| Title | Contributors | Publisher | Year | Medium |
| Wookey Hole: The caves and the mill | Winsor, Diana | Wookey Hole Caves | 1986 | Book |
| Windmühlen: Symbole einer Landschaft in Oldenburg, Ostfriesland, im Emsland und Osnabrücker Land | Hashagen, Ingo; Popken, Adolf; Rodiger, Hans-Bernd | Verlag C. L. Mettcker & Söhne | 1986 | Book |
| Windmühlen in Holland | Braay, C P | | 1986 | Book |
| Windmills of the world: a pictorial history of the multi-sailed wind engine | McCook, William | | 1986 | Book |
| Windmills of Thanet | Mills, C J | Thanet District Council | 1986 | Book |
| Windmills of Birmingham and the Black Country | McKenna, Joseph | KAF Brewin Books | 1986 | Book |
| Windmills in Hertfordshire: new edition | Smith, Arthur C | Stevenage Museum | 1986 | Book |
| Windmills and watermills open to view | West, Jenny | SPAB | 1986 | Book |
| Windmill land: Rambles in a rural, old-fashioned country with chat about its history and romance | Clarke, Allen | George Kelsall | 1986 | Book |
| Why and where of wheat | | Flour Advisory Bureau | 1986 | Education pack |
| Watermills: Kent and the borders of Sussex | Fuller, M J; Spain, R J | Kent Archaeological Society | 1986 | Book |
| Walkmühlen und Tuchfabriken im Rhein-Main-Neckar-Gebiet | Reitz, Heinz | | 1986 | Book |
| Toujours vivants, les moulins: moulins du nord Pas-de-Calais du passe au present | Bruggeman, Jean | Association Regionale des Amis des Moulins Nord - Pas-de-Calais | 1986 | Book |
| Tin mines and miners of Dartmoor: a photographic record | Greeves, Tom | Devon Books | 1986 | Book |
| Thomas Telford: the acclaimed biography of the 'father of civil engineering' | Rolt, L T C | Penguin | 1986 | Book |
| Taylors of Canterbury: a family story | Taylor, Ruth | Oaten Hill and District Society | 1986 | Book |
| Slates from Abergynolwyn: the story of Bryneglwys slate quarry | Holmes, Alan T | Gwynedd Archives Service | 1986 | Book |
| Schriftenreihe des Volkskunde- und Freilichtsmuseums Roscheider Hof Konz bei Trier zur Ausstellung | Robischon, Rolf | Selbstverlag des Vereins des Volkskunde- und Freilichtsmuseums Roscheider Hof Konz bei Trier | 1986 | Book |
| Reading Abbey Waterfront | Fasham, Peter; Hawkes, John | The Trust for Wessex Archaeology | 1986 | Book |
| Räder im Fluss: Die Geschichte der Nürnberger Mühlen (The history of the mills of Nuremberg) | Franzke, Jürgen | Verlag W. Tümmels | 1986 | Book |
| Quinze Anys Dels Premis D’Investigació « Ciutat de Palma » (1970-1984) | Carbonero, Antònia | Ajuntament de Palma | 1986 | Book |
| Painshill | Collier, Mavis; Lindus Forge, J W | Walton & Weybridge Local History Society | 1986 | Book |
| Oost vlaams Molen bestand 1986 | Bauters, Paul | Provincie Oost-Vlanderen | 1986 | Book |
| Norddeutsche Mühlensagen | Rump, Reiner | Otto Heinevetter | 1986 | Book |
| Mühlengespräch mit Mühlengeist Pumphut im Herbst 1986 | Maywald, Bernd | Kulturband der DDR | 1986 | Book |
| Mühlen und Müller in Berlin: Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Produktivkräfte | Herzberg, Heinrich; Rieseberg, Hans-Joachim | VEB Verlag für Bauwesen | 1986 | Book |
| Muhlen und Muller im Rheiderland: ein Beitrag zur Heimatchronik | Hoek, Rudolf C | H. Risius | 1986 | Book |
| Moyen Age pour quoi faire? | Delatouche, Raymond; Gimpel, Jean; Pernoud, Regine | Stock | 1986 | Book |
| Mountnessing windmill: its history, its restoration, and how it works | Pargeter, Vincent G; Wooding, Ron | Exeter City Council | 1986 | Book |
| Moulins des Flandres: guide pour la Flandre francaise et la Flandre-Occidentale | Coutant, Yves | Editions S.A.E.P. | 1986 | Book |
| Moulins à huile 1. Les Moulins de l'Herault. Arts et traditions rurales. Dossier 6. 1986 | | | 1986 | Book |
| Monuments of industry: an illustrated historical record | Hay, Geoffrey D; Stell, Geoffrey P | Royal Commission on the Ancient & Historical Monuments of Scotland | 1986 | Book |
| Molens | | De Hollandsche Molen | 1986 | Journal |
| Miscellany of milling | Bean, David J | The author | 1986 | Book |
| Mills of Great Easton | Hughes, John C | Bringhurst Press | 1986 | Book |
| Mill life at Styal | | Quarry Bank Mill Trust | 1986 | Book |
| Mill green mill resource pack | | Welwyn Hatfield Council | 1986 | Education pack |
| Mill engine preservation: 20 years work of the Northern Mill Engine Society | | Northern Mill Engine Society | 1986 | Book |
| Lincolnshire windmills: a contemporary survey | Dolman, Peter C J | Lincolnshire County Council | 1986 | Book |
| Les vieux moulins du Pays de Vaud et d'ailleurs | Delacretaz, Pierre | Delplast | 1986 | Book |
| Last miller: David Williams of Pentre Mill, Loggerheads | Davies, J Idris | Clwyd County Council | 1986 | Book |
| L'Oleiculture antique en Provence: les huileries du departement du Var | Brun, Jean-Pierre | Editions du CNRS | 1986 | Book |
| Kennall gunpowder company, Kennall Vale, Ponsanooth: An archaeological and historical study | Smith, John R | Cornwall trust for nature conservation | 1986 | Book |
| John Rennie’s diary of a journey through Northern England 1784 | Matkin, Robert B | East Kent Maritime Trust | 1986 | Book |
| Islamic technology: an illustrated history | al-Hassan, Ahmad Y; Hill, Donald R | Cambridge University Press | 1986 | Book |
| Industry before the Industrial Revolution: north-east Lancashire c. 1500-1640 | Swain, John T | Manchester University Press | 1986 | Book |
| In the wake of King cotton | Davies, John; Powell, Rob | Rochdale Art Gallery | 1986 | Book |
| Hollandse molens in aquarel | Hartog, Jaap | Muusses | 1986 | Book |
| History and social influence of the potato | Salaman, Redcliffe | Cambridge University Press | 1986 | Book |
| Historische molenvermeldingen in en om Antwerpen | Kockelberg, Georges K | Nieuwe Media Produkties | 1986 | Book |
