List of windmills in London
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 .
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 .
Locations
A - B
C - D
Location
Name of mill and grid reference
Type
Maps
First mention or built
Last mention or demise
Photograph
Camberwell
Camberwell Mill Freeman's Mill[ 1]
Post [ 1]
1753
1709[ 1]
1831[ 1]
Camberwell
Dovedale Manor mill[ 1]
Smock or Tower[ 1]
1823 1850
1823
1850
Camberwell
Frensham Street Mill[ 1]
1820 1850
1820
1850
Camberwell
Bree Kill Mill[ 1]
Post[ 1]
1746* 1789
1746
Demolition ordered 1815[ 1]
Camerwell
Post [ 1]
1307[ 1]
1307[ 1]
Charlton
1660[ 5]
Burnt down, 1660[ 5]
Chelsea
Tothill Fields
Smock
1799
1815
Chelsea
Tothill Fields
Post
1806
1806
Chelsea
Thames Bank MillTQ 287 780
Smock
1832
c. 1870[ 9]
Chelsea
Don Salter's Walk
Smock
c. 1870[ 9]
c. 1870[ 9]
Chelsea
Waterworks
Smock
1752
1762
Chelsfield
Well Hill Mill[ 5]
1769
1769
1769
Chislehurst
Chislehurst Common Mill[ 5]
Smock [ 5]
1796 [ 5]
Demolished c.1877[ 5]
Chiswick
TQ 211 786
Post
1675
1675
1765
Chiswick
ApproximatelyTQ 224 784
Post
1675
1675
1675
City of London
Mountmill, Cripplegate
1598
Blown down 1601
City of London
Queenhithe , Broken Wharf Waterworks[ 1]
Hollow post
1696 1724
1696[ 1]
1748[ 1]
City of London
Peerless Pool , Moorfields [ 1]
Tower [ 1]
18th century[ 1]
18th century[ 1]
Clapham
Clapham Common Mill[ 1]
1616
1652[ 1]
Possibly moved to Nightingale Lane, 1652[ 1]
Clapham
Nightingale Lane Mill[ 1]
Post[ 1]
1680[ 1]
1680[ 1]
Clerkenwell
Clerkenwell Priory
Sunk post
c. 1100[ 1]
c. 1100[ 1]
Clerkenwell
Commandery MartelsTQ 315 827
14th century
1430
Clerkenwell
Farncroft Stowell MillTQ 317 825
c. 1358
1399
Clerkenwell
16th century
16th century
Clerkenwell
New River Head TQ 312 827
Tower [ 10]
1709
1720[ 11]
Clerkenwell
MountmillTQ 319 826
Early 16th century
Blown down 16th century
Clerkenwell
MountmillTQ 319 826
Post
1563 1658
1547
1647, gone by c. 1680
Clerkenwell
Finsbury Fields, East Mill ApproximatelyTQ 327 922
Post
1563 1658 1660 1666 1669
1556
1669
Clerkenwell
Finsbury Fields, West Mill
Post
1563 1658 1660 1666 1669
1557
1669
Clerkenwell
Finsbury Fields, Thomas Wells Mill
Post
1563 1658 1660 1666 1669
1558
1669
Clerkenwell
Finsbury Fields, 4th mill
Post
1561
Blown down c. 1600
Clerkenwell
Finsbury Fields, 5th mill
Post
1658 1660 1666 1669
1617
1669
Clerkenwell
Finsbury Fields, 6th mill
Post
1658 1660 1666 1669
1617
1669
Clerkenwell
Finsbury Fields, 7th mill
Post
1658 1660 1666
1617
1669
Coulsdon Common
North side of Stites Hill Road[ 1]
Post[ 1]
1762 1777* 1789 1816 1823
1762
Demolished c. 1880[ 1]
Coulsdon Common
South side of Stites Hill Road[ 1]
Post[ 1]
1789 1816 1823
1777 [ 1]
Demolished 1924[ 1]
Cranford
ApproximatelyTQ 102 774
1604
Demolished 1625
Cranham
Post [ 2]
1463[ 2]
1463[ 2]
Croydon
Crown Hill Mill[ 1]
Croydon
Gardiner's Mill Croydon Mill[ 1]
Post [ 1]
1762 1777* 1789 1816
1744[ 1]
Demolished c. 1814[ 1]
Croydon
Black Mill[ 1]
Post[ 1]
1823
1814 [ 1]
Demolished c. 1855[ 1]
Croydon
White Mill[ 1]
Smock[ 1]
1828 [ 1]
Demolished c. 1862[ 1]
Croydon
Noakes's Mill[ 1]
Tower[ 1]
1863
1852[ 1]
1863
Dagenham
Becontree Heath Mill[ 2] TQ 495 867
Smock[ 2]
1816 [ 2]
Burnt down January 1869[ 2]
Dagenham
Chadwell Heath Mill (north) Little Jenny[ 1] TQ 480 884
Post[ 2]
1777
1765[ 2]
1898[ 2]
Dagenham
Chadwell Heath Mill (west) Miss Bentley[ 2] TQ 480 883
Post[ 2]
1903
1820[ 2]
Demolished c. 1906[ 2]
Dagenham
Chadwell Heath Mill (south) Long Sally[ 2] TQ 481 883
Post[ 2]
1785[ 2]
Demolished c. 1893[ 1]
Dagenham
Beam Mill[ 2] TQ 501 832
Smock[ 2]
1825
1825<
1884[ 2]
Deptford
Black Horse Fields Mill[ 5]
Smock [ 5]
1843
Burnt down 1854[ 5]
Deptford
Windmill Lane Mill[ 5]
1832
1832
1832
Deptford
Tanners Hill Mill[ 5]
Post [ 5]
1840[ 12]
Demolished 1849[ 5]
Downe
Gorringes Farm Mill [ 5]
Tower [ 5]
1843
Burnt down 1902[ 5]
Dulwich
Dolwich Common Mill
Post
1814
1814
E - F
G -H
Location
Name of mill and grid reference
Type
Maps
First mention or built
Last mention or demise
Photograph
Greenwich
Greenwich Reach Mill[ 5]
Post [ 5]
Greenwich
Greenwich Reach Mill[ 5]
Smock [ 5]
Hackney
Union MillTQ 341 834
1833
1851, gone by 1856
Hackney
Regent's Canal
Vertical axle mill
1828
1828
Hadley
1288
1288
Hadley
Beacon Hill
1629
1629, gone by 1636
Hadley
Beacon Hill
1649
1649, gone by 1698
Hadley
Hadley GreenTQ 246 967
1821
1821, gone by 1827
Hadley
Hadley GreenTQ 246 967
1827
1867, gone by 1870
Hampstead
1270
Blown down 1294
Hampstead
1295
1399
Hampstead
Coneyfield
Post
1597
1661, gone by 1680
Hampstead
Cloth HillTQ 263 861
Post
1614
1728, gone by 1759
Hampstead
Highgate
1601
1601, gone by 1641
Hampton
TQ 139 711
Smock
1791
Demolished 1874
Hanwell
1258
1343
Harrow
1236
1353
Harrow
Sudbury Hill
1695
1622
1695
Harrow
Sudbury Hill
1695
1695
1695
Harrow
Wembley Hill
1673
1672
1693
Havering
TQ 520 926
Post [ 2]
1262[ 2]
1262[ 2]
Hayes
ApproximatelyTQ 095 818
1675
1675
1675
Hendon
1321
1321
Hendon
Goldeherd's Mill
15th century
15th century
Hendon
Mill HillTQ 223 934
1679
1679
1685
Hillingdon
1328
1328
Holborn
Gray's Inn ApproximatelyTQ 313 819
1505
1505, gone by 1507
Holborn
Old St Paul's
Post [ 1]
1616
1616
1616
Holborn
Old St Paul's, York Buildings Waterwirjs
Hollow Post [ 1]
1684[ 1]
Burnt down 1690[ 1]
Hornchurch
Post [ 2]
1222[ 2]
1256[ 2]
Hornchurch
New Mill Marks Mill[ 2]
Post [ 2]
1355[ 2]
1396[ 2]
Hornchurch
Marks Hall Mill[ 2] TQ 487 893
Post [ 2]
1724
1365[ 2]
Demolished c. 1760[ 2]
Hornchurch
Marks Mill Marks Gate Mill[ 2] TQ 486 899
Smock[ 2]
1818 [ 2]
Demolished May 1919[ 2]
Hornchurch
TQ 543 867
Post[ 2]
1678
1678
Burnt down June 1921[ 2]
Hornchurch
TQ 510 838
Post [ 2]
1240[ 2]
1240[ 2]
Hornchurch
Marditch Mill Mardyke Mill[ 2] TQ 510 840
Post[ 2]
1724
1564 [ 2]
1724
Hornchurch
Bush Elms Mill[ 2] TQ 528 880
Post[ 2]
1833[ 2]
1855, gone by 1864[ 2]
Hounslow
162
1362
Hounslow
Brazil Mill[ 10] ApproximatelyTQ 115 744
Smock
1757
1757
Hounslow
Syon Park
Vertical axle mill
Hounslow
Hounslow HeathTQ 119 752
Post
1816
1765
1816, gone by 1818
Hounslow
Heston MillTQ 119 752
Post
1818
Burnt down 24 August 1895
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M - P
R - S
T - W
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
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^ a b "Fires and Loss of Life". The Standard . No. 12954. London. 13 February 1866. p. 7.
^ 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 .
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au Coles Finch, William (1933). Watermills and Windmills . London: C W Daniel Company.
^ a b c d e f 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.
^ Bygone Kent . 6 (2). Rainham: Meresborough Books: 87– 91. February 1984.
^ a b Cumming, Rob (2010). "Bromley's Windmill:Debunking a few myths". Cant Post (2). Kent: Kent Mills Society: 24– 28.
^ a b c Appears on painting Don Salter's Walk by Cecil Gordon Lawson
^ a b Six sails
^ 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.
^ Drawing dated 1840 exists
^ Five sails
^ "Directory of Kent Mill People" . The Mills Archive Trust. Archived from the original on 4 July 2008. Retrieved 5 May 2008 .
^ "A Short(ish) History of Lambeth 1720-1899" . Partleton. Archived from the original on 26 December 2014. Retrieved 26 December 2014 .
^ a b Moore, Cyril (1999). Hertfordshire Windmills and Windmillers . Sawbridgeworth: Windsup Publishing. ISBN 0-9533861-0-4 .
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Map of Middlesex
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Map of Surrey
^ Surveyed 1643-47.
^ a b c d e f Map of Essex
^ a b c Map of Kent
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