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List of windmills in London

List of windmills in London

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A list of existing and former windmills whose sites fall within Greater London, England. When built, these mills were within the counties of Kent, Surrey, Middlesex, Hertfordshire or Essex. Of those windmills known to have existed, nine remain and are preserved; as are the tide mills at Three Mills, West Ham.

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Extant windmills (red), former windmills (blue) and extant tide mills (green) in Greater London.
1 Arkley, 2 Barking, 3 Battersea, 4 Brixton, 5 Keston, 6 Plumstead Common, 7 Shirley, 8 Twickenham, 9 Upminster, 10 Wandsworth Common, 11 Wimbledon Common, 12 West Ham.

Locations

A - B

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C - D

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E - F

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G -H

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I - L

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M - P

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R - S

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T - W

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Maps

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.

Bexleyheath

May Place Mill, listed in Watermills and Windmills under Bexleyheath, actually stood just within Crayford, and has an entry at the List of windmills in Kent.

Finsbury Fields

The last of the Finsbury Fields windmills was demolished c. 1750 to make way for St Luke's Hospital for the Clergy.[1]

Millwall

Three mills were standing in 1835, two in 1845. The last mill standing was the smock mill, as detailed above.

Sources

Unless indicated otherwise, the source for all entries is Blythman, Guy (1996). Watermills & Windmills of Middlesex. Baron Birch. ISBN 0-86023-538-6..


References

  1. Farries, K G, and Mason, M T (1966). The Windmills of Surrey and Inner London. London: Charles Skilton Ltd.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. Farries, Kenneth (1981). Essex Windmills, Millers and Millwrights - Volume One – An Historical Review. London & Edinburgh: Charles Skilton. ISBN 0-284-98641-0., Farries, Kenneth (1982). Essex Windmills, Millers and Millwrights - Volume Two – A Technical Review. London & Edinburgh: Charles Skilton. ISBN 0-284-98637-2., Farries, Kenneth (1984). Essex Windmills, Millers and Millwrights - Volume Three - A Review by Parishes, A-E. Edinburgh: Charles Skilton. ISBN 0-284-98642-9., Farries, Kenneth (1985). Essex Windmills, Millers and Millwrights - Volume Four - A Review by Parishes, F-R. Edinburgh: Charles Skilton. ISBN 0-284-98647-X. and Farries, Kenneth (1988). Essex Windmills, Millers and Millwrights - Volume Five - A Review by Parishes, S-Z. Edinburgh: Charles Skilton. ISBN 0-284-98821-9.
  3. "Fires and Loss of Life". The Standard. No. 12954. London. 13 February 1866. p. 7.
  4. Cumming, Rob (2014). The Windmills of North West Kent and Kentish London (and the men who built them). Catrine: Stenlake Publishing. p. 6. ISBN 9781840336634.
  5. Coles Finch, William (1933). Watermills and Windmills. London: C W Daniel Company.
  6. One was a post mill, one was a smock mill. One of the mills was standing in 1823 and one in 1852, both appeared on the 1844 OS map.
  7. Bygone Kent. 6 (2). Rainham: Meresborough Books: 87–91. February 1984. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. Cumming, Rob (2010). "Bromley's Windmill:Debunking a few myths". Cant Post (2). Kent: Kent Mills Society: 24–28.
  9. Appears on painting Don Salter's Walk by Cecil Gordon Lawson
  10. Six sails
  11. Cap and sails blown off 20 November 1720, converted to horse power, Tower standing to full height in 1730 but had been reduced in height by 1799. Base remains standing.
  12. Drawing dated 1840 exists
  13. Five sails
  14. "Directory of Kent Mill People". The Mills Archive Trust. Archived from the original on 4 July 2008. Retrieved 5 May 2008.
  15. "A Short(ish) History of Lambeth 1720-1899". Partleton. Archived from the original on 26 December 2014. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
  16. Moore, Cyril (1999). Hertfordshire Windmills and Windmillers. Sawbridgeworth: Windsup Publishing. ISBN 0-9533861-0-4.
  17. Map of Middlesex
  18. Map of Surrey
  19. Surveyed 1643-47.
  20. Map of Essex
  21. Map of Kent

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