Extant windmills in Oxfordshire.
1 Blackthorn, 2 Bloxham Grove, 3 Chinnor, 4 Great Haseley, 5 North Leigh, 6 Wardington, 7 Wheatley
1 Blackthorn, 2 Bloxham Grove, 3 Chinnor, 4 Great Haseley, 5 North Leigh, 6 Wardington, 7 Wheatley
This is a list of windmills in the ceremonial county of Oxfordshire, England.
Locations
[edit]Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
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Adderbury | SP 495 343 | 1675 1715 |
1675 | 1715 | ||
Adderbury | 1675 | 1675 | 1675 | |||
Alkerton | 1715 | 1715 | 1715 | |||
Arncott | Arncott Mill SP 614 172 |
Post | 1849 | Collapsed 1950 Windmill World |
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Banbury | Easington SP 457 398 |
Post | 1675 1715 |
1675 | Demolished early 18th century | |
Banbury | Broughton Road SP 441 391 |
Post | 1675 | 1675 | Demolished 1823 | |
Banbury | Berry Moor Mill SP 441 391 |
c. 1820 | 1832 | |||
Beckley | Lord's Mill Approximately SP 566 106 |
13th century | 17th century | |||
Bicester | 1285 | 1285 | ||||
Bicester | Buckingham Road SP 584 236 |
1675 | 1675 | 1675 | ||
Bicester | Middleton Road SP 565 225 |
1675 | 1675 | Blown down 1881 | ![]() | |
Blackthorn | West Mill SP 612 205 |
Tower | Standing in 1943,[1] later truncated Windmill World |
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Blackthorn | East Mill SP 612 205 |
Tower | 18th century[2] | Windmill World | ![]() | |
Bloxham | 1715 | 1715 | 1715 | |||
Bloxham | Bloxham Grove Mill SP 456 367 |
Post | 1865 | Windmill World | ![]() | |
Charlton on Otmoor | SP 567 164 | Post | 1610 | 1905 | ||
Cropredy | 1719 | Moved to Avon Dassett, Warwickshire 1725 | ||||
Chinnor | Wain Hill | 1249 | 1249 | |||
Chinnor | Chinnor Mill SP 750 010 |
Post | 1789 | Dismantled 1965 | ||
Chinnor | Chinnor Mill SP 749 010 |
Post | 2009[3] | Windmill World | ![]() | |
Chipping Norton | Chipping Norton Mill SP 318 272 |
Post | 19th Century | 19th Century | ||
Clanfield | Clanfield Mill SP 283 019 |
Tower | Standing in 1900 | |||
Deddington | Deddington Mill SP 456 318 |
1823 | 1615 | 1823 | ||
Epwell | Epwell Mill SP 350 408 |
Tower | 1675 | 1675 | 1912 | |
Faringdon | Faringdon Mill SU 293 955 |
Tower | 1876 | 1876 | ||
Garsington | 1308 | 1308 | ||||
Goring | By the weir | 1538 | 1538 | |||
Great Hasely | Milton Common Mill SP 638 026 |
Tower | 1760 | Windmill World | ![]() | |
Great Milton | Great Milton Mill SP 617 030 |
Post | 1820 | 1820 | Demolished 1910 | |
Headington | SP 549 065 | 1303 | 1303 | |||
Headington | Eastern mill of the pair SP 549 065 |
Tower | 1823 | 18th century | ||
Headington | Western mill of the pair SP 557 076 |
Post | 1823 | 1771 | 1823 | |
Henley-on-Thames | Mill Hill Mill SU 755 810 |
1715 | 1715 | 1715 | ||
Holton | Approximately SP 610 058 |
1794 | 1794 | 1794 | ||
Hook Norton | SP 365 356 | |||||
Hornton | SP 389 449 | Tower | 1787 | Standing in 1933[1] | ||
Ledwell | SP 411 285 | 1675* 1715 |
1675 | 1715, gone by 1793 | ||
Lewknor | Postcombe Mill | 16th century | 17th century | |||
Lewknor | Windmill Knapp | 16th century | 17th century | |||
Little Milton | Little Milton Mill SP 618 020 |
Tower | Demolished 1910 | |||
Little Rollright | Little Rollright Mill Approximately SP 291 304 |
Post | Gone by 1705 | |||
Little Rollright | Little Rollright Mill Approximately SP 291 304 |
Post | 1705 | |||
Lower Assendon | Titt iron wind engine | Standing in 1977 | ||||
Milcombe | Milcombe Mill SP 410 338 |
Post | ||||
Mollington | Mollington Mill SP 444 474 |
1545 | 1797 | |||
Nettlebed | Nettlebed Mill SU 702 873 |
1675 | 1675 | 1675 | ||
Nettlebed | Nettlebed Mill SU 702 873 |
Smock | 1825 | Burnt down 1912 | ![]() | |
North Leigh | North Leigh Mill SP 3865 1292 |
Tower | 18th century[4] | Windmill World | ![]() | |
Osney | Osney Abbey | c. 1189[5] | ||||
Oxford | Holywell Mill | Post | 1660 | 1660 | ||
Salford | SP 292 276 | 1794 | 1794 | Demolished 1878 | ||
Sibford Gower | 17th century | 17th century | ||||
South Newington | 1715 | 1715 | 1715 | |||
South Weston | South Weston Mill SU 703 990 |
Smock | 1676 | Demolished in 1919 | ||
Stanton St John | Stanton St Joh Mill Approximately SP 568 085 |
1766 | 1766 | 1766 | ||
Stokenchurch[6] | Stokenchurch Mill SU 751 966 |
1675 | 1675 | 1675 | ||
Stokenchurch | Stokenchurch Mill SU 751 966 |
Post | 1736 | Collapsed 1926[7] | ||
Stoke Row | Stoke Row Mill SU 685 840 |
1821 | 1838 | |||
Stonesfield | Stonesfield Mill SP 391 170 |
Tower | Standing in 1900 | |||
Studley | 1339 | 1339 | ||||
Studley | 1823 | 1823 | 1823 | |||
Sydenham | Sydenham Mill Approximately SP 735 035 |
1715 1794 |
1715 | 1794, moved to Stone, Buckinghamshire in 1801 | ||
Thame | Thame Mill SP 705053 |
1594 | 1594 | |||
Thame | Tower | Early 17th century | 1797 | |||
Tower | 1797 | 1880 | ||||
Towersey | Towersey Mill SP 733 062 |
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Wardington | Wardington Mill SP 488 476 |
Tower[7] | 1715 | 1715 | Windmill World | ![]() |
Waterstock | Waterstock Mill SP635 055 |
1676 1715 |
1676 | 1715 | ||
Watlington | Watlington Mill SU 073 952 |
Smock | Moved to Nettlebed 1825 | |||
Wheatley | Post | Blown down 1767 | ||||
Wheatley | Post | 1675 1715 1823 |
1673 | Burnt down c. 1876 | ||
Wheatley | Wheatley Windmill, Wheatley, Oxfordshire SP 589 053 |
Tower | 1823 | 1784 | Windmill World Wheatley Windmill Restoration Society |
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Wykham | 1675 | 1653 | 1688, gone by 1746 |
Maps
[edit]- 1675 Ogilby
- 1675* Plott
- 1676 Ogilby
- 1715 Overton
- 1766 Jeffrey
- 1794 Richard Davis
- 1820 Townsend
- 1823 Bryant
Notes
[edit]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
[edit]Unless otherwise indicated, the source for all entries is Foreman, Wilfred (1983). Oxfordshire Mills. Chichester: Phillimore. ISBN 0-85033-441-1.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Oxfordshire". University of Kent at Canterbury. Retrieved 24 May 2009.
- ^ Historic England. "BLACKTHORN HILL WINDMILL, A41 (north side), BLACKTHORN, CHERWELL, OXFORDSHIRE (1300884)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 24 May 2009.
- ^ Hopefully!
- ^ Historic England. "WINDMILL AT SP 3865 1292, PARK ROAD (south side), NORTH LEIGH, WEST OXFORDSHIRE, OXFORDSHIRE (1283519)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 24 May 2009.
- ^ Gregory, Roy (1985). East Yorkshire Windmills. Cheddar: Charles Skilton Ltd. p. 15. ISBN 0-284-98721-2.
- ^ Now in Buckinghamshire
- ^ a b Wailes, Rex (1954). The English Windmill. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. pp. 86, Plate XXIIIc.