1702
Early mill reference recorded
A windmill at Madeley Court is recorded from 1702.
Site overview
Madeley Court Mill is a recorded tower corn mill near Madeley Court at Madeley. Specialist mill records place it at the supplied coordinates and identify it as a wind-powered corn mill. The wider Shropshire windmill list records a mill at Madeley Court with an early reference in 1702 and appearances on maps of 1827 and 1832.
Modern photographic records from 2002, 2023, and 2026 show the old windmill still standing near Madeley Court. The accessible sources do not provide a full architectural description, statutory listing record, machinery inventory, ownership sequence, or confirmed final working date. The evidence nevertheless establishes the site identity, tower-mill type, corn-milling function, early documentary reference, and continuing survival as an old windmill structure.
Map
Map markers and directions links are provided for location reference only and do not indicate public access or permission to enter a site.
No site photograph is currently available. Images will be added as field visits are carried out.
History
Madeley Court Mill stands near Madeley Court at Madeley. The supplied coordinates match the specialist mill record for Madeley Court Mill rather than a general Telford location. The mill is recorded as a wind-powered tower corn mill, with National Grid Reference SJ 695 053 and coordinates 52.64423103, -2.44899343.
The Shropshire windmill list records the Madeley Court mill from 1702 and shows it on nineteenth-century maps, including 1827 and 1832. Modern photographic records show the surviving structure near Madeley Court in 2002, 2023, and 2026. The consulted sources do not identify the original builder, exact construction date, cap or sail arrangement, machinery, millers, ownership, final working date, or statutory listing status.
Because the accessible evidence is concentrated on identification, function, map evidence, and present survival, the site is best documented as a former tower corn mill whose old tower remains visible beside the Madeley Court landscape.
Timeline
1827
Mill shown on map
The Madeley Court windmill is recorded on an 1827 map.
1832
Mill shown on map
The Madeley Court windmill is recorded on an 1832 map.
2023
Old windmill photographed
The old windmill near Madeley Court was photographed as a surviving structure.
2026
Surviving mill photographed
The old windmill beside the path near Madeley Court was photographed.
Sources and records
Mills Archive database entry: Madeley Court Mill, Telford
Windmill World entry: Madeley Court, Telford
Geograph photographic records for Madeley Court Mill
Local Madeley history material for Madeley Court Mill
List of windmills in Shropshire
Windmill World entry: Madeley Court, Telford
Geograph photographic records for Madeley Court Mill
Local Madeley history material for Madeley Court Mill
List of windmills in Shropshire