List of windmills in West Sussex

For East Sussex, see List of windmills in East Sussex.

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

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Extant (red) and former (blue) windmills in West Sussex.
1 Angmering, 2 Arundel, 3 Barnham, 4 Boxgrove, 5 Clayton, 6 Durrington, 7 Earnley, 8 East Wittering, 9 Keymer, 10 Lowfield Heath, 11 Nutbourne, 12 Pagham, 13 Selsey, 14 Shipley, 15 Singleton, 16 Washington, 17 West Chiltington

Locations

A

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Aldingbourne
Aldingbourne
Amberley	Old Mill, Amberley	Tower
Angmering	Jerusalem Mill	Post[1]		1780[1]	Moved to Rustington, September 1848[1]
Angmering	Luck's Mill	Post		1813	Demolished July 1930
Angmering	Highdown New Mill Ecclesden Mill TQ 082 044	Tower		1826
Angmering	Preston Place Farm	Trestle with wind wheel		1853	1916[1]
Apuldram	Dell Quay Mill Tipper's Mill[2]	Post		1790	Demolished c. 1866. Roundhouse converted to residential use.
Arundel	Cement Mill			1864[3]	Standing c. 1915[3]
Arundel	Atfield's Mill	Post		c. 1824	Demolished December 1864.[4]
Arundel	South Marsh Mill TQ 013 063	Tower		1830	Windmill World
Ashington	Old Mill
Ashurst		Post		1789	Blown down December 1929

B

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Barnham				1230[5]	1683[5]
Barnham	Old Mill	Post		1762[5]	Blown down 11 October 1827[6]
Barnham	Feaver's Mill John Baker's Mill SU 968 039	Tower		1829	Windmill World
Billingshurst	Sprinks Mill Six Bells Inn Mill				Burnt down 5 November 1852
Billingshurst	Hammond's Mill TQ 092 260	Smock		1825	Blown down 1906[7] Windmill World
Birdham		Post	1724	1724	1724
Birdham		Smock		1927[7]	1939, gone by 1946
Bognor Regis[3]	Black Mill[3]	Tower[3]			Standing c. 1899[3]
Bolney		Smock		18th century[8]	19th century
Bosham	Old Mill
Boxgrove	Halnaker Mill SU 920 097	Tower		1740s	Windmill World
Bramber[7]				1778[7]	1779[7]
Burgess Hill		Post

C

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Chichester	St James's Mill
Chichester	Broyle Mill
Chichester	Broyle Mill (2nd mill)
Chichester	Portfield Mill
Chidham	Old Mill	Post
Clayton	Duncton Mill TQ 304 135	Post		1765	Demolished 1866 Windmill World
Clayton	Jill TQ 304 134	Post		1852	Windmill World
Clayton	Jack TQ 304 135	Tower		1866	Windmill World
Climping		Ilsham Manor[9]		1338[9]	1338[9]
Climping		Cudlow Manor[9]		1338[9]	1338[9]
Climping		Atherington Manor[9] Totsham Mill[9]		1378[9]	1485[9]
Climping	Clymping Mill[9]	Post		1780[9]	Replaced by smock mill, 1799
Climping	Clymping Mill TQ 015 013	Smock		1799	Demolished 1963 Windmill World
Coldwaltham	Watersfield Common	Éolienne Bollée
Coldwaltham	Watersfield Mill	Smock
Compton	Old Mill		1724	1724	1724
Cowfold	Monastery	Éolienne Bollée		1885[10]
Cowfold		Éolienne Bollée		1885[10]	Collapsed 1960s[10]
Cuckfield	Beech Farm Mill	Smock		1873	Demolished 1922
Cuckfield	Whiteman's Green Mill Whiteman's Cross Mill	Post			Demolished c. 1877
Cuckfield	Kennard's Mill

D – F

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Durrington	High Salvington Mill		1724	1615	1724
Durrington	High Salvington Mill TQ 123 067	Post		c. 1750	Windmill World
Durrington	Glynde windpump TQ 123 067	Hollow Post		2008
Earnley	Somerley Mill SZ 817 984	Smock		1803	Windmill World
East Wittering	East Wittering Mill SZ 797 973	Tower		1810
Fishbourne		Post		c. 1854[11]	Demolished 1898[11]
Felpham	Black Mill	Post[12]		1760[12]	Demolished December 1902[12]
Felpham	White Mill	Smock		1801[12]	Demolished 1879[12]
Ferring	John Olliver's Mill	Post		1750[13]	Blown down c. 1823[13]
Findon	Church Hill Mill[14]	Post[14]		1783[14]	1794[14]
Findon	Old Mill	Post[15]		1823[15]	1891[16]
Findon	Muntham[17]	Vertical axis mill		1794[17]	1795[17]
Fontwell	White Mill

G – H

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Goring-by-Sea	Goring Mill		1724	1724	1724 – Actually 'Heene Mill' as the Budgeon Map of 1724 shows it east of the Hundred boundary.
Harting			1724	1724	1724
Haywards Heath	Church Field Mill
Henfield	Old Mill Neptown Mill[18]	Post		1724[19]	Blown down 1908[19]
Henfield	New Mill Barringer's Mill[18]	Post		1844[18]	Burnt 1954[18]
Highbrook	Hammingden Mill	Smock		1830	Moved to Newhaven 1844
Horsham	Wimblehurst Mill
Horsham	Champion's Mill
Horsham	Warnham Mill
Horsham	Compton Mill
Horsham	Roffey Mill
Horsham	Southwater Mill Cripplegate Mill[20]	Smock		1810[21]	Burnt down 1914
Hunston	Kipson Bank Mill TQ 858 008	Smock	1813	1801	Demolished 1919 Windmill World

I – L

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Ifield		Post		c. 1870	Demolished 1899
Keymer	Oldland Mill TQ 321 162	Post		1703	Windmill World
Kirdford[12]	Kirdford Mill[12]	Post[12]		1770s[12]	Moved to Coolham c. 1800[12]
Lancing	Hoe Court[22]			1276[22]	1277[22]
Lancing	Lancing Down Mill	Post		16th century[22]	1592[22]
Lancing	Lancing Down Mill	Post		1750	Demolished 1905[22]
Lindfield[7]
Littlehampton	Cudlow Mill Arun Mill[7]	Post			Moved to Fishbourne c 1854[11]
Littlehampton	Arun Mill	Tower
Littleworth	Jolesfield Mill				used for corn. In use 1890s but disused by 1911 as per contemporary Ordnance Survey maps. Windmill PH nearby – still on main road through village
Littlehampton	Toddington Mill[7]
Lowfield Heath	Lowfield Heath Mill TQ 270 398	Post	1762 1777 1789 1823*	1762	Dismantled June 1987, re-erected at Charlwood, Surrey 1989
Lyminster	Brookfield Mill
Lyminster	Toddington Mill

N – P

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Northchapel	Old Mill
North Stoke		Post
Nutbourne	Nutbourne Mill TQ 078 189	Tower		1854	Windmill World
Nutbourne
Oving			1291[23]	1291[23]
Oving	Old Mill				Burnt down 19th century[23]
Pagham		Post
Pagham	Nyetimber Mill SZ 892 988	Tower		1840s	Windmill World
Petworth	Old Mill
Plaistow	Pullen's Mill
Pulborough	Heath Mill
Pulborough	Pulborough Mill
Pulborough	Waterfield Mill	Post			Demolished 1869

R – S

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Rudgwick	Rudgwick Mill
Rudgwick	Honey Lane Mill
Rusper	Old Mill	Smock
Rustington	Bridge Mill		Post[12]	1855[12]	1894[12]
Rustington	Sea Field Mill	Post[12]		1805[12]	Demolished 1910[12]
Rustington	Rustington Mill			1848[1]	Moved to Fishbourne, October 1857
Selham	Moorland Farm Mill
Selsey		Post		1783	Replaced by tower mill, c. 1827
Selsey	Medmerry Mill SZ 844 934	Tower		c. 1827	Windmill World
Shipley	Honeypoles Mill
Shipley	King's Mill TQ 143 218	Smock		1879	Windmill World
Shipley	Coolham Mill	Post
Shoreham	Good Friday Mill	Post		c. 1764	Burnt down 1899
Shoreham	Old Mill
Shoreham	Town Mill	Post
Shoreham	Shripney Mill
Singleton	Westham windpump SU 874 128	Hollow post		1975	Windmill World
Slindon	Slindon Mill	Post
Sompting	pumping mill
Southwick	Southwick Mill	Smock
Southwick	Cement Mill
Steyning		Post
Storrington	Botting's Mill	Post
Storrington	Kithurst Mill[24] Black Mill[24] Box Mill[24]	Post		1750[24]	Demolished 1923[24]
Storrington	Storrington Mill	Post		1820[24]
Sullington	Sullington Mill Warren Mill Crowhurst's Mill	Post		1800	Burnt down 9 August 1911,[25] windshaft remains on site
Sullington		Post

T – W

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Twineham	Hooker's mill	Hollow post		c. 1865	Demolished 1900
Upmarden	Haslet Mill			1581[26]	1593[26]
Upmarden	Upmarden Mill Apple Down Mill
Upper Beeding				1384[27]	1700[27]
Upper Beeding		Post		1779[7]	1875, gone by 1896[27]
Walberton	Avisford Hill Mill	Post
Walberton	Short's Mill	Smock		c. 1820	Demolished c. 1896
Washington	Rock Mill TQ 128 137	Smock		1823	Windmill World
West Ashling (Funtington)	Hackett's Mill	Hollow Post		c. 1868	Demolished 1955
West Chiltington	Meeten's Mill TQ 085 181	Smock		1838	Windmill World
West Dean	Binderton Rook Mill Rook Bindert's Mill		1724	1724	1724
West Dean		Two Titt iron wind engines		1898[28]
West Grinstead	Littleworth Mill Jolesfield Mill	Smock	1813	1788	Demolished 1959, tower re-erected at Gatwick Manor, Crawley. Intended reconstruction but never completed as a windmill. Surviving machinery now exhibited at Lowfield Heath Mill.
West Hoathly	Selsfield Common Mill	Smock
Wisborough Green	Amblehurst Mill
Wisborough Green	Champion's Mill	Smock		1820	Demolished 1915
Worth	Effingham Mill
Worth	Crawley Down Mill
Worthing	Heene			1279[29]	1279[29]
Worthing	Heene Mill			1650[29]	1750s[29]
Worthing	Heene Mill	Post		1825[12]	Demolished June 1903[12]
Worthing	Cross Street Mill Isted's Mill Teville Mill[30]	Post		1807[30]	Moved to new site (Sea Mill) 1881[30]
Worthing	Sea Mill	Post		1881[30]
Worthing	East Mill Navarino North Mill Hide's Mill[30]	Smock	1813	1813	Demolished 1902
Worthing	Navarino South Mill	Tower		c. 1829	Demolished c. 1910
Worthing	Cissbury Mill Ballard's Mill[31] Offington Mill[31] Broadwater Mill[31]	Post		1780[12]	Demolished c. 1914[12]
Worthing	pumping mill

Sources

Unless stated otherwise, the source for all entries is Brunnarius, Martin (1979). The Windmills of Sussex. Chichester: Philimore. ISBN 0-85033-345-8. or Hemming, Peter (1936). Windmills in Sussex. London: C W Daniel. Online version

Maps

• 1596 Robert Morden
• 1724 Richard Budgen
• 1762 John Rocque^[32]
• 1777 Andrews & Drury^[32]
• 1789 Lindley & Crossley^[32]
• 1795 Gardner & Gream
• 1813 Ordnance Survey
• 1823 C & G Greenwood
• 1823^* Bryant^[32]

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20. Allegedly moved from Cripplegate, City of London, but no definite evidence of a mill there after 1601.
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32. Map of Surrey