List of windmills in Cornwall

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates A list of windmills in Cornwall, including those in the Isles of Scilly.

Cornwall

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Budock	Arwenack Manor	Sunk post
Budock	Arwenack Manor	Post		1580	1580
Budock	Pendennis Castle		1693	1660s	Ruin by 1715
Callington	Kit Hill Mill			1848	1848
Fowey		Post		1296	1314, later replaced by tower mill
Fowey	Treffry's Mill Treffy Mill	Tower	1675 1690 1748	1564	Converted to folly 19th century Windmill World
Fowey	Coombe Mill	Post		1314	1314, later replaced by a tower mill
Fowey	Coombe Mill	Tower	1690	1690	1690
Gerrans	Tregassa Mill		1748	1588	1748
Gerrans	Rostreage Mill				Demolished c. 1824
Gwinear	Relistian Mill			1686	Mentioned in a letter from George Bere junior to Sir John Arundell, dated 29 Nov 1686, Relistian windmill is burnt to the ground, supposed to take fire of itself in working with a very strong wind.
Landewednack	Landewednack Mill Mount Herman Mill	Tower		1695	Windmill World
Lanteglos by Fowey				1322	In ruins by 1349
Lanteglos by Fowey				1576	Demolished by 1594
Lanteglos by Fowey				1594	1702
Launcells	Raggett Mill			1684	1809
Launceston				1391	1393, possibly survived as late as 1512
Looe					Derelict by 1823
Madron	Ding Dong Mine			1797
Maker	Empacombe Mill	Tower		1729	Windmill World	File:Empacombe Mill, Maker.jpg
Manaccan					Demolished c. 1816
Marazion				1342	1342
Marazion	Mounts Bay			c. 1820	c. 1820
Morwenstow	Tonacombe		1748	1727	1748
Padstow	Trevone Mill	Tower		17th century	Converted to water tower 20th century Windmill World
Padstow				1455	1458
Padstow			1675 1748	1537	1748
Par	Trenython, Par Station	Two Titt iron wind engines		1894
Philleigh	Treworthal Mill		1675 1748	1654	1753
St Agnes				1824	1824
St Austell				1752	1752
St Columb Minor	Trenance			1696	1696
St Gennys			1748	1649	1748
St Ives	Eathorne's Mill			1732	1883
St Just in Penwith	Wheal Whidden	Vertical axle mill		1849	1849
St Just in Penwith	Bollowall Farm	Wind wheel			1910, gone by 1920
St Just in Roseland	Trevennal Mill	Post		1560	1695
St Just in Roseland	Trevennal Mill	Tower	1810	1695
St Mawgan in Meneage	Cruge Weith			1585	1585
St Merryn	Trehemborne Farm	Tower		Mid-17th century
St Minver	Shalders' Mill	Tower		1833	1840
St Minver	Carlyon Hill Mill	Tower	1748 1813 1827	c. 1690	Windmill World	File:Carlyon Hill Mill, St Minver.jpg
Week St Mary	Creddacott			1305	1305
Wendron				1690s	1690s

Isles of Scilly

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Scilly	Mill belonging to Ranulf Blanchminster, lord of the manor of Scilly				In ruins by 1348
St Mary's	Star Castle (two mills)	Tower		1593	In ruins by 1732
St Mary's	Penninis Head	Tower		1726	1783, out of use by 1796, later converted to observation tower - "Rowel's Tower"
St Mary's	Spanish Mill	Tower		1820	Working late 19th century	File:Spanish Mill, St Mary's.jpg

Maps

• 1675 John Ogilby
• 1690 Collins
• 1693 Collins
• 1748 Martyn
• 1810 Ordnance Survey
• 1827 C & J Greenwood

See also

• List of farms in Cornwall

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 stated, the source for all entries is