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Possible windmill mound noted
A local account refers to an English Heritage PastScape entry for a post-medieval windmill mound at the site.
Site overview
Windmill Hill near Whittington is an uncertain windmill site rather than a well-documented surviving mill. Local research identifies the hill between Whittington and Hopwas, at the end of Windmill Lane, as a possible former windmill location. The name is shown on late nineteenth- to early twentieth-century Ordnance Survey mapping, and the site has been described as a good windmill location.
However, the same research states that no firm evidence for a windmill was found on earlier maps checked back to 1815. A later note refers to an English Heritage PastScape entry for a post-medieval windmill mound, but no visible tower remains are described in the available material. The site should therefore be treated as a lightly evidenced windmill place-name and possible mound site, not as a confirmed standing tower mill.
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
The Windmill Hill site near Whittington is recorded in local research as a possible former windmill location in the fields between Whittington and Hopwas. The place-name Windmill Hill appears on the 1899-1903 Ordnance Survey map, with Windmill Lane nearby. The location is described as one of the highest points in the area and a plausible position for a windmill, but the available local research found little direct evidence for a mill.
The same account states that no windmill was found on maps checked as far back as 1815, leaving open whether the place-name preserved memory of an earlier structure or reflected a different origin. A later local note refers to an English Heritage PastScape record for a post-medieval windmill mound and suggests that any mill may have been a brick tower windmill, but that suggestion is not supported by surviving structural evidence in the consulted sources. No standing tower, machinery, operational history, or closure date has been identified.
Timeline
1899–1903
Windmill Hill named on map
Windmill Hill was marked on Ordnance Survey mapping from 1899-1903.
Sources and records
Tamworth Time Hikes article: Chasing Windmills
Tamworth Time Hikes article: Chasing Windmills: The Last Crusade
BrownhillsBob article linking Tamworth Time Hikes windmill research
Tamworth Time Hikes article: Chasing Windmills: The Last Crusade
BrownhillsBob article linking Tamworth Time Hikes windmill research