| Title | Contributors | Publisher | Year | Medium |
| Ontwerp richtlijnen voor het vervaardigen van stalen molenroeden | | Rijksdienst voor de Monumentenzorg | 1981 | Book |
| Denver windmill | | Norfolk Windmills Trust | 1981 | Book |
| Nutritional aspects of bread and flour: Report of Panel on Bread Flour & Cereal Products | | HMSO | 1981 | Book |
| Wind power: a turning point | | Worldwatch Institute | 1981 | Book |
| Abbeydale industrial hamlet | | Sheffield City Museums | 1981 | Book |
| Industrial heritage in the East Midlands | | East Midlands Tourist Board | 1981 | Book |
| Archaeology in Milton Keynes 1980 | | Milton Keynes Development Corporation | 1981 | Book |
| Bio Gas Nepal Newsletter - no 12 (Spring) | | Shakti Publications, Kathmandu | 1981 | Journal |
| Updated 1980-1981 wind energy directory | | Wind Power Digest | 1981 | Offprint/Journal Supplement |
| Wicklewood windmill | Apling, Harry; Shaw, J M | Norfolk Windmills Trust | 1981 | Book |
| Forgotten valley | Ashworth, T E; Sandiford, A V | Bury & District Local History Society | 1981 | Book |
| Short history of Burton Mill, Petworth: its restoration and workings | Author unknown, | | 1981 | Book |
| Muinos de Mares da Ria de Arousa | Bas Lopez, Maria Begona | Brigantium Bol Museo Arqu Hist Coruna | 1981 | Offprint/Journal Supplement |
| Caring for books and documents | Baynes-Cope, A D | British Museum | 1981 | Book |
| Mouse trouble | Blake, Quentin; Yeoman, John | Picture Puffins | 1981 | Book |
| Les moulins a papier et les anciens papetiers d'Auvergne | Boithias, Jean-Louis; Mondin, Corinne | Creer | 1981 | Book |
| Wassermühlen: illustrated with 167 photographs of watermills in the German landscape | Braunburg, Annemarie; Braunburg, Rudolf | Schneekluth | 1981 | Book |
| Leonardo the scientist | Brizio, Anna Maria; Marinoni, Augusto; Zammattio, Carlo | Hutchinson | 1981 | Book |
| Stenen Poldermolens in Rijnland: Bijdrage tot de kennis van de windwatermolens in het hoogheemraadschap van Rijnland | Caarten, A Bicker | Europese Bibliotheek | 1981 | Book |
| Molens in Noord-Holland: inventarisatie van het Noordhollands molenbezit ['inventory of the mills of North Holland] | Calisch, A; Colenbrander, B W; de Koning, A J; Groot, Peter; Keunen, G H; Kölker, A J; Mulder, W; Schilstra, J J; van den Hoek Ostende, J H | Meier Pers/Ideeboek BV | 1981 | Book |
| History of wind-power on Martha's Vineyard | Coleman, Charles; Marks, William | National Association of Wind-power Resources | 1981 | Book |
| Dragonfly wind generator | Cornelius, Bill | The author | 1981 | Book |
| Catteshall mill: a survey of the history and archaeology of an industrial site at Godalming, Surrey | Crocker, Alan; Crocker, Glenys | Surrey Archaeological Society | 1981 | Book |
| Medieval industry | Crossley, David W | Council for British Archaeology | 1981 | Book |
| Leonardo the inventor | Dibner, Bern; Heydenreich, L H; Reti, Ladislao | Hutchinson | 1981 | Book |
| James Watt and the steam engine: the memorial volume prepared for the committee of the Watt centenary commemoration at Birmingham 1919 | Dickinson, Henry Winram; Jenkins, Rhys | Moorland | 1981 | Book |
| Industrial archaeology of the Preston cotton industry | Dickinson, T C | Lancashire Education Committee | 1981 | Book |
| Die Mühlen des Luxemburger Landes | Erpelding, Emile | Verlag der St.-Paulus-Druckerei, Luxembourg | 1981 | Book |
| Essex windmills, millers and millwrights, vol 1: an historical review | Farries, Kenneth G | Charles Skilton | 1981 | Book |
| LLanbradach or Ystrad mill, 1721: Restoration and mill notes | Fisher, A | Ystrad Mill Society | 1981 | Book |
| Moulin à vent et son vieux meunier. | Freinet, C | I'I.C.E.M. Pédagogie Freinet | 1981 | Book |
| Windmühlen in Deutschland, Holland, Belgien: Energiespender und ästhetische Architektur: Mit einem Beitrag von Michael Himmel über moderne Perspektiven zur Nutzung der Windenergie | Frode, Edelgard; Frode, Wolfgang | DuMont Buchverlag | 1981 | Book |
| Scottish Country Miller 1700-1900: History of water-powered meal milling in Scotland | Gauldie, Enid | John Donald Publishers Ltd | 1981 | Book |
| Mezei műhelyek | Gerencsér, Miklós | Magyar Mezőgazdasági Múzeum | 1981 | Book |
| Devon mill: the restoration of a corn mill | Greenhow, Desna; Wailes, Rex | Charles Skilton | 1981 | Book |
| Canal age | Hadfield, Charles | David & Charles | 1981 | Book |
| Brilliant ray: or how the electric light was brought to Godalming in 1881 | Haveron, Francis | Godalming Electricity Centenary Celebrations Committee | 1981 | Book |
| Clay that burns; a history of the Fletton brick industry | Hillier, Richard | London Brick Company Ltd | 1981 | Book |
| Material culture of the wooden age | Hindle, Brooke; Kulik, Gary | Sleepy Hollow Restorations | 1981 | Book |
| Limburgse Windmolens: in heden en verleden [in the past and present] | Holemans, Herman; Smet, Werner | Uitgeverij Ten Bos | 1981 | Book |
| Turbine water-wheel tests and power tables | Horton, Robert E | K.W. Inc. | 1981 | Book |
| Pakenham watermill, Suffolk: guide | Hullcoop, Chris | Suffolk Preservation Society | 1981 | Brochure, leaflet or poster |
| Design of water wheels - No 24 (May) pp 108-113 | Kawakami, Kenjiro | Process: Architecture | 1981 | Offprint/Journal Supplement |
| Windmühlen am Niederrhein | Kress, Hans Ulrich; Wenzel, Harald | Steiger Verlag | 1981 | Book |
| Theoretisch en Practisch Molenboek: voor ingenieurs, aannemers, molenmakers, en verdere bouwkundigen [for engineers, contractors, mill makers, and other construction engineers] | Krook, G | 'S Gravenhage bij De Erven Doorman | 1981 | Facsimile reprint |
| Flohrmühle Eschede, Geschichte und Geschichten | Leune, Dirk | Samtgemeinde Eschede | 1981 | Book |
| Grist and flour mills in Ontario: From millstones to rollers, 1780s-1880s | Leung, Felicity L | Parks Canada | 1981 | Book |
| Wheels within wheels: the story of Yorkshire's mills | Levon, Mike | BBC Radio & John Taylor Teachers Centre | 1981 | Book |
| Windmills of Leicestershire and Rutland | Long, Anne; Moon, Nigel | Sycamore Press | 1981 | Book |
| Snettisham watermill | Luck, R G; Nott, A J; Nott, R E | National Trust | 1981 | Book |
