A list of all windmills and windmill sites which lie in the current Ceremonial county of Kent.
Extant (red) and former (blue) windmills in Kent.
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Barham, 2
Benenden, 3
Bidborough, 4
Biddenden 5
Canterbury, 6
Charing, 7
Chillenden, 8
Chislet, 9
Cranbrook, 10
Eastry, 11
Edenbridge, 12
Copton, 13
Guston, 14
Herne, 15
Kingston, 16
Margate, 17
Meopham, 18
Northbourne, 19 Oare, 20
Ringwould, 21
Rolvenden, 22
Sandhurst, 23
Sandwich, 24
Sarre, 25
Sheerness, 26
Stanford, 27
Stelling Minnis, 28
St Margaret's Bay, 29
West Kingsdown, 30
Whitstable, 31
Willesborough, 32
Wittersham, 33
Woodchurch.
Locations
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Locations formerly within Kent
- For windmills in Bexley, Blackheath, Bromley, Chelsfield, Chislehurst, Deptford, Downe, Eltham, Erith, Greenwich, Keston, Lee, Plumstead Common, Sydenham and Woolwich see List of windmills in Greater London. For the windmill closely associated with Bexley Heath, see the entry under Crayford (above).
Maps
The maps quoted by date are:
- 1414 – Thomas of Elmham (map of Thanet)
- 1596 – Phil Symondson
- 1610 – John Speed
- 1695 – Robert Morden
- 1719 – Dr Harris
- 1736 – Emanuel Bowen
- 1769 – Andrews, Dury and Herbert
- 1829 – Greenwood & Co
See also
Notes
Mills in bold are still standing, known building dates are indicated in bold.
- ^ Coles Finch states that the mill moved from Playden to Appledore had originally stood at Playden, been moved to Appledore and then moved to Rye, East Sussex (Playden is very close to Rye) before being moved back to Appledore for a second time. Which of the sites it occupied in Appledore after the first move is not recorded.
References
Citations
- ^ "Aldington windmill, Kent". Windmill World. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
- ^ "Appledore windmill, Kent". Windmill World. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
- ^ "Appledore windmill, Kent". Windmill World. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
- ^ "Badlesmre windmill, Kent". Windmill World. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
- ^ "Barham windmill, Kent". Windmill World. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
- ^ a b Post Office Directory of Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent, Middlesex, Surrey, and Sussex, Part 1: Counties & Localities. General Post Office. 1855. p. 266.
- ^ "Blean windmill, Kent". Windmill World. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
- ^ "Fowle Family Page". Man Family. Retrieved 21 November 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Directory of Kent Mill People". The Mills Archive Trust. Archived from the original on 4 July 2008. Retrieved 5 May 2008.
- ^ a b c d e "Bygone Kent". Bygone Kent. 4 (8). Rainham: Meresborough Books: 463–64. August 1982.
- ^ a b c d e f "Bygone Kent". Bygone Kent. 3 (7). Rainham: Meresborough Books: 411–414. July 1981.
- ^ a b c d e f "Some notes on the technical details of mills provided by the Kilwardby survey". Archaeologia Cantiana. 128. Kent Archaeological Society: 370–78. 2008.
- ^ Wilson, Tania (2013). "The history of Black Mill, St Martin's Hill, Canterbury" (PDF). Archaeologia Cantiana. 133. Kent Archaeological Society: 277–90.
- ^ a b "CHALLOCK". British History Online. Retrieved 3 December 2008.
- ^ Appears in "Chatham, from Spur Battery", a painting by J M W Turner
- ^ "Windmill blown over in storm". BBC News. 26 November 2003. Retrieved 29 December 2008.
- ^ Holman, Geoff (2010). "Windmills". Cant Post (1). Kent Mills Society: 11.
- ^ "Windmill collapses following fire". BBC News. 16 October 2005. Retrieved 5 May 2008.
- ^ "(untitled)". The Morning Post. London. 2 March 1836.
- ^ "Cobham windmill, Kent". Windmill World. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
- ^ "(untitled)". Whitstable Times and Herne Bay Herald. 10 September 1892.
- ^ "No. 26 Doddington Windmill". twokentvillages.org. Retrieved 5 May 2008.
- ^ a b "Kingsford Windmill Brewery". dover-kent.com. Retrieved 11 October 2010.
- ^ "Egerton windmill, Kent". Windmill World. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
- ^ "Elmsted windmill, Kent". Windmill World]. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
- ^ "Cheriton windmill, Kent". Windmill World. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
- ^ Painted by John Constable in that year
- ^ "Frindsbury windmill, Kent". Windmill World. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
- ^ a b "Nutley Windmill". Sussex Mills Group. Retrieved 9 May 2008.
- ^ "Ash windmill, Kent". Windmill World. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
- ^ "HAWKING". British History Online. Retrieved 3 December 2008.
- ^ "Weald Windmill Goes". Kentish Express. Ashford. 11 July 1952.
- ^ "Higham windmill, Kent". Windmill World. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
- ^ "Hildenborough windmill, Kent". Windmill World. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
- ^ a b "Early History of Bradbourne: A working document". Roger Sheldon. Archived from the original on 13 March 2012. Retrieved 11 October 2010.
- ^ "Kennington windmill, Kent". Windmill World. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
- ^ "Kingsnorth windmill, Kent". Windmill World. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
- ^ Photographs dated 1963 show collapsed wreckage, lodged with the Mills Archive
- ^ "Leigh windmill, Kent". Windmill World. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
- ^ a b "LENHAM". British History Online. Retrieved 3 December 2008.
- ^ "Lenham windmill, Kent". Windmill World. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
- ^ "KENT". University of Kent at Canterbury. Retrieved 26 May 2009.
- ^ Historic England. "CHAMPION'S WINDMILL, 50 YARDS NORTH WEST OF BERKELEY HOUSE, LYNSTED LANE (north side) (1343930)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
- ^ "Kent Millwrights". UNIVERSITY OF KENT AT CANTERBURY. Retrieved 3 December 2008.
- ^ "Lightning hits Windmill". Daily Telegraph and Morning Post. 16 August 1954.
- ^ a b "A WINDMILL IN KENT". Engines of our Ingenuity. Retrieved 3 November 2008.
- ^ "Newchurch windmill, Kent". Windmill World. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l White Mill Folk Museum, Sandwich
- ^ "Preston windmill, Kent". Windmill World. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
- ^ "A Dickens Mill". Yorkshire Evening Post. 27 May 1946.
- ^ "CHATHAM". British History Online. Retrieved 3 December 2008.
- ^ Clark 1947
- ^ a b c d "Fitting a Wallower to Bradbourne Mill". Bygone Kent. 3 (1). Rainham: Meresborough Books: 15–18. January 1981.
- ^ "Sheerness windmill, Kent". Windmill World. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
- ^ "Shorne windmill, Kent". Windmill World. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
- ^ "Sissinghurst Windmill, Kent". Windmill World. Retrieved 3 November 2008.
- ^ "Staplehurst windmill, Kent". Windmill World. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
- ^ "ST. NICHOLAS". British History Online. Retrieved 3 December 2008.
- ^ a b Cumming, Rob (2010). "Stodmarsh Windpump, Wickhambreaux". Cant Post (1). Kent Mills Society: 5.
- ^ "Sutton Valence windmill, Kent". Windmill World. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
- ^ Hogg, A. H. A. "Tonge Castle" (PDF). Archaeologia Cantiana. 44. Kent Archaeological Society: 60–66.
- ^ Picture showing the windmill
- ^ "Waltham windmill, Kent". Windmill World. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
- ^ a b Cumming, Rob. "Windmills in Westerham, Kent, and horizontal mills". Mills Archive Trust. Retrieved 8 May 2009.
- ^ Old postcards show it to have been a smock mill
- ^ a b "A Brief History". wrothamheath.co.uk. Retrieved 7 May 2008.
- ^ a b "(advertisement)". Kentish Gazette. Canterbury. 22 December 1809.
General sources
- Bennett, Richard; Elton, John (1899). History of Corn Milling, Volume 2, Watermills and Windmills (PDF). London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co.
- Brunnarius, Martin (1979). The Windmills of Sussex. Chichester: Philimore. ISBN 0-85033-345-8.
- Clark, F C (1947). Kentish Fire. Rye: Adams & Son.
- Coles Finch, William (1933). Watermills and Windmills. London: C W Daniel Company.
- Cumming, Rob (2014). The Windmills of North West Kent and Kentish London (and the men who built them). Catrine: Stenlake Publishing. ISBN 9781840336634.
- Farries, K G & Mason, M T (1966). The Windmills of Surrey and Inner London. London: Charles Skilton.
- Kremer, Tony, ed. (July 1975). Origins of Yalding Parish. pp. 16–17.
- Ogley, Bob; Currie, Ian & Davison, Mark (1991). The Kent Weather Book. Brasted Chart: Froglets Publications Ltd. ISBN 1-872337-35-X.
- Society of Friends of Woodchurch Windmill (1989). Woodchurch Windmill: The Life and Restoration. Woodchurch: Society of Friends of Woodchurch Windmill.
- Stoyel, Alan (2008). Memories of Kentish Watermills, The Rivers Cray & Darent. Ashbourne: Landmark Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84306-418-3.
- Thompson, Anita (2005). A Brief History of Staplehurst From Acorn to Oak (PDF). Staplehurst: The Staplehurst Society.
- West, Jenny (1973). The Windmills of Kent. London: Charles Skilton. ISBN 0284985341.
- Post Office Directory of Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent, Middlesex, Surrey, and Sussex, Part 1: Counties & Localities. General Post Office. 1855.