The List of Windmills in Derbyshire is a list of former and extant windmills in the English county of

Derbyshire Derbyshire ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands, England. It includes much of the Peak District National Park, the southern end of the Pennine range of hills and part of the National Forest. It borders Greater Manchester to the nor ...

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, Post , 1808 , 1800 , Advertised for sale 1814, no further trace. , , - , Chesterfield , Club Mill
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, 1808
1836 , 1800 , , , - , Clay Cross , Clay Cross Mill
, Post , 1835† , , Standing in 1857. , , - ,

Clowne Clowne is a village and civil parish in the Bolsover district of Derbyshire, England. The population at the 2001 Census was 7,447 increasing to 7,590 (and including Harlesthorpe) at the 2011 Census. It forms part of the Bolsover constituency. ...

, Clown mill
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1887 , 1767 , , , - , Codnor , Codnor Mill
, Post , 1808 , 1801 , Standing in 1834, not on 1836 map. , , - , Creswell , Cresswell Mill , Post , , 1828 , Standing in 1864. , , - , Crich , Pothouse Mill , , , 1757 , Moved to Four Lanes End in 1764. , , - , Crich , Four Lanes End Mill ,

, , 1764 , Burnt out 15 February 1849. , , - , Dale Abbey ,

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, Midlands Post , , 1788
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Derby Derby ( ) is a city and unitary authority area in Derbyshire, England. It lies on the banks of the River Derwent in the south of Derbyshire, which is in the East Midlands Region. It was traditionally the county town of Derbyshire. Derby gai ...

, Windmill Hill Lane Mill
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, 1791 , 1767 , Advertised for sale in 1781. , , - , Derby , Depot Mill
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, , 1816 , Probably demolished between 1855 and 1888. , , - , Derby , Normanton Road Mill ,

, , , Standing in 1949. , , - , Derby , Chain Lane Mill, Littleover
, , , , Medieval mill. , , - , Eckington , Eckington Mill
, Post , , 1825. , Burnt down by

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, 19 January 1832. , , - , Eyam , Eyam Mill
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, 1827 , Demolished c.1877 , , - ,

Findern Findern is a village and civil parish in the District of South Derbyshire, approximately 5–6 miles south of Derby (Grid reference: ). The population of the civil parish was 1,669 at the 2011 Census. The village was mentioned in the Domesday Bo ...

, Findern Mill
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, , - , Fritchley , Fritchley Mill
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, , - , Hazelwood , Hazelwood Mill
, Smock , 1906 , 1906 , Pumping windmill, demolished 1939. , , - ,

Heage Heage is a village in Derbyshire, England, situated midway between Belper and Ripley in the Amber Valley district. The village is in the Heage and Ambergate ward, which in the 2011 census had a population of 5,013. Heage is known for its six ...

Heage Windmill Heage Windmill, in Heage, Derbyshire, is a restored windmill, built in the 1790s. After standing unused since 1919, it was restored to working order in 2002. The mill is a Grade II* listed building; History It is a tower mill, built in the 1790s a ...

, , Built c. 1797. First use c. 1805
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, - , Heanor , , 1791
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Holbrook Holbrook may refer to: Places England *Holbrook, Derbyshire, a village *Holbrook, Somerset, a hamlet in Charlton Musgrove *Holbrook, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, a former mining village in Mosborough ward, now known as Halfway *Holbrook, Suffolk, a ...

, Holbrook Mill
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1880 , 1825 , Standing in 1841, not marked on any map later than 1880. , , - , Hopton , Carsington Pasture Mill
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, , - , Horsley Park , Hosley Mill
, '' Post'' , 1808
1836 , , Gone by 1841. , , - ,

Hulland Ward Hulland Ward is a village and civil parish in the Derbyshire Dales district of Derbyshire roughly 6 miles west of Belper, Derbyshire England on the A517 road. The parish includes the hamlets of Biggin, Nether Biggin and Millington Green. Hulland ...

, Hulland Ward Mill
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, 1836 , c.1825 , Standing in 1850, not on 1880 map. , , - ,

Ilkeston Ilkeston is a town in the Borough of Erewash, Derbyshire, England, on the River Erewash, from which the borough takes its name, with a population at the 2011 census of 38,640. Its major industries, coal mining, iron working and lace making/texti ...

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, Post , , 1817 , Burnt down 1831. , , - , Ilkeston , Field Mill
, Post , 1825
1836 , , Moved to Derby Road, Ilkeston mid-C19th. , , - , Ilkeston , Derby Road Mill
, Post , 1896
1908 , 1876 , Standing in September 1920. , , - , Kilburn , Kilburn Mill
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, , 1821 , Not marked on any maps after 1879. , , - , Long Eaton , Long Eaton Mill
, , 1808 , , , , - ,

Loscoe Loscoe is a village near Heanor in Derbyshire, England, lying within the civil parish of Heanor and Loscoe. It had prominent coalmines in the 19th and 20th centuries. Denby Common and Codnor Breach are hamlets on the western edge of the villag ...

, Loscoe Mill
, Post , 1825
1836 , , Advertised for sale in 1851. , , - , Lower Pilsley , Hagg Hill
, , 1897 , , Possibly a windpump. , , - , Mapperley , Mapperley Mill
, Post , 1825
1836 , , Standing in 1900, blown down by 1932. , , - , Marlpool , Marlpool Mill
, , 1791 , 1767. , Gone by 1801. , , - , Marlpool , Marlpool Mill
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, 4 December 1828. , , - , Marlpool , Marlpool Mill
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, 1836
1881 , c.1830 , Dismantled 1885. , , - ,

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, Melbourne Mill
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, 1808
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, , - , Melbourne , , Post , 1808
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1836 , 1808 , 1836 , , - , Melbourne , Ticknall Road Mill
, Post , , 1782 , Advertised for sale 1853. , , - , Mickleover , Mill Field Mill , , 1808 , 1808 , Moved to Common Road in 1850. , , - , Mickleover , Common Road Mill
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, , 1850 , Demolished c.1973. , , - , Mosborough , Mosborough Mill
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, , c.1802 , Standing in 1856, not marked on 1877 Ordnance Survey map. , , - , Muggington , Muggington Mill
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1836 , c.1830 , Standing in 1876. , , - ,

Netherseal Netherseal (or 'Netherseale') is a village and civil parish in the English county of Derbyshire,OS Explorer Map 245: The National Forest :(1:25 000) :

, Netherseal Mill
, Post , 1834 , , Was in

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when built. Working in 1904. , , - , Newhall , Newhall Mill
, Post , 1808
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1836 , , Working in 1841. , , - , Nitticar Hill , Knitacre Mill
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1808 , 1767 , Gone by 1830. , , - ,

Ockbrook Ockbrook is a village in Derbyshire, England. It is almost contiguous with the village of Borrowash, the two only separated by the A52. The civil parish is Ockbrook and Borrowash. The population of this civil parish at the 2011 Census was 7,335. ...

, Ockbrook Mill
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, , - , Pleasley , Pleasley Mill
, Post , 1808
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1836 , 1808 , Demolished late 1860s. , , - ,

Riddings Riddings is a large village in Derbyshire, England. The appropriate ward of the Amber Valley Council is called Ironville and Riddings. The population of this ward as at the 2011 census was 5,821. It is located south of Alfreton near the hamlet o ...

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, , 1877 , Demolished 1963 , Riddings mills

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, , 1877 , Demolished 1963. , Riddings mills

, - , Riddings , Riddings Mill
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1914 , 1808 , Demolished 1920s. , , - , Risley , Risley Mill
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1836 , 1798 , Advertised for sale 1835. , , - ,

Sandiacre Sandiacre is a town and civil parish in the borough of Erewash in Derbyshire, in the East Midlands region of England adjoining the border with Nottinghamshire. The population of the town was 8,889 at the 2011 Census. The name Sandiacre is usuall ...

, Sandiacre Mill
, Post , 1825
1835† , 1820 , Advertised for sale 1834. , , - , Sawley , Sawley Mill
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1836 , 1794 , Working until 1861. , , - ,

Shardlow Shardlow is a village in Derbyshire, England about southeast of Derby and southwest of Nottingham. Part of the civil parish of Shardlow and Great Wilne, and the district of South Derbyshire, it is also very close to the border with Leicestersh ...

, Shardlow Union Mill
, Post , , 1803 , Advertised for sale in 1851. , , - , Shipley , Shipley Mill
, , 1808 , 1808 , Blown down 16 May 1809. , , - ,

Shirebrook Shirebrook is a town in the Bolsover district in Derbyshire, England. Close to the boundaries with the districts of Mansfield and Bassetlaw of Nottinghamshire,OS Explorer Map 270: Sherwood Forest: (1:25 000): it had a population of 13,300 in ...

, Shirebrook Mill
, , , 1828 , 1841. , , - , Smalley , Cloves Lane
, , 1808 , c.1700 , Moved to Smalley watermill 1800. , , - , Smalley , at Smalley watermill , , , 1800 , Moved back to Cloves Lane 1815. , , - , Smalley , Cloves Lane
, , , 1815 , Demolished c.1856. , , - , Smalley , Swine Hill Lane , , , 1800 , 1800, burnt down before 1828, remains to Marlpool, which burnt down in that year. , , - ,

Smisby Smisby is an ancient manor, civil parish and small village in South Derbyshire, England. It is from Melbourne and near the Leicestershire border

, Ann's Well Place
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South Normanton South Normanton is a village and civil parish in the Bolsover District of Derbyshire, England. The population at the 2011 Census was 9,445. An ex-mining village, it is two miles east of Alfreton. The historic industries of the village were agri ...

, Fordbridge Lane Mill
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, , - , South Normanton , Normanton Common Mill
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, , - , South Normanton , , Post , 1808
1825 , c.1805 , Working until 1908. Dismantled 1980, remains declared beyond restoration in 1997 and burnt.Windmill World
, , - , South Normanton , , Post , , 1630 , Severely damaged December 1809, ruins auctioned January 1810. , , - ,

Spinkhill Spinkhill is a small village in North East Derbyshire, England. It is approximately one mile south of the nearest town, Killamarsh, and half a mile north-east of Renishaw. It is home to the Church of the Immaculate Conception and its associat ...

, Spinkhill Mill
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1808 , 1767 , House converted 1879, demolished mid-1950s. , , - ,

Spondon Spondon is a ward of the city of Derby. Originally a small village, Spondon dates back to the Domesday Book and it became heavily industrialised in the 19th and early 20th centuries, with companies such as British Celanese. History The n ...

, Spondon Mill
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Swarkestone Swarkestone is a village and civil parish in the South Derbyshire district of Derbyshire, England. The population at the 2011 Census was 187. Swarkestone has a very old village church, a full cricket pitch, a plant nursery/ garden centre and re ...

, Swarkestone Mill
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, 1808
1825 , 1794 , Disused by 1889, reduced to single storey stump by 1932, demolished by 1983. , , - , Swarkestone Lowes , , Post , 1675 , 1675 , 1745. , , - , Swathick , Swathick Mill
, , 1808 , 1808 , 1808. , , - , Temple Normanton , Temple Normanton Mill
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, 1808
1825 , 1796 , House converted mid-1860s. Demolished 1935. , , - ,

Tibshelf Tibshelf is a village and civil parish in the Bolsover District in Derbyshire, England. Located between the towns of Clay Cross, Shirebrook, Mansfield and Chesterfield. It had a population at the 2001 UK census of 3,548, increasing to 3,787 at th ...

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West Hallam West Hallam is a large village and civil parish close to Ilkeston in the county of Derbyshire in the East Midlands region of England. West Hallam has had its own parish council since 1894 and, since 1974, has been part of the Erewash borough. Th ...

, West Hallam Mill , , 1791
1808 , 1767 , 1808 , , - , Whitwell , Whitwell Mill
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1916 , 1829 , Working until 1912, demolished 1965. , , - , Whittington , Whittington Mill
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, 1808
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1895 , 1808 , Demolished c.1900. , , - , Willington , Willington Mill
, , 1791
1825 , 1710 , 1825. , , - , Wirksworth , Wirksworth Mill
, Post , 1808
1836 , 1799 , Advertised for sale 1849. , , - , Woodville , Butt House Mill
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1836 , c.1827 , Demolished c.1880. ,

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