# List of windmills in Bedfordshire

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

## Locations

| Location | Name of mill and grid reference | Type | Maps | First mention or built | Last mention or demise |
| Aspley Guise | | Post | | | Demolished c. 1900 |
| Barton-in-the-Clay | Barton Mill TL 0806 2949 | Post | | 1831 | 1851 |
| Bedford | Mill Street | | | 1842 | Burnt down February 1844 |
| Biggleswade | Franklin's Tower The Steam Mill TL 189 440 | Tower | | 1860 | Demolished 1966 |
| Biscot | | Smock | | | |
| Bolnhurst | | Post | | | |
| Colmworth | | Post | | | |
| Cranfield | Cranfield Windmill SP 960 429 | tower | | | Demolished 1966 |
| Dunstable | TL 014 218 | Tower | | Late 18th or early 19th century | Windmill World |
| Dunstable | TL 013 221 | | | | |
| Dunstable | TL 001 208 | | | | |
| Flitwick | | | | | Standing 1880s |
| Flitwick | | Smock | | c. 1850 | Burnt down 9 November 1903 |
| Great Barford | | Smock | | 1835 | Demolished 1907 |
| Henlow | | Smock | | 1819 | Demolished 1935 |
| Houghton Conquest | | Post | | | Demolished 1830s |
| Houghton Conquest | Houghton Conquest Mill TL 047 423 | Tower | | 1830s | Windmill World |
| Houghton Regis | | Smock | | | Replaced by tower mill |
| Houghton Regis | | Tower | | 18th century | |
| Hulcote | Hulcote Windmill SP 949 382 | Tower | | 19th century | Demolished c. 1880, machinery to Spaldwick Mill, Huntingdonshire Windmill World |
| Husbourne Crawley | Pug Mill | Vertical axis | | 1820 | Demolished c. 1840 |
| Keysoe | | Post | | c. 1800 | Blown down 1948 |
| Leighton Buzzard | | | | 1212 | 1212 |
| Leighton Buzzard | Flemmon's Mill | Post | | | Moved to Whipsnade 1860 |
| Leighton Buzzard | Beaudesert Mill | tower | | Early 19th century | Demolished 1890s |
| Lower Dean | | Post | | 1620 | Collapsed 20 December 1959 |
| Lower Dean | | Post | 1765 | 1762 | Rebuilt 1834 |
| Lower Dean | TL 041 698 | Post | | 1834 | Collapsed 1959 Windmill World |
| Luton | Biscot Windmill | Post | | | Burnt down 1841 |
| Luton | Biscot Windmill | Smock | | 1842 | Demolished 1938 |
| Markyate | TL 056 186 | Post | | 1222 | 1222 |
| Markyate | Caddington Mill TL 056 186 | Post | | c. 1810 | Blown down c. 1815 |
| Potton | | Post | | 1840s | 1853 |
| Potton | TL 213 498 | Tower | | | Demolished 1955 Windmill World |
| Riseley | | Post | | | Standing 1936 |
| Riseley | | Smock | | | |
| Sharnbrook | Sharnbrook Windmill SP 998 593 | Tower | | | Windmill World |
| Shefford | Shefford Windmill TL 149 395 | Tower | | | Windmill World |
| Stanbridge | Stanbridge Windmill SP 962 245 | Tower | | 1800 | Windmill World |
| Stevington | Stevington Windmill SP 992 528 | Post | | c. 1770 | Windmill World |
| Sundon | | Post | | | Moved to Toddington 1847 |
| Thurleigh | Thurleigh Windmill TL 047 582 | Tower | | 1890 | Windmill World |
| Toddington | | Post | | | Demolished c. 1845 |
| Toddington | | Post | | 1847 | Blown down 1880s |
| Totternhoe | | Post | | | |
| Totternhoe | Doolittle Windmill SP 990 202 | Tower | | c. 1820 | Windmill World |
| Upper Dean | Upper Dean Windmill TL 041 682 | Tower | | 1856 | Windmill World |
| Whipsnade | | Post | | 1860 | Demolished 1877 |
| Woburn | Woburn Windmill SP 941 329 | Smock | | | Demolished 1805 Windmill World |
| Yelden | | Post | | | Burnt down October 1877 |

## Locations formerly within Bedfordshire

For windmills in Eaton Socon see List of windmills in Cambridgeshire.

## Sources

Unless stated otherwise, the source for all entries is Howes, Hugh (1983). Bedfordshire Mills. Bedford: Bedfordshire County Council. ISBN 0-907041-06-X.

## Maps

* 1765 Thomas Jeffrey