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Ceremonial counties of England

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of Wiltshire

Wiltshire

Wiltshire is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset, Somerset, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire. It contains the unitary authority of Swindon and covers...

Locations

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise
Aldbourne Aldbourne Aldbourne is a village and civil parish about northeast of Marlborough in Wiltshire, England. It is in a valley in the south slope of the Lambourn Downs, part of the North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty...				1311	1311
Aldbourne					Demolished 1900
Amesbury Amesbury Amesbury is a town and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. It is most famous for the prehistoric monument of Stonehenge which is in its parish, and for the discovery of the Amesbury Archer—dubbed the King of Stonehenge in the press—in 2002...	Amesbury Junction	Titt iron wind engine John Wallis Titt John Wallis Titt was a late nineteenth-century mechanical engineer and builder of a particular design of large wind engine.-Early life:...
Boyton Boyton, Wiltshire Boyton is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 179, including the village of Corton, which forms part of the parish of Boyton.-Location:...		Titt iron wind engine John Wallis Titt John Wallis Titt was a late nineteenth-century mechanical engineer and builder of a particular design of large wind engine.-Early life:...		1894
Burderop	Burderop Estate	Titt iron wind engine John Wallis Titt John Wallis Titt was a late nineteenth-century mechanical engineer and builder of a particular design of large wind engine.-Early life:...		1899
Bradford on Avon Bradford on Avon Bradford on Avon is a town in west Wiltshire, England with a population of about 9,326. The town's canal, historic buildings, shops, pubs and restaurants make it popular with tourists....	Bradford Mill	Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind....		1808	Cap and sails blown off c1818 Windmill World
Calne Calne Calne is a town in Wiltshire, southwestern England. It is situated at the northwestern extremity of the North Wessex Downs hill range, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty....	Bowood House Bowood House Bowood is a grade I listed Georgian country house with interiors by Robert Adam and a garden designed by Lancelot "Capability" Brown. It is adjacent to the village of Derry Hill, halfway between Calne and Chippenham in Wiltshire, England...	Titt iron wind engine John Wallis Titt John Wallis Titt was a late nineteenth-century mechanical engineer and builder of a particular design of large wind engine.-Early life:...		1900
Chiseldon Chiseldon Chiseldon is a village in the borough of Swindon, Wiltshire, England.The village lies on the edge of the Marlborough Downs, a mile south of junction 15 of the M4 motorway, on the A346 between Swindon and Marlborough...	Saxon Mill	Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind....		Early to Mid C19th	Dismantled, moved to Swindon Windmill World
Chitterne Chitterne Chitterne is a village and parish in the County of Wiltshire, in the south west of England. The village lies in the middle of Salisbury Plain, to the south of the abandoned village of Imber...	Elm Farm Mill	Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have...		1841	1841
Chute Chute, Wiltshire Chute is a civil parish in Wiltshire, England. It includes the main village of Upper Chute and the smaller settlements of Lower Chute, Chute Standen, Chute Cadley and Chute Forest....				1305	c1331
Chute			1773	1773	Demolished 1930s
Clyffe Pypard Clyffe Pypard Clyffe Pypard is a village and civil parish about south of Wootton Bassett in North Wiltshire.The parish includes the hamlet of Bushton.- History :...	Woodhill			C14th	Mid C17th
Codford St. Mary		Titt iron wind engine John Wallis Titt John Wallis Titt was a late nineteenth-century mechanical engineer and builder of a particular design of large wind engine.-Early life:...		1893
Devizes Devizes Devizes is a market town and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. The town is about southeast of Chippenham and about east of Trowbridge.Devizes serves as a centre for banks, solicitors and shops, with a large open market place where a market is held once a week...	South Mill, Devizes Castle Devizes Castle Devizes Castle was in the town of Devizes, Wiltshire, England .The first motte and bailey castle on this site was built in 1080 by Osmund, Bishop of Salisbury. This castle burnt down in 1113 and was rebuilt in stone by Roger, Bishop of Salisbury, by 1120. He occupied it under Henry I and later...	Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind....		c1720	Demolished c1840
Devizes	North Mill, Devizes Castle	Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind....		c1720	Incorporated into Devizes Castle, 1860s Windmill World
East Grafton Grafton, Wiltshire Grafton is a civil parish about southeast of Marlborough, Wiltshire, England. The parish includes the village of East Grafton and the hamlets of West Grafton, Marten, Wexcombe, Wilton and Wolfhall...				1593	1593
East Knoyle East Knoyle East Knoyle is a small village and former civil parish in Wiltshire, in the south west of England. The parish lies on the A350 road about nine miles south of Warminster, fifteen miles west of Salisbury, and two miles south west of Hindon, at grid reference ST880305...	East Knoyle Mill	Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind....		c1800	Windmill World
Foxhill		Titt iron wind engine John Wallis Titt John Wallis Titt was a late nineteenth-century mechanical engineer and builder of a particular design of large wind engine.-Early life:...		1896
Fyfield Fyfield (Pewsey) Fyfield is a small hamlet about 1 mile east of Pewsey, Wiltshire, England.It is to be distinguished from the larger village of Fyfield, 3 miles west of Marlborough, also in Wiltshire. The two places are only about 6 miles apart...	Fyfield Mill			Early C19th	Demolished by 1842
Great Bedwyn Great Bedwyn Great Bedwyn is a village and civil parish in the east of the English county of Wiltshire.-Location:Great Bedwyn is on the River Dun about south-west of Hungerford and south-east of Marlborough, Wiltshire. The Kennet and Avon Canal and the West of England Main Line railway follow the Dun and pass...		Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have...			Replaced by tower mill, 1821
Great Bedwyn	Wilton Mill Wilton Windmill The Wilton Windmill is a five floor brick tower mill located on a chalk ridge between the villages of Wilton and Great Bedwyn in the southern English county of Wiltshire.-History:...	Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind....		1821	Windmill World
Heytesbury Heytesbury Heytesbury is a village in Wiltshire, England, in the Wylye Valley, about three miles south of Warminster.-History:...	Tytherington Estate	Titt iron wind engine John Wallis Titt John Wallis Titt was a late nineteenth-century mechanical engineer and builder of a particular design of large wind engine.-Early life:...		1893
Heytesbury	Bolesbro' Knoll	Titt iron wind engine John Wallis Titt John Wallis Titt was a late nineteenth-century mechanical engineer and builder of a particular design of large wind engine.-Early life:...		1895
Hilmarton Hilmarton Hilmarton is a small village in North Wiltshire, in the West of England.The village is situated on the A3102 between the towns of Calne and Wootton Bassett, and south of Lyneham. The Anglican village church of St. Laurence dates from the 12th century and has Grade 1 listed building status...				1348	1348
Highworth Highworth Highworth is a market town in the unitary authority of Swindon in Wiltshire, England, located about north-east of Swindon town centre. At the 2001 census it had a population of 7,996...	Hannington Hall	Titt iron wind engine John Wallis Titt John Wallis Titt was a late nineteenth-century mechanical engineer and builder of a particular design of large wind engine.-Early life:...		1898
Ludgershall Ludgershall, Wiltshire Ludgershall is a town and civil parish north east of Salisbury, Wiltshire, at grid SU264509. The population was: 535 in 1831; 1,906 in 1951; and 3,775 in 2001. Ludgershall is now officially a town.-Historical features:...	Ludgershall Common	Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have...	1773 1810	1773	1810
Milton Lilbourne Milton Lilbourne Milton Lilbourne is a village and civil parish in the English county of Wiltshire and lies in Pewsey Vale between Pewsey and Burbage.Milton Lilbourne's population was listed on the Kennet District Council website as 512 in 2006. These days the village is largely a mixed residential area centred...	Clench Mill		1773	1773	1773
Ogbourne St Andrew				1589	1589
Ogbourne St George				1294	1341
Odstock Odstock Odstock is a village and civil parish about south of Salisbury in Wiltshire, England.In the woods about Odstock are earthworks. The meaning of the name is probably "Odo's stockade".Odstock's parish population was 118 in 1801, 158 in 1901 and 535 in 1971...		Titt iron wind engine John Wallis Titt John Wallis Titt was a late nineteenth-century mechanical engineer and builder of a particular design of large wind engine.-Early life:...		1886
Pewsey Pewsey Pewsey is a large village, often considered a small town, at the centre of the Vale of Pewsey in Wiltshire about west of London. It is well connected to London, the West Country and Wales being close to the M4 motorway and the A303. Also, the village is served by Pewsey railway station on the...				1810	1820, gone by 1839
Salisbury Salisbury Salisbury is a cathedral city in Wiltshire, England and the only city in the county. It is the second largest settlement in the county...		Titt iron wind engine John Wallis Titt John Wallis Titt was a late nineteenth-century mechanical engineer and builder of a particular design of large wind engine.-Early life:...		1890
Savernake Forest Savernake Forest Savernake Forest is on a Cretaceous chalk plateau between Marlborough and Great Bedwyn in Wiltshire, England. Its area is approximately .It is privately owned by the Trustees of Savernake Estate, the Earl of Cardigan, and his family solicitor. Since 1939 the running of the forest has been...	Chisbury Farm	Titt iron wind engine John Wallis Titt John Wallis Titt was a late nineteenth-century mechanical engineer and builder of a particular design of large wind engine.-Early life:...		1888
Shrewton Shrewton Shrewton is a village in Wiltshire, England, located around 9 km west of Amesbury and north of Salisbury. It lies on the A360 road between Stonehenge and Tilshead. It is close to the source of the River Till, which flows south to Stapleford. Its population at the 2001 Census was 1,826, as...	Nett Road	Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have...		1793	1827, gone by 1899
Shrewton	Maddington			1580s	1580s
Shrewton	Maddington			1841	Demolished 1958
Steeple Ashton Steeple Ashton Steeple Ashton is a village and a civil parish in Wiltshire, England.-Description:Steeple Ashton today is a busy village. It has an award winning local shop, run by a small army of volunteers, a thriving pub, a football team, an active Trust supporting the Church which organises events, a day...				1371	1371
Stourton Stourton, Wiltshire Stourton is a village in Wiltshire, England, at . The village is close to the county boundary with Somerset and about south of the Somerset market town of Frome.Stourton is part of the Stourhead estate, now in the ownership of the National Trust....	Search Farm	Titt iron wind engine John Wallis Titt John Wallis Titt was a late nineteenth-century mechanical engineer and builder of a particular design of large wind engine.-Early life:...		1888
Stratton St Margaret Stratton St Margaret Stratton St Margaret is a civil parish in the Borough of Swindon, Wiltshire, England. The parish covers north-eastern suburbs of Swindon including Stratton St Margaret itself along with Upper Stratton, Lower Stratton, Nythe and Kingsdown.-History:...				1291	1291
Sutton Veny Sutton Veny Sutton Veny is a small village situated in the Wylye Valley, about 2 miles south east of the town of Warminster in Wiltshire, England. 'Sutton' means south farmstead in relation to Norton Bavant, one mile to the north...	The Beeches	Titt iron wind engine John Wallis Titt John Wallis Titt was a late nineteenth-century mechanical engineer and builder of a particular design of large wind engine.-Early life:...		1895
Swindon Swindon Swindon is a large town within the borough of Swindon and ceremonial county of Wiltshire, in South West England. It is midway between Bristol, west and Reading, east. London is east...				1324	1324
Swindon	Windmill Street				gone by 1867
Swindon	Okus Farm Mill			1849	Burnt down c1854
Swindon	Swindon Wharf			1887	1887
Swindon	Town Mill			1893	1924
Swindon	Swindon Works Swindon Works Swindon railway works were built by the Great Western Railway in 1841 in Swindon in the English county of Wiltshire.-History:In 1835 Parliament approved the construction of a railway between London and Bristol. Its Chief Engineer was Isambard Kingdom Brunel.From 1836, Brunel had been buying...	Titt iron wind engine John Wallis Titt John Wallis Titt was a late nineteenth-century mechanical engineer and builder of a particular design of large wind engine.-Early life:...		1907
Swindon	Chiseldon Mill	Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind....			Windmill World
Tilshead Tilshead Tilshead is a small village located in Wiltshire, in England. It lies approximately midway between the villages of Shrewton and Market Lavington, and is located at the source of the River Till. Its population in 2001 was 359, down from a peak of 989 inhabitants in 1951.. The White Barrow long...	Tilshead Windmill	Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have...		1813	Demolished c.1905
Tisbury Tisbury, Wiltshire The large village of Tisbury lies approximately west of Salisbury in the English county of Wiltshire.With a population at the 2001 census of 2,056 it is an important local centre for communities around the upper River Nadder and Vale of Wardour...	Pyt House	Titt iron wind engine John Wallis Titt John Wallis Titt was a late nineteenth-century mechanical engineer and builder of a particular design of large wind engine.-Early life:...		1888
Urchfont Urchfont Urchfont is a small, rural village to the north of Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, about seven miles from the market town of Devizes. The civil parish includes the hamlets of Wedhampton and Lydeway...				1884	1884
Wanborough Wanborough, Wiltshire Wanborough is a village and civil parish in the borough of Swindon, Wiltshire. The village is about southeast of Swindon town centre. The parish includes the hamlet of Foxhill, southeast of the village.-History:...				1310	1310
Westbury Westbury, Wiltshire Westbury is a town and civil parish in the west of the English county of Wiltshire, most famous for the Westbury White Horse.-Name:The most likely origin of the West- in Westbury is simply that the town is near the western edge of the county of Wiltshire, the bounds of which have been much the same...	Courtleigh	Titt iron wind engine John Wallis Titt John Wallis Titt was a late nineteenth-century mechanical engineer and builder of a particular design of large wind engine.-Early life:...		1892
West Gomeldon	Idmiston Mill	Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind....		Late C18th or early C19th	Windmill World
Winterbourne Monkton Winterbourne Monkton Winterbourne Monkton is a small village and former civil parish in Wiltshire, England, one mile north of the Avebury Stone Circle....	west of village			c1265	Early C14th
Winterbourne Monkton				1530s	1540s
Winterbourne Monkton				1815	1889
Winterbourne Stoke Winterbourne Stoke Winterbourne Stoke is a village in Wiltshire, England, located around 5 km west of Stonehenge. It is sited on the A303 road, close to its junction with the B3083.-External links:...	Hill Farm	Titt iron wind engine John Wallis Titt John Wallis Titt was a late nineteenth-century mechanical engineer and builder of a particular design of large wind engine.-Early life:...		1899
Wootton Bassett Wootton Bassett Royal Wootton Bassett , informally known as Wootton Bassett, is a small market town and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, with a population of 11,043 in 2001...	Wootton Manor Mill			1271	1334
Wootton Bassett	Vastern Manor Mill			1271	1334
Wootton Bassett	Wood Street		1773	1773	1773
Wootton Bassett	north of Hunt's Mill (watermill)		1773	1773	Blown down 1781
Yatesbury Yatesbury Yatesbury is a village adjacent to Cherhill, 1 mile north of the A4 road between Calne and Marlborough in Wiltshire, England. Yatesbury forms part of The Oldbury Benefice, which comprises the five parishes of Cherhill, Compton Bassett, Heddington, Calstone Wellington and Yatesbury.-RAF...				1309	1310

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