List of windmills in Suffolk

A list of all windmills and windmill sites which lie in the current ceremonial county of Suffolk.

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For Minsmere see Leiston

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Market Weston		Post		1807	Demolished c. 1911
Marlesford		Post	1824	1824	c. 1896
Martlesham		Tower		1820	Demolished c. 1890
Mellis	Mellis Green Mill	Post	1783	1783	Demolished c. 1898
Melton		Post		c. 1800	1831
Melton	Approximately			1801
Mendham		Post		1802	1805
Mendlesham	Mill Terrace	Post	1824	1824	Gone by 1884
Mendlesham	approximately	Smock		1781	1781
Mendlesham	Ling's Mill	Post	1783	1783	Demolished c. 1918
Mendlesham	Kersey's Mill	Post			Demolished 1927
Mendlesham	Kent's Mill	Post	1824	1824	Demolished 1910 or 1913
Mendlesham	Mendlesham Green Mill approximately	Post	1824	1824	1824
Metfield		Post	1824	1824	1824
Metfield	Ball's Mill	Post	1783	1783	Demolished c. 1914
Metfield	Ball's Mill Office Farm Mill	Tower		1839	Demolished 1916
Mettingham		Post		1826	1826, gone by 1836
Middleton		Post	1783	1783	Demolished 1913
Mildenhall	White Top Mill	Smock	1783	1783	1927
Mildenhall	White Top Mill		1820	1820	1885
Mildenhall	Cross Bank Mill	Smock	1824	1824	1905
Mildenhall			1783	1783	Gone by 1885
Mildenhall	Approximately		1783	1783	1783
Mildenhall	Approximately		1783	1783	Gone by 1885
Mildenhall	Approximately		1783	1783	1783
Mildenhall	Middle Mill	Smock	1820	1820	1905
Mildenhall	Mill Drain Mill		1820	1820	Gone by 1885
Mildenhall	West Row Mill		1836	1836	Gone by 1885
Monewden		Post	1837	1837	Demolished c. 1928
Monks Eleigh		Post	1783	1783	1783
Monks Eleigh		Post	1837	1837	1837
Monls Eleigh		Post	1799	1799	1799
Monk Soham	Broadway Mill	Composite	1837	1837	Moved within Monk Soham by 1883
Monk Soham	Oak Mill	Composite		1883	Demolished November 1937
Monk Soham	Approximately		1824	1824	1824
Mutford		Post	1826	1826	Demolished 1922 or 1923

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Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Oakley		Post	1736	1736	Moved to Bedingfield 1828
Occold			1826	1826	1826
Occold		Smock			Demolished 1921
Offton		Post		1866
Offton	Approximately	Post		1866
Old Newton		Post	1783	1783	1783
Old Newton	Ward Green Mill	Smock	1837	1837	Demolished c. 1896
Onehouse	Union Mill	Post		1802	1882
Orford				1165	1165
Orford		Post	1588	1588	1588
Orford		Post	1736	1736	Demolished 1913
Orford	Black Mill	Post	1820	1820	Burnt down c. 1886
Orford		Post			Body moved to Saxtead Green
Otley		Post	1837	1837	Moved to Mendlesham
Otley	Chestnuts' Mill	Smock	1824	1824	Demolished c. 1908
Otley	Davey's Mill	Post	1837	1837	Demolished c. 1912
Oulton	Skepper's Mill	Trestle	1836	1835	1882, gone by 1903
Oulton	Arnold's Mill	Tower	1783	1783	1903
Oulton Broad	Lady Mill	Tower	1736	1736	Demolished October 1932
Oulton Broad	Knight's Mill	Tower	1841	1841	gone by 1903
Oulton Broad		Tower
Ousden		Smock	1826	1826	Collapsed c. 1880
Ousden		Post	1826	1826	Blown down, gone by 1914

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For Saxtead Green see Framlingham
For Sizewell see Leiston

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Sapiston	Approximately	Post	1736	1736	Moved 1853
Saxmundham				1767	1767
Saxmundham		Post	1824	1824	Demolished March 1907
Shadingfield		Post	1764	1764	Demolished c. 1905
Shadingfield		Smock		c. 1840	Demolished c. 1938
Shimpling	Approximately	Post	1783	1783	1783
Shimpling	Mill Hill Mill	Post	1783	1783	Moved to Alpheton c. 1875
Shimpling	The Street	Smock		1792	Demolished 1935
Shotley		Post		1730	1730
Shotley		Tower	1826	1826	Demolished early 1930s
Shottisham		Post	1838	1838	1838
Sibton		Post	1736	1736	Demolished c. 1922
Snape	Turning Mill			c. 1828
Snape	Markin's Mill	Post	1824	1824	Demolished 1922
Snape		Post		1668	Demolished c. 1797
Snape	Hudson's Mill		1797	Demolished July 1933		-
Somerleyton		Post	1783	1783	Demolished c. 1880
Somerleyton		Tower	1837	1837	Demolished early 20th century
Somersham		Post		1811	1881
Sotterley	Hulver Street Mill	Post	1736	1736	Gone by 1914
Sotterley	Sotterley Brickworks		1883	1883	Gone by 1903
Southwold	White Mill Town Mill Corporation Mill	Post		1723	1723
Southwold	Black Mill	Post		1798	Wrecked in gale November 1863
Southwold	Black Mill Great Mill	Post		1864	Demolished 1894
Southwold	Baggott's Mill	Post		1841	Burnt down 1876
Southwold	Salt works	Hollow Post			1938
Southwold	Southwold Common	Titt iron wind engine		c. 1886	1938
Stansfield			1783	1783	Demolished 1840
Stansfield	Stansfield Mill	Tower		1840
Stanstead		Post	1799	1799	Blown down c. 1915
Stanton				1393	1394
Stanton	Bury Lane Mill	Post	1824	1824	1882
Stanton	Upthorpe Mill	Post		1751
Stanton		Smock	1764	1764	Demolished 1940s
Stanton	Stanton Chair Mill George Hill Mill	Post		1824	1915
Stanton	Lower Mill				Moved 1818
St Cross, South Elmham	Sancroft Mill		1826	1826	Gone by 1883
St James, South Elmham		Post		1864	Demolished June 1923
St Michael, South Elmham		Post		1799	Demolished 1955 or 1956
		Post			Moved to Fressingfield 1792
Stoke Ash		Post	1764	1764	Burnt down 1883
Stoke by Clare	Approximately		1783	1783	1783
Stoke by Clare		Tower	1824	1824	Demolished c. 1890
Stoke by Clare		Post	1824	1824	Demolished 1892
Stoke by Nayland					1884
Stoke by Nayland	Approximately		1783	1783	1783
Stoke by Nayland	Withermarsh Green Mill	Post	1824	1824	Moved to Polstead c. 1875
Stonham Aspal	Mill Green Mill	Post	1826	1826	Demolished 1909
Stowmarket			1675	1675	1675
Stowmarket		Post	1824	1824	Gone by 1884
Stowmarket		Post	1824	1824	1903
Stowmarket		Post	1824	1824	1903
Stowmarket	Fison's Mill	Smock	1824	1824	Burnt down 1884
Stowmarket	Eastbridge Windpump	Smock		1979
Stowupland	Approximately	Post
Stowupland	Mill Street Mill approximately
Stowupland		Post		1802	Demolished 1866
Stowupland	Stowupland Green Mill	Tower	1824	1824	Demolished 1919
Stradbroke	Battlesea Green Mill	Post	1813	1813	Burnt down 1898
Stradbroke	Barley Green Mill	Post		c. 1704	Demolished 1941
Stradbroke	Skinner's Mill	Post		1688	Demolished 1941 or 1942
Stratford St Andrew		Post	1824	1824	Demolished 1905 or 1906
Sudbury	Approximately	Post		1614	1714
Sudbury		Post	1805	1805	Moved to Assington 1868
Sudbury		Tower	1824	1824	1824
Sudbury		Tower	1824	1824	1824
Sudbury	Highfield Mill	Smock		1855	Demolished 1919
Sutton		Post	1838	1838	Blown down c. 1916
Swefling	Girling's Mill	Post		1775	Demolished September 1935
Swefling	Middle Mill	Post	1783	1783	1900, demolished 1900s
Swefling	High Mill Rachael	Post	1783	1783	Demolished 1911 or 1912
Swilland		Post	1824	1824	Demolished c. 1953
Syleham	Syleham Mill	Post		1823'	Blown down 16 October 1987

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Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Walberswick		Post	1838	1838	Blown down 1924
Walberswick	Westwood Marshes	Tower	1897	1897
Walberswick			1903	1903	1903
Walberswick	Tinker's Marshes		1882	1882	Gone by 1925
Waldringfield		Post		c. 1806	Demolished c. 1916
Walpole		Post	1736	1736	Blown down 1919
Walsham le Willows	Crowland Mill	Post	1783	1783	1884
Walsham le Willows		Post	1824	1824	Demolished 1917
Walton	Upper Mill	Smock	1806	1804
Walton	Ferry Lane Mill	Post	1806	1806	Demolished c. 1858
Walton	Wadgate Mill	Post	1804	1804	Demolished c. 1890
Wangford		Post	1736	1736	Demolished c. 1917
Wangford		Smock	1883	1883	Burnt down 7 August 1928
Wattisfield		Post	1783	1783	Demolished 1914
Wenhaston				1793	1793
Wenhaston	Blackheath Mill	Post	1783	1783	Demolished c. 1896
Wenhaston	Kitty Mill	Post	1837	1837	Demolished 1964 or 1967
Westerfield		Smock		1795	Moved within Westerfield c. 1819
Westerfield		Smock		c. 1819	Gone by 1880
Westhall	Mill Common Mill	Post	1824	1781	Demolished May 1957
Westleton	Rouse's Mill	Post	1736	1736	Burnt down c. 1880
Westleton		Post	1842	1842	Demolished July 1963
Westleton	Ralph's Mill	Smock	1783	1783	Demolished 1969
Weston		Post	1837	1836	Burnt down 1896
West Stow	Sewage works	Titt iron wind engine		c. 1898
Wetherden		Post	1824	1824	1914
Wetherden	Warren Mill	Post	1764	1764	Demolished c. 1907
Wetheringsett	Old Mill Green Mill	Post	1783	1783	Demolished 1919
Wetheringsett	Broad Green Mill	Post	1826	1826	Blown down 18 January 1881
Wetheringsett	Broad Green Mill	Post		1882	Demolished 1957
Wetheringsett	Brockford Green Mill approximately	Post	1824	1824	1824
Weybread	Shotford Heath approximately	Post	1736	1736	1794
Weybread	Shotford Heath	Post	1826	1826	1826
Weybread		Post	1826	1826	Moved to Framsden c. 1882
Weybread		Post	1826	1826	Moved within Weybread
Weybread	Dranes' Farm Mill	Post	1884	1884	Demolished c. 1926
Whatfield		Post		post 1844	1884
Whepstead	Mickley Green Mill	Post	1783	1783	Burnt down 1894
Whitton		Tower	1838	1838	1892
Wickhambrook	Bullock's Mill	Post	1836	1836	Demolished 1909
Wickhambrook	Great Mill	Post		1740	Demolished 1966
Wickhambrook	Fuller's Mill	Post		c. 1850	Demolished c. 1920
Wickhambrook	Baxter's Green Mill approximately	Post	1824	1824	Moved to Beyton c. 1830
Wickham Market	Charsfield Road		1824	1824	Gone by 1881
Wickham Market	Charsfield Road		1824	1824	Gone by 1881
Wickham Market	Mill Lane	Smock		1774	Demolished c. 1885
Wickham Market	Mill Lane	Tower	1783	1783	Demolished 1868
Wickham Skeith	Wickham Street	Post	1826	1826	Moved to Wickham Green
Wickham Skeith	Wickham Green approximately	Post			Demolished 1881
Wickham Skeith		Tower		c. 1870	Demolished March 1925
Wingfield	Earsham Street	Post	1837	1837	Demolished c. 1910
Wingfield	Earsham Street	Post			Moved to Syleham 1823
Wissett		Post	1837	1837	Demolished c. 1920
Withersfield		Post	1783	1783	Demolished c. 1910
Witnesham	Wood Farm Mill	Post	1826	1826	Demolished c. 1888
Witnesham		Post		c. 1815	Burnt down c. 1908
Woodbridge	Mill Hills	Post	1783	1783	Moved to Ramsey, Essex 1842
Woodbridge	Mill Hills	Post	1783	1783	Moved to Butley 1841 or Southwold 1842
Woodbridge	Mill Hills	Post	1783	1783	Moved to Butley 1841 or Southwold 1842
Woodbridge	Mill Hills	Post		1819	1866
Woodbridge	Victoria Road Mill	Tower		c. 1825	1841
Woodbridge	Drybridge Hill Mill	Post	1820	1820	1820
Woodbridge	Theatre Street Mill	Post
Woodbridge	Buttrum's Mill	Tower		1816
Woodbridge	Tricker's Mill	Tower		1815
Woolpit	Approximately	Post		c. 1568	c. 1568
Woolpit	Pyke's Mill	Post		1644	Demolished 1924
Woolpit	Elmer's Mill	Post	1675	1675	Collapsed September 1963
Worlingham		Tower	1836	1836	1849, gone by 1883
Worlingworth	Old Mill	Post	1783	1783	Demolished c. 1914
Worlingworth	New Mill	Post		1848	Demolished 1952
Wortham	Magpie Green Mill	Post	1881	1881	Moved to Walsham le Willows c. 1890
Wortham	Wortham Ling	Post	1783	1783	Demolished 1917
Wortham		Smock	1826	c. 1700	Wrecked in gale 18 January 1881
Wortham		Smock		c. 1881	Demolished 1948
Wrentham	Mill Lane Mill approximately	Post	1736	1736	Moved within Wrentham by 1783
Wrentham	Fletcher's Mill	Post	1783	1783	Blown down 1931
Wrentham	Carter's Mill	Post	1824	1824	Demolished 1955
Wrentham		Tower	1837	1837	Demolished 1964
Wyverstone		Post	1837	1837	1837
Wyverstone	Black mill	Post	1884	1884	1884
Yaxley		Tower	1824	1824	Burnt down c. 1885
Yoxford		Post	1764	1764	1764
Yoxford		Post		c. 1813	1910
Yoxford	Approximately		1783	1783	1783

Mill bodies

A number of post mill bucks, and one smock mill body were moved and re-erected after they had ceased to be used as windmills.

Location	Type	Notes
Creeting St Mary	Post	The body of Creeting St Mary Windmill was moved to Alder Carr Farm c. 1860. It is the only surviving post mill body.
Framlingham	Post	The body of a hollow post drainage mill was moved from Aldeburgh or Orford and set up in the mill yard of Saxted Green Mill, it was later moved across the road to the yard of a millwright and was still standing in 1938.
Hundon	Post	The body of Mansfield's Mill was retained after the mill was demolished.
Peasenhall	Smock	Moved to Peasenhall c. 1882. Smock tower and cap incorporated into a steam mill. Standing as of 2011.
Theberton	Post	The body of Little Glemham mill was moved to Theberton and set up as a steam mill driving one pair of millstones.
Walsham le Willows	Post	The body of Magpie Green Mill, Wortham was moved to Walsham le Willows and set up alongside the windmill as a steam mill.
Westhall	Post	The top part of the body of Aldridge's Mill, Huntingfield was moved to Westhall Common in 1928.
Worlingworth	Post	The body of Cross Street Mill, Hoxne was moved to Worlingworth and set up as a steam mill. Demolished c. 1910.

Locations formerly within Suffolk

For mills in Belton, Bradwell, Burgh Castle, Cobholm and Southtown see List of windmills in Norfolk.
For mills in Fritton see List of drainage windmills in Norfolk.
Maps
1588
1675 Ogilby
1724 John Warburton, Joseph Bland & Payler Smith
1736 John Kirby
1777John Chapman & Peter André
1783 Joseph Hodgkinson
1825 C & J Greenwood
1826 Andrew Bryant
1837 Ordnance Survey
1838 Ordnance Survey
1883 Ordnance Survey

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