A list of all windmills and windmill sites which lie in the current Ceremonial county of Essex.
Locations
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E
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G
H
I, K
L
M
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O, P
Q, R
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U, W
Locations formerly within Essex
- For windmills in Barking, Cranham, Dagenham, East Ham, Havering, Leyton, North Ockendon, Rainham, Romford, Upminster, Walthamstow, West Ham and Woodford see List of windmills in London.
- For windmills in Ickleton see List of windmills in Cambridgeshire.
- For windmills in Kedington see List of windmills in Suffolk.
Maps
- 1676 Seller (map of Hertfordshire)
- 1678 John Ogilby & William Morgan
- 1696 John Oliver
- 1700 Robert Morden & John Pask
- 1724 John Warburton, Joseph Bland & Payler Smith
- 1746 John Rocque
- 1749 Emanuel Bowen
- 1761 Thomas Kitchin
- 1757 Sparrow
- 1761 Kitchin
- 1776 John Andrews & Andrew Dury
- 1777 John Chapman & Peter André
- 1781 Carington Bowles
- 1799 J Woodward
- 1804 William Faden
- 1805 Ordnance Survey
- 1818 Christopher and John Greenwood (map of Middlesex)
- 1824 Christopher and John Greenwood
- 1840 Ordnance Survey
- 1844 Ordnance Survey
- 1893 Ordnance Survey
- 1903 Ordnance Survey
Notes
Unless otherwise stated, the source for all entries is the five volume Essex Windmills, Millers and Millwrights.
All mills are listed against the parish in which they were when built, which may not always be the parish with which they are most often associated. This affects-
- Sach's Mill, Cressing â listed under Rivenhall
- Billericay â listed under Great Burstead
- Oxley Green Mill, Tolleshunt d'Arcy â listed under Tolleshunt
- Virley Mill â listed under Tolleshunt
- Messing Maypole Mill, Tiptree under Tolleshunt Knights
References