List_of_windmills_in_Lancashire

List of windmills in Lancashire

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

Locations

A – C

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Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	First mention or built	Last mention or demise
Ainsdale	Ainsdale Mill	Tower	c.1800	Closure in 1965 and demolition in late 1970s^[1]
Aughton	Aughton Mill	Sunk Post^[2]
Barton-upon-Irwell			1600^[3]	1600^[3]
Bickerstaffe	Bickerstaffe Mill SD 442 048	Tower	1756	Windmill World
Billinge	Billinge Mill		1641^[4]	1691^[4]
Birkdale	Birkdale Mill	Sunk Post^[2]	c.16th century^[5]	Mentioned 1845^[5]
Boothstown			Mid-18th century^[6]	Demolished 1874^[6]
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^[7]
Clifton	Clifton Mill SD 464 313	Tower		Windmill World
Culcheth			1516^[8]	1593^[8]

F – K

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Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	First mention or built	Last mention or demise
Freckleton		Smock Saw Mill
Golborne			1352^[9]	1367^[9]
Great Crosby	Moor Lane Mill SD 329 003	Tower	1813^[10]	Windmill World
Haigh	Brewery Mill SD 605 089	Tower	1845	Windmill World
Hambleton		Post	1870s^[11]	Demolished by 1934^[7]
Ince			1558^[12]	1558^[12]
Kirkham	Carr Hill Mill SD 431 320	Tower		Windmill World
Kirkham	Treales Mill SD 447 328	Tower	Late 18th century^[13]	Windmill World

L

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Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	First mention or built	Last mention or demise
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^[2]	1642^[2]
Liverpool	Eastham Mill		1250^[14]	Destroyed May 1644^[2]
Liverpool	Cathedral Mount^[2]
Liverpool	Hale Mill	Post^[2]		Moved to Hale Bank, 1790^[2]
Liverpool	Hale Bank Mill	Post^[2]	1790^[2]
Liverpool	Townsend Mill		1348^[14]
Liverpool	Townsend Mill	Midlands Post	1644^[2]	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^[15]
Liverpool	St James's Park	Tower	1773^[16]	Gone by 1889^[17]
Liverpool	Stanley Park		1823^[18]
Liverpool	Springfield Mill	Tower	1823^[19]	1907
Liverpool	Parliament St (two)			Gone by 1889^[17]
Liverpool	Bootle Lane			Burnt down 1834^[20]
Longton				Standing 1916^[20]
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

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Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Maghull				Standing in 1916^[20]
Manchester	Deansgate		1771^[21]
Manchester	Windmill Street		1766^[20]	1811^[20]
Much Hoole				Standing in 1916^[20]
Ormskirk	Wimbrick Mill			Standing in 1916^[20]	Photo
Parbold	Parbold Mill SD 491 106	Tower	1810	Windmill World
Pilling	Damside Windmill 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^[22]
Preston	Craggs Row Mill SD 537 300	Tower	Early 19th century^[23]	Windmill World
Preston	Park Lane Mill			Standing 1916^[20]

R – W

More information Location, Name of mill and grid reference ...

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Rimington	Stopper Lane Mill	Smock^[2]
Rufford	Causeway End Mill	Tower		Standing in 1947^[15]
Rufford		Midlands Post		Moved to Warton 1771^[24]
Salford			1380^[25]	1380^[25]
Singleton	Singleton Mill	Tower^[2]		Standing in 1947^[15]
Southport		Titt iron wind engine	1894
Staining	Staining Mill SD 347 366	Tower	Late 18th century^[26]	Windmill World
St Helens	Ravenhead Mill SJ 502 942	Tower	Late 18th century^[27]	Windmill World
Southport		Tower			Photo^{[permanent dead link]}
Southport		Titt wind engine	1894^[28]
Tarleton				Standing in 1916^[20]
Thornton Cleveleys	Marsh Mill SD 335 426	Tower	1794	Windmill World
Toxteth	Scott's Mill Wilson's Mill	Tower		Demolished c. 1960
Treales	Treales	Tower		Windmill World
Upholland	Holland Mill SD 513 057	Tower	1768	Windmill World
Warton	Warton Post Mill SD 420 288	Sunk post (Midlands type)	1771^[24]	Windmill World
West Derby			1229^[29]	1256^[29]
West Derby	Acker's Mill		1717^[30]	1717^[30]
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

Notes

Mills in bold text are still standing. Known building dates are also indicated in bold. Text in italics indicates that the information is not confirmed, but is likely to be the case.

Sources

These sources will be useful to expand the article:-

Clarke, Allen (1916). Windmill Land. London: J M Dent & Sons. ISBN 9780946571086.
Clarke, Allen (1918). More Windmill Land. London: J M Dent & Sons.
Clarke, Allen (1924). Windmill Land Stories. London: J M Dent & Sons.

References

[1]
"Ainsdale Mill information – Images & Documents". catalogue.millsarchive.org. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
[2]
Wailes, Rex (1977). The English Windmill. London and Henley on Thames: Routledge & Kegan Paul. pp. 52, 84, 110, 145, 157, 168. ISBN 0-7100-2241-7.
[3]
"BARTON". British History Online. Retrieved 29 November 2008.
[4]
"BILLINGE". British History Online. Retrieved 29 November 2008.
[5]
Aughton, Peter (1998). North Meols and Southport. Carnegie. ISBN 0-948789-38-7.
[6]
"Windmills and Cotton Mills". The Boothstown Website. Archived from the original on 10 October 2012. Retrieved 28 November 2008.
[7]
Thurston Hopkins, R (1934). Old Watermills and Windmills. London: Philip Allan & Co Ltd. p. 39.
[8]
"CULCHETH". British History Online. Retrieved 29 November 2008.
[9]
"GOLBORNE". British History Online. Retrieved 29 November 2008.
[10]
Historic England. "WINDMILL, MOOR LANE (north side), CROSBY, SEFTON, MERSEYSIDE (1257388)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 19 November 2008.
[11]
de Little, Rodney (1997). The Windmills of England. Partridge Green: Colwood Press. p. 106. ISBN 0-9529930-0-7.
[12]
"INCE". British History Online. Retrieved 29 November 2008.
[13]
Historic England. "TREALES WINDMILL, TREALES, ROSEACRE AND WHARLES, FYLDE, LANCASHIRE (1072002)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 28 November 2008.
[14]
"CASTLE". British History Online. Retrieved 29 November 2008.
[15]
"The Donald W. Muggeridge Collection of Mill Photographs, Lancashire & Leicestershire". University of Kent at Canterbury. Retrieved 30 November 2008.
[16]
"LIVERPOOL PARKS". Liverpool Parks. Retrieved 30 November 2008.
[17]
"Old Liverpool" (PDF). Bramhill.net. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 February 2012. Retrieved 1 December 2008.
[18]
"WALTON". British History Online. Retrieved 30 November 2008.
[19]
"KIRKDALE". British History Online. Retrieved 1 December 2008.
[20]
Clarke, Allen (1916). Windmill Land. London: J M Dent & Sons. Partial online version
[21]
"BOROUGH". British History Online. Retrieved 29 November 2008.
[22]
Postcard published by Knowsley Library Service
[23]
Historic England. "WINDMILL, CRAGGS ROW (east side), PRESTON, PRESTON, LANCASHIRE (1207265)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 28 November 2008.
[24]
Major, J Kenneth; Watts, Martin (1977). Victorian and Edwardian Windmills and Watermills from old photographs. London: Batsford. ISBN 0-7134-0621-6.
[25]
"SALFORD". British History Online. Retrieved 29 November 2008.
[26]
Historic England. "STAINING WINDMILL, MILL LANE, STAINING, FYLDE, LANCASHIRE (1362385)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 28 November 2008.
[27]
Historic England. "PART OF NUMBERS 96 AND 98 FORMER WINDMILL TOWER, RAVENHEAD, 96 AND 98 RAVENHEAD ROAD, ST HELENS, ST HELENS, MERSEYSIDE (1084314)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 19 November 2008.
[28]
Major, J Kenneth (1977). The Windmills of John Wallis Titt. The International Molinological Society. pp. 8, 30.
[29]
"THE HUNDRED OF WEST DERBY". British History Online. Retrieved 29 November 2008.
[30]
"WEST DERBY". British History Online. Retrieved 29 November 2008.

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