Windmills of West Midlands 🌍


Surviving mills

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#1573   Coseley Tower mill  
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#extra11 Eve Hill Dudley tower mill just some remains of the tower and chimney foundations
(52.51517,-2.0990)
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#1571   Kingswinford Tower mill  
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#1588   Packwood Tower mill  
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#1572 Ruiton Mill Sedgley Tower mill Used as HQ for Dudley Caving Club
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#1570   Tettenhall Tower mill  
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#1576   Walsall Tower mill  
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#1569   Wrottesley Tower mill house converted

Historical locations

Bilston

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Birmingham Heath

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Aris's Birmingham Gazette, 15 January 1849

TO MILLERS, MILLWRIGHTS, AND OTHERS.
To be SOLD by AUCTION, by Messrs. CHESSHIRE and SON, on Wednesday next the 17th of January, upon the premises at Birmingham Heath, near to Biddle's Glass House, in consequence of the Land being required for the New Workhouse - a six-horse power STEAM-ENGINE, with Boiler, driving one pair of stones and other machinery; a WINDMILL, built with English oak, driving two pairs of stones, Machinery, Building Materials, and other effects; to be particularized in the hand-bills.
The sale to commence at eleven o'clock.

Four Ashes, Wolverhampton

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Aris's Birmingham Gazette, 14 January 1771

To be Sold to the best Bidder, at the House of John Wood, at the Sign of the Woolpack in the Corn-Market, Wolverhampton, on Tuesday the 5th Day of February next, between the Hours of Three and Six o'Clock in the Evening, A new erected large compleat Freehold Windmill (with a Lease of a Piece of Land adjoining, situate at the Four Ashes in Wolverhampton in the County of Stafford,) with all the Appurtenances thereto belonging, particularly a small Dwelling, a two Stall Stable, with a Hay-loft, and an excellent Pigsty built all with Brick, sufficient to keep twenty Pigs, and now let at the yearly Rent of Forty Pounds, the same is capable of grinding and dressing as much Corn as any Windmill in England. - The Miller will shew the Premises. For further Particulars enquire of Mr. Thomas Pitt in Lichfield-Street, in Wolverhampton aforesaid.

Wolverhampton

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Aris's Birmingham Gazette, 14 January 1788

January 12, 1787.
To be Let, and may be entered upon immediately, a strong powerful WIND-MILL, with two Pair of exceeding good Mill-stones therein (one Pair of French and the other Welch) with House, Stable, &c. and also about two Acres of exceeding rich Land thereunto belonging, situate within one Mile of Wolverhampton, near the Turnpike Road leading from Wolverhampton to Stourbridge.- For Particulars enquire of Mary Richards, adjoining the Premises.
N.B. This Advertisement will not be continued.


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