List of windmills in Oxfordshire is located in Oxfordshire
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Extant windmills in Oxfordshire.
1 Blackthorn, 2 Bloxham Grove, 3 Chinnor, 4 Great Haseley, 5 North Leigh, 6 Wardington, 7 Wheatley

This is a list of windmills in the ceremonial county of Oxfordshire, England.

Locations

Location Name of mill and
grid reference 		Type Maps First mention
or built 		Last mention
or demise 		Photograph
Adderbury SP 495 343 1675
1715 		1675 1715
Adderbury 1675 1675 1675
Alkerton 1715 1715 1715
Arncott Arncott Mill
SP 614 172 		Post 1849 Collapsed 1950
Windmill World
Banbury Easington
SP 457 398 		Post 1675
1715 		1675 Demolished early 18th century
Banbury Broughton Road
SP 441 391 		Post 1675 1675 Demolished 1823
Banbury Berry Moor Mill
SP 441 391 		c. 1820 1832
Beckley Lord's Mill
Approximately
SP 566 106 		13th century 17th century
Bicester 1285 1285
Bicester Buckingham Road
SP 584 236 		1675 1675 1675
Bicester Middleton Road
SP 565 225 		1675 1675 Blown down 1881
Blackthorn West Mill
SP 612 205 		Tower Standing in 1943,[1] later truncated
Windmill World
Blackthorn East Mill
SP 612 205 		Tower 18th century[2] Windmill World
Bloxham 1715 1715 1715
Bloxham Bloxham Grove Mill
SP 456 367 		Post 1865 Windmill World
Charlton on Otmoor SP 567 164 Post 1610 1905
Cropredy 1719 Moved to Avon Dassett, Warwickshire 1725
Chinnor Wain Hill 1249 1249
Chinnor Chinnor Mill
SP 750 010 		Post 1789 Dismantled 1965
Chinnor Chinnor Mill
SP 749 010 		Post 2009[3] Windmill World
Chipping Norton Chipping Norton Mill
SP 318 272 		Post 19th Century 19th Century
Clanfield Clanfield Mill
SP 283 019 		Tower Standing in 1900
Deddington Deddington Mill
SP 456 318 		1823 1615 1823
Epwell Epwell Mill
SP 350 408 		Tower 1675 1675 1912
Faringdon Faringdon Mill
SU 293 955 		Tower 1876 1876
Garsington 1308 1308
Goring By the weir 1538 1538
Great Hasely Milton Common Mill
SP 638 026 		Tower 1760 Windmill World
Great Milton Great Milton Mill
SP 617 030 		Post 1820 1820 Demolished 1910
Headington SP 549 065 1303 1303
Headington Eastern mill of the pair
SP 549 065 		Tower 1823 18th century
Headington Western mill of the pair
SP 557 076 		Post 1823 1771 1823
Henley-on-Thames Mill Hill Mill
SU 755 810 		1715 1715 1715
Holton Approximately
SP 610 058 		1794 1794 1794
Hook Norton SP 365 356
Hornton SP 389 449 Tower 1787 Standing in 1933[1]
Ledwell SP 411 285 1675*
1715 		1675 1715, gone by 1793
Lewknor Postcombe Mill 16th century 17th century
Lewknor Windmill Knapp 16th century 17th century
Little Milton Little Milton Mill
SP 618 020 		Tower Demolished 1910
Little Rollright Little Rollright Mill
Approximately
SP 291 304 		Post Gone by 1705
Little Rollright Little Rollright Mill
Approximately
SP 291 304 		Post 1705
Lower Assendon Titt iron wind engine Standing in 1977
Milcombe Milcombe Mill
SP 410 338 		Post
Mollington Mollington Mill
SP 444 474 		1545 1797
Nettlebed Nettlebed Mill
SU 702 873 		1675 1675 1675
Nettlebed Nettlebed Mill
SU 702 873 		Smock 1825 Burnt down 1912
North Leigh North Leigh Mill
SP 3865 1292 		Tower 18th century[4] Windmill World
Osney Osney Abbey c. 1189[5]
Oxford Holywell Mill Post 1660 1660
Salford SP 292 276 1794 1794 Demolished 1878
Sibford Gower 17th century 17th century
South Newington 1715 1715 1715
South Weston South Weston Mill
SU 703 990 		Smock 1676 Demolished in 1919
Stanton St John Stanton St Joh Mill
Approximately
SP 568 085 		1766 1766 1766
Stokenchurch[6] Stokenchurch Mill
SU 751 966 		1675 1675 1675
Stokenchurch Stokenchurch Mill
SU 751 966 		Post 1736 Collapsed 1926[7]
Stoke Row Stoke Row Mill
SU 685 840 		1821 1838
Stonesfield Stonesfield Mill
SP 391 170 		Tower Standing in 1900
Studley 1339 1339
Studley 1823 1823 1823
Sydenham Sydenham Mill
Approximately
SP 735 035 		1715
1794 		1715 1794, moved to Stone, Buckinghamshire in 1801
Thame Thame Mill
SP 705053 		1594 1594
Thame Tower Early 17th century 1797
Tower 1797 1880
Towersey Towersey Mill
SP 733 062
Wardington Wardington Mill
SP 488 476 		Tower[7] 1715 1715 Windmill World
Waterstock Waterstock Mill
SP635 055 		1676
1715 		1676 1715
Watlington Watlington Mill
SU 073 952 		Smock Moved to Nettlebed 1825
Wheatley Post Blown down 1767
Wheatley Post 1675
1715
1823 		1673 Burnt down c. 1876
Wheatley Wheatley Windmill, Wheatley, Oxfordshire
SP 589 053 		Tower 1823 1784 Windmill World
Wheatley Windmill Restoration Society
Wykham 1675 1653 1688, gone by 1746

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.

Sources

Unless otherwise indicated, the source for all entries is Foreman, Wilfred (1983). Oxfordshire Mills. Chichester: Phillimore. ISBN 0-85033-441-1.

References

  1. ^ a b "Oxfordshire". University of Kent at Canterbury. Retrieved 24 May 2009.
  2. ^ Historic England. "BLACKTHORN HILL WINDMILL, A41 (north side), BLACKTHORN, CHERWELL, OXFORDSHIRE (1300884)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 24 May 2009.
  3. ^ Hopefully!
  4. ^ Historic England. "WINDMILL AT SP 3865 1292, PARK ROAD (south side), NORTH LEIGH, WEST OXFORDSHIRE, OXFORDSHIRE (1283519)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 24 May 2009.
  5. ^ Gregory, Roy (1985). East Yorkshire Windmills. Cheddar: Charles Skilton Ltd. p. 15. ISBN 0-284-98721-2.
  6. ^ Now in Buckinghamshire
  7. ^ a b Wailes, Rex (1954). The English Windmill. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. pp. 86, Plate XXIIIc.
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