List of windmills in Bedfordshire is located in Bedfordshire
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Extant windmills in Bedfordshire.
Sharnbrook, 2 Shefford, 3 Stanbridge, 4 Stevington, 5 Thurleigh, 6 Upper Dean

A list of all windmills and windmill sites which lie in the current ceremonial county of Bedfordshire.

Locations

Location Name of mill and
grid reference 		Type Maps First mention
or built 		Last mention
or demise 		Photograph
Apsley Guise Post Demolished c. 1900
Barton-in-the-Clay Barton Mill
TL 0806 2949 		Post 1831 1851
Bedford Mill Street 1842 Burnt down February 1844
Biggleswade Franklin's Tower
The Steam Mill
TL 189 440 		Tower 1860 Demolished 1966
Biscot Smock
Bolnhurst Post
Colmworth Post
Cranfield Cranfield Windmill
SP 960 429 		tower Demolished 1966
Dunstable TL 014 218 Tower Late 18th or early 19th century[1] Windmill World
Dunstable TL 013 221
Dunstable TL 001 208
Flitwick Standing 1880s
Flitwick Smock c. 1850 Burnt down 9 November 1903
Great Barford Smock 1835 Demolished 1907
Henlow Smock 1819[2] Demolished 1935
Houghton Conquest Post Demolished 1830s
Houghton Conquest Houghton Conquest Mill
TL 047 423 		Tower 1830s Windmill World
Houghton Regis Smock Replaced by tower mill
Houghton Regis Tower 18th century[2]
Hulcote Hulcote Windmill
SP 949 382 		Tower 19th century[2] Demolished c. 1880, machinery to Spaldwick Mill, Huntingdonshire
Windmill World
Husbourne Crawley Pug Mill Vertical axis 1820 Demolished c. 1840
Keysoe Post c. 1800 Blown down 1948
Leighton Buzzard 1212 1212
Leighton Buzzard Flemmon's Mill Post Moved to Whipsnade 1860
Leighton Buzzard Beaudesert Mill tower Early 19th century Demolished 1890s
Lower Dean Post 1620[3] Collapsed 20 December 1959[2]
Lower Dean Post 1765 1762 Rebuilt 1834
Lower Dean TL 041 698 Post 1834 Collapsed 1959
Windmill World
Luton Biscot Windmill Post Burnt down 1841
Luton Biscot Windmill Smock 1842 Demolished 1938
Markyate TL 056 186 Post[4] 1222[4] 1222[4]
Markyate Caddington Mill[4]
TL 056 186 		Post[4] c. 1810[4] Blown down c. 1815[4]
Potton Post 1840s 1853
Potton TL 213 498 Tower Demolished 1955
Windmill World
Riseley Post Standing 1936
Riseley Smock
Sharnbrook Sharnbrook Windmill
SP 998 593 		Tower Windmill World
Shefford Shefford Windmill
TL 149 395 		Tower Windmill World
Stanbridge Stanbridge Windmill
SP 962 245 		Tower 1800 Windmill World
Stevington Stevington Windmill
SP 992 528 		Post c. 1770 Windmill World
Sundon Post Moved to Toddington 1847
Thurleigh Thurleigh Windmill
TL 047 582 		Tower 1890[5] Windmill World
Toddington Post Demolished c. 1845
Toddington Post 1847 Blown down 1880s
Totternhoe Post
Totternhoe Doolittle Windmill
SP 990 202 		Tower c. 1820 Windmill World
Upper Dean Upper Dean Windmill
TL 041 682 		Tower 1856[6] Windmill World
Whipsnade Post 1860 Demolished 1877
Woburn Woburn Windmill
SP 941 329 		Smock Demolished 1805
Windmill World
Yelden Post Burnt down October 1877

Locations formerly within Bedfordshire

For windmills in Eaton Socon see List of windmills in Cambridgeshire.

Sources

Unless stated otherwise, the source for all entries is Howes, Hugh (1983). Bedfordshire Mills. Bedford: Bedfordshire County Council. ISBN 0-907041-06-X.

Maps

Notes

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

References

  1. ^ Historic England. "WINDMILL, WEST STREET (north side), DUNSTABLE, SOUTH BEDFORDSHIRE, BEDFORDSHIRE (1146443)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 2008-11-02.
  2. ^ a b c d "Bedfordshire". UK Windmills. Retrieved 2008-11-02.
  3. ^ "Nether Dean Mill on Shadbolt Hill". Stodden. Retrieved 2008-11-02.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g Moore, Cyril (1999). Hertfordshire Windmills and Windmillers. Sawbridgeworth: Windsup Publishing. ISBN 0-9533861-0-4.
  5. ^ Historic England. "WINDMILL, MILL HILL, THURLEIGH, BEDFORD, BEDFORDSHIRE (1114126)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 2008-11-02.
  6. ^ "Bedfordshire". UK Windmills. Retrieved 2008-11-02.
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