A list of all windmills and windmill sites which lie in the current Ceremonial county of Kent.
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Notes | Image |
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Acrise |
Elham Mill Elham Down Mill Manor Mill |
Post | 1596 1610 1736 1769 |
1596 | Blown down in 1876. [1] | |
Acrise | Elham Mill | Smock | 1878 | Working until June 1916. Demolished 6 July 1919. [1] | ||
Acrise | Acrise Mill | Post | 1769 | 1769 | Stood 7 furlongs (1.4 km) south east of Acrise Church. [2] | |
Adisham | Bekesbourne Mill | Smock | 1843 | Standing by 1843. Working until c. 1922. Burnt down 29 August 1933. [2] | ||
Aldington |
Aldington Mill TR 056 363 |
Smock | 1878 | Working until c. 1908. Demolished 1910. [3] Base survives, used as a store. [4] | ||
Appledore | Horne Place Mill | Post | 1596 1736 |
1596 | Stood 7 furlongs (1.4 km) north north east of Appledore Church. [5] | |
Appledore | Court Lodge Mill | Post | 1596 | 1596 | Stood 3 furlongs (600 m) south west of Appledore Church. Demolished late C18th. [5] | |
Appledore | Great Mill, Union Mill TQ 953 304 |
Smock | 1791 | Demolished in 1909. [6] Base survives, converted into a house. [7] | ||
Appledore | TQ 953 303 | Post | Moved from Playden, East Sussex. [6] [Note 1] Demolished 1900. Part of the roundhouse survives as part of a farm building. [8] [9] | |||
Ash (near Sandwich) | Mount Ephraim Mill | Post | 1818 | Moved from Woodnesborough. [10] Blown down 28 October 1955.[ citation needed] | ||
Ash (Sandwich) | (formed a pair with Mount Ephraim Mill) | Post | Demolished before 1879. [10] | |||
Ash (Sandwich) | Ash Mill | Post | 1736 | 1736 | Stood north west of Knell Farm and 6 furlongs (1.2 km) north of Ash Church. [11] | |
Ashford | Regent's Place Mill | Smock | 1870 | Moved to Badlesmere, 1872. [11] |
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Notes | Image |
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Badlesmere |
Boundgate Mill TR 010 532 |
Smock | 1872 | Working until 1921. [12] Demolished 1938. Base survives, used as a store. [13] [14] | ||
Badlesmere Lees | Post | 1695 1736 |
1695 | Stood 1 mile (1.6 km) south south west of Badlesmere Church. [12] | ||
Bapchild | Bapchild Mill | Stood south of Watling Street, 4 furlongs (800 m) east of Bapchild Church. Standing by 1843. Demolished by 1865. [12] | ||||
Barfreston | Barfeston Mill | 1769 | 1769 | Standing in 1819. [12] | ||
Barfreston | Barfreston Mill | Smock | 1769 | 1769 | Thought to have been standing c.1852. Base survived into the 1860s, converted to a house. [12] | |
Barham | Barham Downs Mill | Post | 1596 1695 1736 |
1596 | ||
Barham |
Black Mill, Barham Downs Mill TR 214 510 |
Smock | 1834 | Burnt down 3 March 1970. Derelict base survives. [15] | ||
Barham | Early C18th | Stood 4 furlongs (800 m) east south east of Barham Church. [16] | ||||
Barham | Breach Downs Mill | Smock | 1875 | Working in 1878. Demolished c.1900. [16] | ||
Barham | Derringstone Mill [17] | Smock | 1855 [17] | Stood near the site later occupied by Barham railway station. Moved to Margate in 1869. [16] | ||
Barming | Barming Heath Mill | c.1800 | Burnt down 1805. [18] | |||
Barming | Barming Heath Mill | 1829 | 1805 | Stood 1 mile (1.6 km) north east of Barming Church. Standing in 1845, demolished c.1846, gone by 1853. [18] | ||
Bearsted | Smock | Stood 3 furlongs (600 m) north west of Barming Church. Demolished by 1873. [19] | ||||
Benenden | Beacon Mill (south) | Demolished by 1850. [20] | ||||
Benenden |
Beacon Mill (north) TQ 821 325 |
Smock | 1821 | 1821 | Working until 1921. |
Media related to Beacon Mill, Benenden at Wikimedia Commons |
Benenden | East End Mill | Post | Stood 2 miles 3 furlongs (3.8 km) east of Benenden Church. Demolished c.1870 [20] | |||
Bethersden | Old Mill TQ 929 407 |
Post | 1596 1610 1736 1769 |
1555 | Moved to Biddenden (Paul Sharpe's Mill). [20] | |
Bethersden |
White Mill TQ 929 407 |
Smock | Working until 1923. [21] Blown down in 1937. [22] | |||
Bethersden | Little Mill (1st site) | Smock | Six-sailed saw mill. Moved from Sandgate. Moved to 2nd site. [23] | |||
Bethersden | Little Mill (2nd site) | Smock | Stood 2 furlongs (400 m) north north east of Bethersden Church, near the Black Mill. A six-sailed saw mill moved from a location within Bethersden village. Demolished c.1896. [23] | |||
Bethersden |
Black Mill TQ 929 407 |
Smock | c.1886 | Moved from Folkestone. A saw mill, latterly worked by a suction gas engine. Demolished by 1933, [24] leaving the brick base, which was later demolished. [25] | ||
Betteshanger | 1596 | 1596 | Stood north west of Betteshanger Church. [26] | |||
Bicknor | Post | 1769 | 1769 | Stood 4 furlongs (800 m) south south west of Bicknor Church. Demolished before 1865. [27] | ||
Bidborough | Bidborough Mill TQ 561 435 |
1769 | 1769 | |||
Bidborough |
Bidborough Mill TQ 561 435 |
Tower | 1858 | Working until c.1900. Converted to house in 2006. |
Media related to Bidborough Windmill at Wikimedia Commons | |
Biddenden |
Beacon Hill Mill, Paul Sharpe's Mill TQ 8495 3706 |
Post | 1736 1769 |
1736 | Moved from Bethersden. Working until 1882. Demolished 1912. [28] | |
Biddenden | Three Chimneys Mill, Cherry Clack Mill Approximately TQ 815 378 |
Smock | 1859 [29] | Moved to Punnetts Town, Sussex in 1859. [29] | ||
Biddenden |
Town Mill TQ 85046 38171 |
Smock | Working until 1914. Was being lived in during the 1930s. [30] Collapsed in 1946. [31] |
Media related to Town Mill, Biddenden at Wikimedia Commons | ||
Birchington | Post | 1414 1596 1695 1719 |
1414 [32] | Stood east of the Birchington Church. [30] | ||
Birchington | Dentdelion Mill | 1610 1695 |
1610 | Stood north east of Birchington Church. [30] | ||
Birchington | Quex Park Mill, Birchington Mill | 1736 1769 |
1736 | Stood 7 furlongs (1.4 km) south east of Birchington Church. Possibly moved within Birchington (Hudson's Mill). [30] | ||
Birchington | Grove End Mill | 1769 | 1769 | Stood 1 furlong (200 m) west north west of Birchington Church. [33] | ||
Birchington | Seed Mill | Stood 3 furlongs (600 m) north of Birchington Church, near Birchington railway station. [33] | ||||
Birchington | Hudson's Mill | Smock | May have been moved from within Birchington. Raised c.1850. Working until 1891. Demolished c.1900. [33] | |||
Blean |
Glover's Old Mill TR 125 607 |
Smock | Standing by 1843. Demolished early C20th. [34] The base survives. [25] [35] | |||
Blean | Glover's New Mill | Smock | 1868 | Workinguntil 1922. Demolished 1924. [36] | ||
Blue Bell Hill | Blue Bell Hill Mill TQ 747 621 |
Smock | 1833 | 1833 | Blown down July 1890. Base survives. [37] [38] | |
Bobbing | Goord's Mill | Smock | 1857 | Stood 5 furlongs (1,000 m) south west of Bobbing Church. Demolished c.1902. [39] | ||
Boughton Monchelsea | Haste Hill Mill | Smock | Stood 7 furlongs (1.4 km) north north west of Boughton Monchelsea Chruct. Burnt down in 1858. [40] | |||
Boughton under Blean | Black Mill | Standing c.1850. [40] | ||||
Boughton under Blean | Demolished before c.1850. [40] | |||||
Boughton under Blean |
Miles' Mill TR 058 595 |
Smock | c.1793 | Working until 1931, latterly by engine. [40] Demolished in 1942 due to bomb damage. The base survives. [38] | ||
Boughton under Blean | Richardson's Mill | Smock | 1769 | 1769 | Stood 7 furlongs (1.4 km) north east of Boughton Church. Had ceased working by 1925. [41] Demolished during World War Two [42] | |
Boxley | The Pilgrim's Way Mill | Stood 4 furlongs (800 m) west of Boxley Church and south of the Pilgrim's Way. Demolished between 1876 and 1880. [43] | ||||
Boxley | Boxley Mill | 1837 [44] | Stood 1 mile (1.6 km) south west of Boxley Church. Standing 1876, demolished by 1880. [45] | |||
Brabourne | Brabourne Lees Mill | Smock | 1867 | Stood 1 mile (1.6 km) south west of Brabourne Church. Burnt down c.1871. [46] | ||
Bredgar | Dean's Hill Mill | Smock | 1769 | 1769 | Stood 1 mile (1.6 km) west north west of Bredgar Church. Demolished c.1909. [47] | |
Bredhurst | Naylor's Mill TQ 792 619 |
Smock | 1845 | Demolished c.1914. [48] | ||
Brenchley | Pixett Hill Mill | Post | 1769 | 1769 | Stood 2 furlongs (400 m) north west of Brenchley Church. [49] Standing in 1860. [50] | |
Brenchley |
Keys Green Mill, Kippings Cross TQ 647 397 |
Tower | 1843 | Working until c.1916 when tailwinded, cap and sails blown off. [51] Demolished c. 1957, leaving a two-storey stump. [52] – c. 1963. [53] | ||
Brenzett | Brenzett Corner Mill | Post | 1596 1610 |
1596 | Stood 5 furlongs (1,000 m) south west of Brenzett Church. [54] | |
Brenzett | Brenzett Corner Mill | Post | 1776 | Stood 5 furlongs (1,000 m) south west of Brenzett Church. Working into 1920s. Demolished 5 February 1925. [54] | ||
Bridge | ½ mile E of church | Post | 1596 1719 |
1596 | Stood 2 furlongs (400 m) east of Bridge Church. [54] | |
Bridge | ½ mile E of church | Smock | 1829 | Stood 2 furlongs (400 m) south east of Bridge Church. [54] | ||
Bridge | Bridge Mill | Smock | 1879 | Stood 3 furlongs (600 m) north west of Bridge Church. Working until 1907. [55] Demolished in 1955. [56] | ||
Broadstairs | St Peter's Mill | 1695 1736 |
1695 | Stood 6 furlongs (1.2 km) north north east of St Peter's Church, Broadstars. A mill is also marked on the 1819-43 Ordnance Survey map. [57] [Note 2] | ||
Broadstairs | Clairmont Mill [58] | Post [58] | 1596 1610 1719 1736 1769 |
1596 | Moved to Canterbury in 1858. [58] | |
Broadstairs |
Bradstowe Mill Pierremont Mill [58] |
Smock | 1827 [58] | Working until 1907. [57] Demolished in 1909. [58] | ||
Brook | Spelder's Hill Mill | Smock | 1820 | Demolished c.1912. Base was standing in 1933. [59] |
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Notes | Image |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Canterbury (environs) |
Standing c.1200 [60] | |||||
Canterbury (environs) |
Standing c.1200 [60] | |||||
Canterbury |
St Martin's Mill TR 161 578 |
Tower | 1817 | Working until 1890, house converted in 1920. | ||
Canterbury | St Martin's Black Mill TR 162 576 |
Smock | 1816 [61] | Demolished 1868, [62] | ||
Canterbury | St Lawrence Mill | Smock | 1843 | Stood 5 furlongs (1,000 m) south south west of St. Martin's Church, Canterbury. Burnt down 15 May 1873. [62] | ||
Canterbury | Dane John Mill | Post | 1731 | 1839 [50] | ||
Canterbury | Franciscan Gardens Mill | Smock | 1846 | Stood 1⁄5 mile (320m) north west of Canterbury Castle. [63] | ||
Canterbury | St Thomas Hill Mill | 1816 | Standing in 1856. [63] | |||
Challock | Challock Lees Mill TR 0081 5105 |
1769 | 1769 | Burnt down 1779 [64] | ||
Challock | Challock Lees Mill | 1779 [64] | Stood 1 mile (1.6 km) north north west of Challock Church. Burnt down, date unknown. [65] | |||
Challock | Challock Lees Mill 2nd mill TR 0088 5093 |
Smock | Struck by lightning and burnt down, 10 February 1906. [66] | |||
Charing |
Charing Mill, Field Mill TQ 957 503 |
Smock | 1821 | 1821 | Working until 1891. House conversion. |
Media related to Charing Windmill at Wikimedia Commons |
Charing | Charing Heath Mill | Smock | Stood 1 mile 4 furlongs (2.4 km) west of Charing Church. Demolished by 1870. [67] | |||
Chartham | Hatch Green Mill | Stood 1 mile (1.6 km) north northwest of Chartham Church. [68] | ||||
Chatham | Upberry Mill, Gilbert's Mill, Lower Chatham Hill Mill TQ 770 673 |
Smock | 1596 1695 1736 1769 |
1596 | Working in 1885. Demolished autumn 1897. [69] | |
Chatham |
Star Mill Upper Chatham Hill Mill Austin's Mill TQ 778 666 |
Smock | Demolished in 1925. [69] | |||
Chatham | Cherry Tree Hall Mill TQ 759 674 |
Smock | 1860 | Blown down c.1875. Base survived as a store until c.1900. [70] | ||
Chatham | Chalk Pit Hill Mill TQ 760 670 |
Smock | Burnt down 1836. [71] | |||
Chatham |
Chalk Pit Hill Mill, Field's Mill TQ 760 670 |
Smock | 1837 | Working until, and demolished in, 1887. [72] | ||
Chatham | Chalk Pit Hill Mill (2nd mill) | Stood 2 furlongs (400 m) south of St. Paul's Church, Chatham. Marked on an Ordnance Survey map produced between 1819 and 1843. [71] | ||||
Chatham |
New Road Mill, Feather Mill TQ 754 678 |
Smock | Pre 1851 [73] | Demolished c. 1890, [74] | ||
Chatham | Ordnance Place Mill, Bacon's Mill, Belsey's Mill TQ 753 673 |
Smock | 1845 | Used for grinding corn and pumping water. Demolished c. 1900. Base was standing in 1933, [75] but had been demolished by 1973. [42] | ||
Chatham | Ordnance Place Mill, Willis's Mill TQ 753 673 |
Smock | 1839 | Demolished c. 1875. [76] | ||
Chatham |
Luton Mill, Mainwaring's Mill TQ 772 658 |
Smock | 1848 | Moved from Slough, Buckinghamshire. Burnt down autumn 1887. [77] | ||
Chatham | Luton mill (2nd mill) | Stood 4 furlongs (800 m) south west of Luton Church. Formed a pair with Luton Mill. [78] | ||||
Chevening | Chevening Mill | 1824 [79] | Stood 4 furlongs (800 m) south of Chevening Church. [80] Standing in 1837, demolished c.1840. [79] | |||
Chilham | Chilham Windmill | Mid C19th. | stood 1 mile 4 furlongs (2.4 km) north north east of Chilham Church. [80] | |||
Chillenden |
Chillenden Mill TR 268 546 |
Post | 1695 1736 1769 |
1695 | Blown down in 1868. [80] | |
Chillenden |
Chillenden Mill TR 268 543 |
Post | 1868 | Collapsed 26 November 2003.
[81] Windmill World | ||
Chillenden |
Chillenden Mill TR 268 543 |
Post | 2005 | Rebuild of mill blown down in 2003. |
Media related to Chillenden Windmill at Wikimedia Commons | |
Chislet | c.1200 [60] | |||||
Chislet |
Chislet Mill TR 224 679 |
Smock | 1744 [82] | Burnt down 15 October 2005.
[83] Windmill World | ||
Chislet | Chislet Mock Mill TR 224 679 |
Smock | 2012 | Residential mock mill. | ||
Cliffe | Dance's Mill | Smock | 1769 | 1769 | Burnt down c.1885. [84] | |
Cliftonville | Gougher's Mill (east) | Smock | 1839 | Demolished November 1875 | ||
Cliftonville | Gougher's Mill (middle) | Smock | 1839 | Burnt down after 1839 | ||
Cliftonville | Gougher's Mill (west) | 1836 | Burnt down 27 February 1836. [85] | |||
Cliftonville | Gougher's Mill (west) | Smock | 1839 | Demolished November 1875 | ||
Cobham | Cobham Hall Mill | Post | 1596 1610 |
1596 | Stood 4 furlongs (800 m) north of Cobham Hall. [86] | |
Cobham |
Darnley's Mill TQ 672 684 |
Smock | 1852 [50] | Struck by lightning and burnt down in 1903. [86] Base survives, house converted. [87] | ||
Cowden | Polefields Mill | Stood about 4 furlongs (800 m) north of Cowden Church. Demolished by 1843. [86] | ||||
Cranbrook | Windmill Hill Mill | Smock | 1736 1769 |
1736 | Stood 2 furlongs (400 m) west north west of Cranbrook Church. Moved to Sissinghurst (Crampton's Mill) c. 1814. [88] | |
Cranbrook | Satin's Hill Mill | 1769 | 1769 | Stood 1 mile 5 furlongs (2.6 km) north east of Cranbrook Church. Gone by early C19th. [89] | ||
Cranbrook | Cranbrook Common Mill | Smock | 1872 | Stood 1 mile 6 furlongs (2.8 km) north north east of Cranbrook church. Working until 1876. Demolished 9 August 1901. [90] | ||
Cranbrook |
Union Mill TQ 779 359 |
Smock | 1814 | Working until 1957, restored 1958-60. Tallest smock mill in the United Kingdom. |
Media related to Union Mill, Cranbrook at Wikimedia Commons | |
Crayford | May Place Mill | Post | 1769 | 1769 | Stood 1 mile 2 furlongs (2.0 km) north of Bexley Church. Working until 1858. [91] Demolished c.1870. [92] | |
Cudham | Biggin Hill Mill, Pimlico Mill |
Post | 1829 | 1809 [93] | Stood 1 mile 4 furlongs (2.4 km) south west of Cudham Church. [94] Demolished in 1885. [50] |
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Image |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dartford | Brent Mill | Smock | 1799 [95] | Stood 1 mile (1.6 km) east south east of Dartford Church. Working until 1886. Demolished c. 1901. [94] | ||
Dartford | Hall's Engineering Works, Hythe Street TQ 542 745 |
1795 [96] | Demolished c. 1801. [97] | |||
Deal | Upper Deal Mill | Post | 1596 1769 |
1596 | Stood 4 furlongs (800 m) south of Upper Deal Church. Standing in 1840. [98] | |
Deal | Upper Deal Mill | Smock | 1855 | Stood 4 furlongs (800 m) south of Upper Deal Church. Demolished March 1929. [98] | ||
Deal | Wellington Mill | Smock | Stood 3 furlongs (600 m) west of Deal Castle. Demolished c.1890. [98] | |||
Deal | Lower Deal Mill | Smock | 1736 1769 |
1736 | Stood 4 furlongs (800 m) south west of Sandown Castle. Demolished c.1870. [99] | |
Deal | North End Mill, Great Mill |
Smock | 1767 | Stood 4 furlongs (800 m) south west of Sandown castle. Burnt down c.1896. [99] | ||
Deal | Sandown Castle Mill | 1829 | 1829 | Stood 4 furlongs (800 m) south of Sandown Castle. [99] | ||
Deal | Sandown Mill | Post | 1695 | 1695 | Stood 2 furlongs (400 m) south of Sandown Castle. [99] | |
Deal | Sandown Mill | Smock | Stood 2 furlongs (400 m) south of Sandown Castle. [99] Demolished c.1892. [100] | |||
Deal | Walmer Road Mill | Smock | 1844 | Stood 1 furlong (200 m) south of Deal Castle. Demolished early 1850s. [101] | ||
Denton | Denton | 1736 1769 |
1736 | Stood 3 furlongs (600 m) north east of Denton Church. [101] | ||
Detling | Detling Mill | Smock | 1864 [50] | Stood 6 furlongs (1.2 km) north east of Detling Church. Standing in 1866, demolished by February 1868. [102] | ||
Doddington |
Elvey's Mill, Jarvis's Mill TQ 93395 57405 |
Smock | c. 1820 | Demolished 1937. [103] | ||
Dover | Dover Castle, Mill Tower | Late C13th | Tower 22 had a windmill erected on it during the time of Stephen de Pencester (d.1303). The mill was demolished during the Anglo-American War under orders from the Ordnance Board. [104] | |||
Dover | Buckland Brewery | Smock | 1798 [105] | A pumping mill. [104] Demolished in the 1890s. [105] | ||
Dover | Infectious Diseases Hospital | Titt iron wind engine | 1893 | |||
Dymchurch | Dymchurch Mill | Smock | 1829 | 1829 | Moved 200 yards (180 m) to a new site within Dymchurch at an unknown date. [104] | |
Dymchurch | Dymchurch Mill | Stood 1 mile (1.6 km) south west of Dymchurch Church. Working until c.1882. Demolished c. 1905. [104] |
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Notes | Image |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Eastchurch | Eastchurch Mill | Post | 1596 1610 |
1596 | Stood to the south west of Eastchurch Church. [106] | |
East Farleigh | East Farleigh Mill | Smock | Stood 1 mile 2 furlongs (2.0 km) south east of East Farleigh Church. Burnt down in the 1830s or earlier. [107] | |||
East Langdon | Martin Mill TR 34205 46515 |
Smock | 1769 | 1769 | Demolished c. 1954 [108] | |
Eastling | Eastling Mill TQ 958 555 |
Smock | 1823 | Demolished c. 1912, [109] | ||
Eastry | Post | 1596 1695 1736 |
1596 | Standing in 1839. [50] | ||
Eastry | Lower Mill | Smock | 1769 | 1743 | Demolished 1926. [109] | |
Eastry |
Upper Mill TR 304 545 |
Smock | 1769 | 1769 | Working by wind until 1913, then by suction gas engine until 1959. House conversion. |
Media related to Eastry Windmill at Wikimedia Commons |
Eastry | (3rd mill) | Smock | Stood about 4 furlongs (800 m) south west of Eastry Church. Standing in 1833, burnt down, date unknown. [109] | |||
Eastry | (4th mill) | Mid C19th | Stood about 4 furlongs (800 m) south west of Eastry Church. [109] | |||
Eastry | Eastry Mill | 1736 | 1736 | Stood north of Eastry Church. [109] | ||
Edenbridge |
Edenbridge Mill TQ 444 457 |
Tower | 1815 | Working until 1886. House converted 1990s. |
Media related to Edenbridge Windmill at Wikimedia Commons | |
Egerton | (near church) | Smock | 1818 | Moved to Stone Hill, c.1818. [109] | ||
Egerton |
Stone Hill Mill TQ 908 471 |
Smock | c.1818 | Blown down 2 December 1919. [110] Base survives, used as a store. [111] [112] | ||
Elham | Elham Mill | Post | 1769 | 1769 | Stood 2 furlongs (400 m) north of Elham Church. Blown down, date unknown. [110] | |
Elham | Bladblean Mill | 1769 | 1769 | Stood 1 mile 5 furlongs (2.6 km) north of Elham Church. [113] | ||
Elham | Cullen's Hill Mill | Smock | c. 1820 | Stood 1 furlong (200 m) north of Elham Church. Working until c.1918, demolished in 1925 . [113] | ||
Elmley | 1695 | 1695 | Stood south east of Elmley Chapel. [113] | |||
Elmsted | Itinge Mill | 1736 1769 |
1736 | Stood 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Elmsted Church. | ||
Elmsted | Itinge Mill, Folly Town Mill |
Post | c. 1865 | Stood 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Elmsted Church. Moved from Petham (Mark's Folly Mill) c.1865. Collapsed c.1875. [113] | ||
Elmsted | Stone Street Mill, The George Seed Mill (west) |
Smock | Stood 1 mile 2 furlongs (2.0 km) east of Elmsted Church. Demolished c.1868 . [114] | |||
Elmsted | Stone Street Mill, The George Seed Mill (east) |
Smock | 1769 | 1769 | Stood 1 mile 2 furlongs (2.0 km) east of Elmsted Church. Demolished c.1876. [114] | |
Elmsted |
Bodsham Green Mill TR 106 456 |
Smock | Stood 6 furlongs (1,200 m) north west of Elmsted Church. Working until 1890. Demolished c. 1895. [115] Base survives, used as a store. [116] | |||
Eythorne | Upper Eythorne Mill | 1769 | 1769 | Stood 1 mile 2 furlongs (2.0 km) north east of Sibertswold Church. [117] |
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Notes | Image |
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Farningham | Farningham Mill | Smock | 1820 | Moved to West Kingsdown in 1880. | ||
Faversham | Forbes Road Mill, Gravel Pit Mill |
Smock | 1843 | Stood 6 furlongs (1.2 km) south west of Faversham Church. Demolished c.1910. [118] | ||
Faversham | Hangman's Lane Mill | Smock | 1843 | Stood 5 furlongs (1,000 m) south west of Faversham Church. Demolished c.1855. [118] | ||
Faversham |
Copton Mill TR 014 596 |
Tower | 1863 [108] | A pumping mill, tower stands, used as a store. | ||
Fawkham | Fawkham Mill | 1719 | 1719 | Stood 6 furlongs (1.2 km) east of Fawkham Church. [118] | ||
Folkestone |
Cheriton Mill, Ashley Mill TR 205 373 |
Smock | 1877 | Moved from Hythe. Working by wind until 1902, then by engine. Demolished in 1919, brick base built upon and used as a store. [119] [120] | ||
Folkestone | Cheriton Mill | 1843 | Stood 5 furlongs (1,000 m) east north east of Cheriton Church. Standing 1869, later burnt down. [121] | |||
Folkestone | Cheriton Mill | Smock | Moved to Lympne. [122] | |||
Folkestone | Folkestone Mill Foord Road Mill |
1769 | 1769 | Stood 4 furlongs (800 m) north of Folkestone Church and 4 furlongs (800 m) east of Folkestone Central railway station. [122] Standing in 1833. [123] | ||
Folkestone | (on coast) | Post | 1769 | 1769 | Stood 4 furlongs (800 m) south east of Foord Road Mill. [122] | |
Folkestone | Dawson's Mill | Smock | 1843 | Stood 2 furlongs (400 m) south east of Folkestone Central railway station. Moved to Bethersden (Black Mill) in 1885. [122] | ||
Frindsbury | Quarry Mill TQ 747 695 |
Post | 1596 1610 1736 1769 |
1596 | Burnt down c.1850 . [124] | |
Frindsbury |
Prospect Hill Mill, Little Mill, Manwaring's Mill TQ 736 703 |
Smock | 1769 | 1769 | Struck by lightning and consequently demolished c.1886. [124] | |
Frindsbury |
Prospect Hill Mill, Great Mill, Rose's Mill TQ 736 703 |
Smock | 1843 | Demolished c.1890. Base converted to a pair of cottages, which survive. [125] [126] | ||
Frindsbury | Kimmins' Mill TQ 741 701 |
Smock | 1843 | Demolished c.1865. [127] | ||
Frindsbury |
Frindsbury Mill, House Mill TQ 741 701 |
Smock | 1843 | Demolished 1931. [128] | ||
Frinsted | Frinsted Mill | 1736 | 1736 | Stood north of Frinsted Church. [129] | ||
Frittenden | Maplehurst Windmill | Stood 7 furlongs (1.4 km) north west of Frittenden Church. Demolished by 1836. [130] | ||||
Frittenden |
Sinkhurst Green Mill TQ 8127 4252 |
Post | 1829 | 1829 | Possibly moved here from an unknown location. Working until the First World War. [131] Demolished early 1950s. [42] [108] |
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Notes | Image |
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Gillingham | Stedman's Mill TQ 7712 6905 |
Smock | 1874 | Demolished c.1888. [132] | ||
Gillingham | Stedman's Mill TQ 7715 6904 |
Smock | 1839 | Moved from Snodland. Struck by lightning and burnt down 28 June 1892 | ||
Gillingham | Charter Street mill Huggins' Mill |
Stood 3 furlongs (600 m) north of St Mark's Church, Gillingham. Burnt down, date unknown. [132] | ||||
Gillingham | Mulberry Tree Place Mill TQ 797 687 |
Stood 2 furlongs (400 m) east of the Hastings Arms PH. [132] | ||||
Gillingham | Friday's Mill TQ 798 686 |
Smock | 1839 | Demolished c.1896 . [133] | ||
Goodnestone | Post | 1736 | 1736 | Stood south south west of Goodnestone Church. [134] | ||
Goudhurst | Kilndown Mill [135] | Post [136] | 1770 [135] | Moved to Nutley, Sussex c. 1817. [136] | ||
Goudhurst | Town Mill TQ 7249 3794 |
Smock | c. 1803 | Working until late 1870s. Demolished c.1890. [137] | ||
Gravesend | Windmill Hill Mill | Post | 1596 | 1596 | Stood 5 furlongs (1,000 m) south of Gravesend church. Burnt down 1763. [138] | |
Gravesend | Windmill Hill Mill (south) | Post | 1769 | 1769 | Stood 5 furlongs (1,000 m) south of Gravesend Church. Caught fire and remains demolished 1787. [138] | |
Gravesend | Windmill Hill Mill (south) | Post | c.1787 | Woking until 1856. Later converted to a camera obscura. Burnt down 17 May 1900 to celebrate the Relief of Mafeking. [138] | ||
Gravesend | Windmill Hill Mill (north) | Post | 1769 | 1769 | Stood 5 furlongs (1,000 m) south of Gravesend church, and 120 yards (110 m) north east of the southerly mill. [138] | |
Gravesend | Denton Mill Sulphur Mill |
1812 | Stood 1 mile (1,600 m) east of Gravesend church and 150 yards (140 m) west of the Ship and Lobster PH. Demolished c.1872. [139] | |||
Great Chart | Saw mill | Smock | 1888 | Stood 1 furlong (200 m) north east of Great Chart Church. A six-sailed saw mill moved from Pluckley. Demolished in 1928, leaving the base standing. [68] The base burnt down in the 1960s. [42] | ||
Great Mongeham | Mongeham Mill | 1596 1695 1736 |
1596 | Stood south west of Great Mongeham chuech. [140] | ||
Guilton | Guilton Mill Ash Mill TR 283 584 |
Smock | Demolished October 1923. [141] Base remains, house converted. [111] [142] | |||
Guilton | Post | 1769 | 1769 | Stood 3 furlongs (600 m) west of Ash Church. Standing in 1854. [143] | ||
Guilton | Smock | Stood 3 furlongs (600 m) west of Ash Church. Standing in 1854. [143] | ||||
Guilton |
Good Intent Mill TR 283 584 |
Smock | 1854 | Demolished c.1918. [143] | ||
Guston |
Swingate Mill TR 334 444 |
Tower | 1849 | Working until 1959, House converted. |
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Notes | Image |
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Halstead | Smock | 1820 [144] | Demolished in 1829. [145] | |||
Harbledown | The Old Black Mill | Smock | 1780 | Working until 1890s. Demolished 9 July 1913. [146] | ||
Hartley | 1719 | 1719 | Stood about halfway between Midley Church and Hartley Church. [147] | |||
Hartlip | Friday's Mill TQ 842 650 |
Smock | 1596 1736 1769 |
1596 | Stood 4 furlongs (800 m) north north east of Hartlip Church. Burnt down June 1887. [147] | |
Hastingleigh | Staple Lees Mill Brown Town Mill |
Post | 1736 | 1736 | Stood 6 furlongs (1.2 km) north west of Hastingleigh Church. [148] | |
Hawkhurst | Old Conghurst | 1719 | 1719 | Stood south of Hawkhurst Church, near Old Conghurst. [148] | ||
Hawkhurst | Hawkhurst Horn | Post | 1736 1769 |
1736 | Stood 4 furlongs (800 m) mprtj west of Hawkhurst Church. Said to have beenmoved to High Street site. [147] | |
Hawkhurst | Pipsden | Post | 1736 | 1736 | Stood 1 mile 30 chains (2.2 km) north east of Hawkhurst Church. Standing in 1874. [147] | |
Hawkhurst | High Street | Post | Stood 7 furlongs (1.4 km) north north west of Hawkhurst Church. Said to have been moved from another site in Hawkhurst. Demolished by 1880. [147] | |||
Hawkhurst | Gun Green Mill | Post | Stood 1 mile 3 furlongs (2.2 km) north east of Hawkhurst Church. [147] | |||
Hawkhurst | Gun Green Mill | Smock | Stood 1 mile 3 furlongs (2.2 km) north east of Hawkhurst Church. Moved to Four Throws c.1870. [147] | |||
Hawkhurst |
Four Throws Mill Nightingale's Mill |
Smock | c.1870 | Stood 1 mile 1 furlong (1.8 km) east of Hawkhurst Church. Moved from Gun Green c.1870. Demolished in 1926. [149] | ||
Hawkinge | Old Mill | Smock | 1799 [150] | Stood 2 furlongs (400 m) north east of Hawkinge Church. Working until 1902. [148] Collapsed in 1962. [42] | ||
Hawkinge | Drellingore Mill | Smock | Stood 1 mile 4 furlongs (2.4 km) north east of Hawkinge Church.Moved to Ringwould (Ripple Mill) c.1810. [151] | |||
Headcorn |
Black Mill Crows's Foot Mill TQ 827 447 |
Smock | 1769 | 1769 | Demolished c.1910. [152] | |
Headcorn |
White Mill TQ 831 446 |
Smock | 1819 | Was working in 1933. [153] Demolished 8 July 1952. [154] | ||
Herne | Beacon Hill Mill | Post | 1596 1610 1695 1736 1769 |
1511 [155] | Demolished c.1781. [155] | |
Herne |
Herne Windmill TR 185 665 |
Smock | 1781 | Working by wind until 1952, then by electric motor until 1980. Restored. |
Media related to Herne Windmill at Wikimedia Commons | |
Herne Bay | The Bay Mill TR 180 660 |
Smock | 1839 | Demolished in 1878. [156] | ||
Higham |
Rose's Mill TQ 719 715 |
Smock | 1760 | Demolished April 1921, [157] base remains standing. [158] | ||
High Halden | High Halden Mill | Post | 1736 1769 |
1736 | Stood near the Dragon PH, moved within High Halden c.1800. [159] | |
High Halden |
High Halden Mill TQ 8970 3727 |
Post | c.1800 | Working until c.1918, demolished by 1933 leaving the roundhouse, [160] which had been demolished by 1973. [42] | ||
Hildenborough |
Watt's Cross mill TQ 558 494 |
Smock | 1812 | Working until 1910. [161] Demolished in 1961, derelict base remains. [162] [163] | ||
Hoath | Fuller's Mill | Smock | 1843 | Stood 4 furlongs (800 m) north east of Hoath Church. Working until 1912. Collapsed on 18 July 1919. [164] | ||
Hoo | Hoo Common Mill | Post | 1769 | 1769 | Stood 1 mile (1.6 km) north west of Hoo church. Demolished c.1799. [165] | |
Hoo |
Hoo Common Mill Ballard's Mill |
Smock | 1799 [50] | Stood 1 mile (1.6 km) north west of Hoo Church. Working until 1880s. Standing in 1905, demolished by 1933. [165] | ||
Hythe | Post | 1809 | Stood 4 furlongs (800 m) east of St. Leonard's Church, Hythe and 2 furlongs (400 m) south south east of Hythe railway station. Moved to Ruckinge in the 1830s. [166] | |||
Hythe | Stade Street | Smock | 1829 | 1829 | Stood 3 furlongs (600 m) south west of St. Leonard's Church, Hythe. Standing in 1889. [167] | |
Hythe | Stade Street | Smock | 1829 | 1829 | Stood 3 furlongs (600 m) south west of St. Leonard's Church, Hythe. Moved to Cheriton (Ashley Mill) in 1877, base was left standing. [167] | |
Hythe | Stade Street | Smock | 1829 | 1829 | Stood 3 furlongs (600 m) south west of St. Leonardd's Church, Hythe. Standing in 1829, demolished by 1877. [167] | |
Hythe | Smock | 1860s | Demolished in the early 1860s' [167] |
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Image |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ide Hill | 1819 [168] | Stood near the west side of Ide Hill Church. [167] Burnt down in 1836. [168] | ||||
Ide Hill | Post | 1838 [168] | Stood 100 yards (91 m) east of Ide Hill Church. [169] Demolished in the 1890s. [168] | |||
Isle of Grain | Grain | 1596 1610 |
1596 | Stood near the village of Grain. [170] | ||
Isle of Grain | All Hallows | 1769 | 1769 | Stood 1 mile 2 furlongs (2.0 km) east south east of Allhallows Church. [170] | ||
Isle of Grain | St Peter's | 1769 | 1769 | Stood 2 miles (3.2 km) south west of St Peter's Church. Standing in 1819. [170] | ||
Iwade |
Iwade Windpump TR 914 688 |
Hollow Post | Windmill World |
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Notes | Image |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kemsing | 1275 [171] | 1275 [171] | ||||
Kennington | Kennington Lees Mill | Post | 1769 | 1769 | Stood 2 furlongs (400 m) north west of Kennington Church. Demolished c.1878. [169] | |
Kennington |
Wind, Steam and Water Mill TR 032 454 |
Smock | 1813 | Working until 1892s. [172] Demolished in 1952. Base survives, used as a store. [173] [174] | ||
Kingsdown | Stood 6 furlongs (1.2 km) north north east of Kingsdown Church. Demolished c. 1850s. [175] | |||||
Kingsnorth | Millbank Place Mill | Stood 6 furlongs (1.2 km) north north west of Kingsnorth Church. [175] | ||||
Kingsnorth |
Kingsnorth Mill TR 001 391 |
Smock | 1878 | Standing in 1892, demolished by 1933. Base survives, converted to house. [176] [177] | ||
Kingston |
Reed Mill TR 174 499 |
Tower | 1872 | Working until 28 March 1915. House converted 2009-10. | ||
Knockholt | Knockholt Mill | Tower | 1824 [178] | Stood about 1 mile (1.6 km) east of Knockholt Church. [179]Working until 1882. [180] Demolished c.1886. [179] | ||
Knockholt | Stoneings Mill | Post | 1824 [178] | A miniature mill, some remains were in situ in 1956. [178] |
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Notes | Image |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lamberhurst | Windmill Farm | Stood 1 mile (1.6 km) north west of Lamberhurst Church. Gone by 1769. [179] | ||||
Lamberhurst | Saw mill
[52] TQ 675 360 |
Smock [52] | c. 1890 [52] | c. 1890 [52] | ||
Lamberhurst | Sussex Mill [136] | |||||
Leeds | Brogden Mill | Smock | 1843 | Stood 4 furlongs (800 m) west south west of Leeds Church. Demolished in 1883. [50] [181] | ||
Leigh |
Stocks Green Mill TQ 558 478 |
Smock | 1928 | Moved from Sidley, East Sussex. [182] Collapsed c. 1963 [183] [184] | ||
Lenham | 12th century [185] | 12th century [185] | ||||
Lenham | Town mill | Smock | Stood 2 furlongs (400 m) south west of Lenham Church. Demolished c.1843. [186] | |||
Lenham | Town Mill | Smock | c. 1843 | Stood 2 furlongs (400 m) south west of Lenham Church. Burnt down in 1904. [186] | ||
Lenham | Downs Court Hill Mill | 1828 | Stood 1 mile 1 furlong (1.8 km) east north east of Lenham Church. Burnt down before 1881. [186] | |||
Lenham |
Lenham Heath Mill TQ 913 498 |
Smock | 1769 | 1760 | Demolished in 1925. [187] Base survives, used as a store. [188] | |
Lower Stoke | ||||||
Lower Stoke | (2nd mill) | Smock | Standing in 1905, gone by 1933 | |||
Luddesdown | Henley Downs Mill | 1829 | 1829 | Stood 2 furlongs (400 m) north west of Luddesdown Church. Blown downin 1856. [187] | ||
Lydd | 1596 1610 1769 |
1596 | Stood 2 furlongs (400 m) north west of Lydd Church. [187] | |||
Lydd | Old Mill | Post | 1596 1610 1769 |
1596 | Stood 3 furlongs (600 m) south west of Lydd Church. Burnt down 26 February 1900. [187] | |
Lydd | New Mill | Smock | 1805 | Stood 3 furlongs (600 m) north east of Lydd Church. Working until 1920, latterly by steam engine. Burnt down 22 September 1927. [189] | ||
Lyminge | Post | 1736 1769 |
1736 | Stood 3 furlongs (600 m) north west of Lyminge Church. Standing in 1819, blown down, date unknown. [190] | ||
Lyminge | Black Mill | Smock | 1843 | Stood 3 furlongs (600 m) north of Lyminge Church. Burnt down in September 1891. [191] | ||
Lyminge | White Mill | Smock | c.1852 | Stood 3 furlongs (600 m) north of Lyminge Church. Demolished in 1920. [191] | ||
Lympne | Smock | 1829 | 1829 | Stood 3 furlongs (600 m) west north west of Lympne Church. Moved from Cheriton, Folkestone. Blown down in November 1891. [192] | ||
Lynsted | Claxfield, Seed Mill | Stood 7 furlongs (1.4 km) north of Lynsted Church. Gone by the 1850s. [192] | ||||
Lynsted | Union Mill | Smock | 1736 | 1736 | Stood 7 furlongs (1,400 m) south east of Lynsted Church. Standing in 1870, demolished "a few years later". [193] | |
Lynsted |
Champion's Mill TQ 944 613 |
Smock | 1843 | Standing in 1933. Gone by 1940. [194] Base survives, used as a store. [195] |
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Notes | Image |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Maidstone | Sandling Road TQ 758 561 |
Smock | 1819 | 1819 | Gone by 1834. Site now occupied by Maidstone East railway station. [196] | |
Margate | Humber's Mill Chamber's Mill |
1695 1719 1736 |
1695 | Stood 2 miles (3.2 km) north west of St Lawrence Church, Ramsgate. [197] | ||
Margate | 1695 1719 |
1695 | Stood 7 furlongs (1.4 km) south east of Margate Church. Gone by 1847. [197] | |||
Margate |
Drapers Mill Old Mill TR 363 700 |
Smock | c. 1847 | Windmill World |
Media related to Draper's Mill, Margate at Wikimedia Commons | |
Margate | Little Draper's Mill | Smock | c.1869 | Stood 7 furlongs (1.4 km) south east of Margate Church. Moved from Barham. Standing in 1903, gone by 1933, base survived then. [197] | ||
Margate | Pumping Mill | Tower | 1872 | Stood 7 furlongs (1.4 km) south east of Margate church. Five-sailed pumping mill. Standing in 1894, gone by 1933. [198] | ||
Margate | Town Mill | 1719 | 1719 | Stood 3 furlongs (600 m) north west of Draper's Mill. Working in 1889. [199] | ||
Margate | Nayland Mill | 1801 | Stood 4 furlongs (800 m) west of Margate Church. Said to have been moved within Margate to site later occupied by Draper's Mill. [197] | |||
Margate | Hooper's Mill | Horizontal | 1791 [200] | Demolished c. 1828 [108] | ||
Meopham |
Meopham Mill TQ 639 653 |
Smock | 1801 | Working by wind until 1929, then by engine until 1965. Restored. |
Media related to Meopham Windmill at Wikimedia Commons | |
Meopham | Priestwood Mill | 1769 | 1769 | Stood 1 mile (1.6 km) south south east of Meopham Church. Demolished in the 1850s. [201] | ||
Milton | Chalkwell Mill | Smock | 1843 | Stood 6 furlongs (1.2 km) west of Sittingbourne Church. Standing in 1878. [202] | ||
Milton Regis | Meade Mill | Smock | 1878 | Stood 2 furlongs (400 m) north west of Milton Regis Church. [203] Struck by lightning and burnt down 15 August 1954. [204] | ||
Minster, Sheppey | Pigtail Corner Mill | 1596 1610 |
1596 | Stood 2 furlongs (400 m) east of Minster Church. [205] | ||
Minster, Sheppey | Pigtail Corner Mill | Smock | 1695 1769 |
1695 | Stood 2 furlongs (400 m) east of Minster Church. Working in 1878. Burnt down in 1889. [205] | |
Minster, Sheppey | 1819 | Stood 1 mile (1.6 km) south east of Minster Church. [205] | ||||
Minster, Thanet | Minster Mill | Post | 1596 1610 1695 1719 |
1596 | Stood 1 mile 4 furlongs (2.4 km) north east of Minster Church. [205] | |
Minster, Thanet | Minster Mill | Smock | Stood 1 mile 4 furlongs (2.4 km) north east of Minster Church. Standing in 1882. [206] | |||
Minster, Thanet | Minster Mill | Smock | 1769 | 1769 | Stood 1 mile 4 furlongs (2.4 km) north east of Minster Church. Standing in 1875, gone by 1882. [206] | |
Molash | Molash Mill TR 02180 51955 |
Smock | 1843 | Stood 4 furlongs (800 m) south west of Molash Church. Standing in 1877. [140] | ||
Monkton | 1198 [207] | 1205 [207] | ||||
Monkton | Monkton Mill | 1596 1610 1695 1719 1736 1769 |
1596 | Stood 1 mile 4 furlongs (2.4 km) north east of Monkton Church. Said to have been moved to Sarre. [208] | ||
Murston | Murston Mill | Stood 7 furlongs (1.4 km) north east of Murston Church. [209] |
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Notes | Image |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Newchurch |
Newchurch Mill TR 058 313 |
Tower | 1810 | Demolished c.1906. Stump remains. [209] [210] | ||
Newington | Newington Mill | Smock | 1843 | Stood 4 furlongs (800 m) north of St. Lawrence Church, Ramsgate. Standing in 1933. [211] | ||
Newington | Newington Mill | Smock | 1843 | Stood 3 furlongs (600 m) south west of Newington Church. Standing in 1884, gone by 1933. [211] | ||
Newnham | Newnham Mill | Smock | 1843 | Stood 30 chains (600 m) north of Newnham Church. Dismantled 1876, tower burnt 5 November 1876. [212] | ||
New Romney | Post | 1596 | 1500 | Stood 3 furlongs (600 m) north north west of New Romney Church. [213] | ||
New Romney | New Romney Mill Old Mill |
Smock | 1769 | 1769 | Stooc 3 furlongs (600 m) north north west of New Romney Church, Standing in 1903, gone by 1933. [213] | |
New Romney | 1769 | 1769 | Stood 5 furlongs (1.0 km) north east of New Romney Church. [213] | |||
Nonington | Nonington Mill | 1596 1695 1736 |
1596 | Stood 1 mile 1 furlong (1.8 km) east south east of Nonington Church. | ||
Nonington | Nonington mill | Smock | 1843 | Stood 1 mile 1 furlong (1.8 km) east south east of Nonington Church. Working by wind until 1905, then by engine. [212] Burnt down 9 May 1965. [214] | ||
Nonington | Seed Mill | Smock | Stood 1 mile 1 furlong (1.8 km) east south east of Nonington Church and 200 yards (180 m) south east of Nonington Mill. Demolished in 1905 =. [212] | |||
Northbourne | 1596 1736 |
1596 | Stood 4 furlongs (800 m) south west of Northbourne Church. [215] | |||
Northbourne | Old Mill | Smock | 1769 | 1769 | Stood 4 furlongs (800 m) west north west of Northbourne Church. [215] Demolished 15 February 1957 [214] | |
Northbourne |
New Mill TR 331 521 |
Smock | 1848 | Working by wind until 1949, then by electric motor until 1957. House converted in 1976. |
Media related to New Mill, Northbourne at Wikimedia Commons | |
Northfleet | The Hive | Stood 2 furlongs (400 m) west north west of Northfleet Church. [216] | ||||
Northfleet | Stone Bridge | Stood 6 furlongs (1.2 km) north west of Northfleet Church. [216] | ||||
Northfleet | Stone Bridge (2nd mill) | 1843 | Stood 6 furlongs (1.2 km) north west of Northfleet Church. Standing in the 1850s. [216] | |||
Northfleet | Fiveash Mill | 1843 | Stood 30 chains (600 m) north of Perry Street Church. Demolished in 1900s. [216] | |||
Northfleet | Rosherville | Tower | 1832 | Stood 5 furlongs (1,000 m) east south east of Northfleet Church. Working until c.1894. Demolished c.1916. [217] | ||
Northwood |
Thanet Mill TR 370 670 |
Tower | 1843 | Demolished in 1961. [42] |
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Notes | Image |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Oare |
Oare Windmill TR 009 625 |
Tower | 1821 | 1821 | House converted 1963. | |
Oare | Oare Marshes TR 012 628 |
smock | A windpump, standing derelict in 1933. [218] Some remnants extant in 1973. [219] | |||
Old Romney | Post | 1190 [60] | ||||
Old Romney | Post | 1596 1610 1736 |
1596 | Stood 4 furlongs (800 m) west of Old Romney Church. [213] | ||
Old Romney | Post | 1596 1736 |
1596 | Stood 1 mile (1.6 km) north west of Old Romney Church. [213] | ||
Ospringe | Water Lane Mill TR 014 596 |
Smock | 1878 | Demolished c.1915. [220] | ||
Ospringe | Union House | Stood 6 furlongs (1.2 km) north of Ospringe Church. [220] | ||||
Ospringe | Union House (2nd mill) | Smock | 1843 | Stood 6 furlongs (1.2 km) north of Ospringe Church. Burnt down c.1910. [220] |
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Notes | Image |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pegwell Bay | 1828 | Demolished c. 1830. [220] | ||||
Penenden Heath | Penenden Heath Mill | Smock | 1800 [50] | Stood 1 mile 2 furlongs (2.0 km) south of Boxley Church. Moved to Folkestone (Dawson's Mill) c. 1840. [221] | ||
Petham | Mill Downs Mill | Post | 1829 | 1829 | Stood close to Petham Church. Moved to Stelling Minnis (Brambleton Mill) c.1850. [222] | |
Petham | Mark's Folly Mill Duckpit Mill |
Post | 1865 | Stood 1 mile (1.6 km) south west of Petham Church. Moved to Elmsted (Itinge Mill) c.1865. [223] | ||
Petham | Chequers' Mill | Smock | 1821 | Stood 3 furlongs (600 m) east of Petham Church. Burnt down 1 April 1900. [224] | ||
Pluckley |
Pluckley Mill TQ 9240 4563 |
Smock | 1872 | Working until 1916. [225] Burnt down 1939. [42] | ||
Pluckley | Padgham's Mill | Smock | A six-sailed saw mill. Moved to Great Chart. [68] | |||
Postling | Postling Mill | Post | 1596 1719 |
1596 | Stood to the north west of Postling Church. [226] | |
Preston next Faversham | Preston Mill | Smock | 1843 | Stood 4 furlongs (800 m) south of Preston Church. Working until 1919, latterly by steam engine. [227] Demolished in 1943. [42] | ||
Preston next Wingham |
Old Mill Dunn's Mill TR 257 608 |
Smock | 1778 | Working by wind until 1916, then by engine into 1930s. [228] Demolished in 1959, leaving the base. [42] [229] | ||
Preston next Wingham |
New Mill Solly's Mill |
Smock | 1852 | Stood 1 mile (1.6 km) north west of Elmstone Church. Demolished in 1912. [230] |
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Notes | Image |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Queenborough | Queenborough Mill | 1843 | Stood close to, and east of, Queenborough Church. Burnt down before 1860. [230] |
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Notes | Image |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ramsgate | St. Lawrence | 1596 1719 1769 |
1596 | Stood 4 furlongs (800 m) east of St Lawrence Church, Ramsgate. [230] | ||
Ramsgate | Grange Road Mill | 1719 | 1719 | Stood 4 furlongs (800 m) south south east of St Lawrence Church, Ramsgate. Standing in 1819, gone by 1872. [230] | ||
Ramsgate | Grange Road Mill | Smock | 1843 | Stood 4 furlongs (800 m) south south east of St Lawrence Church, Ramsgate. Standing in 1905, demolished by 1930, when the base was standing. [231] Base demolished by 1973. [232] | ||
Ramsgate | Hereson Mill | Smock | 1872 | Stood 2 furlongs (400 m) inland of the East Cliff. Burnt down c.1890. [233] | ||
Reculver | 1195 [60] | |||||
Richborough | 1769 | 1769 | Stood 1 mile (1.6 km) north east of Richborough Castle. Standing in 1787. [234] | |||
Richborough | 1769 | 1769 | Stood 1 mile (1.6 km) north east of Richborough Castle. Standing in 1787. [234] | |||
Ringwould | TR 362 490 | Post | 1695 | 1695 | ||
Ringwould |
Ripple Mill TR 362 490 [235] |
Smock | c. 1810 | Working until Second World War, stripped of machinery 1957 and converted to transmitter station. Now restored to working order. |
Media related to Ripple Mill, Ringwould at Wikimedia Commons | |
Rochester | Star Hill Mill The Old Mill TQ 746 678 |
1787 | Demolished c.1865. [236] | |||
Rochester | Star Hill Mill Friday's Mill TQ 746 678 |
1843 | Burnt down in 1852. [237] | |||
Rochester | Star Hill Mill Boy's Mill Belsey's Mill TQ 747 679 |
Smock | 1877 | Demolished 1890–95. [237] | ||
Rochester |
Delce Mill TQ 744 674 |
Smock | 1853 | Demolished May 1946. [238] | ||
Rochester | Borstal Hill Mill TQ 731 666 |
c.1870 | Demolished in 1885. [239] | |||
Rochester | Church Mill Horsnaill's Mill TQ 740 679 |
Post | 1769 | 1769 | Demolished c.1880. [240] | |
Rochester | Zenith Mill Huggin's Mill Approximately TQ 740 679 |
Post | 1769 | 1769 | Burnt down 1820s or 1830s. [241] | |
Rochester | St Margaret's Mill Approximately TQ 740 679 |
Post | 1769 | 1769 | Standing in 1798. [242] | |
Rodmersham Green | Rodmersham Green Mill | Tower | 1835 | Working until 1917. [243] Demolished in 1969. [42] | ||
Rolvenden |
Rolvenden Mill TQ 838 315 |
Post | 1596 1610 1769 |
c. 1580 [244] | Working until c.1885. Restored in 1957. |
Media related to Rolvenden Windmill at Wikimedia Commons |
Ruckinge | Ruckinge Mill Approximately TR 029 335 |
Post | 1830s | Stood 2 furlongs (400 m) east of Ruckinge Church. Moved from Hythe. Demolished c.1912 leaving the roundhouse, which was demolished c.1924. [245] |
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Notes | Image |
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Sandgate | Saw mill | Smock | A saw mill. Moved to Bethersden (Little Mill). [246] | |||
Sandhurst | Post | 1769 | 1769 | Stood 1 mile 1 furlong (1.8 km) north east of Sandhurst Church. Moved to Boxhurst Farm by 1793. [246] | ||
Sandhurst | Boxhurst Farm Mill | Post | 1793 | Stood 1 mile 2 furlongs (2.0 km) east north east of Sandhurst Church. Blown down c.1842. [246] | ||
Sandhurst |
Ringle Crouch Green Mill TQ 804 284 |
Smock | 1844 | Working until 1912. Demolished in 1945, leaving the base standing. Modern electricity-generating residential mock mill built on base in 1997. |
Media related to Ringle Crouch Green Mill, Sandhurst at Wikimedia Commons | |
Sandwich | St Mary's Mill [214] | Post | 1695 1736 |
1608 | Stood north west of the town. [247] | |
Sandwich | Canterbury Gate Mill [214] | Post | 1736 1769 |
1736 | Stood north west of the town. Working in 1842. [247] | |
Sandwich | Black Mill | Smock | 1870s | Stood north west of the town. Burnt down c. 1910. [247] | ||
Sandwich |
White Mill TR 322 586 |
Smock | 1760 | Worked by wind until 1926, then by engine until 1957. Restored in 1960s. |
Media related to White Mill, Sandwich at Wikimedia Commons | |
Sandwich | Millwall Mill Town Mill |
Smock | 1878 | Stood near St Clement's Church, Sandwich. Standing in 1878, burnt down unknown date. [247] | ||
Sandwich | Millwall | Post [214] | Gone by c. 1850. [247] | |||
Sandwich | Millwall (3rd mill) [214] | Post [214] | ||||
Sandwich | Sandown Gate Mills [214] | Post x3 [214] | ||||
Sandwich | St Bart's Mill [214] | Post [214] | ||||
Sarre |
Sarre Windmill TR 259 651 |
Smock | 1820 | Working by wind until 1920, then by gas engine for a few years later. Restored 1986-91. |
Media related to Sarre Windmill at Wikimedia Commons | |
Selling |
Shottenden Mill Perry Wood Mill |
Post | 1596 1736 1769 |
1596 | Stood 7 furlongs (1.4 km) south of Selling Church. Working until 1910, Demolished c.1920. [248] | |
Sellindge | Stone Hill Mill | Smock | 1843 | Stood 3 furlongs (600 m) north of Sellindge Church. Working in 1884. Demolished c.1898. [249] | ||
Sevenoaks | Near " The Vine" | Post | Said to have been moved to West Kingsdown, [250] there by 1804. Modern research places extreme doubt on the move and considerable doubt on the very existence of this mill. [251] | |||
Sevenoaks | Knott's Mill Tubs Hill Mill |
1792 | Stood 4 furlongs (800 m) north west of Sevenoaks Church. [249] Demolished during the winter of 1870-71. [252] | |||
Sevenoaks | Hubbards Hill Mill | 1669 | Stood on Sevenoaks Common. [253] | |||
Sevenoaks | Hubbard Hill Mill | Smock [254] | 1747 [254] | Stood on Sevenoaks Common. [253] Moved to Sevenoaks Weald in 1856. [254] | ||
Sevenoaks | Melregge (Witley Woods) |
1388 | Stood 1 mile 2 furlongs (2.0 km) south west of Sevenoaks Church. [253] | |||
Sevenoaks | Bradbourne Mill [255] | Post [255] | 1904 [255] | Blown down 1912. [255] Modern research finds absolutely no evidence that this mill ever existed. Believed to be a Piltdown Man hoax. [256] | ||
Sevenoaks Weald | Smock [257] | 1862 [50] | 1856 [257] | Stood 4 furlongs (800 m) south west of Weald Church. [258] Moved from Sevenoaks (Hubbards Hill). [257] Working in 1880, [258] demolished in 1890s. [257] | ||
Sheerness |
Great Mill Ride's Mill TQ 921 746 |
Smock | 1829 | 1816 | Working by wind until 1905, then by steam engine until 1918. Demolished in 1924, leaving the base standing. Residential mock mill built on base in 2006-08. |
Media related to Great Mill, Sheerness at Wikimedia Commons |
Sheerness | Mile Town, Little Mill | Smock | 1843 | Stood 1 mile (1.6 km) south east of Sheerness Church. Burnt down 7 February 1862. [259] | ||
Sheerness | Hundred Acre Mill Marine Town Mill Sea View Mill TQ 924 750 |
Tower | 1860 | Demolished in 1878, leaving a stump, [259] which survives [260] | ||
Sheldwich | 1769 | 1769 | Stood 5 furlongs (1,000 m) west of Sheldwich Church. [261] | |||
Shepherdswell, or Sibertswold | Shepherdswell Mill | Smock | 1857 | Stood 3 furlongs (600 m) north of Shepherdswell Church. Standing in 1910, gone by 1933. [261] | ||
Shorne | Post | 1315 [262] | ||||
Shorne | Shorne Mill | Post | 1596 1610 |
1596 | Stood 2 furlongs (400 m) north west of Shorne Church. [263] Struck by lightning and consequently demolished. [264] | |
Shorne |
Shorne Mill TQ 689 713 |
Post | 1736 1769 |
1736 | Working until 1870, converted to observatory in 1890s. [263] Burnt down in 1952. [264] Major timbers survived as late as 1986. [265] | |
Sissinghurst |
Crampton's Mill TQ 789 376 |
Smock | 1843 | Moved from Hartley. [266] Demolished on 27 November 1951. [267] | ||
Sittingbourne | Smock | 1843 | Stood 4 furlongs (800 m) west of Sittinbourne Church. Standing in 1880, burnt down at an unknown date. [268] | |||
Smarden |
West Mill Town mill Corne's Mill TQ 879 420 |
Post | 1769 | 1680 | Working until at least 1899.
[269] Collapsed in 1953.
[270] Windmill World |
Media related to West Mill, Smarden at Wikimedia Commons |
Smarden |
East Mill Black Mill TQ 884 429 |
Smock | 1804 | Working until 1923. Standing in 1933, [271] gone by 1953. [42] | ||
Snargate | 1610 | 1610 | Stood south of Snargate Church. [271] | |||
Snodland | Smock | c.1839 | Moved to Gillingham (Stedman's) c.1839. [271] | |||
Southborough | Southborough Common TQ 575 424 |
Stood 2 furlongs (400 m) south west of Southborough Church. [272] | ||||
Southfleet | Betsham Mill | Post | 1829 | 1829 | Stood 3 furlongs (600 m) north west of Southfleet Church. Demolished c.1873, leaving the base standing. Base had been demolished by 1933. [272] | |
Southfleet | Troy's Island | Stood 7 furlongs (1.4 km) west of Southfleet Church. [273] | ||||
Stanford |
Stanford Mill TR 128 378 |
Tower | 1857 | Working by wind until 1946, then by engine until 1961. Under restoration. | ||
Stansted | Stansted Mill | 1736 1769 |
1736 | Stood 2 furlongs (400 m) south south east of Stansted Church. [274] | ||
Staple | Barnsole Mill | 1870s | Stood 3 furlongs (600 m) east south east of Staple Church. Burnt down c.1914. [275] | |||
Staplehurst | 1769 | 1769 | Stood 1 furlong (200 m) west of Staplehurst Church. [276] | |||
Staplehurst |
Staplehurst Mill TQ 787 430 |
Smock | 1805 [277] | Working until 1880s. Burnt down 22 June 1911, leaving the base. [276] [278] | ||
Stelling Minnis | Brambleton | 1736 | 1736 | Stood 1 mile (1.6 km) south of Stelling Minnis Church. [279] | ||
Stelling Minnis | Brambleton | 1736 1769 |
1736 | Stood 1 mile (1.6 km) south of Stelling Minnis Church. [279] | ||
Stelling Minnis | Brambleton Mill | Post | c. 1850 | Stood 1 mile (1.6 km) south of Stelling Minnis Church. Standing in 1881. [279] | ||
Stelling Minnis | TR 146 466 | Post | 1736 1769 |
1736 | Demolished in 1866. [280] | |
Stelling Minnis |
Davison's Mill TR 146 466 |
Smock | 1866 | Working until 1970, restored. |
Media related to Davison's Mill, Stelling Minnis at Wikimedia Commons | |
St Margaret's at Cliffe | Mill Close Mill | Post | 1596 1695 1736 |
1596 | Stood to the north west of St Margaret's at Cliffe church. [281] | |
St Margarets Bay |
St Margaret's Bay Mill TR 363 436 |
Smock | 1929 | Built to generate electricity. | ||
St Nicholas at Wade | 1719 | 1719 | Stood about 6 furlongs (1.2 km) west of St Nicholas at Wade Church. [281] Standing in 1719, demolished by 1791. [282] | |||
Stockbury | 1736 1769 |
1769 | Stood 2 furlongs (400 m) south west of Stockbury Church. [280] | |||
Stodmarsh | Wickhambreux Mill TR 233 604 |
Hollow Post [283] | Mid-19th century [283] | |||
Strood | Strood Hill Mill TQ 733 693 |
Smock | 1843 | Demolished c.1860. [284] | ||
Strood | Field's Mill TQ 730 700 |
1843 | Burnt down c.1875. [285] | Image on Medway Council website | ||
Strood | Killick's Mill TQ 730 700 |
Smock | 1843 | Standing in 1891, gone by 1933. [286] | Image on Medway Council website | |
Sutton Valence |
Town Mill TQ 815 493 |
Smock | c. 1720 | Demolished in 1945, [287] leaving the base, which is now house converted. [288] | ||
Sutton Valence | Five Wents Mill | Stood 7 furlongs (1.4 km) north east of Sutton Valence Church. Demolished by 1875. [289] | ||||
Swingfield | Old Mill | Post | Stood 1 mile (1.6 km) west of Swingfield Church. [290] | |||
Swingfield | Old Mill | Smock | 1872 | Stood 1 mile (1.6 km) west of Swingfield Church. Blown down in 1884. [290] | ||
Swingfield | New Mill | Smock | 1885 | Stood 1 mile (1.6 km) west of Swingfield Church. Burnt down in August 1911. [290] | ||
Swingfield | Selstead Mill | Smock | 1880 | Stood 1 mile (1.6 km) north west of Swingfield Church. Struck by lightning and burnt down, spring 1885. [291] |
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Notes | Image |
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Tenterden | Shoreham Lane | Post | 1599 | Stood 1 mile 3 furlongs (2.2 km) north of Tenterden Church. Standing in 1686. [292] | ||
Tenterden | NW of church | Stood 5 chains (100 m) north west of Tenterden Church. Marked on an Ordnance Survey map published between 1858 and 1872. [293] | ||||
Tenterden | Mill Farm | 1736 1769 |
1736 | Stood 5 furlongs (1.0 km) north east of Tenterden Church. Standing in 1819, gone by 1851. [293] | ||
Tenterden | Goods Hill Mill | Post | c. 1807 | Stood 1 mile 4 furlongs (2.4 km) north west of Tenterden Church. Working until 1890. Demolished in 1896. [293] | ||
Tenterden | Ashbourne Mill | Post | 1807 | Stood 1 mile 1 furlong (1.8 km) west south west of Tenterden Church. Working until 1910. Demolished in December 1912. [294] | ||
Tenterden | Leigh Green Mill | Smock | 1818 | Stood 1 mile 2 furlongs (2.0 km) east south east of Tenterden Church. Burnt down on 26 November 1913. [295] | ||
Teynham | Conyer Quay | Smock | 1850s | Stood 6 furlongs (1.2 km) north of Teynham Church. Standing in 1850s. [295] | ||
Throwley | Parsonage Mill | Smock | 1736 | 1736 | Stood 7 furlongs (1.4 km) north east of Throwley Church. Working in 1884. [296] | |
Throwley | Clare's Forstal Mill | Smock | 1872 | Stood 7 furlongs (1.4 km) south south west of Throwley Church. Demolished in 1915. [296] | ||
Tonbridge | Uridge's Mill | Post | 1843 | Stood 4 furlongs (800 m) north of Tonbridge Castle. Standing in 1868. Demolished c.1872. [297] | ||
Tonge | Tonge Mill | 1815 | Stood 4 furlongs (800 m) south south west of Tonge Church. [298] Standing in 1834. [299] | |||
Tunbridge Wells | Calverley Mill | Smock [300] | 1769 | 1769 | Stood near St Peter's Church, Tunbridge Wells. Demolished c.1860, Machinery used in a windmill at Crowborough. [301] | |
Tunbridge Wells | Culverden Mill | Post | 1832 | Stood 30 chains (600 m) west of St John's Church, Tunbridge Wells. Demolished c.1870. [302] |
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Notes | Image |
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Ulcombe | Ulcombe Hill Mill | 1769 [50] | Stood 2 furlongs (400 m) south south east of Ulcombe Church. Demolished c.1850s. [303] | |||
Ulcombe | Windmill Hill Mill | Smock | 1878 | Stood 5 furlongs (1.0 km) east south east of Ulcombe Church. Working until 1892. Demolished on 16 July 1911. [304] | ||
Upchurch |
Wakeley's Mill TQ 8324 6717 |
Smock | 1843 | Burnt down in September 1910' [305] | ||
Uphill |
Uphill Mill Hawkinge Mill |
Smock | 1790 | Stood 6 furlongs (1.2 km) west north west of Uphill Church. Working until 1914. Demolished in May 1931. [306] |
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Notes | Image |
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Walmer | Post | 1736 | 1736 | Stood south west of Walmer Church. [307] | ||
Waltham |
Cloke's Mill TR 109 488 |
Smock | 1872 | Working until early 1900s. Blown down on 11 February 1931, [307] leaving the base. [308] | ||
Waltham |
Dilnot's Old Mill TR 110 490 |
Smock | c.1850 | Working until c.1908. Collapsed on 20 May 1910. [309] | ||
Warehorne | 1596 | 1596 | Stood east of Warehorne Church. [309] | |||
Warehorne | Post | 1769 | 1769 | Stood 3 furlongs (600 m) north west of Warehorne Church. Demolished c.1900. [309] | ||
Westerham | Newland Mill [310] | Horizontal windmill | 1792 [310] | Standing in 1809. [311] | ||
Westerham | Windmill Bank | Post | 1596 1610 |
1596 | Standing in 1666, marked on maps to mid-C17th. [312] | |
Westerham | Hosey Common Mill Hosey Hill Mill |
1830 [313] | Stood 1 mile (1.6 km) south south east of Westerham Church. [314] Burnt down, mid-1870s. [313] | |||
Westerham | Farley Mill | Post | 1761 [313] | Marked on a map dated 1825. [315] | ||
Westhalimot Isle of Thanet |
c.1200 [60] | |||||
West Hougham |
West Hougham Mill TR 268 402 |
Smock | 1802 [108] | Collapsed 1951
[108] Windmill World | ||
West Kingsdown | Old Mill | Post | 1843 | Burnt Down May 1909 | ||
West Kingsdown |
West Kingsdown Mill TQ 582 623 |
Smock | 1880 | Windmill World |
Media related to West Kingsdown Windmill at Wikimedia Commons | |
Westwell | Tutt Hill Mill | 1878 | Stood 1 mile 2 furlongs (2.0 km) south west of Westwell Church. Burnt down in 1880. [314] | |||
Whitfield | Whitfield Mill | Smock | 1805 [50] | Stood 4 furlongs (800 m) west of Whitfield Church. Demolished c.1916. [314] | ||
Whitstable | Borstal Hill TR 105 652 |
1736 | 1736 | |||
Whitstable |
Black Mill TR 105 652 |
Smock | 1815 | Working until c.1905. Subsequently converted to a motel, now a house. |
Media related to Black Mill, Whitstable at Wikimedia Commons | |
Whitstable | Borstal Hill pumping mill | Stood 1 mile (1.6 km) south west of Whitstable Church. A pumping windmill. [316] | ||||
Whitstable | Feakins' Mill | Smock | 1843 | Stood 1 mile (1.6 km) south west of Whitstable Church. Working by wind until 1891. Demolished in 1905.
[317] Windmill World | ||
Whitstable | Feakins' Mill | Post | Stood behind Whitstable railway station. [317] | |||
Willesborough | Old Mill TR 032 422 |
Smock | 1843 | Demolished in 1868. [318] | ||
Willesborough |
New Mill TR 032 422 |
Smock | 1869 | Worked by wind until 1938. Restored 1991. |
Media related to New Mill, Willesbrough at Wikimedia Commons | |
Wingham |
Wingham Well TR 236 568 |
Tower | 1878 | Demolished in December 1963, [214] leaving a stump. [22] | ||
Wingham | Shatterling Mill | Post | 1769 | 1769 | Stood 6 furlongs (1.2 km) north east of Wingham Church. [318] | |
Wittersham | Old Mill | Post | 1736 1769 |
1736 | Stood 3 furlongs (600 m) north east of Wittersham Church. Demolished in 1922. [319] |
Media related to Old Mill, Wittersham at Wikimedia Commons |
Wittersham |
Stocks Mill TQ 913 273 |
Post | 1781 | Working until c.1900, then preserved by private individuals. Restored 2002-04. |
Media related to Stocks Mill, Wittersham at Wikimedia Commons | |
Woodchurch | Place Lane | Smock | Moved within Woodchurch (Upper Mill), 1850s. [320] | |||
Woodchurch | Upper Mill | Smock | 1769 | 1769 | Stood 2 furlongs (400 m) north north east of Woodchurch Church, Working until 1910. [320] Demolished in 1940. [321] |
Media related to Woodchurch Windmills at Wikimedia Commons |
Woodchurch | Susan's Hill Farm | Smock | Moved within Woodchurch (Lower Mill), 1850s. [320] | |||
Woodchurch |
Lower Mill TQ 943 353 |
Smock | 1820 | Moved from Susans Hill Farm. Working until 1926. Restored in 1980s. |
Media related to Woodchurch Windmills at Wikimedia Commons | |
Woodnesborough | 1695 1736 |
1695 | Stood south of Woodnesborough Church. [322] | |||
Woodnesborough | Post | 1736 1769 |
1736 | Stood west south west of Woodnesborough Church. Moved to Ash (Mount Ephraim Mill) in 1818. [322] | ||
Wormshill | Beddington (north) | Stood 4 furlongs (800 m) north west of Wormshill Church. [323] | ||||
Wormshill | Beddington (south) | Stood 4 furlongs (800 m) north west of Wormshill Church. [323] | ||||
Worth | Smock | 1769 | 1769 | Stood 4 furlongs (800 m) west south west of worth Church. Demolished c.1903. [324] | ||
Wrotham | Fry's Mill TQ 6283 5776 |
Smock [325] | 1800 [326] | Burnt down in 1906. [326] | ||
Wye | Wye Windmill | Smock | 1843 | Stood 2 furlongs (400 m) west south west of Wye Church. Demolished c.1920. Base standing in 1933, [327] demolished in 1960s. [328] |
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Notes | Image |
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Yalding | Rugmore (Rugmer) Hill Mill | Smock [329] | 1809 [329] | Stood 1 mile 4 furlongs (2.4 km) south east of Yalding Church. Standing in 1870s. [330] | ||
Yalding | Downs Farm Mill | Post | 1844 [331] | Stood 4 furlongs (800 m) north east of Yalding Church. Demolished c.1870. [332] | ||
Yalding | Claygate Mill [331] | 1847 [331] | 1847 [331] |
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A list of all windmills and windmill sites which lie in the current Ceremonial county of Kent.
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Notes | Image |
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Acrise |
Elham Mill Elham Down Mill Manor Mill |
Post | 1596 1610 1736 1769 |
1596 | Blown down in 1876. [1] | |
Acrise | Elham Mill | Smock | 1878 | Working until June 1916. Demolished 6 July 1919. [1] | ||
Acrise | Acrise Mill | Post | 1769 | 1769 | Stood 7 furlongs (1.4 km) south east of Acrise Church. [2] | |
Adisham | Bekesbourne Mill | Smock | 1843 | Standing by 1843. Working until c. 1922. Burnt down 29 August 1933. [2] | ||
Aldington |
Aldington Mill TR 056 363 |
Smock | 1878 | Working until c. 1908. Demolished 1910. [3] Base survives, used as a store. [4] | ||
Appledore | Horne Place Mill | Post | 1596 1736 |
1596 | Stood 7 furlongs (1.4 km) north north east of Appledore Church. [5] | |
Appledore | Court Lodge Mill | Post | 1596 | 1596 | Stood 3 furlongs (600 m) south west of Appledore Church. Demolished late C18th. [5] | |
Appledore | Great Mill, Union Mill TQ 953 304 |
Smock | 1791 | Demolished in 1909. [6] Base survives, converted into a house. [7] | ||
Appledore | TQ 953 303 | Post | Moved from Playden, East Sussex. [6] [Note 1] Demolished 1900. Part of the roundhouse survives as part of a farm building. [8] [9] | |||
Ash (near Sandwich) | Mount Ephraim Mill | Post | 1818 | Moved from Woodnesborough. [10] Blown down 28 October 1955.[ citation needed] | ||
Ash (Sandwich) | (formed a pair with Mount Ephraim Mill) | Post | Demolished before 1879. [10] | |||
Ash (Sandwich) | Ash Mill | Post | 1736 | 1736 | Stood north west of Knell Farm and 6 furlongs (1.2 km) north of Ash Church. [11] | |
Ashford | Regent's Place Mill | Smock | 1870 | Moved to Badlesmere, 1872. [11] |
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Notes | Image |
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Badlesmere |
Boundgate Mill TR 010 532 |
Smock | 1872 | Working until 1921. [12] Demolished 1938. Base survives, used as a store. [13] [14] | ||
Badlesmere Lees | Post | 1695 1736 |
1695 | Stood 1 mile (1.6 km) south south west of Badlesmere Church. [12] | ||
Bapchild | Bapchild Mill | Stood south of Watling Street, 4 furlongs (800 m) east of Bapchild Church. Standing by 1843. Demolished by 1865. [12] | ||||
Barfreston | Barfeston Mill | 1769 | 1769 | Standing in 1819. [12] | ||
Barfreston | Barfreston Mill | Smock | 1769 | 1769 | Thought to have been standing c.1852. Base survived into the 1860s, converted to a house. [12] | |
Barham | Barham Downs Mill | Post | 1596 1695 1736 |
1596 | ||
Barham |
Black Mill, Barham Downs Mill TR 214 510 |
Smock | 1834 | Burnt down 3 March 1970. Derelict base survives. [15] | ||
Barham | Early C18th | Stood 4 furlongs (800 m) east south east of Barham Church. [16] | ||||
Barham | Breach Downs Mill | Smock | 1875 | Working in 1878. Demolished c.1900. [16] | ||
Barham | Derringstone Mill [17] | Smock | 1855 [17] | Stood near the site later occupied by Barham railway station. Moved to Margate in 1869. [16] | ||
Barming | Barming Heath Mill | c.1800 | Burnt down 1805. [18] | |||
Barming | Barming Heath Mill | 1829 | 1805 | Stood 1 mile (1.6 km) north east of Barming Church. Standing in 1845, demolished c.1846, gone by 1853. [18] | ||
Bearsted | Smock | Stood 3 furlongs (600 m) north west of Barming Church. Demolished by 1873. [19] | ||||
Benenden | Beacon Mill (south) | Demolished by 1850. [20] | ||||
Benenden |
Beacon Mill (north) TQ 821 325 |
Smock | 1821 | 1821 | Working until 1921. |
Media related to Beacon Mill, Benenden at Wikimedia Commons |
Benenden | East End Mill | Post | Stood 2 miles 3 furlongs (3.8 km) east of Benenden Church. Demolished c.1870 [20] | |||
Bethersden | Old Mill TQ 929 407 |
Post | 1596 1610 1736 1769 |
1555 | Moved to Biddenden (Paul Sharpe's Mill). [20] | |
Bethersden |
White Mill TQ 929 407 |
Smock | Working until 1923. [21] Blown down in 1937. [22] | |||
Bethersden | Little Mill (1st site) | Smock | Six-sailed saw mill. Moved from Sandgate. Moved to 2nd site. [23] | |||
Bethersden | Little Mill (2nd site) | Smock | Stood 2 furlongs (400 m) north north east of Bethersden Church, near the Black Mill. A six-sailed saw mill moved from a location within Bethersden village. Demolished c.1896. [23] | |||
Bethersden |
Black Mill TQ 929 407 |
Smock | c.1886 | Moved from Folkestone. A saw mill, latterly worked by a suction gas engine. Demolished by 1933, [24] leaving the brick base, which was later demolished. [25] | ||
Betteshanger | 1596 | 1596 | Stood north west of Betteshanger Church. [26] | |||
Bicknor | Post | 1769 | 1769 | Stood 4 furlongs (800 m) south south west of Bicknor Church. Demolished before 1865. [27] | ||
Bidborough | Bidborough Mill TQ 561 435 |
1769 | 1769 | |||
Bidborough |
Bidborough Mill TQ 561 435 |
Tower | 1858 | Working until c.1900. Converted to house in 2006. |
Media related to Bidborough Windmill at Wikimedia Commons | |
Biddenden |
Beacon Hill Mill, Paul Sharpe's Mill TQ 8495 3706 |
Post | 1736 1769 |
1736 | Moved from Bethersden. Working until 1882. Demolished 1912. [28] | |
Biddenden | Three Chimneys Mill, Cherry Clack Mill Approximately TQ 815 378 |
Smock | 1859 [29] | Moved to Punnetts Town, Sussex in 1859. [29] | ||
Biddenden |
Town Mill TQ 85046 38171 |
Smock | Working until 1914. Was being lived in during the 1930s. [30] Collapsed in 1946. [31] |
Media related to Town Mill, Biddenden at Wikimedia Commons | ||
Birchington | Post | 1414 1596 1695 1719 |
1414 [32] | Stood east of the Birchington Church. [30] | ||
Birchington | Dentdelion Mill | 1610 1695 |
1610 | Stood north east of Birchington Church. [30] | ||
Birchington | Quex Park Mill, Birchington Mill | 1736 1769 |
1736 | Stood 7 furlongs (1.4 km) south east of Birchington Church. Possibly moved within Birchington (Hudson's Mill). [30] | ||
Birchington | Grove End Mill | 1769 | 1769 | Stood 1 furlong (200 m) west north west of Birchington Church. [33] | ||
Birchington | Seed Mill | Stood 3 furlongs (600 m) north of Birchington Church, near Birchington railway station. [33] | ||||
Birchington | Hudson's Mill | Smock | May have been moved from within Birchington. Raised c.1850. Working until 1891. Demolished c.1900. [33] | |||
Blean |
Glover's Old Mill TR 125 607 |
Smock | Standing by 1843. Demolished early C20th. [34] The base survives. [25] [35] | |||
Blean | Glover's New Mill | Smock | 1868 | Workinguntil 1922. Demolished 1924. [36] | ||
Blue Bell Hill | Blue Bell Hill Mill TQ 747 621 |
Smock | 1833 | 1833 | Blown down July 1890. Base survives. [37] [38] | |
Bobbing | Goord's Mill | Smock | 1857 | Stood 5 furlongs (1,000 m) south west of Bobbing Church. Demolished c.1902. [39] | ||
Boughton Monchelsea | Haste Hill Mill | Smock | Stood 7 furlongs (1.4 km) north north west of Boughton Monchelsea Chruct. Burnt down in 1858. [40] | |||
Boughton under Blean | Black Mill | Standing c.1850. [40] | ||||
Boughton under Blean | Demolished before c.1850. [40] | |||||
Boughton under Blean |
Miles' Mill TR 058 595 |
Smock | c.1793 | Working until 1931, latterly by engine. [40] Demolished in 1942 due to bomb damage. The base survives. [38] | ||
Boughton under Blean | Richardson's Mill | Smock | 1769 | 1769 | Stood 7 furlongs (1.4 km) north east of Boughton Church. Had ceased working by 1925. [41] Demolished during World War Two [42] | |
Boxley | The Pilgrim's Way Mill | Stood 4 furlongs (800 m) west of Boxley Church and south of the Pilgrim's Way. Demolished between 1876 and 1880. [43] | ||||
Boxley | Boxley Mill | 1837 [44] | Stood 1 mile (1.6 km) south west of Boxley Church. Standing 1876, demolished by 1880. [45] | |||
Brabourne | Brabourne Lees Mill | Smock | 1867 | Stood 1 mile (1.6 km) south west of Brabourne Church. Burnt down c.1871. [46] | ||
Bredgar | Dean's Hill Mill | Smock | 1769 | 1769 | Stood 1 mile (1.6 km) west north west of Bredgar Church. Demolished c.1909. [47] | |
Bredhurst | Naylor's Mill TQ 792 619 |
Smock | 1845 | Demolished c.1914. [48] | ||
Brenchley | Pixett Hill Mill | Post | 1769 | 1769 | Stood 2 furlongs (400 m) north west of Brenchley Church. [49] Standing in 1860. [50] | |
Brenchley |
Keys Green Mill, Kippings Cross TQ 647 397 |
Tower | 1843 | Working until c.1916 when tailwinded, cap and sails blown off. [51] Demolished c. 1957, leaving a two-storey stump. [52] – c. 1963. [53] | ||
Brenzett | Brenzett Corner Mill | Post | 1596 1610 |
1596 | Stood 5 furlongs (1,000 m) south west of Brenzett Church. [54] | |
Brenzett | Brenzett Corner Mill | Post | 1776 | Stood 5 furlongs (1,000 m) south west of Brenzett Church. Working into 1920s. Demolished 5 February 1925. [54] | ||
Bridge | ½ mile E of church | Post | 1596 1719 |
1596 | Stood 2 furlongs (400 m) east of Bridge Church. [54] | |
Bridge | ½ mile E of church | Smock | 1829 | Stood 2 furlongs (400 m) south east of Bridge Church. [54] | ||
Bridge | Bridge Mill | Smock | 1879 | Stood 3 furlongs (600 m) north west of Bridge Church. Working until 1907. [55] Demolished in 1955. [56] | ||
Broadstairs | St Peter's Mill | 1695 1736 |
1695 | Stood 6 furlongs (1.2 km) north north east of St Peter's Church, Broadstars. A mill is also marked on the 1819-43 Ordnance Survey map. [57] [Note 2] | ||
Broadstairs | Clairmont Mill [58] | Post [58] | 1596 1610 1719 1736 1769 |
1596 | Moved to Canterbury in 1858. [58] | |
Broadstairs |
Bradstowe Mill Pierremont Mill [58] |
Smock | 1827 [58] | Working until 1907. [57] Demolished in 1909. [58] | ||
Brook | Spelder's Hill Mill | Smock | 1820 | Demolished c.1912. Base was standing in 1933. [59] |
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Notes | Image |
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Canterbury (environs) |
Standing c.1200 [60] | |||||
Canterbury (environs) |
Standing c.1200 [60] | |||||
Canterbury |
St Martin's Mill TR 161 578 |
Tower | 1817 | Working until 1890, house converted in 1920. | ||
Canterbury | St Martin's Black Mill TR 162 576 |
Smock | 1816 [61] | Demolished 1868, [62] | ||
Canterbury | St Lawrence Mill | Smock | 1843 | Stood 5 furlongs (1,000 m) south south west of St. Martin's Church, Canterbury. Burnt down 15 May 1873. [62] | ||
Canterbury | Dane John Mill | Post | 1731 | 1839 [50] | ||
Canterbury | Franciscan Gardens Mill | Smock | 1846 | Stood 1⁄5 mile (320m) north west of Canterbury Castle. [63] | ||
Canterbury | St Thomas Hill Mill | 1816 | Standing in 1856. [63] | |||
Challock | Challock Lees Mill TR 0081 5105 |
1769 | 1769 | Burnt down 1779 [64] | ||
Challock | Challock Lees Mill | 1779 [64] | Stood 1 mile (1.6 km) north north west of Challock Church. Burnt down, date unknown. [65] | |||
Challock | Challock Lees Mill 2nd mill TR 0088 5093 |
Smock | Struck by lightning and burnt down, 10 February 1906. [66] | |||
Charing |
Charing Mill, Field Mill TQ 957 503 |
Smock | 1821 | 1821 | Working until 1891. House conversion. |
Media related to Charing Windmill at Wikimedia Commons |
Charing | Charing Heath Mill | Smock | Stood 1 mile 4 furlongs (2.4 km) west of Charing Church. Demolished by 1870. [67] | |||
Chartham | Hatch Green Mill | Stood 1 mile (1.6 km) north northwest of Chartham Church. [68] | ||||
Chatham | Upberry Mill, Gilbert's Mill, Lower Chatham Hill Mill TQ 770 673 |
Smock | 1596 1695 1736 1769 |
1596 | Working in 1885. Demolished autumn 1897. [69] | |
Chatham |
Star Mill Upper Chatham Hill Mill Austin's Mill TQ 778 666 |
Smock | Demolished in 1925. [69] | |||
Chatham | Cherry Tree Hall Mill TQ 759 674 |
Smock | 1860 | Blown down c.1875. Base survived as a store until c.1900. [70] | ||
Chatham | Chalk Pit Hill Mill TQ 760 670 |
Smock | Burnt down 1836. [71] | |||
Chatham |
Chalk Pit Hill Mill, Field's Mill TQ 760 670 |
Smock | 1837 | Working until, and demolished in, 1887. [72] | ||
Chatham | Chalk Pit Hill Mill (2nd mill) | Stood 2 furlongs (400 m) south of St. Paul's Church, Chatham. Marked on an Ordnance Survey map produced between 1819 and 1843. [71] | ||||
Chatham |
New Road Mill, Feather Mill TQ 754 678 |
Smock | Pre 1851 [73] | Demolished c. 1890, [74] | ||
Chatham | Ordnance Place Mill, Bacon's Mill, Belsey's Mill TQ 753 673 |
Smock | 1845 | Used for grinding corn and pumping water. Demolished c. 1900. Base was standing in 1933, [75] but had been demolished by 1973. [42] | ||
Chatham | Ordnance Place Mill, Willis's Mill TQ 753 673 |
Smock | 1839 | Demolished c. 1875. [76] | ||
Chatham |
Luton Mill, Mainwaring's Mill TQ 772 658 |
Smock | 1848 | Moved from Slough, Buckinghamshire. Burnt down autumn 1887. [77] | ||
Chatham | Luton mill (2nd mill) | Stood 4 furlongs (800 m) south west of Luton Church. Formed a pair with Luton Mill. [78] | ||||
Chevening | Chevening Mill | 1824 [79] | Stood 4 furlongs (800 m) south of Chevening Church. [80] Standing in 1837, demolished c.1840. [79] | |||
Chilham | Chilham Windmill | Mid C19th. | stood 1 mile 4 furlongs (2.4 km) north north east of Chilham Church. [80] | |||
Chillenden |
Chillenden Mill TR 268 546 |
Post | 1695 1736 1769 |
1695 | Blown down in 1868. [80] | |
Chillenden |
Chillenden Mill TR 268 543 |
Post | 1868 | Collapsed 26 November 2003.
[81] Windmill World | ||
Chillenden |
Chillenden Mill TR 268 543 |
Post | 2005 | Rebuild of mill blown down in 2003. |
Media related to Chillenden Windmill at Wikimedia Commons | |
Chislet | c.1200 [60] | |||||
Chislet |
Chislet Mill TR 224 679 |
Smock | 1744 [82] | Burnt down 15 October 2005.
[83] Windmill World | ||
Chislet | Chislet Mock Mill TR 224 679 |
Smock | 2012 | Residential mock mill. | ||
Cliffe | Dance's Mill | Smock | 1769 | 1769 | Burnt down c.1885. [84] | |
Cliftonville | Gougher's Mill (east) | Smock | 1839 | Demolished November 1875 | ||
Cliftonville | Gougher's Mill (middle) | Smock | 1839 | Burnt down after 1839 | ||
Cliftonville | Gougher's Mill (west) | 1836 | Burnt down 27 February 1836. [85] | |||
Cliftonville | Gougher's Mill (west) | Smock | 1839 | Demolished November 1875 | ||
Cobham | Cobham Hall Mill | Post | 1596 1610 |
1596 | Stood 4 furlongs (800 m) north of Cobham Hall. [86] | |
Cobham |
Darnley's Mill TQ 672 684 |
Smock | 1852 [50] | Struck by lightning and burnt down in 1903. [86] Base survives, house converted. [87] | ||
Cowden | Polefields Mill | Stood about 4 furlongs (800 m) north of Cowden Church. Demolished by 1843. [86] | ||||
Cranbrook | Windmill Hill Mill | Smock | 1736 1769 |
1736 | Stood 2 furlongs (400 m) west north west of Cranbrook Church. Moved to Sissinghurst (Crampton's Mill) c. 1814. [88] | |
Cranbrook | Satin's Hill Mill | 1769 | 1769 | Stood 1 mile 5 furlongs (2.6 km) north east of Cranbrook Church. Gone by early C19th. [89] | ||
Cranbrook | Cranbrook Common Mill | Smock | 1872 | Stood 1 mile 6 furlongs (2.8 km) north north east of Cranbrook church. Working until 1876. Demolished 9 August 1901. [90] | ||
Cranbrook |
Union Mill TQ 779 359 |
Smock | 1814 | Working until 1957, restored 1958-60. Tallest smock mill in the United Kingdom. |
Media related to Union Mill, Cranbrook at Wikimedia Commons | |
Crayford | May Place Mill | Post | 1769 | 1769 | Stood 1 mile 2 furlongs (2.0 km) north of Bexley Church. Working until 1858. [91] Demolished c.1870. [92] | |
Cudham | Biggin Hill Mill, Pimlico Mill |
Post | 1829 | 1809 [93] | Stood 1 mile 4 furlongs (2.4 km) south west of Cudham Church. [94] Demolished in 1885. [50] |
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Image |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dartford | Brent Mill | Smock | 1799 [95] | Stood 1 mile (1.6 km) east south east of Dartford Church. Working until 1886. Demolished c. 1901. [94] | ||
Dartford | Hall's Engineering Works, Hythe Street TQ 542 745 |
1795 [96] | Demolished c. 1801. [97] | |||
Deal | Upper Deal Mill | Post | 1596 1769 |
1596 | Stood 4 furlongs (800 m) south of Upper Deal Church. Standing in 1840. [98] | |
Deal | Upper Deal Mill | Smock | 1855 | Stood 4 furlongs (800 m) south of Upper Deal Church. Demolished March 1929. [98] | ||
Deal | Wellington Mill | Smock | Stood 3 furlongs (600 m) west of Deal Castle. Demolished c.1890. [98] | |||
Deal | Lower Deal Mill | Smock | 1736 1769 |
1736 | Stood 4 furlongs (800 m) south west of Sandown Castle. Demolished c.1870. [99] | |
Deal | North End Mill, Great Mill |
Smock | 1767 | Stood 4 furlongs (800 m) south west of Sandown castle. Burnt down c.1896. [99] | ||
Deal | Sandown Castle Mill | 1829 | 1829 | Stood 4 furlongs (800 m) south of Sandown Castle. [99] | ||
Deal | Sandown Mill | Post | 1695 | 1695 | Stood 2 furlongs (400 m) south of Sandown Castle. [99] | |
Deal | Sandown Mill | Smock | Stood 2 furlongs (400 m) south of Sandown Castle. [99] Demolished c.1892. [100] | |||
Deal | Walmer Road Mill | Smock | 1844 | Stood 1 furlong (200 m) south of Deal Castle. Demolished early 1850s. [101] | ||
Denton | Denton | 1736 1769 |
1736 | Stood 3 furlongs (600 m) north east of Denton Church. [101] | ||
Detling | Detling Mill | Smock | 1864 [50] | Stood 6 furlongs (1.2 km) north east of Detling Church. Standing in 1866, demolished by February 1868. [102] | ||
Doddington |
Elvey's Mill, Jarvis's Mill TQ 93395 57405 |
Smock | c. 1820 | Demolished 1937. [103] | ||
Dover | Dover Castle, Mill Tower | Late C13th | Tower 22 had a windmill erected on it during the time of Stephen de Pencester (d.1303). The mill was demolished during the Anglo-American War under orders from the Ordnance Board. [104] | |||
Dover | Buckland Brewery | Smock | 1798 [105] | A pumping mill. [104] Demolished in the 1890s. [105] | ||
Dover | Infectious Diseases Hospital | Titt iron wind engine | 1893 | |||
Dymchurch | Dymchurch Mill | Smock | 1829 | 1829 | Moved 200 yards (180 m) to a new site within Dymchurch at an unknown date. [104] | |
Dymchurch | Dymchurch Mill | Stood 1 mile (1.6 km) south west of Dymchurch Church. Working until c.1882. Demolished c. 1905. [104] |
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Notes | Image |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Eastchurch | Eastchurch Mill | Post | 1596 1610 |
1596 | Stood to the south west of Eastchurch Church. [106] | |
East Farleigh | East Farleigh Mill | Smock | Stood 1 mile 2 furlongs (2.0 km) south east of East Farleigh Church. Burnt down in the 1830s or earlier. [107] | |||
East Langdon | Martin Mill TR 34205 46515 |
Smock | 1769 | 1769 | Demolished c. 1954 [108] | |
Eastling | Eastling Mill TQ 958 555 |
Smock | 1823 | Demolished c. 1912, [109] | ||
Eastry | Post | 1596 1695 1736 |
1596 | Standing in 1839. [50] | ||
Eastry | Lower Mill | Smock | 1769 | 1743 | Demolished 1926. [109] | |
Eastry |
Upper Mill TR 304 545 |
Smock | 1769 | 1769 | Working by wind until 1913, then by suction gas engine until 1959. House conversion. |
Media related to Eastry Windmill at Wikimedia Commons |
Eastry | (3rd mill) | Smock | Stood about 4 furlongs (800 m) south west of Eastry Church. Standing in 1833, burnt down, date unknown. [109] | |||
Eastry | (4th mill) | Mid C19th | Stood about 4 furlongs (800 m) south west of Eastry Church. [109] | |||
Eastry | Eastry Mill | 1736 | 1736 | Stood north of Eastry Church. [109] | ||
Edenbridge |
Edenbridge Mill TQ 444 457 |
Tower | 1815 | Working until 1886. House converted 1990s. |
Media related to Edenbridge Windmill at Wikimedia Commons | |
Egerton | (near church) | Smock | 1818 | Moved to Stone Hill, c.1818. [109] | ||
Egerton |
Stone Hill Mill TQ 908 471 |
Smock | c.1818 | Blown down 2 December 1919. [110] Base survives, used as a store. [111] [112] | ||
Elham | Elham Mill | Post | 1769 | 1769 | Stood 2 furlongs (400 m) north of Elham Church. Blown down, date unknown. [110] | |
Elham | Bladblean Mill | 1769 | 1769 | Stood 1 mile 5 furlongs (2.6 km) north of Elham Church. [113] | ||
Elham | Cullen's Hill Mill | Smock | c. 1820 | Stood 1 furlong (200 m) north of Elham Church. Working until c.1918, demolished in 1925 . [113] | ||
Elmley | 1695 | 1695 | Stood south east of Elmley Chapel. [113] | |||
Elmsted | Itinge Mill | 1736 1769 |
1736 | Stood 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Elmsted Church. | ||
Elmsted | Itinge Mill, Folly Town Mill |
Post | c. 1865 | Stood 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Elmsted Church. Moved from Petham (Mark's Folly Mill) c.1865. Collapsed c.1875. [113] | ||
Elmsted | Stone Street Mill, The George Seed Mill (west) |
Smock | Stood 1 mile 2 furlongs (2.0 km) east of Elmsted Church. Demolished c.1868 . [114] | |||
Elmsted | Stone Street Mill, The George Seed Mill (east) |
Smock | 1769 | 1769 | Stood 1 mile 2 furlongs (2.0 km) east of Elmsted Church. Demolished c.1876. [114] | |
Elmsted |
Bodsham Green Mill TR 106 456 |
Smock | Stood 6 furlongs (1,200 m) north west of Elmsted Church. Working until 1890. Demolished c. 1895. [115] Base survives, used as a store. [116] | |||
Eythorne | Upper Eythorne Mill | 1769 | 1769 | Stood 1 mile 2 furlongs (2.0 km) north east of Sibertswold Church. [117] |
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Notes | Image |
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Farningham | Farningham Mill | Smock | 1820 | Moved to West Kingsdown in 1880. | ||
Faversham | Forbes Road Mill, Gravel Pit Mill |
Smock | 1843 | Stood 6 furlongs (1.2 km) south west of Faversham Church. Demolished c.1910. [118] | ||
Faversham | Hangman's Lane Mill | Smock | 1843 | Stood 5 furlongs (1,000 m) south west of Faversham Church. Demolished c.1855. [118] | ||
Faversham |
Copton Mill TR 014 596 |
Tower | 1863 [108] | A pumping mill, tower stands, used as a store. | ||
Fawkham | Fawkham Mill | 1719 | 1719 | Stood 6 furlongs (1.2 km) east of Fawkham Church. [118] | ||
Folkestone |
Cheriton Mill, Ashley Mill TR 205 373 |
Smock | 1877 | Moved from Hythe. Working by wind until 1902, then by engine. Demolished in 1919, brick base built upon and used as a store. [119] [120] | ||
Folkestone | Cheriton Mill | 1843 | Stood 5 furlongs (1,000 m) east north east of Cheriton Church. Standing 1869, later burnt down. [121] | |||
Folkestone | Cheriton Mill | Smock | Moved to Lympne. [122] | |||
Folkestone | Folkestone Mill Foord Road Mill |
1769 | 1769 | Stood 4 furlongs (800 m) north of Folkestone Church and 4 furlongs (800 m) east of Folkestone Central railway station. [122] Standing in 1833. [123] | ||
Folkestone | (on coast) | Post | 1769 | 1769 | Stood 4 furlongs (800 m) south east of Foord Road Mill. [122] | |
Folkestone | Dawson's Mill | Smock | 1843 | Stood 2 furlongs (400 m) south east of Folkestone Central railway station. Moved to Bethersden (Black Mill) in 1885. [122] | ||
Frindsbury | Quarry Mill TQ 747 695 |
Post | 1596 1610 1736 1769 |
1596 | Burnt down c.1850 . [124] | |
Frindsbury |
Prospect Hill Mill, Little Mill, Manwaring's Mill TQ 736 703 |
Smock | 1769 | 1769 | Struck by lightning and consequently demolished c.1886. [124] | |
Frindsbury |
Prospect Hill Mill, Great Mill, Rose's Mill TQ 736 703 |
Smock | 1843 | Demolished c.1890. Base converted to a pair of cottages, which survive. [125] [126] | ||
Frindsbury | Kimmins' Mill TQ 741 701 |
Smock | 1843 | Demolished c.1865. [127] | ||
Frindsbury |
Frindsbury Mill, House Mill TQ 741 701 |
Smock | 1843 | Demolished 1931. [128] | ||
Frinsted | Frinsted Mill | 1736 | 1736 | Stood north of Frinsted Church. [129] | ||
Frittenden | Maplehurst Windmill | Stood 7 furlongs (1.4 km) north west of Frittenden Church. Demolished by 1836. [130] | ||||
Frittenden |
Sinkhurst Green Mill TQ 8127 4252 |
Post | 1829 | 1829 | Possibly moved here from an unknown location. Working until the First World War. [131] Demolished early 1950s. [42] [108] |
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Notes | Image |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gillingham | Stedman's Mill TQ 7712 6905 |
Smock | 1874 | Demolished c.1888. [132] | ||
Gillingham | Stedman's Mill TQ 7715 6904 |
Smock | 1839 | Moved from Snodland. Struck by lightning and burnt down 28 June 1892 | ||
Gillingham | Charter Street mill Huggins' Mill |
Stood 3 furlongs (600 m) north of St Mark's Church, Gillingham. Burnt down, date unknown. [132] | ||||
Gillingham | Mulberry Tree Place Mill TQ 797 687 |
Stood 2 furlongs (400 m) east of the Hastings Arms PH. [132] | ||||
Gillingham | Friday's Mill TQ 798 686 |
Smock | 1839 | Demolished c.1896 . [133] | ||
Goodnestone | Post | 1736 | 1736 | Stood south south west of Goodnestone Church. [134] | ||
Goudhurst | Kilndown Mill [135] | Post [136] | 1770 [135] | Moved to Nutley, Sussex c. 1817. [136] | ||
Goudhurst | Town Mill TQ 7249 3794 |
Smock | c. 1803 | Working until late 1870s. Demolished c.1890. [137] | ||
Gravesend | Windmill Hill Mill | Post | 1596 | 1596 | Stood 5 furlongs (1,000 m) south of Gravesend church. Burnt down 1763. [138] | |
Gravesend | Windmill Hill Mill (south) | Post | 1769 | 1769 | Stood 5 furlongs (1,000 m) south of Gravesend Church. Caught fire and remains demolished 1787. [138] | |
Gravesend | Windmill Hill Mill (south) | Post | c.1787 | Woking until 1856. Later converted to a camera obscura. Burnt down 17 May 1900 to celebrate the Relief of Mafeking. [138] | ||
Gravesend | Windmill Hill Mill (north) | Post | 1769 | 1769 | Stood 5 furlongs (1,000 m) south of Gravesend church, and 120 yards (110 m) north east of the southerly mill. [138] | |
Gravesend | Denton Mill Sulphur Mill |
1812 | Stood 1 mile (1,600 m) east of Gravesend church and 150 yards (140 m) west of the Ship and Lobster PH. Demolished c.1872. [139] | |||
Great Chart | Saw mill | Smock | 1888 | Stood 1 furlong (200 m) north east of Great Chart Church. A six-sailed saw mill moved from Pluckley. Demolished in 1928, leaving the base standing. [68] The base burnt down in the 1960s. [42] | ||
Great Mongeham | Mongeham Mill | 1596 1695 1736 |
1596 | Stood south west of Great Mongeham chuech. [140] | ||
Guilton | Guilton Mill Ash Mill TR 283 584 |
Smock | Demolished October 1923. [141] Base remains, house converted. [111] [142] | |||
Guilton | Post | 1769 | 1769 | Stood 3 furlongs (600 m) west of Ash Church. Standing in 1854. [143] | ||
Guilton | Smock | Stood 3 furlongs (600 m) west of Ash Church. Standing in 1854. [143] | ||||
Guilton |
Good Intent Mill TR 283 584 |
Smock | 1854 | Demolished c.1918. [143] | ||
Guston |
Swingate Mill TR 334 444 |
Tower | 1849 | Working until 1959, House converted. |
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Notes | Image |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Halstead | Smock | 1820 [144] | Demolished in 1829. [145] | |||
Harbledown | The Old Black Mill | Smock | 1780 | Working until 1890s. Demolished 9 July 1913. [146] | ||
Hartley | 1719 | 1719 | Stood about halfway between Midley Church and Hartley Church. [147] | |||
Hartlip | Friday's Mill TQ 842 650 |
Smock | 1596 1736 1769 |
1596 | Stood 4 furlongs (800 m) north north east of Hartlip Church. Burnt down June 1887. [147] | |
Hastingleigh | Staple Lees Mill Brown Town Mill |
Post | 1736 | 1736 | Stood 6 furlongs (1.2 km) north west of Hastingleigh Church. [148] | |
Hawkhurst | Old Conghurst | 1719 | 1719 | Stood south of Hawkhurst Church, near Old Conghurst. [148] | ||
Hawkhurst | Hawkhurst Horn | Post | 1736 1769 |
1736 | Stood 4 furlongs (800 m) mprtj west of Hawkhurst Church. Said to have beenmoved to High Street site. [147] | |
Hawkhurst | Pipsden | Post | 1736 | 1736 | Stood 1 mile 30 chains (2.2 km) north east of Hawkhurst Church. Standing in 1874. [147] | |
Hawkhurst | High Street | Post | Stood 7 furlongs (1.4 km) north north west of Hawkhurst Church. Said to have been moved from another site in Hawkhurst. Demolished by 1880. [147] | |||
Hawkhurst | Gun Green Mill | Post | Stood 1 mile 3 furlongs (2.2 km) north east of Hawkhurst Church. [147] | |||
Hawkhurst | Gun Green Mill | Smock | Stood 1 mile 3 furlongs (2.2 km) north east of Hawkhurst Church. Moved to Four Throws c.1870. [147] | |||
Hawkhurst |
Four Throws Mill Nightingale's Mill |
Smock | c.1870 | Stood 1 mile 1 furlong (1.8 km) east of Hawkhurst Church. Moved from Gun Green c.1870. Demolished in 1926. [149] | ||
Hawkinge | Old Mill | Smock | 1799 [150] | Stood 2 furlongs (400 m) north east of Hawkinge Church. Working until 1902. [148] Collapsed in 1962. [42] | ||
Hawkinge | Drellingore Mill | Smock | Stood 1 mile 4 furlongs (2.4 km) north east of Hawkinge Church.Moved to Ringwould (Ripple Mill) c.1810. [151] | |||
Headcorn |
Black Mill Crows's Foot Mill TQ 827 447 |
Smock | 1769 | 1769 | Demolished c.1910. [152] | |
Headcorn |
White Mill TQ 831 446 |
Smock | 1819 | Was working in 1933. [153] Demolished 8 July 1952. [154] | ||
Herne | Beacon Hill Mill | Post | 1596 1610 1695 1736 1769 |
1511 [155] | Demolished c.1781. [155] | |
Herne |
Herne Windmill TR 185 665 |
Smock | 1781 | Working by wind until 1952, then by electric motor until 1980. Restored. |
Media related to Herne Windmill at Wikimedia Commons | |
Herne Bay | The Bay Mill TR 180 660 |
Smock | 1839 | Demolished in 1878. [156] | ||
Higham |
Rose's Mill TQ 719 715 |
Smock | 1760 | Demolished April 1921, [157] base remains standing. [158] | ||
High Halden | High Halden Mill | Post | 1736 1769 |
1736 | Stood near the Dragon PH, moved within High Halden c.1800. [159] | |
High Halden |
High Halden Mill TQ 8970 3727 |
Post | c.1800 | Working until c.1918, demolished by 1933 leaving the roundhouse, [160] which had been demolished by 1973. [42] | ||
Hildenborough |
Watt's Cross mill TQ 558 494 |
Smock | 1812 | Working until 1910. [161] Demolished in 1961, derelict base remains. [162] [163] | ||
Hoath | Fuller's Mill | Smock | 1843 | Stood 4 furlongs (800 m) north east of Hoath Church. Working until 1912. Collapsed on 18 July 1919. [164] | ||
Hoo | Hoo Common Mill | Post | 1769 | 1769 | Stood 1 mile (1.6 km) north west of Hoo church. Demolished c.1799. [165] | |
Hoo |
Hoo Common Mill Ballard's Mill |
Smock | 1799 [50] | Stood 1 mile (1.6 km) north west of Hoo Church. Working until 1880s. Standing in 1905, demolished by 1933. [165] | ||
Hythe | Post | 1809 | Stood 4 furlongs (800 m) east of St. Leonard's Church, Hythe and 2 furlongs (400 m) south south east of Hythe railway station. Moved to Ruckinge in the 1830s. [166] | |||
Hythe | Stade Street | Smock | 1829 | 1829 | Stood 3 furlongs (600 m) south west of St. Leonard's Church, Hythe. Standing in 1889. [167] | |
Hythe | Stade Street | Smock | 1829 | 1829 | Stood 3 furlongs (600 m) south west of St. Leonard's Church, Hythe. Moved to Cheriton (Ashley Mill) in 1877, base was left standing. [167] | |
Hythe | Stade Street | Smock | 1829 | 1829 | Stood 3 furlongs (600 m) south west of St. Leonardd's Church, Hythe. Standing in 1829, demolished by 1877. [167] | |
Hythe | Smock | 1860s | Demolished in the early 1860s' [167] |
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Image |
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Ide Hill | 1819 [168] | Stood near the west side of Ide Hill Church. [167] Burnt down in 1836. [168] | ||||
Ide Hill | Post | 1838 [168] | Stood 100 yards (91 m) east of Ide Hill Church. [169] Demolished in the 1890s. [168] | |||
Isle of Grain | Grain | 1596 1610 |
1596 | Stood near the village of Grain. [170] | ||
Isle of Grain | All Hallows | 1769 | 1769 | Stood 1 mile 2 furlongs (2.0 km) east south east of Allhallows Church. [170] | ||
Isle of Grain | St Peter's | 1769 | 1769 | Stood 2 miles (3.2 km) south west of St Peter's Church. Standing in 1819. [170] | ||
Iwade |
Iwade Windpump TR 914 688 |
Hollow Post | Windmill World |
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Notes | Image |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kemsing | 1275 [171] | 1275 [171] | ||||
Kennington | Kennington Lees Mill | Post | 1769 | 1769 | Stood 2 furlongs (400 m) north west of Kennington Church. Demolished c.1878. [169] | |
Kennington |
Wind, Steam and Water Mill TR 032 454 |
Smock | 1813 | Working until 1892s. [172] Demolished in 1952. Base survives, used as a store. [173] [174] | ||
Kingsdown | Stood 6 furlongs (1.2 km) north north east of Kingsdown Church. Demolished c. 1850s. [175] | |||||
Kingsnorth | Millbank Place Mill | Stood 6 furlongs (1.2 km) north north west of Kingsnorth Church. [175] | ||||
Kingsnorth |
Kingsnorth Mill TR 001 391 |
Smock | 1878 | Standing in 1892, demolished by 1933. Base survives, converted to house. [176] [177] | ||
Kingston |
Reed Mill TR 174 499 |
Tower | 1872 | Working until 28 March 1915. House converted 2009-10. | ||
Knockholt | Knockholt Mill | Tower | 1824 [178] | Stood about 1 mile (1.6 km) east of Knockholt Church. [179]Working until 1882. [180] Demolished c.1886. [179] | ||
Knockholt | Stoneings Mill | Post | 1824 [178] | A miniature mill, some remains were in situ in 1956. [178] |
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Notes | Image |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lamberhurst | Windmill Farm | Stood 1 mile (1.6 km) north west of Lamberhurst Church. Gone by 1769. [179] | ||||
Lamberhurst | Saw mill
[52] TQ 675 360 |
Smock [52] | c. 1890 [52] | c. 1890 [52] | ||
Lamberhurst | Sussex Mill [136] | |||||
Leeds | Brogden Mill | Smock | 1843 | Stood 4 furlongs (800 m) west south west of Leeds Church. Demolished in 1883. [50] [181] | ||
Leigh |
Stocks Green Mill TQ 558 478 |
Smock | 1928 | Moved from Sidley, East Sussex. [182] Collapsed c. 1963 [183] [184] | ||
Lenham | 12th century [185] | 12th century [185] | ||||
Lenham | Town mill | Smock | Stood 2 furlongs (400 m) south west of Lenham Church. Demolished c.1843. [186] | |||
Lenham | Town Mill | Smock | c. 1843 | Stood 2 furlongs (400 m) south west of Lenham Church. Burnt down in 1904. [186] | ||
Lenham | Downs Court Hill Mill | 1828 | Stood 1 mile 1 furlong (1.8 km) east north east of Lenham Church. Burnt down before 1881. [186] | |||
Lenham |
Lenham Heath Mill TQ 913 498 |
Smock | 1769 | 1760 | Demolished in 1925. [187] Base survives, used as a store. [188] | |
Lower Stoke | ||||||
Lower Stoke | (2nd mill) | Smock | Standing in 1905, gone by 1933 | |||
Luddesdown | Henley Downs Mill | 1829 | 1829 | Stood 2 furlongs (400 m) north west of Luddesdown Church. Blown downin 1856. [187] | ||
Lydd | 1596 1610 1769 |
1596 | Stood 2 furlongs (400 m) north west of Lydd Church. [187] | |||
Lydd | Old Mill | Post | 1596 1610 1769 |
1596 | Stood 3 furlongs (600 m) south west of Lydd Church. Burnt down 26 February 1900. [187] | |
Lydd | New Mill | Smock | 1805 | Stood 3 furlongs (600 m) north east of Lydd Church. Working until 1920, latterly by steam engine. Burnt down 22 September 1927. [189] | ||
Lyminge | Post | 1736 1769 |
1736 | Stood 3 furlongs (600 m) north west of Lyminge Church. Standing in 1819, blown down, date unknown. [190] | ||
Lyminge | Black Mill | Smock | 1843 | Stood 3 furlongs (600 m) north of Lyminge Church. Burnt down in September 1891. [191] | ||
Lyminge | White Mill | Smock | c.1852 | Stood 3 furlongs (600 m) north of Lyminge Church. Demolished in 1920. [191] | ||
Lympne | Smock | 1829 | 1829 | Stood 3 furlongs (600 m) west north west of Lympne Church. Moved from Cheriton, Folkestone. Blown down in November 1891. [192] | ||
Lynsted | Claxfield, Seed Mill | Stood 7 furlongs (1.4 km) north of Lynsted Church. Gone by the 1850s. [192] | ||||
Lynsted | Union Mill | Smock | 1736 | 1736 | Stood 7 furlongs (1,400 m) south east of Lynsted Church. Standing in 1870, demolished "a few years later". [193] | |
Lynsted |
Champion's Mill TQ 944 613 |
Smock | 1843 | Standing in 1933. Gone by 1940. [194] Base survives, used as a store. [195] |
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Notes | Image |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Maidstone | Sandling Road TQ 758 561 |
Smock | 1819 | 1819 | Gone by 1834. Site now occupied by Maidstone East railway station. [196] | |
Margate | Humber's Mill Chamber's Mill |
1695 1719 1736 |
1695 | Stood 2 miles (3.2 km) north west of St Lawrence Church, Ramsgate. [197] | ||
Margate | 1695 1719 |
1695 | Stood 7 furlongs (1.4 km) south east of Margate Church. Gone by 1847. [197] | |||
Margate |
Drapers Mill Old Mill TR 363 700 |
Smock | c. 1847 | Windmill World |
Media related to Draper's Mill, Margate at Wikimedia Commons | |
Margate | Little Draper's Mill | Smock | c.1869 | Stood 7 furlongs (1.4 km) south east of Margate Church. Moved from Barham. Standing in 1903, gone by 1933, base survived then. [197] | ||
Margate | Pumping Mill | Tower | 1872 | Stood 7 furlongs (1.4 km) south east of Margate church. Five-sailed pumping mill. Standing in 1894, gone by 1933. [198] | ||
Margate | Town Mill | 1719 | 1719 | Stood 3 furlongs (600 m) north west of Draper's Mill. Working in 1889. [199] | ||
Margate | Nayland Mill | 1801 | Stood 4 furlongs (800 m) west of Margate Church. Said to have been moved within Margate to site later occupied by Draper's Mill. [197] | |||
Margate | Hooper's Mill | Horizontal | 1791 [200] | Demolished c. 1828 [108] | ||
Meopham |
Meopham Mill TQ 639 653 |
Smock | 1801 | Working by wind until 1929, then by engine until 1965. Restored. |
Media related to Meopham Windmill at Wikimedia Commons | |
Meopham | Priestwood Mill | 1769 | 1769 | Stood 1 mile (1.6 km) south south east of Meopham Church. Demolished in the 1850s. [201] | ||
Milton | Chalkwell Mill | Smock | 1843 | Stood 6 furlongs (1.2 km) west of Sittingbourne Church. Standing in 1878. [202] | ||
Milton Regis | Meade Mill | Smock | 1878 | Stood 2 furlongs (400 m) north west of Milton Regis Church. [203] Struck by lightning and burnt down 15 August 1954. [204] | ||
Minster, Sheppey | Pigtail Corner Mill | 1596 1610 |
1596 | Stood 2 furlongs (400 m) east of Minster Church. [205] | ||
Minster, Sheppey | Pigtail Corner Mill | Smock | 1695 1769 |
1695 | Stood 2 furlongs (400 m) east of Minster Church. Working in 1878. Burnt down in 1889. [205] | |
Minster, Sheppey | 1819 | Stood 1 mile (1.6 km) south east of Minster Church. [205] | ||||
Minster, Thanet | Minster Mill | Post | 1596 1610 1695 1719 |
1596 | Stood 1 mile 4 furlongs (2.4 km) north east of Minster Church. [205] | |
Minster, Thanet | Minster Mill | Smock | Stood 1 mile 4 furlongs (2.4 km) north east of Minster Church. Standing in 1882. [206] | |||
Minster, Thanet | Minster Mill | Smock | 1769 | 1769 | Stood 1 mile 4 furlongs (2.4 km) north east of Minster Church. Standing in 1875, gone by 1882. [206] | |
Molash | Molash Mill TR 02180 51955 |
Smock | 1843 | Stood 4 furlongs (800 m) south west of Molash Church. Standing in 1877. [140] | ||
Monkton | 1198 [207] | 1205 [207] | ||||
Monkton | Monkton Mill | 1596 1610 1695 1719 1736 1769 |
1596 | Stood 1 mile 4 furlongs (2.4 km) north east of Monkton Church. Said to have been moved to Sarre. [208] | ||
Murston | Murston Mill | Stood 7 furlongs (1.4 km) north east of Murston Church. [209] |
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Notes | Image |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Newchurch |
Newchurch Mill TR 058 313 |
Tower | 1810 | Demolished c.1906. Stump remains. [209] [210] | ||
Newington | Newington Mill | Smock | 1843 | Stood 4 furlongs (800 m) north of St. Lawrence Church, Ramsgate. Standing in 1933. [211] | ||
Newington | Newington Mill | Smock | 1843 | Stood 3 furlongs (600 m) south west of Newington Church. Standing in 1884, gone by 1933. [211] | ||
Newnham | Newnham Mill | Smock | 1843 | Stood 30 chains (600 m) north of Newnham Church. Dismantled 1876, tower burnt 5 November 1876. [212] | ||
New Romney | Post | 1596 | 1500 | Stood 3 furlongs (600 m) north north west of New Romney Church. [213] | ||
New Romney | New Romney Mill Old Mill |
Smock | 1769 | 1769 | Stooc 3 furlongs (600 m) north north west of New Romney Church, Standing in 1903, gone by 1933. [213] | |
New Romney | 1769 | 1769 | Stood 5 furlongs (1.0 km) north east of New Romney Church. [213] | |||
Nonington | Nonington Mill | 1596 1695 1736 |
1596 | Stood 1 mile 1 furlong (1.8 km) east south east of Nonington Church. | ||
Nonington | Nonington mill | Smock | 1843 | Stood 1 mile 1 furlong (1.8 km) east south east of Nonington Church. Working by wind until 1905, then by engine. [212] Burnt down 9 May 1965. [214] | ||
Nonington | Seed Mill | Smock | Stood 1 mile 1 furlong (1.8 km) east south east of Nonington Church and 200 yards (180 m) south east of Nonington Mill. Demolished in 1905 =. [212] | |||
Northbourne | 1596 1736 |
1596 | Stood 4 furlongs (800 m) south west of Northbourne Church. [215] | |||
Northbourne | Old Mill | Smock | 1769 | 1769 | Stood 4 furlongs (800 m) west north west of Northbourne Church. [215] Demolished 15 February 1957 [214] | |
Northbourne |
New Mill TR 331 521 |
Smock | 1848 | Working by wind until 1949, then by electric motor until 1957. House converted in 1976. |
Media related to New Mill, Northbourne at Wikimedia Commons | |
Northfleet | The Hive | Stood 2 furlongs (400 m) west north west of Northfleet Church. [216] | ||||
Northfleet | Stone Bridge | Stood 6 furlongs (1.2 km) north west of Northfleet Church. [216] | ||||
Northfleet | Stone Bridge (2nd mill) | 1843 | Stood 6 furlongs (1.2 km) north west of Northfleet Church. Standing in the 1850s. [216] | |||
Northfleet | Fiveash Mill | 1843 | Stood 30 chains (600 m) north of Perry Street Church. Demolished in 1900s. [216] | |||
Northfleet | Rosherville | Tower | 1832 | Stood 5 furlongs (1,000 m) east south east of Northfleet Church. Working until c.1894. Demolished c.1916. [217] | ||
Northwood |
Thanet Mill TR 370 670 |
Tower | 1843 | Demolished in 1961. [42] |
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Notes | Image |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Oare |
Oare Windmill TR 009 625 |
Tower | 1821 | 1821 | House converted 1963. | |
Oare | Oare Marshes TR 012 628 |
smock | A windpump, standing derelict in 1933. [218] Some remnants extant in 1973. [219] | |||
Old Romney | Post | 1190 [60] | ||||
Old Romney | Post | 1596 1610 1736 |
1596 | Stood 4 furlongs (800 m) west of Old Romney Church. [213] | ||
Old Romney | Post | 1596 1736 |
1596 | Stood 1 mile (1.6 km) north west of Old Romney Church. [213] | ||
Ospringe | Water Lane Mill TR 014 596 |
Smock | 1878 | Demolished c.1915. [220] | ||
Ospringe | Union House | Stood 6 furlongs (1.2 km) north of Ospringe Church. [220] | ||||
Ospringe | Union House (2nd mill) | Smock | 1843 | Stood 6 furlongs (1.2 km) north of Ospringe Church. Burnt down c.1910. [220] |
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Notes | Image |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pegwell Bay | 1828 | Demolished c. 1830. [220] | ||||
Penenden Heath | Penenden Heath Mill | Smock | 1800 [50] | Stood 1 mile 2 furlongs (2.0 km) south of Boxley Church. Moved to Folkestone (Dawson's Mill) c. 1840. [221] | ||
Petham | Mill Downs Mill | Post | 1829 | 1829 | Stood close to Petham Church. Moved to Stelling Minnis (Brambleton Mill) c.1850. [222] | |
Petham | Mark's Folly Mill Duckpit Mill |
Post | 1865 | Stood 1 mile (1.6 km) south west of Petham Church. Moved to Elmsted (Itinge Mill) c.1865. [223] | ||
Petham | Chequers' Mill | Smock | 1821 | Stood 3 furlongs (600 m) east of Petham Church. Burnt down 1 April 1900. [224] | ||
Pluckley |
Pluckley Mill TQ 9240 4563 |
Smock | 1872 | Working until 1916. [225] Burnt down 1939. [42] | ||
Pluckley | Padgham's Mill | Smock | A six-sailed saw mill. Moved to Great Chart. [68] | |||
Postling | Postling Mill | Post | 1596 1719 |
1596 | Stood to the north west of Postling Church. [226] | |
Preston next Faversham | Preston Mill | Smock | 1843 | Stood 4 furlongs (800 m) south of Preston Church. Working until 1919, latterly by steam engine. [227] Demolished in 1943. [42] | ||
Preston next Wingham |
Old Mill Dunn's Mill TR 257 608 |
Smock | 1778 | Working by wind until 1916, then by engine into 1930s. [228] Demolished in 1959, leaving the base. [42] [229] | ||
Preston next Wingham |
New Mill Solly's Mill |
Smock | 1852 | Stood 1 mile (1.6 km) north west of Elmstone Church. Demolished in 1912. [230] |
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Notes | Image |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Queenborough | Queenborough Mill | 1843 | Stood close to, and east of, Queenborough Church. Burnt down before 1860. [230] |
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Notes | Image |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ramsgate | St. Lawrence | 1596 1719 1769 |
1596 | Stood 4 furlongs (800 m) east of St Lawrence Church, Ramsgate. [230] | ||
Ramsgate | Grange Road Mill | 1719 | 1719 | Stood 4 furlongs (800 m) south south east of St Lawrence Church, Ramsgate. Standing in 1819, gone by 1872. [230] | ||
Ramsgate | Grange Road Mill | Smock | 1843 | Stood 4 furlongs (800 m) south south east of St Lawrence Church, Ramsgate. Standing in 1905, demolished by 1930, when the base was standing. [231] Base demolished by 1973. [232] | ||
Ramsgate | Hereson Mill | Smock | 1872 | Stood 2 furlongs (400 m) inland of the East Cliff. Burnt down c.1890. [233] | ||
Reculver | 1195 [60] | |||||
Richborough | 1769 | 1769 | Stood 1 mile (1.6 km) north east of Richborough Castle. Standing in 1787. [234] | |||
Richborough | 1769 | 1769 | Stood 1 mile (1.6 km) north east of Richborough Castle. Standing in 1787. [234] | |||
Ringwould | TR 362 490 | Post | 1695 | 1695 | ||
Ringwould |
Ripple Mill TR 362 490 [235] |
Smock | c. 1810 | Working until Second World War, stripped of machinery 1957 and converted to transmitter station. Now restored to working order. |
Media related to Ripple Mill, Ringwould at Wikimedia Commons | |
Rochester | Star Hill Mill The Old Mill TQ 746 678 |
1787 | Demolished c.1865. [236] | |||
Rochester | Star Hill Mill Friday's Mill TQ 746 678 |
1843 | Burnt down in 1852. [237] | |||
Rochester | Star Hill Mill Boy's Mill Belsey's Mill TQ 747 679 |
Smock | 1877 | Demolished 1890–95. [237] | ||
Rochester |
Delce Mill TQ 744 674 |
Smock | 1853 | Demolished May 1946. [238] | ||
Rochester | Borstal Hill Mill TQ 731 666 |
c.1870 | Demolished in 1885. [239] | |||
Rochester | Church Mill Horsnaill's Mill TQ 740 679 |
Post | 1769 | 1769 | Demolished c.1880. [240] | |
Rochester | Zenith Mill Huggin's Mill Approximately TQ 740 679 |
Post | 1769 | 1769 | Burnt down 1820s or 1830s. [241] | |
Rochester | St Margaret's Mill Approximately TQ 740 679 |
Post | 1769 | 1769 | Standing in 1798. [242] | |
Rodmersham Green | Rodmersham Green Mill | Tower | 1835 | Working until 1917. [243] Demolished in 1969. [42] | ||
Rolvenden |
Rolvenden Mill TQ 838 315 |
Post | 1596 1610 1769 |
c. 1580 [244] | Working until c.1885. Restored in 1957. |
Media related to Rolvenden Windmill at Wikimedia Commons |
Ruckinge | Ruckinge Mill Approximately TR 029 335 |
Post | 1830s | Stood 2 furlongs (400 m) east of Ruckinge Church. Moved from Hythe. Demolished c.1912 leaving the roundhouse, which was demolished c.1924. [245] |
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Notes | Image |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sandgate | Saw mill | Smock | A saw mill. Moved to Bethersden (Little Mill). [246] | |||
Sandhurst | Post | 1769 | 1769 | Stood 1 mile 1 furlong (1.8 km) north east of Sandhurst Church. Moved to Boxhurst Farm by 1793. [246] | ||
Sandhurst | Boxhurst Farm Mill | Post | 1793 | Stood 1 mile 2 furlongs (2.0 km) east north east of Sandhurst Church. Blown down c.1842. [246] | ||
Sandhurst |
Ringle Crouch Green Mill TQ 804 284 |
Smock | 1844 | Working until 1912. Demolished in 1945, leaving the base standing. Modern electricity-generating residential mock mill built on base in 1997. |
Media related to Ringle Crouch Green Mill, Sandhurst at Wikimedia Commons | |
Sandwich | St Mary's Mill [214] | Post | 1695 1736 |
1608 | Stood north west of the town. [247] | |
Sandwich | Canterbury Gate Mill [214] | Post | 1736 1769 |
1736 | Stood north west of the town. Working in 1842. [247] | |
Sandwich | Black Mill | Smock | 1870s | Stood north west of the town. Burnt down c. 1910. [247] | ||
Sandwich |
White Mill TR 322 586 |
Smock | 1760 | Worked by wind until 1926, then by engine until 1957. Restored in 1960s. |
Media related to White Mill, Sandwich at Wikimedia Commons | |
Sandwich | Millwall Mill Town Mill |
Smock | 1878 | Stood near St Clement's Church, Sandwich. Standing in 1878, burnt down unknown date. [247] | ||
Sandwich | Millwall | Post [214] | Gone by c. 1850. [247] | |||
Sandwich | Millwall (3rd mill) [214] | Post [214] | ||||
Sandwich | Sandown Gate Mills [214] | Post x3 [214] | ||||
Sandwich | St Bart's Mill [214] | Post [214] | ||||
Sarre |
Sarre Windmill TR 259 651 |
Smock | 1820 | Working by wind until 1920, then by gas engine for a few years later. Restored 1986-91. |
Media related to Sarre Windmill at Wikimedia Commons | |
Selling |
Shottenden Mill Perry Wood Mill |
Post | 1596 1736 1769 |
1596 | Stood 7 furlongs (1.4 km) south of Selling Church. Working until 1910, Demolished c.1920. [248] | |
Sellindge | Stone Hill Mill | Smock | 1843 | Stood 3 furlongs (600 m) north of Sellindge Church. Working in 1884. Demolished c.1898. [249] | ||
Sevenoaks | Near " The Vine" | Post | Said to have been moved to West Kingsdown, [250] there by 1804. Modern research places extreme doubt on the move and considerable doubt on the very existence of this mill. [251] | |||
Sevenoaks | Knott's Mill Tubs Hill Mill |
1792 | Stood 4 furlongs (800 m) north west of Sevenoaks Church. [249] Demolished during the winter of 1870-71. [252] | |||
Sevenoaks | Hubbards Hill Mill | 1669 | Stood on Sevenoaks Common. [253] | |||
Sevenoaks | Hubbard Hill Mill | Smock [254] | 1747 [254] | Stood on Sevenoaks Common. [253] Moved to Sevenoaks Weald in 1856. [254] | ||
Sevenoaks | Melregge (Witley Woods) |
1388 | Stood 1 mile 2 furlongs (2.0 km) south west of Sevenoaks Church. [253] | |||
Sevenoaks | Bradbourne Mill [255] | Post [255] | 1904 [255] | Blown down 1912. [255] Modern research finds absolutely no evidence that this mill ever existed. Believed to be a Piltdown Man hoax. [256] | ||
Sevenoaks Weald | Smock [257] | 1862 [50] | 1856 [257] | Stood 4 furlongs (800 m) south west of Weald Church. [258] Moved from Sevenoaks (Hubbards Hill). [257] Working in 1880, [258] demolished in 1890s. [257] | ||
Sheerness |
Great Mill Ride's Mill TQ 921 746 |
Smock | 1829 | 1816 | Working by wind until 1905, then by steam engine until 1918. Demolished in 1924, leaving the base standing. Residential mock mill built on base in 2006-08. |
Media related to Great Mill, Sheerness at Wikimedia Commons |
Sheerness | Mile Town, Little Mill | Smock | 1843 | Stood 1 mile (1.6 km) south east of Sheerness Church. Burnt down 7 February 1862. [259] | ||
Sheerness | Hundred Acre Mill Marine Town Mill Sea View Mill TQ 924 750 |
Tower | 1860 | Demolished in 1878, leaving a stump, [259] which survives [260] | ||
Sheldwich | 1769 | 1769 | Stood 5 furlongs (1,000 m) west of Sheldwich Church. [261] | |||
Shepherdswell, or Sibertswold | Shepherdswell Mill | Smock | 1857 | Stood 3 furlongs (600 m) north of Shepherdswell Church. Standing in 1910, gone by 1933. [261] | ||
Shorne | Post | 1315 [262] | ||||
Shorne | Shorne Mill | Post | 1596 1610 |
1596 | Stood 2 furlongs (400 m) north west of Shorne Church. [263] Struck by lightning and consequently demolished. [264] | |
Shorne |
Shorne Mill TQ 689 713 |
Post | 1736 1769 |
1736 | Working until 1870, converted to observatory in 1890s. [263] Burnt down in 1952. [264] Major timbers survived as late as 1986. [265] | |
Sissinghurst |
Crampton's Mill TQ 789 376 |
Smock | 1843 | Moved from Hartley. [266] Demolished on 27 November 1951. [267] | ||
Sittingbourne | Smock | 1843 | Stood 4 furlongs (800 m) west of Sittinbourne Church. Standing in 1880, burnt down at an unknown date. [268] | |||
Smarden |
West Mill Town mill Corne's Mill TQ 879 420 |
Post | 1769 | 1680 | Working until at least 1899.
[269] Collapsed in 1953.
[270] Windmill World |
Media related to West Mill, Smarden at Wikimedia Commons |
Smarden |
East Mill Black Mill TQ 884 429 |
Smock | 1804 | Working until 1923. Standing in 1933, [271] gone by 1953. [42] | ||
Snargate | 1610 | 1610 | Stood south of Snargate Church. [271] | |||
Snodland | Smock | c.1839 | Moved to Gillingham (Stedman's) c.1839. [271] | |||
Southborough | Southborough Common TQ 575 424 |
Stood 2 furlongs (400 m) south west of Southborough Church. [272] | ||||
Southfleet | Betsham Mill | Post | 1829 | 1829 | Stood 3 furlongs (600 m) north west of Southfleet Church. Demolished c.1873, leaving the base standing. Base had been demolished by 1933. [272] | |
Southfleet | Troy's Island | Stood 7 furlongs (1.4 km) west of Southfleet Church. [273] | ||||
Stanford |
Stanford Mill TR 128 378 |
Tower | 1857 | Working by wind until 1946, then by engine until 1961. Under restoration. | ||
Stansted | Stansted Mill | 1736 1769 |
1736 | Stood 2 furlongs (400 m) south south east of Stansted Church. [274] | ||
Staple | Barnsole Mill | 1870s | Stood 3 furlongs (600 m) east south east of Staple Church. Burnt down c.1914. [275] | |||
Staplehurst | 1769 | 1769 | Stood 1 furlong (200 m) west of Staplehurst Church. [276] | |||
Staplehurst |
Staplehurst Mill TQ 787 430 |
Smock | 1805 [277] | Working until 1880s. Burnt down 22 June 1911, leaving the base. [276] [278] | ||
Stelling Minnis | Brambleton | 1736 | 1736 | Stood 1 mile (1.6 km) south of Stelling Minnis Church. [279] | ||
Stelling Minnis | Brambleton | 1736 1769 |
1736 | Stood 1 mile (1.6 km) south of Stelling Minnis Church. [279] | ||
Stelling Minnis | Brambleton Mill | Post | c. 1850 | Stood 1 mile (1.6 km) south of Stelling Minnis Church. Standing in 1881. [279] | ||
Stelling Minnis | TR 146 466 | Post | 1736 1769 |
1736 | Demolished in 1866. [280] | |
Stelling Minnis |
Davison's Mill TR 146 466 |
Smock | 1866 | Working until 1970, restored. |
Media related to Davison's Mill, Stelling Minnis at Wikimedia Commons | |
St Margaret's at Cliffe | Mill Close Mill | Post | 1596 1695 1736 |
1596 | Stood to the north west of St Margaret's at Cliffe church. [281] | |
St Margarets Bay |
St Margaret's Bay Mill TR 363 436 |
Smock | 1929 | Built to generate electricity. | ||
St Nicholas at Wade | 1719 | 1719 | Stood about 6 furlongs (1.2 km) west of St Nicholas at Wade Church. [281] Standing in 1719, demolished by 1791. [282] | |||
Stockbury | 1736 1769 |
1769 | Stood 2 furlongs (400 m) south west of Stockbury Church. [280] | |||
Stodmarsh | Wickhambreux Mill TR 233 604 |
Hollow Post [283] | Mid-19th century [283] | |||
Strood | Strood Hill Mill TQ 733 693 |
Smock | 1843 | Demolished c.1860. [284] | ||
Strood | Field's Mill TQ 730 700 |
1843 | Burnt down c.1875. [285] | Image on Medway Council website | ||
Strood | Killick's Mill TQ 730 700 |
Smock | 1843 | Standing in 1891, gone by 1933. [286] | Image on Medway Council website | |
Sutton Valence |
Town Mill TQ 815 493 |
Smock | c. 1720 | Demolished in 1945, [287] leaving the base, which is now house converted. [288] | ||
Sutton Valence | Five Wents Mill | Stood 7 furlongs (1.4 km) north east of Sutton Valence Church. Demolished by 1875. [289] | ||||
Swingfield | Old Mill | Post | Stood 1 mile (1.6 km) west of Swingfield Church. [290] | |||
Swingfield | Old Mill | Smock | 1872 | Stood 1 mile (1.6 km) west of Swingfield Church. Blown down in 1884. [290] | ||
Swingfield | New Mill | Smock | 1885 | Stood 1 mile (1.6 km) west of Swingfield Church. Burnt down in August 1911. [290] | ||
Swingfield | Selstead Mill | Smock | 1880 | Stood 1 mile (1.6 km) north west of Swingfield Church. Struck by lightning and burnt down, spring 1885. [291] |
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Notes | Image |
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Tenterden | Shoreham Lane | Post | 1599 | Stood 1 mile 3 furlongs (2.2 km) north of Tenterden Church. Standing in 1686. [292] | ||
Tenterden | NW of church | Stood 5 chains (100 m) north west of Tenterden Church. Marked on an Ordnance Survey map published between 1858 and 1872. [293] | ||||
Tenterden | Mill Farm | 1736 1769 |
1736 | Stood 5 furlongs (1.0 km) north east of Tenterden Church. Standing in 1819, gone by 1851. [293] | ||
Tenterden | Goods Hill Mill | Post | c. 1807 | Stood 1 mile 4 furlongs (2.4 km) north west of Tenterden Church. Working until 1890. Demolished in 1896. [293] | ||
Tenterden | Ashbourne Mill | Post | 1807 | Stood 1 mile 1 furlong (1.8 km) west south west of Tenterden Church. Working until 1910. Demolished in December 1912. [294] | ||
Tenterden | Leigh Green Mill | Smock | 1818 | Stood 1 mile 2 furlongs (2.0 km) east south east of Tenterden Church. Burnt down on 26 November 1913. [295] | ||
Teynham | Conyer Quay | Smock | 1850s | Stood 6 furlongs (1.2 km) north of Teynham Church. Standing in 1850s. [295] | ||
Throwley | Parsonage Mill | Smock | 1736 | 1736 | Stood 7 furlongs (1.4 km) north east of Throwley Church. Working in 1884. [296] | |
Throwley | Clare's Forstal Mill | Smock | 1872 | Stood 7 furlongs (1.4 km) south south west of Throwley Church. Demolished in 1915. [296] | ||
Tonbridge | Uridge's Mill | Post | 1843 | Stood 4 furlongs (800 m) north of Tonbridge Castle. Standing in 1868. Demolished c.1872. [297] | ||
Tonge | Tonge Mill | 1815 | Stood 4 furlongs (800 m) south south west of Tonge Church. [298] Standing in 1834. [299] | |||
Tunbridge Wells | Calverley Mill | Smock [300] | 1769 | 1769 | Stood near St Peter's Church, Tunbridge Wells. Demolished c.1860, Machinery used in a windmill at Crowborough. [301] | |
Tunbridge Wells | Culverden Mill | Post | 1832 | Stood 30 chains (600 m) west of St John's Church, Tunbridge Wells. Demolished c.1870. [302] |
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Notes | Image |
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Ulcombe | Ulcombe Hill Mill | 1769 [50] | Stood 2 furlongs (400 m) south south east of Ulcombe Church. Demolished c.1850s. [303] | |||
Ulcombe | Windmill Hill Mill | Smock | 1878 | Stood 5 furlongs (1.0 km) east south east of Ulcombe Church. Working until 1892. Demolished on 16 July 1911. [304] | ||
Upchurch |
Wakeley's Mill TQ 8324 6717 |
Smock | 1843 | Burnt down in September 1910' [305] | ||
Uphill |
Uphill Mill Hawkinge Mill |
Smock | 1790 | Stood 6 furlongs (1.2 km) west north west of Uphill Church. Working until 1914. Demolished in May 1931. [306] |
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Notes | Image |
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Walmer | Post | 1736 | 1736 | Stood south west of Walmer Church. [307] | ||
Waltham |
Cloke's Mill TR 109 488 |
Smock | 1872 | Working until early 1900s. Blown down on 11 February 1931, [307] leaving the base. [308] | ||
Waltham |
Dilnot's Old Mill TR 110 490 |
Smock | c.1850 | Working until c.1908. Collapsed on 20 May 1910. [309] | ||
Warehorne | 1596 | 1596 | Stood east of Warehorne Church. [309] | |||
Warehorne | Post | 1769 | 1769 | Stood 3 furlongs (600 m) north west of Warehorne Church. Demolished c.1900. [309] | ||
Westerham | Newland Mill [310] | Horizontal windmill | 1792 [310] | Standing in 1809. [311] | ||
Westerham | Windmill Bank | Post | 1596 1610 |
1596 | Standing in 1666, marked on maps to mid-C17th. [312] | |
Westerham | Hosey Common Mill Hosey Hill Mill |
1830 [313] | Stood 1 mile (1.6 km) south south east of Westerham Church. [314] Burnt down, mid-1870s. [313] | |||
Westerham | Farley Mill | Post | 1761 [313] | Marked on a map dated 1825. [315] | ||
Westhalimot Isle of Thanet |
c.1200 [60] | |||||
West Hougham |
West Hougham Mill TR 268 402 |
Smock | 1802 [108] | Collapsed 1951
[108] Windmill World | ||
West Kingsdown | Old Mill | Post | 1843 | Burnt Down May 1909 | ||
West Kingsdown |
West Kingsdown Mill TQ 582 623 |
Smock | 1880 | Windmill World |
Media related to West Kingsdown Windmill at Wikimedia Commons | |
Westwell | Tutt Hill Mill | 1878 | Stood 1 mile 2 furlongs (2.0 km) south west of Westwell Church. Burnt down in 1880. [314] | |||
Whitfield | Whitfield Mill | Smock | 1805 [50] | Stood 4 furlongs (800 m) west of Whitfield Church. Demolished c.1916. [314] | ||
Whitstable | Borstal Hill TR 105 652 |
1736 | 1736 | |||
Whitstable |
Black Mill TR 105 652 |
Smock | 1815 | Working until c.1905. Subsequently converted to a motel, now a house. |
Media related to Black Mill, Whitstable at Wikimedia Commons | |
Whitstable | Borstal Hill pumping mill | Stood 1 mile (1.6 km) south west of Whitstable Church. A pumping windmill. [316] | ||||
Whitstable | Feakins' Mill | Smock | 1843 | Stood 1 mile (1.6 km) south west of Whitstable Church. Working by wind until 1891. Demolished in 1905.
[317] Windmill World | ||
Whitstable | Feakins' Mill | Post | Stood behind Whitstable railway station. [317] | |||
Willesborough | Old Mill TR 032 422 |
Smock | 1843 | Demolished in 1868. [318] | ||
Willesborough |
New Mill TR 032 422 |
Smock | 1869 | Worked by wind until 1938. Restored 1991. |
Media related to New Mill, Willesbrough at Wikimedia Commons | |
Wingham |
Wingham Well TR 236 568 |
Tower | 1878 | Demolished in December 1963, [214] leaving a stump. [22] | ||
Wingham | Shatterling Mill | Post | 1769 | 1769 | Stood 6 furlongs (1.2 km) north east of Wingham Church. [318] | |
Wittersham | Old Mill | Post | 1736 1769 |
1736 | Stood 3 furlongs (600 m) north east of Wittersham Church. Demolished in 1922. [319] |
Media related to Old Mill, Wittersham at Wikimedia Commons |
Wittersham |
Stocks Mill TQ 913 273 |
Post | 1781 | Working until c.1900, then preserved by private individuals. Restored 2002-04. |
Media related to Stocks Mill, Wittersham at Wikimedia Commons | |
Woodchurch | Place Lane | Smock | Moved within Woodchurch (Upper Mill), 1850s. [320] | |||
Woodchurch | Upper Mill | Smock | 1769 | 1769 | Stood 2 furlongs (400 m) north north east of Woodchurch Church, Working until 1910. [320] Demolished in 1940. [321] |
Media related to Woodchurch Windmills at Wikimedia Commons |
Woodchurch | Susan's Hill Farm | Smock | Moved within Woodchurch (Lower Mill), 1850s. [320] | |||
Woodchurch |
Lower Mill TQ 943 353 |
Smock | 1820 | Moved from Susans Hill Farm. Working until 1926. Restored in 1980s. |
Media related to Woodchurch Windmills at Wikimedia Commons | |
Woodnesborough | 1695 1736 |
1695 | Stood south of Woodnesborough Church. [322] | |||
Woodnesborough | Post | 1736 1769 |
1736 | Stood west south west of Woodnesborough Church. Moved to Ash (Mount Ephraim Mill) in 1818. [322] | ||
Wormshill | Beddington (north) | Stood 4 furlongs (800 m) north west of Wormshill Church. [323] | ||||
Wormshill | Beddington (south) | Stood 4 furlongs (800 m) north west of Wormshill Church. [323] | ||||
Worth | Smock | 1769 | 1769 | Stood 4 furlongs (800 m) west south west of worth Church. Demolished c.1903. [324] | ||
Wrotham | Fry's Mill TQ 6283 5776 |
Smock [325] | 1800 [326] | Burnt down in 1906. [326] | ||
Wye | Wye Windmill | Smock | 1843 | Stood 2 furlongs (400 m) west south west of Wye Church. Demolished c.1920. Base standing in 1933, [327] demolished in 1960s. [328] |
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Notes | Image |
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Yalding | Rugmore (Rugmer) Hill Mill | Smock [329] | 1809 [329] | Stood 1 mile 4 furlongs (2.4 km) south east of Yalding Church. Standing in 1870s. [330] | ||
Yalding | Downs Farm Mill | Post | 1844 [331] | Stood 4 furlongs (800 m) north east of Yalding Church. Demolished c.1870. [332] | ||
Yalding | Claygate Mill [331] | 1847 [331] | 1847 [331] |
The maps quoted by date are:
Mills in bold are still standing, known building dates are indicated in bold.
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