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This is a list of windmills in the ceremonial county of Oxfordshire, England.

Locations

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Adderbury	SP 495 343		1675 1715	1675	1715
Adderbury			1675	1675	1675
Alkerton			1715	1715	1715
Arncott	Arncott Mill SP 614 172	Post		1849	Collapsed 1950 Windmill World
Banbury	Easington SP 457 398	Post	1675 1715	1675	Demolished early 18th century
Banbury	Broughton Road SP 441 391	Post	1675	1675	Demolished 1823
Banbury	Berry Moor Mill SP 441 391			c. 1820	1832
Beckley	Lord's Mill Approximately SP 566 106			13th century	17th century
Bicester				1285	1285
Bicester	Buckingham Road SP 584 236		1675	1675	1675
Bicester	Middleton Road SP 565 225		1675	1675	Blown down 1881
Blackthorn	West Mill SP 612 205	Tower			Standing in 1943, later truncated Windmill World
Blackthorn	East Mill SP 612 205	Tower		18th century	Windmill World
Bloxham			1715	1715	1715
Bloxham	Bloxham Grove Mill SP 456 367	Post		1865	Windmill World
Charlton on Otmoor	SP 567 164	Post		1610	1905
Cropredy				1719	Moved to Avon Dassett, Warwickshire 1725
Chinnor	Wain Hill			1249	1249
Chinnor	Chinnor Mill SP 750 010	Post		1789	Dismantled 1965
Chinnor	Chinnor Mill SP 749 010	Post		2009	Windmill World
Chipping Norton	Chipping Norton Mill SP 318 272	Post		19th Century	19th Century
Clanfield	Clanfield Mill SP 283 019	Tower			Standing in 1900
Deddington	Deddington Mill SP 456 318		1823	1615	1823
Epwell	Epwell Mill SP 350 408	Tower	1675	1675	1912
Faringdon	Faringdon Mill SU 293 955	Tower		1876	1876
Garsington				1308	1308
Goring	By the weir			1538	1538
Great Hasely	Milton Common Mill SP 638 026	Tower		1760	Windmill World
Great Milton	Great Milton Mill SP 617 030	Post	1820	1820	Demolished 1910
Headington	SP 549 065			1303	1303
Headington	Eastern mill of the pair SP 549 065	Tower	1823	18th century
Headington	Western mill of the pair SP 557 076	Post	1823	1771	1823
Henley-on-Thames	Mill Hill Mill SU 755 810		1715	1715	1715
Holton	Approximately SP 610 058		1794	1794	1794
Hook Norton	SP 365 356
Hornton	SP 389 449	Tower		1787	Standing in 1933
Ledwell	SP 411 285		1675 1715	1675	1715, gone by 1793
Lewknor	Postcombe Mill			16th century	17th century
Lewknor	Windmill Knapp		16th century	17th century
Little Milton	Little Milton Mill SP 618 020	Tower			Demolished 1910
Little Rollright	Little Rollright Mill Approximately SP 291 304	Post			Gone by 1705
Little Rollright	Little Rollright Mill Approximately SP 291 304	Post		1705
Lower Assendon		Titt iron wind engine			Standing in 1977
Milcombe	Milcombe Mill SP 410 338	Post
Mollington	Mollington Mill SP 444 474			1545	1797
Nettlebed	Nettlebed Mill SU 702 873		1675	1675	1675
Nettlebed	Nettlebed Mill SU 702 873	Smock		1825	Burnt down 1912
North Leigh	North Leigh Mill SP 3865 1292	Tower		18th century	Windmill World
Osney	Osney Abbey			c. 1189
Oxford	Holywell Mill	Post		1660	1660
Salford	SP 292 276		1794	1794	Demolished 1878
Sibford Gower				17th century	17th century
South Newington			1715	1715	1715
South Weston	South Weston Mill SU 703 990	Smock		1676	Demolished in 1919
Stanton St John	Stanton St Joh Mill Approximately SP 568 085		1766	1766	1766
Stokenchurch	Stokenchurch Mill SU 751 966		1675	1675	1675
Stokenchurch	Stokenchurch Mill SU 751 966	Post		1736	Collapsed 1926
Stoke Row	Stoke Row Mill SU 685 840			1821	1838
Stonesfield	Stonesfield Mill SP 391 170	Tower			Standing in 1900
Studley			1339	1339
Studley			1823	1823	1823
Sydenham	Sydenham Mill Approximately SP 735 035		1715 1794	1715	1794, moved to Stone, Buckinghamshire in 1801
Thame	Thame Mill SP 705053			1594	1594
Thame		Tower	Early 17th century	1797
		Tower		1797	1880
Towersey	Towersey Mill SP 733 062
Wardington	Wardington Mill SP 488 476	Tower	1715	1715	Windmill World
Waterstock	Waterstock Mill SP635 055		1676 1715	1676	1715
Watlington	Watlington Mill SU 073 952	Smock			Moved to Nettlebed 1825
Wheatley		Post			Blown down 1767
Wheatley		Post	1675 1715 1823	1673	Burnt down c. 1876
Wheatley	Wheatley Windmill, Wheatley, Oxfordshire SP 589 053	Tower	1823	1784	Windmill World Wheatley Windmill Restoration Society
Wykham			1675	1653	1688, gone by 1746

Maps

• 1675 Ogilby
• 1675 Plott
• 1676 Ogilby
• 1715 Overton
• 1766 Jeffrey
• 1794 Richard Davis
• 1820 Townsend
• 1823 Bryant

Notes

Mills in bold are still standing, known building dates are indicated in bold. Text in italics denotes indicates that the information is not confirmed, but is likely to be the case stated.

Sources

Unless otherwise indicated, the source for all entries is Foreman, Wilfred (1983). Oxfordshire Mills. Chichester: Phillimore. ISBN 0-85033-441-1.

References

1. ^ "Oxfordshire". University of Kent at Canterbury. Retrieved 24 May 2009.
2. Historic England. "BLACKTHORN HILL WINDMILL, A41 (north side), BLACKTHORN, CHERWELL, OXFORDSHIRE (1300884)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 24 May 2009.
3. Hopefully!
4. Historic England. "WINDMILL AT SP 3865 1292, PARK ROAD (south side), NORTH LEIGH, WEST OXFORDSHIRE, OXFORDSHIRE (1283519)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 24 May 2009.
5. Gregory, Roy (1985). East Yorkshire Windmills. Cheddar: Charles Skilton Ltd. p. 15. ISBN 0-284-98721-2.
6. Now in Buckinghamshire
7. ^ Wailes, Rex (1954). The English Windmill. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. pp. 86, Plate XXIIIc.

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