |||||
Storrington | Botting's Mill | Post | ||||
Storrington | Kithurst Mill[24] Black Mill[24] Box Mill[24] |
Post | 1750[24] | Demolished 1923[24] | ||
Storrington | Storrington Mill | Post | 1820[24] | |||
Sullington | Sullington Mill Warren Mill Crowhurst's Mill |
Post | 1800 | Burnt down 9 August 1911,[25] windshaft remains on site | ![]() | |
Sullington | Post |
T – W
[edit]Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
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Twineham | Hooker's mill | Hollow post | c. 1865 | Demolished 1900 | ||
Upmarden | Haslet Mill | 1581[26] | 1593[26] | |||
Upmarden | Upmarden Mill Apple Down Mill |
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Upper Beeding | 1384[27] | 1700[27] | ||||
Upper Beeding | Post | 1779[7] | 1875, gone by 1896[27] | |||
Walberton | Avisford Hill Mill | Post | ||||
Walberton | Short's Mill | Smock | c. 1820 | Demolished c. 1896 | ||
Washington | Rock Mill TQ 128 137 |
Smock | 1823 | Windmill World | ![]() | |
West Ashling (Funtington) | Hackett's Mill | Hollow Post | c. 1868 | Demolished 1955 | ||
West Chiltington | Meeten's Mill TQ 085 181 |
Smock | 1838 | Windmill World | ![]() | |
West Dean | Binderton Rook Mill Rook Bindert's Mill |
1724 | 1724 | 1724 | ||
West Dean | Two Titt iron wind engines | 1898[28] | ||||
West Grinstead | Littleworth Mill Jolesfield Mill |
Smock | 1813 | 1788 | Demolished 1959, tower re-erected at Gatwick Manor, Crawley. Intended reconstruction but never completed as a windmill. Surviving machinery now exhibited at Lowfield Heath Mill. | |
West Hoathly | Selsfield Common Mill | Smock | ||||
Wisborough Green | Amblehurst Mill | |||||
Wisborough Green | Champion's Mill | Smock | 1820 | Demolished 1915 | ||
Worth | Effingham Mill | |||||
Worth | Crawley Down Mill | |||||
Worthing | Heene | 1279[29] | 1279[29] | |||
Worthing | Heene Mill | 1650[29] | 1750s[29] | |||
Worthing | Heene Mill | Post | 1825[12] | Demolished June 1903[12] | ||
Worthing | Cross Street Mill Isted's Mill Teville Mill[30] |
Post | 1807[30] | Moved to new site (Sea Mill) 1881[30] | ||
Worthing | Sea Mill | Post | 1881[30] | |||
Worthing | East Mill Navarino North Mill Hide's Mill[30] |
Smock | 1813 | 1813 | Demolished 1902 | |
Worthing | Navarino South Mill | Tower | c. 1829 | Demolished c. 1910 | ||
Worthing | Cissbury Mill Ballard's Mill[31] Offington Mill[31] Broadwater Mill[31] |
Post | 1780[12] | Demolished c. 1914[12] | ![]() | |
Worthing | pumping mill |
Sources
[edit]Unless stated otherwise, the source for all entries is Brunnarius, Martin (1979). The Windmills of Sussex. Chichester: Philimore. ISBN 0-85033-345-8. or Hemming, Peter (1936). Windmills in Sussex. London: C W Daniel. Online version
Maps
[edit]- 1596 Robert Morden
- 1724 Richard Budgen
- 1762 John Rocque[32]
- 1777 Andrews & Drury[32]
- 1789 Lindley & Crossley[32]
- 1795 Gardner & Gream
- 1813 Ordnance Survey
- 1823 C & G Greenwood
- 1823* Bryant[32]
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- ^ a b c d Map of Surrey