List of windmills in Kent#L
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{{Use British English|date=October 2011}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}}
A list of all windmills and windmill sites which lie in the current Ceremonial county of Kent.{{Location map+|Kent
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1 Barham, 2 Benenden, 3 Bidborough, 4 Biddenden 5 Canterbury, 6 Charing, 7 Chillenden, 8 Chislet, 9 Cranbrook, 10 Eastry, 11 Edenbridge, 12 Copton, 13 Guston, 14 Herne, 15 Kingston, 16 Margate, 17 Meopham, 18 Northbourne, 19 Oare, 20 Ringwould, 21 Rolvenden, 22 Sandhurst, 23 Sandwich, 24 Sarre, 25 Sheerness, 26 Stanford, 27 Stelling Minnis, 28 St Margaret's Bay, 29 West Kingsdown, 30 Whitstable, 31 Willesborough, 32 Wittersham, 33 Woodchurch.
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Locations
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Location
! Name of mill and ! Type ! Maps ! First mention ! Notes ! Image |
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Acrise
| Elham Mill | Post | 1596 | 1596 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Blown down in 1876.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=151}} |
Acrise
| Elham Mill | Smock | | 1878 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Working until June 1916. Demolished 6 July 1919.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=151}} |
Acrise
| Acrise Mill | Post | 1769 | 1769 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|7|furlong|km}} south east of Acrise Church.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=152}} |
Adisham
| Smock | | 1843 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Standing by 1843. Working until c. 1922. Burnt down 29 August 1933.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=152}} |
Aldington
| Aldington Mill | Smock | | 1878 | Working until c. 1908. Demolished 1910.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|pp=152–53}} Base survives, used as a store.{{cite web |url=http://www.windmillworld.com/millid/2754.htm |title=Aldington windmill, Kent |publisher=Windmill World |access-date=20 August 2015}} | 150px |
Appledore
| Horne Place Mill | Post | 1596 | 1596 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|7|furlong|km}} north north east of Appledore Church.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=153}} |
Appledore
| Court Lodge Mill | Post | 1596 | 1596 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|3|furlong|m}} south west of Appledore Church. Demolished late C18th.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=153}} |
Appledore
| Great Mill, | Smock | | 1791 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Demolished in 1909.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|pp=153–54}} Base survives, converted into a house.{{cite web |url=http://www.windmillworld.com/millid/2744.htm |title=Appledore windmill, Kent |publisher=Windmill World |access-date=20 August 2015}} |
Appledore
| {{gbmappingsmall|TQ 953 303}} | Post | | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Moved from Playden, East Sussex.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|pp=153–54}}{{ref|a|[Note 1]}} Demolished 1900. Part of the roundhouse survives as part of a farm building.{{sfn|West|1973|pp=93–94}}{{cite web |url=http://www.windmillworld.com/millid/2745.htm |title=Appledore windmill, Kent |publisher=Windmill World |access-date=20 August 2015}} |
Ash (near Sandwich)
| Post | | 1818 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Moved from Woodnesborough.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=154}} Blown down 28 October 1955.{{citation needed|date=August 2015}} |
Ash (Sandwich)
| (formed a pair with Mount Ephraim Mill) | Post | | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Demolished before 1879.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=154}} |
Ash (Sandwich)
| Ash Mill | Post | 1736 | 1736 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood north west of Knell Farm and {{convert|6|furlong|km}} north of Ash Church.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=155}} |
Ashford
| Regent's Place Mill | Smock | | 1870 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Moved to Badlesmere, 1872.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=155}} |
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Location
! Name of mill and ! Type ! Maps ! First mention ! Notes ! Image |
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Badlesmere
| Boundgate Mill | Smock | | 1872 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Working until 1921.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=156}} Demolished 1938. Base survives, used as a store.{{sfn|West|1973|p=94}}{{cite web |url=http://www.windmillworld.com/millid/2749.htm |title=Badlesmre windmill, Kent |publisher=Windmill World |access-date=20 August 2015}} |
Badlesmere Lees
| | Post | 1695 | 1695 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|1|mi|km}} south south west of Badlesmere Church.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=156}} |
Bapchild
| Bapchild Mill | | | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood south of Watling Street, {{convert|4|furlong|m}} east of Bapchild Church. Standing by 1843. Demolished by 1865.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=156}} |
Barfreston
| Barfeston Mill | | 1769 | 1769 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Standing in 1819.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=156}} |
Barfreston
| Barfreston Mill | Smock | 1769 | 1769 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Thought to have been standing c.1852. Base survived into the 1860s, converted to a house.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=156}} |
Barham
| Barham Downs Mill | Post | 1596 | 1596 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| |
Barham
| Black Mill, | Smock | | 1834 | Burnt down 3 March 1970. Derelict base survives.{{cite web |url=http://www.windmillworld.com/millid/2771.htm |title=Barham windmill, Kent |publisher=Windmill World |access-date=20 August 2015}} | 150px |
Barham
| | | | Early C18th | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|4|furlong|m}} east south east of Barham Church.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=158}} |
Barham
| Breach Downs Mill | Smock | | 1875 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Working in 1878. Demolished c.1900.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=158}} |
Barham
| Smock | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood near the site later occupied by Barham railway station. Moved to Margate in 1869.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=158}} |
Barming
| Barming Heath Mill | | | c.1800 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Burnt down 1805.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=158-59}} |
Barming
| Barming Heath Mill | | 1829 | 1805 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|1|mi|km}} north east of Barming Church. Standing in 1845, demolished c.1846, gone by 1853.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=158-59}} |
Bearsted
| | Smock | | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|3|furlong|m}} north west of Barming Church. Demolished by 1873.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=159}} |
Benenden
| Beacon Mill (south) | | | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Demolished by 1850.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=160}} |
Benenden
| Beacon Mill (north) | Smock | 1821 | 1821 | Working until 1921. | 150px |
Benenden
| East End Mill | Post | | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|2|mi|3|furlong|km}} east of Benenden Church. Demolished c.1870{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=160}} |
Bethersden
| Old Mill | Post | 1596 | 1555 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Moved to Biddenden (Paul Sharpe's Mill).{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=160}} |
Bethersden
| White Mill | Smock | | | Working until 1923.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=160-61}} Blown down in 1937.{{sfn|West|1973|p=105}} | 150px |
Bethersden
| Little Mill (1st site) | Smock | | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Six-sailed saw mill. Moved from Sandgate. Moved to 2nd site.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=161}} |
Bethersden
| Little Mill (2nd site) | Smock | | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|2|furlong|m}} north north east of Bethersden Church, near the Black Mill. A six-sailed saw mill moved from a location within Bethersden village. Demolished c.1896.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=161}} |
Bethersden
| Black Mill | Smock | | c.1886 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Moved from Folkestone. A saw mill, latterly worked by a suction gas engine. Demolished by 1933,{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|pp=161–62}} leaving the brick base, which was later demolished.{{sfn|West|1973|p=95}} |
Betteshanger
| | | 1596 | 1596 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood north west of Betteshanger Church.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=162}} |
Bicknor
| | Post | 1769 | 1769 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|4|furlong|m}} south south west of Bicknor Church. Demolished before 1865.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=163}} |
Bidborough
| Bidborough Mill | | 1769 | 1769 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| |
Bidborough
| Bidborough Mill | Tower | | 1858 | Working until c.1900. Converted to house in 2006. | 150px |
Biddenden
| Beacon Hill Mill, | Post | 1736 | 1736 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Moved from Bethersden. Working until 1882. Demolished 1912.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=164}} |
Biddenden
| Three Chimneys Mill, | Smock | | 1859{{sfn|Brunnarius|1979|pages=60–63, 158, 190}} | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Moved to Punnetts Town, Sussex in 1859.{{sfn|Brunnarius|1979|pages=60–63, 158, 190}} |
Biddenden
| Town Mill | Smock | | | Working until 1914. Was being lived in during the 1930s.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=165}} Collapsed in 1946.{{sfn|Clark|1947|p=51}} | 150px |
Birchington
| | Post | 1414 | 1414{{sfn|Bennett|Elton|1899|page=251}} | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood east of the Birchington Church.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=165}} |
Birchington
| Dentdelion Mill | | 1610 | 1610 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood north east of Birchington Church.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=165}} |
Birchington
| Quex Park Mill, Birchington Mill | | 1736 | 1736 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|7|furlong|km}} south east of Birchington Church. Possibly moved within Birchington (Hudson's Mill).{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=165}} |
Birchington
| Grove End Mill | | 1769 | 1769 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|1|furlong|m}} west north west of Birchington Church.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=166}} |
Birchington
| Seed Mill | | | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|3|furlong|m}} north of Birchington Church, near Birchington railway station.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=166}} |
Birchington
| Smock | | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| May have been moved from within Birchington. Raised c.1850. Working until 1891. Demolished c.1900.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=166}} |
Blean
| Glover's Old Mill | Smock | | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Standing by 1843. Demolished early C20th.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|pp=167–68}} The base survives.{{sfn|West|1973|p=95}}{{cite web |url=http://www.windmillworld.com/millid/2762.htm |title=Blean windmill, Kent |publisher=Windmill World |access-date=21 August 2015}} |
Blean
| Smock | | 1868 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Workinguntil 1922. Demolished 1924.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=168}} |
Blue Bell Hill
| Blue Bell Hill Mill | Smock | 1833 | 1833 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Blown down July 1890. Base survives.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=1169}}{{sfn|West|1973|p=96}} |
Bobbing
| Goord's Mill | Smock | | 1857 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|5|furlong|m}} south west of Bobbing Church. Demolished c.1902.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=169}} |
Boughton Monchelsea
| Haste Hill Mill | Smock | | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|7|furlong|km}} north north west of Boughton Monchelsea Chruct. Burnt down in 1858.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=170}} |
Boughton under Blean
| Black Mill | | | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Standing c.1850.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=170}} |
Boughton under Blean
| | | | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Demolished before c.1850.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=170}} |
Boughton under Blean
| Miles' Mill | Smock | | c.1793 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Working until 1931, latterly by engine.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=170}} Demolished in 1942 due to bomb damage. The base survives.{{sfn|West|1973|p=96}} |
Boughton under Blean
| Smock | 1769 | 1769 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|7|furlong|km}} north east of Boughton Church. Had ceased working by 1925.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=171}} Demolished during World War Two{{sfn|West|1973|p=106}} |
Boxley
| The Pilgrim's Way Mill | | | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|4|furlong|m}} west of Boxley Church and south of the Pilgrim's Way. Demolished between 1876 and 1880.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|pp=311–13}} |
Boxley
| Boxley Mill | | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|1|mi|km}} south west of Boxley Church. Standing 1876, demolished by 1880.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|pp=171, 311-12}} |
Brabourne
| Brabourne Lees Mill | Smock | | 1867 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|1|mi|km}} south west of Brabourne Church. Burnt down c.1871.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|pp=171–72}} |
Bredgar
| Smock | 1769 | 1769 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|1|mi|km}} west north west of Bredgar Church. Demolished c.1909.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|pp=172–73}} |
Bredhurst
| Naylor's Mill | Smock | | 1845 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Demolished c.1914.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=173}} |
Brenchley
| Pixett Hill Mill | Post | 1769 | 1769 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|2|furlong|m}} north west of Brenchley Church.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|pp=173–74}} Standing in 1860. |
Brenchley
| Keys Green Mill, Kippings Cross | Tower | | 1843 | Working until c.1916 when tailwinded, cap and sails blown off.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=232}} Demolished c. 1957, leaving a two-storey stump. – c. 1963.{{sfn|West|1973|p=100}} | 150px |
Brenzett
| Brenzett Corner Mill | Post | 1596 | 1596 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|Stood {{convert|5|furlong|m}} south west of Brenzett Church.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=174}} |
Brenzett
| Post | | 1776 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|5|furlong|m}} south west of Brenzett Church. Working into 1920s. Demolished 5 February 1925.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=174}} |
Bridge
| ½ mile E of church | Post | 1596 | 1596 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|2|furlong|m}} east of Bridge Church.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=174}} |
Bridge
| ½ mile E of church | Smock | | 1829 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|2|furlong|m}} south east of Bridge Church.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=174}} |
Bridge
| Smock | | 1879 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|3|furlong|m}} north west of Bridge Church. Working until 1907.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|pp=174–75}} Demolished in 1955.{{sfn|West|1973|p=196}} |
Broadstairs
| St Peter's Mill | | 1695 | 1695 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|6|furlong|km}} north north east of St Peter's Church, Broadstars. A mill is also marked on the 1819-43 Ordnance Survey map.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=175}}{{ref|b|[Note 2]}} |
Broadstairs
| Post | 1596 | 1596 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Moved to Canterbury in 1858. |
Broadstairs
| Bradstowe Mill | Smock | | Working until 1907.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=175}} Demolished in 1909. | 150px |
Brook
| Smock | | 1820 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Demolished c.1912. Base was standing in 1933.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=176}} |
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Location
! Name of mill and ! Type ! Maps ! First mention ! Notes ! Image |
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Canterbury (environs) | | | | |
Canterbury (environs) | | | | |
Canterbury
| St Martin's Mill | Tower | | 1817 | Working until 1890, house converted in 1920. | 150px |
Canterbury
| St Martin's Black Mill | Smock | | Demolished 1868,{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=177}} | 150px |
Canterbury
| St Lawrence Mill | Smock | | 1843 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|5|furlong|m}} south south west of St. Martin's Church, Canterbury. Burnt down 15 May 1873.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=177}} |
Canterbury
| Dane John Mill | Post | | 1731 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| 1839{{cite web|url=http://www.millsarchive.com/kent/millpeople/Kent%20Mill%20People.htm |publisher=The Mills Archive Trust |title=Directory of Kent Mill People |access-date=5 May 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080704070506/http://www.millsarchive.com/kent/millpeople/Kent%20Mill%20People.htm |archive-date=4 July 2008 }} |
Canterbury
| Franciscan Gardens Mill | Smock | | 1846 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{frac|1|5}} mile (320m) north west of Canterbury Castle.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=178}} |
Canterbury
| St Thomas Hill Mill | | | 1816 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Standing in 1856.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=178}} |
Challock
| Challock Lees Mill | | 1769 | 1769 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Burnt down 1779{{cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=63422 |title=CHALLOCK |publisher=British History Online |access-date=3 December 2008}} |
Challock
| Challock Lees Mill | | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|1|mi|km}} north north west of Challock Church. Burnt down, date unknown.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=313}} |
Challock
| Challock Lees Mill | Smock | | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Struck by lightning and burnt down, 10 February 1906.{{sfn|Ogley|Currie|Davison|1991|p=25}} |
Charing
| Charing Mill, | Smock | 1821 | 1821 | Working until 1891. House conversion. | 150px |
Charing
| Charing Heath Mill | Smock | | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|1|mi|4|furlong|km}} west of Charing Church. Demolished by 1870.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|pp=179–80}} |
Chartham
| Hatch Green Mill | | | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|1|mi|km}} north northwest of Chartham Church.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=180}} |
Chatham
| Upberry Mill, | Smock | 1596 | 1596 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Working in 1885. Demolished autumn 1897.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=181}} |
Chatham
| Star Mill | Smock | | | Demolished in 1925.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=181}} | 150px |
Chatham
| Cherry Tree Hall Mill | Smock | | 1860 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Blown down c.1875. Base survived as a store until c.1900.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|pp=181–82}} |
Chatham
| Chalk Pit Hill Mill | Smock | | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Burnt down 1836.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=182}} |
Chatham
| Chalk Pit Hill Mill, | Smock | | 1837 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Working until, and demolished in, 1887.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|pp=182–83}} |
Chatham
| Chalk Pit Hill Mill (2nd mill) | | | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|2|furlong|m}} south of St. Paul's Church, Chatham. Marked on an Ordnance Survey map produced between 1819 and 1843.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=182}} |
Chatham
| New Road Mill, | Smock | | Pre 1851Appears in "Chatham, from Spur Battery", a painting by J M W Turner | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Demolished c. 1890,{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=183}} |
Chatham
| Ordnance Place Mill, | Smock | | 1845 | Used for grinding corn and pumping water. Demolished c. 1900. Base was standing in 1933,{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|pp=183–84}} but had been demolished by 1973.{{sfn|West|1973|p=106}} | 150px |
Chatham
| Ordnance Place Mill, | Smock | | 1839 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Demolished c. 1875.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=184}} |
Chatham
| Luton Mill, | Smock | | 1848 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Moved from Slough, Buckinghamshire. Burnt down autumn 1887.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=185}} |
Chatham
| Luton mill (2nd mill) | | | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|Stood {{convert|4|furlong|m}} south west of Luton Church. Formed a pair with Luton Mill.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=1}} |
Chevening
| Chevening Mill | | | 1824{{sfn|Cumming|2014|p=18}} | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|4|furlong|m}} south of Chevening Church.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=186}} Standing in 1837, demolished c.1840.{{sfn|Cumming|2014|p=18}} |
Chilham
| Chilham Windmill | | | Mid C19th. | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| stood {{convert|1|mi|4|furlong}} north north east of Chilham Church.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=186}} |
Chillenden
| Chillenden Mill | Post | 1695 | 1695 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Blown down in 1868.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=186}} |
Chillenden
| Chillenden Mill | Post | | 1868 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Collapsed 26 November 2003.{{cite news| url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/kent/3240320.stm|publisher=BBC News | title = Windmill blown over in storm| access-date=29 December 2008 | date=26 November 2003}} |
Chillenden
| Chillenden Mill | Post | | 2005 | Rebuild of mill blown down in 2003. | 150px |
Chislet
| | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| |
Chislet
| Chislet Mill | Smock | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Burnt down 15 October 2005.{{cite news| url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/kent/4346832.stm|publisher=BBC News | title = Windmill collapses following fire| access-date=5 May 2008 | date=16 October 2005}} |
Chislet
| Chislet Mock Mill | Smock | | 2012 | Residential mock mill. |
Cliffe
| Dance's Mill | Smock | 1769 | 1769 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Burnt down c.1885.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=187}} |
Cliftonville
| Gougher's Mill (east) | Smock | | 1839 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Demolished November 1875 |
Cliftonville
| Gougher's Mill (middle) | Smock | | 1839 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Burnt down after 1839 |
Cliftonville
| Gougher's Mill (west) | | | 1836 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Burnt down 27 February 1836.{{cite news |title=(untitled) |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=2 March 1836 }} |
Cliftonville
| Gougher's Mill (west) | Smock | | 1839 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Demolished November 1875 |
Cobham
| Cobham Hall Mill | Post | 1596 | 1596 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|4|furlong|m}} north of Cobham Hall.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=188}} |
Cobham
| Darnley's Mill | Smock | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Struck by lightning and burnt down in 1903.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=188}} Base survives, house converted.{{cite web |url=http://www.windmillworld.com/millid/2688.htm |title=Cobham windmill, Kent |publisher=Windmill World |access-date=22 August 2015}} |
Cowden
| Polefields Mill | | | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood about {{convert|4|furlong|m}} north of Cowden Church. Demolished by 1843.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=188}} |
Cranbrook
| Windmill Hill Mill | Smock | 1736 | 1736 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|2|furlong|m}} west north west of Cranbrook Church. Moved to Sissinghurst (Crampton's Mill) c. 1814.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|pp=188–89}} |
Cranbrook
| Satin's Hill Mill | | 1769 | 1769 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|1|mi|5|furlong|km}} north east of Cranbrook Church. Gone by early C19th.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=189}} |
Cranbrook
| Smock | | 1872 | Stood {{convert|1|mi|6|furlong}} north north east of Cranbrook church. Working until 1876. Demolished 9 August 1901.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|pp=189–90}} | 150px |
Cranbrook
| Union Mill | Smock | | 1814 | Working until 1957, restored 1958-60. Tallest smock mill in the United Kingdom. | 150px |
Crayford
| May Place Mill | Post | 1769 | 1769 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|1|mi|2|furlong|km}} north of Bexley Church. Working until 1858.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|pp=162–63}} Demolished c.1870.{{sfn|Cumming|2014|pp=6–8}} |
Cudham
| Biggin Hill Mill, | Post | 1829 | 1809{{sfn|Cumming|2014|pp=22–24}} | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|1|mi|4|furlong|km}} south west of Cudham Church.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=191}} Demolished in 1885. |
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Dartford
| Smock | | 1799{{sfn|Cumming|2014|pp=24–26}} | Stood {{convert|1|mi|km}} east south east of Dartford Church. Working until 1886. Demolished c. 1901.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=191}} | 150px |
Dartford
| Hall's Engineering Works, Hythe Street | | | 1795{{sfn|Cumming|2014|p=24}} | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Demolished c. 1801.{{sfn|Stoyel|2008}} |
Deal
| Upper Deal Mill | Post | 1596 | 1596 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|4|furlong|m}} south of Upper Deal Church. Standing in 1840.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=192}} |
Deal
| Smock | | 1855 | Stood {{convert|4|furlong|m}} south of Upper Deal Church. Demolished March 1929.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=192}} | 150px |
Deal
| Smock | | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|3|furlong|m}} west of Deal Castle. Demolished c.1890.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=192}} |
Deal
| Lower Deal Mill | Smock | 1736 | 1736 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|4|furlong|m}} south west of Sandown Castle. Demolished c.1870.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=193}} |
Deal
| North End Mill, | Smock | | 1767 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|4|furlong|m}} south west of Sandown castle. Burnt down c.1896.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=193}} |
Deal
| Sandown Castle Mill | | 1829 | 1829 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|4|furlong|m}} south of Sandown Castle.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=193}} |
Deal
| Sandown Mill | Post | 1695 | 1695 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|2|furlong|m}} south of Sandown Castle.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=193}} |
Deal
| Sandown Mill | Smock | | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|2|furlong|m}} south of Sandown Castle.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=193}} Demolished c.1892.{{Cite news |title=(untitled) |date=10 September 1892 |newspaper=Whitstable Times and Herne Bay Herald }} |
Deal
| Walmer Road Mill | Smock | | 1844 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|1|furlong|m}} south of Deal Castle. Demolished early 1850s.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=194}} |
Denton
| Denton | | 1736 | 1736 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|3|furlong|m}} north east of Denton Church.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=194}} |
Detling
| Detling Mill | Smock | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|6|furlong|km}} north east of Detling Church. Standing in 1866, demolished by February 1868.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|pp=313–14}} |
Doddington
| Elvey's Mill, | Smock | | c. 1820 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Demolished 1937.{{cite web| url= http://www.twokentvillages.org/doddington/doddington_buildings/26_Doddington_Windmill.html| publisher=twokentvillages.org| title = No. 26 Doddington Windmill| access-date=5 May 2008}} |
Dover
| Dover Castle, Mill Tower | | | Late C13th | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Tower 22 had a windmill erected on it during the time of Stephen de Pencester (d.1303). The mill was demolished during the Anglo-American War under orders from the Ordnance Board.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=196}} |
Dover
| Buckland Brewery | Smock | | A pumping mill.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=196}} Demolished in the 1890s. | 150px |
Dover
| Infectious Diseases Hospital | | 1893 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| |
Dymchurch
| Smock | 1829 | 1829 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Moved {{convert|200|yd|m}} to a new site within Dymchurch at an unknown date.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=196}} |
Dymchurch
| Dymchurch Mill | | | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|1|mi|km}} south west of Dymchurch Church. Working until c.1882. Demolished c. 1905.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=196}} |
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Eastchurch
| Eastchurch Mill | Post | 1596 | 1596 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood to the south west of Eastchurch Church.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=197}} |
East Farleigh
| East Farleigh Mill | Smock | | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|1|mi|2|furlong|km}} south east of East Farleigh Church. Burnt down in the 1830s or earlier.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|pp=202–03}} |
East Langdon
| Martin Mill | Smock | 1769 | 1769 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Demolished c. 1954{{sfn|West|1973}} |
Eastling
| Eastling Mill | Smock | | 1823 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Demolished c. 1912,{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=198}} |
Eastry
| | Post | 1596 | 1596 |
Eastry
| Smock | 1769 | 1743 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Demolished 1926.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=198}} |
Eastry
| Upper Mill | Smock | 1769 | 1769 | Working by wind until 1913, then by suction gas engine until 1959. House conversion. | 150px |
Eastry
| (3rd mill) | Smock | | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|Stood about {{convert|4|furlong|m}} south west of Eastry Church. Standing in 1833, burnt down, date unknown.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=198}} |
Eastry
| (4th mill) | | | Mid C19th | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood about {{convert|4|furlong|m}} south west of Eastry Church.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=198}} |
Eastry
| Eastry Mill | | 1736 | 1736 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood north of Eastry Church.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=198}} |
Edenbridge
| Edenbridge Mill | Tower | | 1815 | Working until 1886. House converted 1990s. | 150px |
Egerton
| (near church) | Smock | | 1818 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Moved to Stone Hill, c.1818.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=198}} |
Egerton
| Stone Hill Mill | Smock | | c.1818 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Blown down 2 December 1919.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=199}} Base survives, used as a store.{{sfn|West|1973|p=97}}{{cite web |url=http://www.windmillworld.com/millid/2729.htm |title=Egerton windmill, Kent |publisher=Windmill World |access-date=25 August 2015}} |
Elham
| Elham Mill | Post | 1769 | 1769 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|2|furlong|m}} north of Elham Church. Blown down, date unknown.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=199}} |
Elham
| Bladblean Mill | | 1769 | 1769 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|1|mi|5|furlong|km}} north of Elham Church.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=200}} |
Elham
| Smock | | c. 1820 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|1|furlong|m}} north of Elham Church. Working until c.1918, demolished in 1925 .{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=200}} |
Elmley
| | | 1695 | 1695 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | Stood south east of Elmley Chapel.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=200}} |
Elmsted
| Itinge Mill | | 1736 | 1736 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|1|mi|km}} north of Elmsted Church. |
Elmsted
| Itinge Mill, | Post | | c. 1865 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|1|mi|km}} north of Elmsted Church. Moved from Petham (Mark's Folly Mill) c.1865. Collapsed c.1875.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=200}} |
Elmsted
| Stone Street Mill, | Smock | | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|1|mi|2|furlong|km}} east of Elmsted Church. Demolished c.1868 .{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|pp=200–01}} |
Elmsted
| Stone Street Mill, | Smock | 1769 | 1769 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|1|mi|2|furlong|km}} east of Elmsted Church. Demolished c.1876.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|pp=200–01}} |
Elmsted
| Bodsham Green Mill | Smock | | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|6|furlong|m}} north west of Elmsted Church. Working until 1890. Demolished c. 1895.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=201}} Base survives, used as a store.{{cite web |url=http://www.windmillworld.com/millid/2758.htm |title=Elmsted windmill, Kent |publisher=Windmill World] |access-date=25 August 2015}} |
Eythorne
| Upper Eythorne Mill | | 1769 | 1769 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|1|mi|2|furlong|km}} north east of Sibertswold Church.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=202}} |
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Farningham
| Smock | | 1820 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Moved to West Kingsdown in 1880. |
Faversham
| Forbes Road Mill, | Smock | | 1843 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|6|furlong|km}} south west of Faversham Church. Demolished c.1910.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=203}} |
Faversham
| Hangman's Lane Mill | Smock | | 1843 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|5|furlong|m}} south west of Faversham Church. Demolished c.1855.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=203}} |
Faversham
| Copton Mill | Tower | | 1863{{sfn|West|1973}} | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| A pumping mill, tower stands, used as a store. |
Fawkham
| Fawkham Mill | | 1719 | 1719 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|6|furlong|km}} east of Fawkham Church.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=203}} |
Folkestone
| Cheriton Mill, | Smock | | 1877 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Moved from Hythe. Working by wind until 1902, then by engine. Demolished in 1919, brick base built upon and used as a store.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=204}}{{cite web |url=http://www.windmillworld.com/millid/2770.htm |title=Cheriton windmill, Kent |publisher=Windmill World |access-date=24 August 2015}} |
Folkestone
| Cheriton Mill | | | 1843 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|Stood {{convert|5|furlong|m}} east north east of Cheriton Church. Standing 1869, later burnt down.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|pp=204–05}} |
Folkestone
| Cheriton Mill | Smock | | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Moved to Lympne.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=205}} |
Folkestone
| Folkestone Mill | | 1769 | 1769 | Stood {{convert|4|furlong|m}} north of Folkestone Church and {{convert|4|furlong|m}} east of Folkestone Central railway station.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=205}} Standing in 1833.Painted by John Constable in that year | 150px |
Folkestone
| (on coast) | Post | 1769 | 1769 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|4|furlong|m}} south east of Foord Road Mill.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=205}} |
Folkestone
| Dawson's Mill | Smock | | 1843 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|2|furlong|m}} south east of Folkestone Central railway station. Moved to Bethersden (Black Mill) in 1885.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=205}} |
Frindsbury
| Quarry Mill | Post | 1596 | 1596 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Burnt down c.1850 .{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=206}} |
Frindsbury
| Prospect Hill Mill, | Smock | 1769 | 1769 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Struck by lightning and consequently demolished c.1886.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=206}} |
Frindsbury
| Prospect Hill Mill, | Smock | | 1843 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Demolished c.1890. Base converted to a pair of cottages, which survive.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|pp=206–07}}{{cite web |url=http://www.windmillworld.com/millid/2697.htm |title=Frindsbury windmill, Kent |publisher=Windmill World |access-date=24 August 2015}} |
Frindsbury
| Kimmins' Mill | Smock | | 1843 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Demolished c.1865.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=207}} |
Frindsbury
| Frindsbury Mill, | Smock | | 1843 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Demolished 1931.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|pp=207–08}} |
Frinsted
| Frinsted Mill | | 1736 | 1736 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood north of Frinsted Church.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=208}} |
Frittenden
| Maplehurst Windmill | | | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|7|furlong|km}} north west of Frittenden Church. Demolished by 1836.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=209}} |
Frittenden
| Sinkhurst Green Mill | Post | 1829 | 1829 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Possibly moved here from an unknown location. Working until the First World War.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|pp=209–10}} Demolished early 1950s.{{sfn|West|1973|p=106}}{{sfn|West|1973}} |
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Gillingham
| Stedman's Mill | Smock | | 1874 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Demolished c.1888.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=210}} |
Gillingham
| Stedman's Mill | Smock | | 1839 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Moved from Snodland. Struck by lightning and burnt down 28 June 1892 |
Gillingham
| Charter Street mill | | | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|3|furlong|m}} north of St Mark's Church, Gillingham. Burnt down, date unknown.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=210}} |
Gillingham
| Mulberry Tree Place Mill | | | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|2|furlong|m}} east of the Hastings Arms PH.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=210}} |
Gillingham
| Friday's Mill | Smock | | 1839 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Demolished c.1896 .{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|pp=210–11}} |
Goodnestone
| | Post | 1736 | 1736 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood south south west of Goodnestone Church.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=211}} |
Goudhurst
| Kilndown Mill{{cite web| url= http://www.sussexmillsgroup.org.uk/nutley.htm| publisher=Sussex Mills Group| title = Nutley Windmill| access-date=9 May 2008}} | Post{{sfn|Brunnarius|1979|pages=54, 180, 189}} | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Moved to Nutley, Sussex c. 1817.{{sfn|Brunnarius|1979|pages=54, 180, 189}} |
Goudhurst
| Town Mill | Smock | | c. 1803 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Working until late 1870s. Demolished c.1890.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|pp=211–12}} |
Gravesend
| Windmill Hill Mill | Post | 1596 | 1596 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|5|furlong|m}} south of Gravesend church. Burnt down 1763.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=213}} |
Gravesend
| Windmill Hill Mill (south) | Post | 1769 | 1769 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|5|furlong|m}} south of Gravesend Church. Caught fire and remains demolished 1787.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=213}} |
Gravesend
| Windmill Hill Mill (south) | Post | | c.1787 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Woking until 1856. Later converted to a camera obscura. Burnt down 17 May 1900 to celebrate the Relief of Mafeking.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=213}} |
Gravesend
| Windmill Hill Mill (north) | Post | 1769 | 1769 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | Stood {{convert|5|furlong|m}} south of Gravesend church, and {{convert|120|yd|m}} north east of the southerly mill.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=213}} |
Gravesend
| Denton Mill | | | 1812 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|1|mi|m}} east of Gravesend church and {{convert|150|yd|m}} west of the Ship and Lobster PH. Demolished c.1872.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=214}} |
Great Chart
| Saw mill | Smock | | 1888 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|1|furlong|m}} north east of Great Chart Church. A six-sailed saw mill moved from Pluckley. Demolished in 1928, leaving the base standing.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=180}} The base burnt down in the 1960s.{{sfn|West|1973|p=106}} |
Great Mongeham
| Mongeham Mill | | 1596 | 1596 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood south west of Great Mongeham chuech.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=247}} |
Guilton
| Guilton Mill | Smock | | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Demolished October 1923.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|pp=214–15}} Base remains, house converted.{{sfn|West|1973|p=97}}{{cite web |url=http://www.windmillworld.com/millid/2781.htm |title=Ash windmill, Kent |publisher=Windmill World |access-date=25 August 2015}} |
Guilton
| | Post | 1769 | 1769 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|3|furlong|m}} west of Ash Church. Standing in 1854.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=215}} |
Guilton
| | Smock | | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|3|furlong|m}} west of Ash Church. Standing in 1854.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=215}} |
Guilton
| Good Intent Mill | Smock | | 1854 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Demolished c.1918.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=215}} |
Guston
| Swingate Mill | Tower | | 1849 | Working until 1959, House converted. | 150px |
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Halstead
| | Smock | | 1820{{sfn|Cumming|2014|p=53}} | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Demolished in 1829.{{sfn|Farries|Mason|1966|p=92}} |
Harbledown
| Smock | | 1780 | Working until 1890s. Demolished 9 July 1913.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|pp=216–17}} | 150px |
Hartley
| | | 1719 | 1719 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood about halfway between Midley Church and Hartley Church.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=217}} |
Hartlip
| Friday's Mill | Smock | 1596 | 1596 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|4|furlong|m}} north north east of Hartlip Church. Burnt down June 1887.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=217}} |
Hastingleigh
| Staple Lees Mill | Post | 1736 | 1736 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|6|furlong|km}} north west of Hastingleigh Church.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=218}} |
Hawkhurst
| Old Conghurst | | 1719 | 1719 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood south of Hawkhurst Church, near Old Conghurst.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=218}} |
Hawkhurst
| Hawkhurst Horn | Post | 1736 | 1736 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|4|furlong|m}} mprtj west of Hawkhurst Church. Said to have beenmoved to High Street site.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=217}} |
Hawkhurst
| Pipsden | Post | 1736 | 1736 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|1|mi|30|chain|km}} north east of Hawkhurst Church. Standing in 1874.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=217}} |
Hawkhurst
| High Street | Post | | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|7|furlong|km}} north north west of Hawkhurst Church. Said to have been moved from another site in Hawkhurst. Demolished by 1880.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=217}} |
Hawkhurst
| Gun Green Mill | Post | | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|1|mi|3|furlong|km}} north east of Hawkhurst Church.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=217}} |
Hawkhurst
| Gun Green Mill | Smock | | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|1|mi|3|furlong|km}} north east of Hawkhurst Church. Moved to Four Throws c.1870.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=217}} |
Hawkhurst
| Four Throws Mill | Smock | | c.1870 | Stood {{convert|1|mi|1|furlong}} east of Hawkhurst Church. Moved from Gun Green c.1870. Demolished in 1926.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|pp=217–18}} | 150px |
Hawkinge
| Old Mill | Smock | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|2|furlong|m}} north east of Hawkinge Church. Working until 1902.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=218}} Collapsed in 1962.{{sfn|West|1973|p=106}} |
Hawkinge
| Drellingore Mill | Smock | | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|1|mi|4|furlong|km}} north east of Hawkinge Church.Moved to Ringwould (Ripple Mill) c.1810.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=219}} |
Headcorn
| Black Mill | Smock | 1769 | 1769 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Demolished c.1910.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|pp=219–20}} |
Headcorn
| White Mill | Smock | | 1819 | Was working in 1933.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|pp=220–21}} Demolished 8 July 1952.{{cite news |title=Weald Windmill Goes |newspaper=Kentish Express |location=Ashford |date=11 July 1952 }} | 150px |
Herne
| Beacon Hill Mill | Post | 1596 | 1511{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|pp=221–22}} | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Demolished c.1781.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|pp=221–22}} |
Herne
| Herne Windmill | Smock | | 1781 | Working by wind until 1952, then by electric motor until 1980. Restored. | 150px |
Herne Bay
| The Bay Mill | Smock | | 1839 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Demolished in 1878.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|pp=222–23}} |
Higham
| Rose's Mill | Smock | | 1760 | Demolished April 1921,{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=223}} base remains standing.{{cite web|url=http://www.windmillworld.com/millid/2694.htm |title=Higham windmill, Kent |publisher=Windmill World |access-date=25 August 2015}} | 150px |
High Halden
| Post | 1736 | 1736 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood near the Dragon PH, moved within High Halden c.1800.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|pp=224–25}} |
High Halden
| High Halden Mill | Post | | c.1800 | Working until c.1918, demolished by 1933 leaving the roundhouse,{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|pp=223–24}} which had been demolished by 1973.{{sfn|West|1973|p=106}} | 150px |
Hildenborough
| Watt's Cross mill | Smock | | 1812 | Working until 1910. {{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=224}} Demolished in 1961, derelict base remains.{{sfn|West|1973|p=98}}{{cite web |url=http://www.windmillworld.com/millid/2656.htm |title=Hildenborough windmill, Kent |publisher=Windmill World |access-date=25 August 2015}} | 150px |
Hoath
| Smock | | 1843 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|4|furlong|m}} north east of Hoath Church. Working until 1912. Collapsed on 18 July 1919.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=225}} |
Hoo
| Hoo Common Mill | Post | 1769 | 1769 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|1|mi|km}} north west of Hoo church. Demolished c.1799.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|pp=225–26}} |
Hoo
| Hoo Common Mill | Smock | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|1|mi|km}} north west of Hoo Church. Working until 1880s. Standing in 1905, demolished by 1933.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|pp=225–26}} |
Hythe
| | Post | | 1809 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|4|furlong|m}} east of St. Leonard's Church, Hythe and {{convert|2|furlong|m}} south south east of Hythe railway station. Moved to Ruckinge in the 1830s.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|pp=226-27, 268}} |
Hythe
| Stade Street | Smock | 1829 | 1829 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|3|furlong|m}} south west of St. Leonard's Church, Hythe. Standing in 1889.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=227}} |
Hythe
| Stade Street | Smock | 1829 | 1829 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|3|furlong|m}} south west of St. Leonard's Church, Hythe. Moved to Cheriton (Ashley Mill) in 1877, base was left standing.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=227}} |
Hythe
| Stade Street | Smock | 1829 | 1829 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|3|furlong|m}} south west of St. Leonardd's Church, Hythe. Standing in 1829, demolished by 1877.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=227}} |
Hythe
| | Smock | | 1860s | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Demolished in the early 1860s'{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=227}} |
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! Name of mill and ! Type ! Maps ! First mention ! Last mention ! Image |
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Ide Hill
| | | | 1819{{sfn|Cumming|2014|pp=53–55}} | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood near the west side of Ide Hill Church.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=227}} Burnt down in 1836.{{sfn|Cumming|2014|pp=53–55}} |
Ide Hill
| | Post | | 1838{{sfn|Cumming|2014|pp=53–55}} | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|100|yd|m}} east of Ide Hill Church.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=228}} Demolished in the 1890s.{{sfn|Cumming|2014|pp=53–55}} |
Isle of Grain
| Grain | | 1596 | 1596 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood near the village of Grain.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=212}} |
Isle of Grain
| All Hallows | | 1769 | 1769 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|1|mi|2|furlong}} east south east of Allhallows Church.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=212}} |
Isle of Grain
| St Peter's | | 1769 | 1769 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|2|mi|km}} south west of St Peter's Church. Standing in 1819.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=212}} |
Iwade
| Iwade Windpump | | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| |
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Kemsing
| | | |
Kennington
| Kennington Lees Mill | Post | 1769 | 1769 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|2|furlong|m}} north west of Kennington Church. Demolished c.1878.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=228}} |
Kennington
| Wind, Steam and Water Mill | Smock | | 1813 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Working until 1892s.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|pp=228–29}} Demolished in 1952. Base survives, used as a store.{{sfn|West|1973|p=99}}{{cite web |url=http://www.windmillworld.com/millid/2753.htm |title=Kennington windmill, Kent |publisher=Windmill World |access-date=25 August 2015}} |
Kingsdown
| | | | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|6|furlong|km}} north north east of Kingsdown Church. Demolished c. 1850s.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=231}} |
Kingsnorth
| Millbank Place Mill | | | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|6|furlong|km}} north north west of Kingsnorth Church.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=231}} |
Kingsnorth
| Kingsnorth Mill | Smock | | 1878 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Standing in 1892, demolished by 1933. Base survives, converted to house.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|pp=231–32}}{{cite web |url=http://www.windmillworld.com/millid/2747.htm |title=Kingsnorth windmill, Kent |publisher=Windmill World |access-date=25 August 2013}} |
Kingston
| Reed Mill | Tower | | 1872 | Working until 28 March 1915. House converted 2009-10. | 150px |
Knockholt
| Knockholt Mill | Tower | | 1824{{sfn|Cumming|2014|pp=62–64}} | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood about {{convert|1|mi|km}} east of Knockholt Church.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=233}}Working until 1882.{{sfn|Cumming|2014|pp=62–24}} Demolished c.1886.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=233}} |
Knockholt
| Stoneings Mill | Post | | 1824{{sfn|Cumming|2014|pp=62–64}} | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| A miniature mill, some remains were in situ in 1956.{{sfn|Cumming|2014|pp=62–64}} |
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! Name of mill and ! Type ! Maps ! First mention ! Notes ! Image |
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Lamberhurst
| Windmill Farm | | | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|1|mi|km}} north west of Lamberhurst Church. Gone by 1769.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=233}} |
Lamberhurst
| Saw mill{{cite journal |date=August 1982 |title=Bygone Kent |journal=Bygone Kent |volume=4 |issue=8 |pages=463–64 |publisher=Meresborough Books |location=Rainham |url=http://www.bygonekent.org.uk}} | Smock | |
Lamberhurst
| Sussex Mill{{sfn|Brunnarius|1979|pages=54, 180, 189}} | | | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| |
Leeds
| Brogden Mill | Smock | | 1843 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|4|furlong|m}} west south west of Leeds Church. Demolished in 1883.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=235}} |
Leigh
| Stocks Green Mill | Smock | | 1928 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Moved from Sidley, East Sussex.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|pp=235–36}} Collapsed c. 1963Photographs dated 1963 show collapsed wreckage, lodged with the Mills Archive{{cite web |url=http://www.windmillworld.com/millid/2655.htm |title=Leigh windmill, Kent |publisher=Windmill World |access-date=25 August 2015}} |
Lenham
| | | |
Lenham
| Town mill | Smock | | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|2|furlong|m}} south west of Lenham Church. Demolished c.1843.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=236}} |
Lenham
| Town Mill | Smock | | c. 1843 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|2|furlong|m}} south west of Lenham Church. Burnt down in 1904.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=236}} |
Lenham
| Downs Court Hill Mill | | | 1828 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|1|mi|1|furlong|km}} east north east of Lenham Church. Burnt down before 1881.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=236}} |
Lenham
| Lenham Heath Mill | Smock | 1769 | 1760 | Demolished in 1925.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=237}} Base survives, used as a store.{{cite web |url=http://www.windmillworld.com/millid/2731.htm |title=Lenham windmill, Kent |publisher=Windmill World |access-date=25 August 2015}} |
Lower Stoke
| | | | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| |
Lower Stoke
| (2nd mill) | Smock | | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Standing in 1905, gone by 1933 |
Luddesdown
| Henley Downs Mill | | 1829 | 1829 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|2|furlong|m}} north west of Luddesdown Church. Blown downin 1856.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=237}} |
Lydd
| | | 1596 | 1596 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|2|furlong|m}} north west of Lydd Church.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=237}} |
Lydd
| Old Mill | Post | 1596 | 1596 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|3|furlong|m}} south west of Lydd Church. Burnt down 26 February 1900.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=237}} |
Lydd
| New Mill | Smock | | 1805 | Stood {{convert|3|furlong|m}} north east of Lydd Church. Working until 1920, latterly by steam engine. Burnt down 22 September 1927.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|pp=237–38}} | 150px |
Lyminge
| | Post | 1736 | 1736 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|3|furlong|m}} north west of Lyminge Church. Standing in 1819, blown down, date unknown.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=238}} |
Lyminge
| Black Mill | Smock | | 1843 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|3|furlong|m}} north of Lyminge Church. Burnt down in September 1891.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|pp=238–39}} |
Lyminge
| Smock | | c.1852 | Stood {{convert|3|furlong|m}} north of Lyminge Church. Demolished in 1920.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|pp=238–39}} | 150px |
Lympne
| | Smock | 1829 | 1829 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|3|furlong|m}} west north west of Lympne Church. Moved from Cheriton, Folkestone. Blown down in November 1891.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=239}} |
Lynsted
| Claxfield, Seed Mill | | | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|7|furlong|km}} north of Lynsted Church. Gone by the 1850s.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=239}} |
Lynsted
| Union Mill | Smock | 1736 | 1736 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|7|furlong|m}} south east of Lynsted Church. Standing in 1870, demolished "a few years later".{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|pp=239–40}} |
Lynsted
| Champion's Mill | Smock | | 1843 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Standing in 1933. Gone by 1940.{{cite web |url=http://library.kent.ac.uk/library/special/html/mills/kent.htm |title=KENT |publisher=University of Kent at Canterbury |access-date=26 May 2009}} Base survives, used as a store.{{NHLE |num=1343930 |desc=CHAMPION'S WINDMILL, 50 YARDS NORTH WEST OF BERKELEY HOUSE, LYNSTED LANE (north side) |access-date=25 August 2015}} |
=M=
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Location
! Name of mill and ! Type ! Maps ! First mention ! Notes ! Image |
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Maidstone
| Sandling Road | Smock | 1819 | 1819 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Gone by 1834. Site now occupied by Maidstone East railway station.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|pp=240–42}} |
Margate
| Humber's Mill | | 1695 | 1695 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|2|mi|km}} north west of St Lawrence Church, Ramsgate.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=242}} |
Margate
| | | 1695 | 1695 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|7|furlong|km}} south east of Margate Church. Gone by 1847.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=242}} |
Margate
| Drapers Mill | Smock | | c. 1847 | [http://www.windmillworld.com/millid/2792.htm Windmill World] | 150px |
Margate
| Smock | | c.1869 | Stood {{convert|7|furlong|km}} south east of Margate Church. Moved from Barham. Standing in 1903, gone by 1933, base survived then.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=242}} | 150px |
Margate
| Pumping Mill | Tower | | 1872 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|7|furlong|km}} south east of Margate church. Five-sailed pumping mill. Standing in 1894, gone by 1933.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|pp=242–43}} |
Margate
| Town Mill | | 1719 | 1719 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|3|furlong|m}} north west of Draper's Mill. Working in 1889.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=243}} |
Margate
| Nayland Mill | | | 1801 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|4|furlong|m}} west of Margate Church. Said to have been moved within Margate to site later occupied by Draper's Mill.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=242}} |
Margate
| Hooper's Mill | | Demolished c. 1828{{sfn|West|1973}} | 150px |
Meopham
| Meopham Mill | Smock | | 1801 | Working by wind until 1929, then by engine until 1965. Restored. | 150px |
Meopham
| Priestwood Mill | | 1769 | 1769 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|1|mi|km}} south south east of Meopham Church. Demolished in the 1850s.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|pp=87-88, 244}} |
Milton
| Chalkwell Mill | Smock | | 1843 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|6|furlong|km}} west of Sittingbourne Church. Standing in 1878.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|pp=244–45}} |
Milton Regis
| Smock | | 1878 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|2|furlong|m}} north west of Milton Regis Church.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|pp=245–46}} Struck by lightning and burnt down 15 August 1954.{{cite news |title=Lightning hits Windmill |newspaper=Daily Telegraph and Morning Post |date=16 August 1954 }} |
Minster, Sheppey
| Pigtail Corner Mill | | 1596 | 1596 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|2|furlong|m}} east of Minster Church.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=246}} |
Minster, Sheppey
| Pigtail Corner Mill | Smock | 1695 | 1695 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|2|furlong|m}} east of Minster Church. Working in 1878. Burnt down in 1889.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=246}} |
Minster, Sheppey
| | | | 1819 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|1|mi|km}} south east of Minster Church.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=246}} |
Minster, Thanet
| Minster Mill | Post | 1596 | 1596 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|1|mi|4|furlong|km}} north east of Minster Church.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=246}} |
Minster, Thanet
| Minster Mill | Smock | | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|1|mi|4|furlong|km}} north east of Minster Church. Standing in 1882.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|pp=246–47}} |
Minster, Thanet
| Minster Mill | Smock | 1769 | 1769 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|1|mi|4|furlong|km}} north east of Minster Church. Standing in 1875, gone by 1882.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|pp=246–47}} |
Molash
| Molash Mill | Smock | | 1843 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|4|furlong|m}} south west of Molash Church. Standing in 1877.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=247}} |
Monkton
| | | |
Monkton
| Monkton Mill | | 1596 | 1596 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|1|mi|4|furlong|km}} north east of Monkton Church. Said to have been moved to Sarre.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|pp=247–48}} |
Murston
| Murston Mill | | | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|7|furlong|km}} north east of Murston Church.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=248}} |
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! Name of mill and ! Type ! Maps ! First mention ! Notes ! Image |
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Newchurch
| Newchurch Mill | Tower | | 1810 | Demolished c.1906. Stump remains.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=248}}{{cite web |url=http://www.windmillworld.com/millid/2755.htm |title=Newchurch windmill, Kent |publisher=Windmill World |access-date=26 August 2015}} | 150px |
Newington
| Newington Mill | Smock | | 1843 | Stood {{convert|4|furlong|m}} north of St. Lawrence Church, Ramsgate. Standing in 1933.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=249}} | 150px |
Newington
| Newington Mill | Smock | | 1843 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|3|furlong|m}} south west of Newington Church. Standing in 1884, gone by 1933.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=249}} |
Newnham
| Newnham Mill | Smock | | 1843 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|30|chain|m}} north of Newnham Church. Dismantled 1876, tower burnt 5 November 1876.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=250}} |
New Romney
| | Post | 1596 | 1500 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|3|furlong|m}} north north west of New Romney Church.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=267}} |
New Romney
| New Romney Mill | Smock | 1769 | 1769 | Stooc {{convert|3|furlong|m}} north north west of New Romney Church, Standing in 1903, gone by 1933.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=267}} | 150px |
New Romney
| | | 1769 | 1769 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|5|furlong|km}} north east of New Romney Church.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=267}} |
Nonington
| Nonington Mill | | 1596 | 1596 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|1|mi|1|furlong|km}} east south east of Nonington Church. |
Nonington
| Smock | | 1843 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|1|mi|1|furlong}} east south east of Nonington Church. Working by wind until 1905, then by engine.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=250}} Burnt down 9 May 1965. |
Nonington
| Seed Mill | Smock | | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|1|mi|1|furlong|km}} east south east of Nonington Church and {{convert|200|yd}} south east of Nonington Mill. Demolished in 1905 =.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=250}} |
Northbourne
| | | 1596 | 1596 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center| Stood {{convert|4|furlong|m}} south west of Northbourne Church.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=251}} |
Northbourne
| Old Mill | Smock | 1769 | 1769 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|4|furlong|m}} west north west of Northbourne Church.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=251}} Demolished 15 February 1957White Mill Folk Museum, Sandwich |
Northbourne
| New Mill | Smock | | 1848 | Working by wind until 1949, then by electric motor until 1957. House converted in 1976. | 150px |
Northfleet
| The Hive | | | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|2|furlong|m}} west north west of Northfleet Church.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=252}} |
Northfleet
| Stone Bridge | | | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|6|furlong|km}} north west of Northfleet Church.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=252}} |
Northfleet
| Stone Bridge (2nd mill) | | | 1843 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|6|furlong|km}} north west of Northfleet Church. Standing in the 1850s.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=252}} |
Northfleet
| Fiveash Mill | | | 1843 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|30|chain|m}} north of Perry Street Church. Demolished in 1900s.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=252}} |
Northfleet
| Rosherville | Tower | | 1832 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|5|furlong|m}} east south east of Northfleet Church. Working until c.1894. Demolished c.1916.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|pp=252–53}} |
Northwood
| Thanet Mill | Tower | | 1843 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Demolished in 1961.{{sfn|West|1973|p=106}} |
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! Name of mill and ! Type ! Maps ! First mention ! Notes ! Image |
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Oare
| Oare Windmill | Tower | 1821 | 1821 | House converted 1963. | 150px |
Oare
| Oare Marshes | smock | | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| A windpump, standing derelict in 1933.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=315}} Some remnants extant in 1973.{{sfn|West|1973|p=92}} |
Old Romney
| | Post | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| |
Old Romney
| | Post | 1596 | 1596 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|4|furlong|m}} west of Old Romney Church.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=267}} |
Old Romney
| | Post | 1596 | 1596 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|1|mi|km}} north west of Old Romney Church.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=267}} |
Ospringe
| Water Lane Mill | Smock | | 1878 | Demolished c.1915.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=254}} | 150px |
Ospringe
| Union House | | | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|6|furlong|km}} north of Ospringe Church.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=254}} |
Ospringe
| Union House (2nd mill) | Smock | | 1843 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|6|furlong|km}} north of Ospringe Church. Burnt down c.1910.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=254}} |
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! Name of mill and ! Type ! Maps ! First mention ! Notes ! Image |
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Pegwell Bay
| | | | 1828 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Demolished c. 1830.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=254}} |
Penenden Heath
| Penenden Heath Mill | Smock | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|1|mi|2|furlong}} south of Boxley Church. Moved to Folkestone (Dawson's Mill) c. 1840.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|pp=254–55}} |
Petham
| Mill Downs Mill | Post | 1829 | 1829 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood close to Petham Church. Moved to Stelling Minnis (Brambleton Mill) c.1850.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=255}} |
Petham
| Mark's Folly Mill | Post | | 1865 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|1|mi|km}} south west of Petham Church. Moved to Elmsted (Itinge Mill) c.1865.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|pp=255–56}} |
Petham
| Smock | | 1821 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|3|furlong|m}} east of Petham Church. Burnt down 1 April 1900.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=256}} |
Pluckley
| Pluckley Mill | Smock | | 1872 | Working until 1916.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=257}} Burnt down 1939.{{sfn|West|1973|p=106}} | 150px |
Pluckley
| Padgham's Mill | Smock | | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| A six-sailed saw mill. Moved to Great Chart.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=180}} |
Postling
| Postling Mill | Post | 1596 | 1596 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood to the north west of Postling Church.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=258}} |
Preston next Faversham
| Smock | | 1843 | Stood {{convert|4|furlong|m}} south of Preston Church. Working until 1919, latterly by steam engine.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|pp=258–59}} Demolished in 1943.{{sfn|West|1973|p=106}} | 150px |
Preston next Wingham
| Old Mill | Smock | | 1778 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Working by wind until 1916, then by engine into 1930s.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|pp=259–60}} Demolished in 1959, leaving the base.{{sfn|West|1973|p=106}}{{cite web |url=http://www.windmillworld.com/millid/2777.htm |title=Preston windmill, Kent |publisher=Windmill World |access-date=25 August 2015}} |
Preston next Wingham
| Smock | | 1852 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|1|mi|km}} north west of Elmstone Church. Demolished in 1912.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=260}} |
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! Name of mill and ! Type ! Maps ! First mention ! Notes ! Image |
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Queenborough
| Queenborough Mill | | | 1843 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood close to, and east of, Queenborough Church. Burnt down before 1860.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=260}} |
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! Name of mill and ! Type ! Maps ! First mention ! Notes ! Image |
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Ramsgate
| St. Lawrence | | 1596 | 1596 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|4|furlong|m}} east of St Lawrence Church, Ramsgate.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=260}} |
Ramsgate
| Grange Road Mill | | 1719 | 1719 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|4|furlong|m}} south south east of St Lawrence Church, Ramsgate. Standing in 1819, gone by 1872.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=260}} |
Ramsgate
| Smock | | 1843 | Stood {{convert|4|furlong|m}} south south east of St Lawrence Church, Ramsgate. Standing in 1905, demolished by 1930, when the base was standing.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|pp=260–61}} Base demolished by 1973.{{sfn|West|1973|p=110}} | 150px |
Ramsgate
| Hereson Mill | Smock | | 1872 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|2|furlong|m}} inland of the East Cliff. Burnt down c.1890.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=261}} |
Reculver
| | | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| |
Richborough
| | | 1769 | 1769 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|1|mi|km}} north east of Richborough Castle. Standing in 1787.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|pp=261–62}} |
Richborough
| | | 1769 | 1769 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|1|mi|km}} north east of Richborough Castle. Standing in 1787.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|pp=261–62}} |
Ringwould
| {{gbmappingsmall|TR 362 490}} | Post | 1695 | 1695 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| |
Ringwould
| Ripple Mill | Smock | | c. 1810 | Working until Second World War, stripped of machinery 1957 and converted to transmitter station. Now restored to working order. | 150px |
Rochester
| Star Hill Mill | | | 1787 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Demolished c.1865.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|pp=262–63}} |
Rochester
| Star Hill Mill | | | 1843 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Burnt down in 1852.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=263}} |
Rochester
| Star Hill Mill | Smock | | 1877 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Demolished 1890–95.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=263}} |
Rochester
| Delce Mill | Smock | | 1853 | Demolished May 1946.{{cite news |title=A Dickens Mill |newspaper=Yorkshire Evening Post |date=27 May 1946}} | 150px |
Rochester
| Borstal Hill Mill | | | c.1870 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Demolished in 1885.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=264}} |
Rochester
| Church Mill | Post | 1769 | 1769 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Demolished c.1880.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|pp=264–65}} |
Rochester
| Zenith Mill | Post | 1769 | 1769 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Burnt down 1820s or 1830s.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=265}} |
Rochester
| St Margaret's Mill | Post | 1769 | 1769 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Standing in 1798.{{cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=53804 |title=CHATHAM |publisher=British History Online |access-date=3 December 2008}} |
Rodmersham Green
| Tower | | 1835 | Working until 1917.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|pp=265–66}} Demolished in 1969.{{sfn|West|1973|p=106}} | 150px |
Rolvenden
| Rolvenden Mill | Post | 1596 | c. 1580{{harvnb|Clark|1947}} | Working until c.1885. Restored in 1957. | 150px |
Ruckinge
| Ruckinge Mill | Post | | 1830s | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|2|furlong|m}} east of Ruckinge Church. Moved from Hythe. Demolished c.1912 leaving the roundhouse, which was demolished c.1924.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|pp=267–68}} |
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! Name of mill and ! Type ! Maps ! First mention ! Notes ! Image |
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Sandgate
| Saw mill | Smock | | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| A saw mill. Moved to Bethersden (Little Mill).{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=269}} |
Sandhurst
| | Post | 1769 | 1769 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|1|mi|1|furlong}} north east of Sandhurst Church. Moved to Boxhurst Farm by 1793.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=269}} |
Sandhurst
| Boxhurst Farm Mill | Post | | 1793 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|1|mi|2|furlong}} east north east of Sandhurst Church. Blown down c.1842.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=269}} |
Sandhurst
| Ringle Crouch Green Mill | Smock | | 1844 | Working until 1912. Demolished in 1945, leaving the base standing. Modern electricity-generating residential mock mill built on base in 1997. | 150px |
Sandwich
| Post | 1695 | 1608 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood north west of the town.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|pp=271–72}} |
Sandwich
| Post | 1736 | 1736 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood north west of the town. Working in 1842.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|pp=271–72}} |
Sandwich
| Black Mill | Smock | | 1870s | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood north west of the town. Burnt down c. 1910.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|pp=271–72}} |
Sandwich
| White Mill | Smock | | 1760 | Worked by wind until 1926, then by engine until 1957. Restored in 1960s. | 150px |
Sandwich
| Millwall Mill | Smock | | 1878 | Stood near St Clement's Church, Sandwich. Standing in 1878, burnt down unknown date.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|pp=271–72}} | 150px |
Sandwich
| Millwall | Post | | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Gone by c. 1850.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|pp=271–72}} |
Sandwich
| Post | | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| |
Sandwich
| Post x3 | | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| |
Sandwich
| Post | | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| |
Sarre
| Sarre Windmill | Smock | | 1820 | Working by wind until 1920, then by gas engine for a few years later. Restored 1986-91. | 150px |
Selling
| Shottenden Mill | Post | 1596 | 1596 | Stood {{convert|7|furlong|km}} south of Selling Church. Working until 1910, Demolished c.1920.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|pp=272–73}} | 150px |
Sellindge
| Stone Hill Mill | Smock | | 1843 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|3|furlong|m}} north of Sellindge Church. Working in 1884. Demolished c.1898.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=273}} |
Sevenoaks
| Near "The Vine" | Post | | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Said to have been moved to West Kingsdown,{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|pp=230, 273}} there by 1804. Modern research places extreme doubt on the move and considerable doubt on the very existence of this mill.{{sfn|Cumming|2014|pp=48, 68}} |
Sevenoaks
| Knott's Mill | | | 1792 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|4|furlong|m}} north west of Sevenoaks Church.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=273}} Demolished during the winter of 1870-71.{{sfn|Cumming|2014|pp=69–70}} |
Sevenoaks
| Hubbards Hill Mill | | | 1669 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood on Sevenoaks Common.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=274}} |
Sevenoaks
| Hubbard Hill Mill | Smock{{sfn|Cumming|2014|pp=68–69}} | | 1747{{sfn|Cumming|2014|pp=68–69}} | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood on Sevenoaks Common.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=274}} Moved to Sevenoaks Weald in 1856.{{sfn|Cumming|2014|pp=68–69}} |
Sevenoaks
| Melregge | | | 1388 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|1|mi|2|furlong}} south west of Sevenoaks Church.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=274}} |
Sevenoaks
| Post | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Blown down 1912. Modern research finds absolutely no evidence that this mill ever existed. Believed to be a Piltdown Man hoax.{{sfn|Cumming|2014|p=68}} |
Sevenoaks Weald
| | Smock{{sfn|Cumming|2014|pp=69–71}} | 1856{{sfn|Cumming|2014|pp=69–71}} | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|Stood {{convert|4|furlong|m}} south west of Weald Church.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|pp=274–75}} Moved from Sevenoaks (Hubbards Hill).{{sfn|Cumming|2014|pp=69–71}} Working in 1880,{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|pp=274–75}} demolished in 1890s.{{sfn|Cumming|2014|pp=69–71}} |
Sheerness
| Great Mill | Smock | 1829 | 1816 | Working by wind until 1905, then by steam engine until 1918. Demolished in 1924, leaving the base standing. Residential mock mill built on base in 2006-08. | 150px |
Sheerness
| Mile Town, Little Mill | Smock | | 1843 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|1|mi|km}} south east of Sheerness Church. Burnt down 7 February 1862.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=276}} |
Sheerness
| Hundred Acre Mill | Tower | | 1860 | Demolished in 1878, leaving a stump,{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=276}} which survives{{cite web |url=http://www.windmillworld.com/millid/2736.htm |title=Sheerness windmill, Kent| publisher=Windmill World |access-date=26 August 2015}} | 150px |
Sheldwich
| | | 1769 | 1769 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|5|furlong|m}} west of Sheldwich Church.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=277}} |
Shepherdswell, or Sibertswold
| Smock | | 1857 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|3|furlong|m}} north of Shepherdswell Church. Standing in 1910, gone by 1933.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=277}} |
Shorne
| | Post | | 1315{{sfn|West|1973|pp=19, 103}} | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| |
Shorne
| Shorne Mill | Post | 1596 | 1596 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|2|furlong|m}} north west of Shorne Church.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|pp=277–78}} Struck by lightning and consequently demolished.{{sfn|West|1973|p=103}} |
Shorne
| Shorne Mill | Post | 1736 | 1736 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Working until 1870, converted to observatory in 1890s.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|pp=277–78}} Burnt down in 1952.{{sfn|West|1973|p=103}} Major timbers survived as late as 1986.{{cite web |url=http://www.windmillworld.com/millid/2690.htm |title=Shorne windmill, Kent |publisher=Windmill World |access-date=26 August 2015}} |
Sissinghurst
| Crampton's Mill | Smock | | 1843 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Moved from Hartley.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=278}} Demolished on 27 November 1951.{{cite web |url=http://www.windmillworld.com/millid/2705.htm |title=Sissinghurst Windmill, Kent |publisher=Windmill World |access-date=3 November 2008}} |
Sittingbourne
| | Smock | | 1843 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|4|furlong|m}} west of Sittinbourne Church. Standing in 1880, burnt down at an unknown date.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=279}} |
Smarden
| West Mill | Post | 1769 | 1680 | Working until at least 1899.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|pp=29–80}} Collapsed in 1953.{{sfn|West|1973|p=104}} | 150px |
Smarden
| East Mill | Smock | | 1804 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Working until 1923. Standing in 1933,{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=280}} gone by 1953.{{sfn|West|1973|p=106}} |
Snargate
| | | 1610 | 1610 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood south of Snargate Church.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=280}} |
Snodland
| | Smock | | c.1839 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Moved to Gillingham (Stedman's) c.1839.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=280}} |
Southborough
| Southborough Common | | | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|2|furlong|m}} south west of Southborough Church.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=281}} |
Southfleet
| Betsham Mill | Post | 1829 | 1829 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|3|furlong|m}} north west of Southfleet Church. Demolished c.1873, leaving the base standing. Base had been demolished by 1933.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=281}} |
Southfleet
| Troy's Island | | | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|7|furlong|km}} west of Southfleet Church.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|pp=315–16}} |
Stanford
| Stanford Mill | Tower | | 1857 | Working by wind until 1946, then by engine until 1961. Under restoration. | 150px |
Stansted
| Stansted Mill | | 1736 | 1736 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|2|furlong|m}} south south east of Stansted Church.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=282}} |
Staple
| Barnsole Mill | | | 1870s | Stood {{convert|3|furlong|m}} east south east of Staple Church. Burnt down c.1914.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|pp=282–83}} | 150px |
Staplehurst
| | | 1769 | 1769 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|1|furlong|m}} west of Staplehurst Church.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=283}} |
Staplehurst
| Staplehurst Mill | Smock | | 1805{{sfn|Thompson|2005|p=24}} | Working until 1880s. Burnt down 22 June 1911, leaving the base.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=283}}{{cite web |url=http://www.windmillworld.com/millid/2704.htm |title=Staplehurst windmill, Kent |publisher=Windmill World |access-date=26 August 2015}} | 150px |
Stelling Minnis
| Brambleton | | 1736 | 1736 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|1|mi|km}} south of Stelling Minnis Church.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|pp=283–84}} |
Stelling Minnis
| Brambleton | | 1736 | 1736 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|1|mi|km}} south of Stelling Minnis Church.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|pp=283–84}} |
Stelling Minnis
| Brambleton Mill | Post | | c. 1850 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|1|mi|km}} south of Stelling Minnis Church. Standing in 1881.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|pp=283–84}} |
Stelling Minnis
| {{gbmappingsmall|TR 146 466}} | Post | 1736 | 1736 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Demolished in 1866.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=284}} |
Stelling Minnis
| Davison's Mill | Smock | | 1866 | Working until 1970, restored. | 150px |
St Margaret's at Cliffe
| Mill Close Mill | Post | 1596 | 1596 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood to the north west of St Margaret's at Cliffe church.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=268}} |
St Margarets Bay
| St Margaret's Bay Mill | Smock | | 1929 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Built to generate electricity. |
St Nicholas at Wade
| | | 1719 | 1719 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood about {{convert|6|furlong|km}} west of St Nicholas at Wade Church.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=268}} Standing in 1719, demolished by 1791.{{cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=63621 |title=ST. NICHOLAS |publisher=British History Online |access-date=3 December 2008}} |
Stockbury
| | 1736 | 1769 | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|2|furlong|m}} south west of Stockbury Church.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=284}} |
Stodmarsh
| Wickhambreux Mill | | | 150px |
Strood
| Strood Hill Mill | Smock | | 1843 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Demolished c.1860.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=285}} |
Strood
| Field's Mill | | | 1843 | Burnt down c.1875.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|pp=285–86}} | [http://www.medway.gov.uk/apps/medwayimages/ImageLibrary/Fields%20Mill%20Broom%20Hill.jpg Image on Medway Council website] |
Strood
| Killick's Mill | Smock | | 1843 | Standing in 1891, gone by 1933.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=286}} | [http://www.medway.gov.uk/apps/medwayimages/ImageLibrary/Killicks%20Mill%20Broom%20Hill.jpg Image on Medway Council website] |
Sutton Valence
| Town Mill | Smock | | c. 1720 | Demolished in 1945,{{sfn|Clark|1947|pp=49–51}} leaving the base, which is now house converted.{{cite web |url=http://www.windmillworld.com/millid/2711.htm |title=Sutton Valence windmill, Kent |publisher=Windmill World |access-date=26 August 2015}} | 150px |
Sutton Valence
| Five Wents Mill | | | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|7|furlong|km}} north east of Sutton Valence Church. Demolished by 1875.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|pp=287–88}} |
Swingfield
| Old Mill | Post | | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|1|mi|km}} west of Swingfield Church.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=288}} |
Swingfield
| Old Mill | Smock | | 1872 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|1|mi|km}} west of Swingfield Church. Blown down in 1884.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=288}} |
Swingfield
| New Mill | Smock | | 1885 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|1|mi|km}} west of Swingfield Church. Burnt down in August 1911.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=288}} |
Swingfield
| Selstead Mill | Smock | | 1880 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|1|mi|km}} north west of Swingfield Church. Struck by lightning and burnt down, spring 1885.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|pp=288–89}} |
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Tenterden
| Shoreham Lane | Post | | 1599 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|1|mi|3|furlong|km}} north of Tenterden Church. Standing in 1686.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=289}} |
Tenterden
| NW of church | | | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|5|chain|m}} north west of Tenterden Church. Marked on an Ordnance Survey map published between 1858 and 1872.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=290}} |
Tenterden
| Mill Farm | | 1736 | 1736 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|5|furlong|km}} north east of Tenterden Church. Standing in 1819, gone by 1851.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=290}} |
Tenterden
| Post | | c. 1807 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|1|mi|4|furlong|km}} north west of Tenterden Church. Working until 1890. Demolished in 1896.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=290}} |
Tenterden
| Post | | 1807 | Stood {{convert|1|mi|1|furlong|km}} west south west of Tenterden Church. Working until 1910. Demolished in December 1912.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|pp=290–91}} | 150px |
Tenterden
| Smock | | 1818 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|1|mi|2|furlong|km}} east south east of Tenterden Church. Burnt down on 26 November 1913.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=291}} |
Teynham
| Conyer Quay | Smock | | 1850s | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|6|furlong|km}} north of Teynham Church. Standing in 1850s.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=291}} |
Throwley
| Parsonage Mill | Smock | 1736 | 1736 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|7|furlong|km}} north east of Throwley Church. Working in 1884.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=292}} |
Throwley
| Clare's Forstal Mill | Smock | | 1872 | Stood {{convert|7|furlong|km}} south south west of Throwley Church. Demolished in 1915.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=292}} |
Tonbridge
| Uridge's Mill | Post | | 1843 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|4|furlong|m}} north of Tonbridge Castle. Standing in 1868. Demolished c.1872.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|pp=292–93}} |
Tonge
| Tonge Mill | | | 1815 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|4|furlong|m}} south south west of Tonge Church.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|pp=293–94}} Standing in 1834.{{cite journal |url=http://www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/Research/Pub/ArchCant/Vol.044%20-%201932/044-05.pdf |title=Tonge Castle |first=A. H. A. |last=Hogg | author-link = A. H. A. Hogg |journal=Archaeologia Cantiana |publisher=Kent Archaeological Society |volume=44 |pages=60–66}} |
Tunbridge Wells
| Calverley Mill | Smock[http://theweald.org/M13.asp?PicIdto=9901937 Picture showing the windmill] | 1769 | 1769 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | Stood near St Peter's Church, Tunbridge Wells. Demolished c.1860, Machinery used in a windmill at Crowborough.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|pp=294–95}} |
Tunbridge Wells
| Culverden Mill | Post | | 1832 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|30|chain|m}} west of St John's Church, Tunbridge Wells. Demolished c.1870.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=295}} |
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Location
! Name of mill and ! Type ! Maps ! First mention ! Notes ! Image |
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Ulcombe
| Ulcombe Hill Mill | | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|2|furlong|m}} south south east of Ulcombe Church. Demolished c.1850s.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=296}} |
Ulcombe
| Smock | | 1878 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|5|furlong|km}} east south east of Ulcombe Church. Working until 1892. Demolished on 16 July 1911.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|pp=296–97}} |
Upchurch
| Wakeley's Mill | Smock | | 1843 | Burnt down in September 1910'{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=297}} | 150px |
Uphill
| Smock | | 1790 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|6|furlong|km}} west north west of Uphill Church. Working until 1914. Demolished in May 1931.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|pp=297–98}} |
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Location
! Name of mill and ! Type ! Maps ! First mention ! Notes ! Image |
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Walmer
| | Post | 1736 | 1736 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood south west of Walmer Church.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=298}} |
Waltham
| Cloke's Mill | Smock | | 1872 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Working until early 1900s. Blown down on 11 February 1931,{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=298}} leaving the base. {{cite web |url=http://www.windmillworld.com/millid/2759.htm |title=Waltham windmill, Kent |publisher=Windmill World |access-date=26 August 2015}} |
Waltham
| Dilnot's Old Mill | Smock | | c.1850 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Working until c.1908. Collapsed on 20 May 1910.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=299}} |
Warehorne
| | | 1596 | 1596 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood east of Warehorne Church.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=299}} |
Warehorne
| | Post | 1769 | 1769 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|3|furlong|m}} north west of Warehorne Church. Demolished c.1900.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=299}} |
Westerham
| Horizontal windmill | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Standing in 1809.{{sfn|Cumming|2014|pp=77–80}} |
Westerham
| Windmill Bank | Post | 1596 | 1596 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Standing in 1666, marked on maps to mid-C17th.{{sfn|Cumming|2014|p=75}} |
Westerham
| Hosey Common Mill | | | 1830{{sfn|Cumming|2014|p=76}} | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|1|mi|km}} south south east of Westerham Church.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=300}} Burnt down, mid-1870s.{{sfn|Cumming|2014|p=76}} |
Westerham
| Farley Mill | Post | | 1761{{sfn|Cumming|2014|p=76}} | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Marked on a map dated 1825.{{sfn|Cumming|2014|p=77}} |
Westhalimot Isle of Thanet | | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| |
West Hougham
| West Hougham Mill | Smock | | 1802{{sfn|West|1973}} | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Collapsed 1951{{sfn|West|1973}} |
West Kingsdown
| Old Mill | Post | | 1843 | Burnt Down May 1909 | 150px |
West Kingsdown
| West Kingsdown Mill | Smock | | 1880 | [http://www.windmillworld.com/millid/2661.htm Windmill World] | 150px |
Westwell
| Tutt Hill Mill | | | 1878 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|1|mi|2|furlong|km}} south west of Westwell Church. Burnt down in 1880.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=300}} |
Whitfield
| Smock | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|4|furlong|m}} west of Whitfield Church. Demolished c.1916.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=300}} |
Whitstable
| Borstal Hill | | 1736 | 1736 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| |
Whitstable
| Black Mill | Smock | | 1815 | Working until c.1905. Subsequently converted to a motel, now a house. | 150px |
Whitstable
| Borstal Hill pumping mill | | | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|1|mi|km}} south west of Whitstable Church. A pumping windmill.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=301}} |
Whitstable
| Smock | | 1843 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|1|mi|km}} south west of Whitstable Church. Working by wind until 1891. Demolished in 1905.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|pp=301–02}} |
Whitstable
| Feakins' Mill | Post | | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood behind Whitstable railway station.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|pp=301–02}} |
Willesborough
| Old Mill | Smock | | 1843 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Demolished in 1868.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=302}} |
Willesborough
| New Mill | Smock | | 1869 | Worked by wind until 1938. Restored 1991. | 150px |
Wingham
| Wingham Well | Tower | | 1878 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Demolished in December 1963, leaving a stump.{{sfn|West|1973|p=105}} |
Wingham
| Shatterling Mill | Post | 1769 | 1769 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|6|furlong|km}} north east of Wingham Church.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=302}} |
Wittersham
| Old Mill | Post | 1736 | 1736 | Stood {{convert|3|furlong|m}} north east of Wittersham Church. Demolished in 1922.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=303}} | 150px |
Wittersham
| Stocks Mill | Post | | 1781 | Working until c.1900, then preserved by private individuals. Restored 2002-04. | 150px |
Woodchurch
| Place Lane | Smock | | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Moved within Woodchurch (Upper Mill), 1850s.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|pp=305–06}} |
Woodchurch
| Smock | 1769 | 1769 | Stood {{convert|2|furlong|m}} north north east of Woodchurch Church, Working until 1910.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|pp=305–06}} Demolished in 1940.{{sfn|Society of Friends of Woodchurch Windmill|1989|p=6}} | 150px |
Woodchurch
| Susan's Hill Farm | Smock | | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Moved within Woodchurch (Lower Mill), 1850s.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|pp=305–06}} |
Woodchurch
| Lower Mill | Smock | | 1820 | Moved from Susans Hill Farm. Working until 1926. Restored in 1980s. | 150px |
Woodnesborough
| | | 1695 | 1695 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood south of Woodnesborough Church.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=307}} |
Woodnesborough
| | Post | 1736 | 1736 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood west south west of Woodnesborough Church. Moved to Ash (Mount Ephraim Mill) in 1818.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=307}} |
Wormshill
| Beddington (north) | | | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|4|furlong|m}} north west of Wormshill Church.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=308}} |
Wormshill
| Beddington (south) | | | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|4|furlong|m}} north west of Wormshill Church.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=308}} |
Worth
| | Smock | 1769 | 1769 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|4|furlong|m}} west south west of worth Church. Demolished c.1903.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|pp=308–09}} |
Wrotham
| Fry's Mill | SmockOld postcards show it to have been a smock mill | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Burnt down in 1906. |
Wye
| Wye Windmill | Smock | | 1843 | Stood {{convert|2|furlong|m}} west south west of Wye Church. Demolished c.1920. Base standing in 1933,{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|pp=309–10}} demolished in 1960s.{{sfn|West|1973|p=107}} | 150px |
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! Name of mill and ! Type ! Maps ! First mention ! Notes ! Image |
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Yalding
| Rugmore (Rugmer) Hill Mill | Smock{{cite news |title=(advertisement)|newspaper=Kentish Gazette |location=Canterbury |date=22 December 1809}} | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|1|mi|4|furlong|km}} south east of Yalding Church. Standing in 1870s.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|pp=310–311}} |
Yalding
| Downs Farm Mill | Post | | 1844{{sfn|Kremer|1975|pages=16–17}} | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood {{convert|4|furlong|m}} north east of Yalding Church. Demolished c.1870.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=316}} |
Yalding
| Claygate Mill{{sfn|Kremer|1975|pages=16–17}} | | | 1847{{sfn|Kremer|1975|pages=16–17}} | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| 1847{{sfn|Kremer|1975|pages=16–17}} |
Locations formerly within Kent
- For windmills in Bexley, Blackheath, Bromley, Chelsfield, Chislehurst, Deptford, Downe, Eltham, Erith, Greenwich, Keston, Lee, Plumstead Common, Sydenham and Woolwich see List of windmills in Greater London. For the windmill closely associated with Bexley Heath, see the entry under Crayford (above).
Maps
The maps quoted by date are:
- 1414 – Thomas of Elmham (map of Thanet)
- 1596 – Phil Symondson
- 1610 – John Speed
- 1695 – Robert Morden
- 1719 – Dr Harris
- 1736 – Emanuel Bowen
- 1769 – Andrews, Dury and Herbert
- 1829 – Greenwood & Co
See also
Notes
Mills in bold are still standing, known building dates are indicated in bold.
- {{note|a}} Coles Finch states that the mill moved from Playden to Appledore had originally stood at Playden, been moved to Appledore and then moved to Rye, East Sussex (Playden is very close to Rye) before being moved back to Appledore for a second time. Which of the sites it occupied in Appledore after the first move is not recorded.{{sfn|Coles Finch|1933|p=155}}
References
= Citations =
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- {{cite book |last=Brunnarius |first=Martin |year=1979 |title=The Windmills of Sussex |publisher=Philimore |location=Chichester |isbn=0-85033-345-8 }}
- {{cite book |last=Clark |first=F C |year=1947 |title=Kentish Fire |publisher=Adams & Son |location=Rye }}
- {{cite book |last=Coles Finch |first=William |author-link=William Coles Finch |year=1933 |title=Watermills and Windmills |publisher=C W Daniel Company |location=London }}
- {{cite book |last=Cumming |first=Rob |title=The Windmills of North West Kent and Kentish London (and the men who built them) |publisher=Stenlake Publishing |location=Catrine |year=2014 |isbn=9781840336634 }}
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- {{cite book |editor-last=Kremer |editor-first=Tony |date=July 1975 |title=Origins of Yalding Parish |pages=16–17 |work=Twyford History Series }}
- {{cite book |last1=Ogley |first1=Bob |first2=Ian |last2=Currie |first3=Mark |last3=Davison |name-list-style=amp |year=1991 |title=The Kent Weather Book |publisher=Froglets Publications Ltd |location=Brasted Chart |isbn=1-872337-35-X }}
- {{cite book |author=Society of Friends of Woodchurch Windmill |title=Woodchurch Windmill: The Life and Restoration |publisher=Society of Friends of Woodchurch Windmill |location=Woodchurch |year=1989 }}
- {{cite book |last=Stoyel |first=Alan |year=2008 |title=Memories of Kentish Watermills, The Rivers Cray & Darent |publisher=Landmark Publishing |location=Ashbourne |isbn=978-1-84306-418-3 }}
- {{cite book |last=Thompson |first=Anita |year=2005 |title=A Brief History of Staplehurst From Acorn to Oak |publisher=The Staplehurst Society |location=Staplehurst |url=http://www.staplehurstsociety.org/Staplehurst%20History.pdf }}
- {{cite book |last=West |first=Jenny |year=1973 |title=The Windmills of Kent |publisher=Charles Skilton |location=London |isbn=0284985341 }}
- {{cite book |title=Post Office Directory of Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent, Middlesex, Surrey, and Sussex, Part 1: Counties & Localities |year=1855 |publisher=General Post Office }}
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