Windmills of Bedfordshire


Surviving windmills

# photo id name location geo type condition photos
1 no image #2259 . Dunstable NGR: TL014218
(51.88544,-0.5273) OS map + aerial, Google Maps Aerial - Dual Google & Bing Maps
tower used as Sea Cadets headquarters 0
2 #2262 . Houghton Conquest NGR: TL047423
(52.06897,-0.4734) OS map + aerial, Google Maps Aerial - Dual Google & Bing Maps
tower derelict 2
3 no image #1714 . Hulcote NGR: SP948382
(52.03417,-0.6269) OS map + aerial, Google Maps Aerial - Dual Google & Bing Maps
tower truncated, house converted 0
4 no image #2261 . Lower Dean NGR: TL041698
(52.31606,-0.4742) OS map + aerial, Google Maps Aerial - Dual Google & Bing Maps
composite collapsed 1959, and roundhouse reduced to 1 storey around 1969, now ruinous 0
5 no image #2292 . Potton NGR: TL213498
(52.13333,-0.2291) OS map + aerial, Google Maps Aerial - Dual Google & Bing Maps
tower derelict 0
6 #1723 . Sharnbrook NGR: SP998593
(52.22302,-0.5407) OS map + aerial, Google Maps Aerial - Dual Google & Bing Maps
tower converted to observation tower 0
7 no image #2278 . Shefford NGR: TL149395
(52.04176,-0.3252) OS map + aerial, Google Maps Aerial - Dual Google & Bing Maps
tower . 0
8 no image #1717 . Stanbridge NGR: SP962245
(51.91095,-0.6021) OS map + aerial, Google Maps Aerial - Dual Google & Bing Maps
tower house converted 1
9 #2480 . Stevington NGR: SP992528
(52.16423,-0.5512) OS map + aerial, Google Maps Aerial - Dual Google & Bing Maps
post restored 222
10 #2263 . Thurleigh NGR: TL047582
(52.21200,-0.4679) OS map + aerial, Google Maps Aerial - Dual Google & Bing Maps
tower recently house converted 13
11 no image #1722 Doolittle Totternhoe NGR: SP990202
(51.87136,-0.5632) OS map + aerial, Google Maps Aerial - Dual Google & Bing Maps
tower Windmill which also utilized water power. Undergoing restoration. 2
12 no image #2260 . Upper Dean NGR: TL041682
(52.30153,-0.4755) OS map + aerial, Google Maps Aerial - Dual Google & Bing Maps
tower . 4
13 no image #1712 . Woburn NGR: SP941329
(51.98656,-0.6317) OS map + aerial, Google Maps Aerial - Dual Google & Bing Maps
smock base remains 0

Historical locations

Biscott Windmill, Luton #2269

NGR: TL079231
(51.89515,-0.4320) OS map + aerial, Google Maps Aerial - Dual Google & Bing Maps

Biscot Mill: smock

Entry in Mills Archive - #2269 (login required)

Entries in photo archives:
[English Heritage] [pastscape]
Details from the English Windmills Photographic Register by Guy Blythman
Biscot, smock mill
Photos: (1) Major & Watts (a) w/o with 2 sails
[Search Muggeridge Collection]

Cranfield Windmill, Cranfield #1716

NGR: SP960429
(52.07533,-0.5994) OS map + aerial, Google Maps Aerial - Dual Google & Bing Maps

tower

Entry in Mills Archive - #1716 (login required)

Entries in photo archives:
[English Heritage]
Details from the English Windmills Photographic Register by Guy Blythman
tower mill
Photos: (1) Howes (a) w/o (b) derelict with cap and one sail, shortly before demolition in 1966 (2) Elliott (a) w/o with 2 sails, 1930 (3) NMR (a) derelict with 2 sails (4) UOK (MC) (a) derelict with fan and 2 sails (one breaking away), July 1933
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Houghton Regis #2258

NGR: TL012238
(51.90270,-0.5292) OS map + aerial, Google Maps Aerial - Dual Google & Bing Maps

tower - Stood truncated and derelict for many years. Demolished a few years ago when farmland around was built upon. No trace remains.

[news of destruction]

Entry in Mills Archive - #2258 (login required)

Entries in photo archives:
[UKMills]
Details from the English Windmills Photographic Register by Guy Blythman
tower mill
Photos: (1) A C Smith (WIB) (a) surviving base with water tank on top, August 1970 (2) NMR (a-c) as Smith (3) Elliott (a) w/o, c1909 (4) UOK (MC) (a) stump with water tank, August 1936
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Riseley #2264

NGR: TL053644
(52.26692,-0.4570) OS map + aerial, Google Maps Aerial - Dual Google & Bing Maps

post

Entry in Mills Archive - #2264 (login required)

Entries in photo archives:
[English Heritage]
Details from the English Windmills Photographic Register by Guy Blythman
post mill
Photos: (1) Howes (a) derelict with 2 sails, 1936
[Search Muggeridge Collection]


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