List of watermills in the United Kingdom
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The use of water power in Britain was at its peak just before the Industrial Revolution. The need for power was great and steam power had not yet become established. It is estimated that at this time there were well in excess of ten thousand watermills in the country. Most of these were corn mills (to grind flour), but almost any industrial process needing motive power, beyond that available from the muscles of men or animals, used a water wheel, unless a wind mill was preferred.
Today only a fraction of these mills survive. Many are used as private residences, or have been converted into offices or flats. A small number have been preserved or restored as museums where the public can see the mill in operation.
This is a list of some of the surviving and demolished watermills and tide mills in the United Kingdom.
[edit] England
[edit] Berkshire
[edit] Buckinghamshire
[edit] Cambridgeshire
- Hinxton Mill, Hinxton
- Houghton Mill, Houghton
- Lode Watermill, Lode
- Sacrewell Mill, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
- Soham Mill, Soham
[edit] Cheshire
- Bunbury Mill, Bunbury
- Dunham Massey Sawmill, Altrincham
- Nether Alderley Mill, Macclesfield
- Quarry Bank Mill, Styal
- Stretton Watermill, Stretton
- Trafford Mill, Mickle Trafford, Chester
[edit] Cumbria
- Acorn Bank Mill, Penrith
- Boot Watermill, Eskdale Official Website
- Gleaston Watermill, Ulverston Official Website
- Heron Corn Mill, Milnthorpe Official Website
- Little Salkeld Watermill, Penrith Official Website
- Stott Park Bobbin Mill, Ulverston
[edit] Derbyshire
- Arkwrights Mill, Cromford
- Caudwells Mill, Rowsley
- Derby Silk Mill
- Masson Mill, Matlock Bath
- Stainsby Mill, Chesterfield
- Lumsdale Mills, Matlock
[edit] Devon
- Clyston Mill, Broadclyst
- Coldharbour Mill, Cullompton
- Docton Mill, Hartland
- Finch Foundry, Okehampton
- Manor Mill, Seaton
- Morwellham Quay, Tavistock
- Otterton Mill, Budleigh Salterton
[edit] Dorset
- Castleton Water Wheel Museum, Sherborne
- Mangerton Mill, Bridport
- Sturminster Newton Mill, Sturminster Newton
- Town Mill, Lyme Regis, Lyme Regis
- White Mill[disambiguation needed
], Sturminster Marshall - Upwey Mill, Weymouth
[edit] Durham
[edit] Essex
[edit] Gloucestershire
- Dean Heritage Centre, Cinderford
- Owlpen Manor, Gloucestershire, with bolting, cleaning and winnowing machinery, dated 1728
[edit] Hampshire
- Alderholt Mill, Fordingbridge
- Eling Tide Mill, Eling
- Headley Water Mill, Headley
- Longbridge Mill, Sherfield on Loddon
- Rooksbury Mill, Andover
- Whitchurch Silk Mill, Whitchurch
- Winchester City Mill, Winchester
[edit] Hertfordshire
[edit] Kent
- Wandle Mill, Benenden
- Crabble Corn Mill, Dover
- Haxted Watermill, near Edenbridge - now a Surrey mill. (Medway)
- Chart Gunpowder Mills, Faversham
- Hever Watermill, Hever (Medway)
- Hythe Watermill, Hythe
- Swanton Mill, Mersham (Stour)
- Periwinkle Mill, Milton Regis
- Ryarsh Mill, Ryarsh (Medway)
- Ashbourne Mill, Tenterden
- See also:-
[edit] Lancashire
[edit] Leicestershire
[edit] Lincolnshire
[edit] London
- Upper Mill, Carshalton
- Three Mills tide mill, Bromley by Bow
[edit] Norfolk
- Aldborough Watermill on Scarrow Beck
- Bolwick Hall Watermill on the Mermaid
- Congham Oil Mill near Congham
- Eade’s Watermill at Great Witchingham
- Gimingham Watermill on the River Mun
- Gresham Watermill, Gresham,
- Gunton Park Sawmill, Gunton Park, North Norfolk
- Heacham Watermill
- Hempstead Watermill
- Kettle Watermill in King’s Lynn
- Letheringsett Watermill, Holt
- Mundesley Watermill on the River Mun
- Narborough Bone Mill on the River Nar, West Norfolk
- Sheringham Watermill in North Norfolk
- Snettisham Watermill
- Weybourne Watermill
[edit] Northumberland
[edit] Nottinghamshire
- Cuckney Mill, Cuckney
- Fiskerton Mill, Fiskerton
- Ollerton Mill, Ollerton
- Rufford Mill, Rufford
- Warsop Mill, Warsop
[edit] Oxfordshire
- Combe Mill, Long Hanborough
- Goring Mill, Goring-on-Thames
- Mapledurham Watermill, Mapledurham
- The Mill at Sonning, Sonning Eye
[edit] Shropshire
[edit] Somerset
- Bishop's Lydeard Mill, Bishops Lydeard
- Burcott Mill, Burcott, Somerset
- Claverton Pumping Station, Claverton
- Combe House Hotel (originally a tannery) Holford
- Dunster_Working_Watermill, Dunster
- Gants Mill, Pitcombe
- Hornsbury Mill, Chard
- Saltford Brass Mill, Saltford
- Wookey Hole Paper Mill, Wells
[edit] Staffordshire
- Brindley Water Mill, Leek
- Cheddleton Flint Mill, Cheddleton
- Mosty Lea Mill, Stone
- Shugborough Estate Mill, Shugborough Hall, Stafford
[edit] Suffolk
- Flatford Mill, East Bergholt
- Alton Mill, Stowmarket
- Pakenham Watermill, Bury St Edmunds
- Woodbridge Tide Mill, Woodbridge
[edit] Surrey
- Cobham Watermill, Cobham
- Haxted Watermill, near Edenbridge (Medway)
- Shalford Mill, Guildford
- See also:-
[edit] Sussex, East
- Michelham Priory Mill, Hailsham
- Park Mill, Etchingham
- Tide Mills, Newhaven
- See also:-
[edit] Sussex, West
[edit] Tyne and Wear
[edit] Warwickshire
- Charlecote Mill, Stratford-upon-Avon
- New Hall Mill, Sutton Coldfield
- Sarehole Mill, Hall Green, Birmingham
- Wellesbourne Watermill, Wellesbourne
[edit] Wiltshire
[edit] Yorkshire, North
- Fountains Abbey Mill, Ripon
- Howsham Mill, Malton
- Pateley Bridge Watermill, Harrogate
- Raindale Mill, York
- Tocketts Mill, Guisborough
[edit] Yorkshire, South
- Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet, Sheffield
- Darley Mill Centre, Nidderdale
- Shepherd Wheel, Sheffield
- Wilsons of Sharrow, Sheffield
- Top Forge, Thurgoland
- Worsbrough Mill, Barnsley
[edit] Yorkshire, West
[edit] Worcestershire
[edit] Scotland
[edit] Aberdeenshire
[edit] Angus
[edit] Dumfries and Galloway
- New Abbey Mill, New Abbey,
[edit] East Ayrshire
- Aiket Mill, Dunlop
- Bloak Mill, Dunlop
- Busbie Mill, Knockentiber
- Dalmore Mill, Stair
- Kilmaurs Mill, Kilmaurs
- Ladeside Mill, Mauchline
- Laigh Milton Mill, Gatehead
- Lainshaw Mill, Stewarton
- Lambroch Mill, Stewarton
[edit] East Lothian
[edit] East Renfrewshire
Knowes Mill, Beith is in East Ayrshire NOT East Renfrewshire.
[edit] Lanarkshire
[edit] Orkney
[edit] North Ayrshire
- Bark Mill, Beith
- Cavan Mill, Auchentiber
- Coldstream Mill, Beith
- Craigmill, Dalry
- Cranshaw Mill, Kilmaurs
- Crevoch Mill, Dunlop
- Broadstone Mill, Barrmill
- Cunninghamhead Mill, Cunninghamhead
- Dalgarven Mill, Kilwinning
- Drumastle Mill, Dalry
- Drumbuie Mill, Barrmill
- Giffen Mill, Barrmill
- Giffordland Mill, Dalry
- Mill o'Beith, Beith
- Nethermill, Kilbirnie
- Perceton Mill, Irvine
[edit] Perthshire
[edit] Shetland
[edit] South Ayrshire
[edit] Moray
- Old Mills, Elgin
[edit] Western Isles
[edit] Northern Ireland
[edit] County Down
[edit] County Fermanagh
[edit] County Tyrone
[edit] Wales
[edit] Anglesey
[edit] Cardigan
[edit] Carmarthenshire
[edit] Ceredigion
- Dyfi Furnace
- Llywernog Silver Lead Mine Museum, Aberystwyth
- Rock Mill[disambiguation needed ], Llandysul
[edit] Glamorgan
- Gelligroes Mill, Caerphilly
- Cardiff: St Fagans - Working
- Y Felin Dolwys, Parkmill
- Melin Pontrhydycyff, Llangynwyd
[edit] Gwynedd
[edit] Pembrokeshire
- Carew Castle tide mill
- Pembroke tide mill
- St Dogmaels Fully working water mill
- Treffgarne Gorge Part working water mill
[edit] Powys
[edit] Channel Islands
[edit] Jersey
[edit] Isle of Man
[edit] See also
- List of windmills
- Windmill
- Windpump
- Tide Mill
- Martin Watts: Watermills, Shire Publications Ltd, UK, 2006
