Windmills of Bedfordshire


Surviving mills

# photo id name location maps type condition photos
1 no
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#2259 . Dunstable NGR: TL014218 tower used as Sea Cadets headquarters 1
2 #2262 . Houghton Conquest NGR: TL047423 tower derelict 1
3 no
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#1714 . Hulcote NGR: SP948382 tower truncated, house converted 0
4 no
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#2261 . Lower Dean NGR: TL041698 composite collapsed 1959, and roundhouse reduced to 1 storey around 1969, now ruinous 0
5 no
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#2292 . Potton NGR: TL213498 tower derelict 0
6 #1723 . Sharnbrook NGR: SP998593 tower converted to observation tower 2
7 no
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#2278 . Shefford NGR: TL149395 tower . 3
8 no
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#1717 . Stanbridge NGR: SP962245 tower house converted 2
9 #2480 . Stevington NGR: SP992528 post restored 22
10 #2263 . Thurleigh NGR: TL047582 tower recently house converted 2
11 no
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#1722 Doolittle Totternhoe NGR: SP990202 tower Windmill which also utilized water power. Undergoing restoration. 1
12 no
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#2260 . Upper Dean NGR: TL041682 tower . 3
13 no
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#1712 . Woburn NGR: SP941329 smock base remains, house converted 0

Historical locations

Biscott Windmill, Luton #2269

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NGR: TL079231
(51.89515,-0.4320)

Biscot Mill: smock

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Entry in Mills Archive database - #2269

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Details from the English Windmills Photographic Register by Guy Blythman
Biscot, smock mill
Photos: (1) Major & Watts (a) w/o with 2 sails

Cranfield Windmill, Cranfield #1716

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NGR: SP960429
(52.07533,-0.5994)

tower

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Entry in Mills Archive database - #1716

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tower mill
Photos: (1) Howes (a) w/o (b) derelict with cap and one sail, shortly before demolition in 1966 (2) Elliott (a) w/o with 2 sails, 1930 (3) NMR (a) derelict with 2 sails (4) UOK (MC) (a) derelict with fan and 2 sails (one breaking away), July 1933

Houghton Regis #2258

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NGR: TL012238
(51.90270,-0.5292)

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]

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Entry in Mills Archive database - #2258

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Details from the English Windmills Photographic Register by Guy Blythman
tower mill
Photos: (1) A C Smith (WIB) (a) surviving base with water tank on top, August 1970 (2) NMR (a-c) as Smith (3) Elliott (a) w/o, c1909 (4) UOK (MC) (a) stump with water tank, August 1936

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Riseley #2264

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NGR: TL053644
(52.26692,-0.4570)

post

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Entry in Mills Archive database - #2264

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Details from the English Windmills Photographic Register by Guy Blythman
post mill
Photos: (1) Howes (a) derelict with 2 sails, 1936


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