Unidentified Windmills 🌍

The windmills on this page are either unidentified, or else more information about the mills is sought.

This isn't a competition I'm afraid (well at least not one with prizes), but if you can help please let me know by email to the email address at the bottom of this page.
Thank you.

From the Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston

Instant results: Identified as Horning Ferry windpump

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Unknown mill. From a glass negative taken by the Berkeley-Weld family of Chipping in the photograph collection of the Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston, early 20th century.

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This image of a smock mill came from some extremely thick card advertising toothpaste. I asked, can you identify the mill?

Success

Thanks to Russell Jones, who identified this picture as being of Earnley mill, West Sussex. He estimates the picture was taken in the 1970's.

Unidentified links

UK links

Converted mill with distinctive appearance
Tower mill - I think its Somerset somewhere
Tower mill, England - identified as Horsey Mere windpump, Norfolk
Norfolk Broads - identified as Turf Fen windpump
tower mill - now identified as Thelnetham
Norfolk tower mill - now confirmed as Cley-next-the-Sea
skeleton drainage mill - identified as Clayrack Mill from the nature reserve at Ranworth, which was re-erected at Ludham, Norfolk in 1988.
Norfolk tower mill - East Dereham, Norfolk
Tower mill in the snow - Swindon
Windmill and Sailing Boats 1813 - attributed to John Ralston 1789-1833 {Tate Gallery}
Shipping on an Estuary, a Windmill in the Distance - Heneage Finch, Fourth Earl of Aylesford 1751-1812 {Tate Gallery}
Landscape('The Windmill') 1844-5 - John Linnell 1792-1882 {Tate Gallery}
A Windmill near Brighton 1824 - John Constable 1776-1837 {Tate Gallery}

World links

An animated GIF of two windmills - identified as De Bonte Hen and de Zoeker, Zaansche Schans
History of energy - smock mill
Windmills of my mind by a photographer from Luxembourg.
Dokkum, Friesland.
Smock mill - sails turning
Windmill sunset
White post mill - possibly Williamsburg?
Claimed to be "Dutch" but looks like Consuegra, Spain.
tower mill - Brewster, Cape Cod
Caribbean - ruined tower
The Netherlands
Smock mill
Post mill - Georgia or Estonia

Last updated 16/09/2025