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Windmills of Bedfordshire


Surviving windmills

1 no image #2259 - Dunstable NGR: TL014218
(51.88544,-0.5273) OS map + aerial, Google Map + Virtual Earth
tower used as Sea Cadets headquarters
2 #2262 - Houghton Conquest NGR: TL047423
(52.06897,-0.4734) OS map + aerial, Google Map + Virtual Earth
tower derelict
3 no image #1714 - Hulcote NGR: SP948382
(52.03417,-0.6269) OS map + aerial, Google Map + Virtual Earth
tower truncated, house converted
4 no image #2261 - Lower Dean NGR: TL041698
(52.31606,-0.4742) OS map + aerial, Google Map + Virtual Earth
composite collapsed 1959, and roundhouse reduced to 1 storey around 1969, now ruinous
5 no image #2292 - Potton NGR: TL213498
(52.13333,-0.2291) OS map + aerial, Google Map + Virtual Earth
tower derelict
6 #1723 - Sharnbrook NGR: SP998593
(52.22302,-0.5407) OS map + aerial, Google Map + Virtual Earth
tower converted to observation tower
7 no image #2278 - Shefford NGR: TL149395
(52.04176,-0.3252) OS map + aerial, Google Map + Virtual Earth
tower -
8 no image #1717 - Stanbridge NGR: SP962245
(51.91095,-0.6021) OS map + aerial, Google Map + Virtual Earth
tower house converted
9 #2480 - Stevington NGR: SP992528
(52.16423,-0.5512) OS map + aerial, Google Map + Virtual Earth
post restored
10 #2263 - Thurleigh NGR: TL047582
(52.21200,-0.4679) OS map + aerial, Google Map + Virtual Earth
tower recently house converted
11 no image #1722 Doolittle Totternhoe NGR: SP990202
(51.87134,-0.5631) OS map + aerial, Google Map + Virtual Earth
tower Windmill which also utilized water power. Undergoing restoration.
12 no image #2260 - Upper Dean NGR: TL041682
(52.30153,-0.4755) OS map + aerial, Google Map + Virtual Earth
tower -
13 no image #1712 - Woburn NGR: SP941329
(51.98658,-0.6317) OS map + aerial, Google Map + Virtual Earth
smock base remains


Historical locations

Biscott Windmill, Luton #2269

NGR: TL079231
(51.89515,-0.4320) OS map + aerial, Google Map + Virtual Earth

Biscot Mill: smock

Entry in Mills Archive - #2269 (login required)

Entries in photo archives: [English Heritage] [pastscape]

Cranfield Windmill, Cranfield #1716

NGR: SP960429
(52.07533,-0.5994) OS map + aerial, Google Map + Virtual Earth

tower

Entry in Mills Archive - #1716 (login required)

Entries in photo archives: [English Heritage]

Houghton Regis #2258

NGR: TL012238
(51.90270,-0.5292) OS map + aerial, Google Map + Virtual Earth

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]

Riseley #2264

NGR: TL053644
(52.26692,-0.4570) OS map + aerial, Google Map + Virtual Earth

post

Entry in Mills Archive - #2264 (login required)

Entries in photo archives: [English Heritage]


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