List of windmills in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight

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Extant windmills in Hampshire.
1 Bursledon, 2 Chalton, 3 Crux Easton, 4 Langstone.

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Extant windmills in the Isle of Wight.
5 Bembridge.

A list of all windmills and windmill sites which lie in the current ceremonial counties of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.

Hampshire

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Basingstoke	Pitt Hall Farm, Upper Wooton[1]	Titt iron wind engine		1898[1]
Bentworth	Bentworth and Lasham railway station	Titt Iron wind engine		1901[2]	1928[2]
Bitterne	Thornhill Park[1]	Titt iron wind engine		1894[1]
Bucklers Hard		Tower
Bursledon	Bursledon Windmill SU 482 108	Post mill[3]		1766[3]	Demolished c. 1813[3]
Bursledon	Bursledon Windmill SU 482 108	Tower		1813[3]	Bursledon Windmill is Hampshire's only working windmill and is still open to the public today.
Chalton	Chalton Mill SU 716 162			1289[4]	1289[4]
Chalton	Chalton Mill SU 716 162	Sunk post	1607 1611 1645 1675	1607	1675
Chalton	Chalton Mill SU 716 162	Tower		Early 19th century[5]	Windmill World
Cliddesden	Cliddesden railway station	Titt Iron wind engine		1901[2]	Demolished 1940s[2]
Cosham	Widley Mill
Crux Easton	Crux Easton wind engine SU 427 564	Titt Iron wind engine		c. 1891[6]	Windmill World
Denmead	Denmead Mill[7]			1600[7]	Demolished 19th century[7]
Denmead	New Denmead Mill
Denmead	Barn Green Mill Gale's Mill SU 672 142	Tower[7]		1819[8]	Burnt 1900 Demolished 1922[8]
Dummer				1828
Enham Alamein		Post			under construction Windmill World
Fareham		Post	1759	1759	1759
Fareham	Burrant Mill	Post	1759	1759	1759
Fawley		Tower
Froxfield	Tower			1828
Gosport	Haslar mill				Demolished 1746
Gosport	Crofton
Gosport	Peel Common Mill	Tower
Gosport	Ann's Hill Mill	Tower		1853	1854
Grateley		Tower		1849	1889
Haslar					Blown down 29 October 1795.[9]
Hayling		post		1325	1325
Hayling		Tower			Burnt down 1890
Hayling	North Hayling Mill SU 719 028	Tower			Burnt down October 1886
Hythe	Langdown Mill
Langstone	Langstone Mill SU 721 051	Tower		c. 1730	Windmill World
Lymington
Marchwood		Titt iron wind engine		1893[1]
Micheldever	Stratton Estate	Titt iron wind engine		1898[1]
Middle Wallop		Tower			Demolished late 18th or early 19th century, machinery to Idmiston Mill, West Gomeldon, Wiltshire[10]
Owslebury		Tower			Demolished during World War One
Owlsebury	Bridle's mill	Tower
Petersfield	Weston Mill	Smock			Demolished 1911
Portchester		Tower			Standing 1908[11]
Portchester		Tower			Demolished c. 1920
Portchester	Wicor Mill	Tower		1821
Portsmouth	Dock Mill Shipwright's Mill	Tower		1796[12]	Demolished 1923[12]
Portsmouth	Portsmouth Harbour			14th century
Portsmouth	Guildhall				Gone by 1800
Portsmouth	Ballard's Mill	Tower			Demolished 1843
Portsmouth	Rudmore Mill Byerly Mill
Portsmouth	Dwarf Mill Lime Mill
Portsmouth	Dennison's Mill
Portsmouth	Mile End Mill
Selborne
Southampton				1530	1612
Southampton				1600
Southampton	Castle Mill
Southampton	On road to Itchen Ferry			1600
Southsea	Lump's Mill White Mill	tower		1850	1870
Stockbridge	Marsh Court[1]	Titt iron wind engine		1900[1]
Titchfield	Peel Common Mill	Tower		18th century[13]	Demolished 1920s.[13]
Titchfield	Titchfield Common Mill			18th century[13]	Demolished 19th century[13]
Waterlooville	Hall's Mill	Smock			Burnt down 25 June 1906
West Meon	Marland's Mill[14] SU 646 256	Tower		c. 1860[15]	Windmill World

Isle of Wight

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Bembridge	Knowle Mill SZ 639 875	Tower		c. 1700	Windmill World
Calbourne	Calbourne Mill SZ 414 868			1980s[14]	Windmill World
Chale				1374	1374
East Cowes				1759	Gone by 1846
Freshwater				1292	1769[16]
Freshwater				1769[16]	Burnt down 15 December 1824[17]
Freshwater		Tower[14]		1863	1869[18]
Newchurch	Kington	Post		Early 17th century
Ryde	Mill Fields	Tower
Ryde	Aldemoor Upton Mill	Tower			Demolished 1915
Sandown	Cheverton Down	Post		Early 17th century
Shalcombe		Post		Early 17th century
Shanklin		Post		Early 17th century
Cowes	Mill Hill Mill	Tower		1771[19]	Demolished 1923[12]
Cowes	Kelleway Mill[14]	Tower		1804[19]	1853, demolished by 1862[19]

Sources

Unless stated otherwise, the source for all entries is:-

• Ellis, Monica (editor) (1978). Water and Wind Mills in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. Southampton: Southampton University Industrial Archaeology Group. ISBN 0-905280-01-6. or
• Triggs, Anthony (1982). The Windmills of Hampshire. Horndean: Milestone Publications. ISBN 0-903852-36-5.

Maps

• 1607 John Norden
• 1611 John Speed
• 1645 Joan Blaeu
• 1675 John Ogilby
• 1759 Isaac Taylor

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.

References

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2. Griffith, Edward (1982). The Basingstoke & Alton Light Railway 1901 - 1936. Newbury: Kingfisher Railway Publications. p. 16.
3. "Bursledon Windmill stands as Phoebe Langtry's legacy". Hampshire Chronicle. Retrieved 6 June 2009.
4. "CHALTON". British History Online. Retrieved 7 June 2009.
5. "CHALTON WINDMILL, CLANFIELD, EAST HAMPSHIRE, HAMPSHIRE". English Heritage. Retrieved 2008-10-29.
6. "WIND ENGINE AND FORMER MILL HOUSE AT SU 4268 5632, ASHMANSWORTH, BASINGSTOKE AND DEANE, HAMPSHIRE". English Heritage. Retrieved 2008-10-29.
7. "Denmead". Hampshire County Council. Retrieved 2008-10-29.
8. "A BRIEF HISTORY OF DENMEAD". localhistories.org. Retrieved 2008-10-29.
9. "Ship News". The Times (3427). London. 31 October 1795. col B-C, p. 4.
10. "WINDMILL, IDMISTON, SALISBURY, WILTSHIRE". English Heritage. Retrieved 18 June 2009.
11. "PORTCHESTER". British History Online. Retrieved 2008-10-29.
12. "DOCK MILLS PORTSMOUTH". Hampshire Mills Group. Retrieved 2008-10-29.
13. "Titchfield Mills". Paul Hawkins. Retrieved 20 June 2011.
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15. "Find the Lady". eastmeon.net. Retrieved 2008-10-29.
16. "Freshwater Isle in the 17th century.". ric martin. Retrieved 2008-10-29.
17. "NEWPORT". Hampshire Telegraph and Sussex Chronicle etc (1315). 20 December 1824.
18. Major, J Kenneth and, Watts, Martin (1977). Victorian and Edwardian Windmills and Watermills from old photographs. London: Batsford. ISBN 0-7134-0621-6.
19. "The Lost Windmill of West Cowes". rob martin. Retrieved 2008-10-29.