List of windmills in London

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 Location Name of mill andgrid reference Type Maps First mentionor built Last mention or demise Photograph Acton 1742 1622 1742 Acton Smock 1801 1859, gone by 1865 painting by John Varley, 1835 Acton 18th century 18th century Addington Post 1610*162616591700*1733 1292 1773 Arkley Barnet Gate Mill Tower c. 1830 Windmill World Ashford 1277 1309 Barking Post, , , and 1243 1243 Barking 1777 1738 1793 Barking Wellington Mill Smock 1815 Demolished 1926 Barnes Mill Hill Mill Post 1673172917331753 1443 Blown down 15 October 1780 Barnes Mill Lodge Mill Smock 1783 Demolished c. 1836 Battersea Colour Mill 1645 1645 Battersea Corn mill 1645 1645 Battersea Lead Mill 1645 1645 Battersea Nine Elms Mill Post 17531777* 1753 Standing in 1814, not on 1823 map, gone by 1828 Battersea Red House Mill Smock 17531777* 1753 1851 Battersea Randall's Mill Tower 1762 1762 1836 Battersea Fowler's Mill Horizontal 17901823 1788 Dismantled c. 1825 Bermondsey Cherry Garden Pier Mill Bermondsey Abbey Mill #1 Post 1805 1812 Bermondsey Abbey Mill #2 Bermondsey Poupart's Mill,Blue Anchor Mill Post 175318201823 1753 Burnt down, 12 January 1866 Bermondsey Tower 1834 1844, probably demolished in the 1850s Bexley Horizontal 1842 Advertised for sale in 1842, no other details known. Blackfriars Approximately 1696 1748 Blackheath Lewisham Hill Mill 1695*1745 1695 1745 Blackheath Morden Hill Mill 1745 1745 1750 Blackheath Black Heath Post 1769 1769 1819 Blackheath Black Heath Post 1769 1769 1769 Bow Old Ford PostOne 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. 1844 1823 1852 Bow Smock 1844 1823 1852 Brentford approximately 1670 1703 Brentford Smock 1777 1828 Brixton Ashby's Mill Tower 18161823 1816 Brixton Brixton Hill Mill Smock 18161823 1803 1845 Bromley Post 176317691843 1665 Demolished January 1835. Bromley by Bow Metcalfe's MillApproximately 1754 1754 1754

C - D Location Name of mill andgrid reference Type Maps First mentionor built Last mention or demise Photograph Camberwell Camberwell MillFreeman's Mill Post 1753 1709 1831 Camberwell Dovedale Manor mill Smock or Tower 18231850 1823 1850 Camberwell Frensham Street Mill 18201850 1820 1850 Camberwell Bree Kill Mill Post 1746*1789 1746 Demolition ordered 1815 Camerwell Post 1307 1307 Charlton 1660 Burnt down, 1660 Chelsea Tothill Fields Smock 1799 1815 Chelsea Tothill Fields Post 1806 1806 Chelsea Thames Bank Mill Smock 1832 c. 1870Appears on painting Don Salter's Walk by Cecil Gordon Lawson Chelsea Don Salter's Walk Smock c. 1870 c. 1870 Chelsea Waterworks Smock 1752 1762 Chelsfield Well Hill Mill 1769 1769 1769 Chislehurst Chislehurst Common Mill Smock 1796 Demolished c.1877 Chiswick Post 1675 1675 1765 Chiswick Approximately Post 1675 1675 1675 City of London Mountmill, Cripplegate 1598 Blown down 1601 City of London Queenhithe, Broken Wharf Waterworks Hollow post 16961724 1696 1748 City of London Peerless Pool, Moorfields Tower 18th century 18th century Clapham Clapham Common Mill 1616 1652 Possibly moved to Nightingale Lane, 1652 Clapham Nightingale Lane Mill Post 1680 1680 Clerkenwell Clerkenwell Priory Sunk post c. 1100 c. 1100 Clerkenwell Commandery Martels 14th century 1430 Clerkenwell FarncroftStowell Mill c. 1358 1399 Clerkenwell 16th century 16th century Clerkenwell New River Head TowerSix sails 1709 1720Cap 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. Clerkenwell Mountmill Early 16th century Blown down 16th century Clerkenwell Mountmill Post 15631658 1547 1647, gone by c. 1680 Clerkenwell Finsbury Fields, East MillApproximately Post 15631658166016661669 1556 1669 Clerkenwell Finsbury Fields, West Mill Post 15631658166016661669 1557 1669 Clerkenwell Finsbury Fields, Thomas Wells Mill Post 15631658166016661669 1558 1669 Clerkenwell Finsbury Fields, 4th mill Post 1561 Blown down c. 1600 Clerkenwell Finsbury Fields, 5th mill Post 1658166016661669 1617 1669 Clerkenwell Finsbury Fields, 6th mill Post 1658166016661669 1617 1669 Clerkenwell Finsbury Fields, 7th mill Post 165816601666 1617 1669 Coulsdon Common North side of Stites Hill Road Post 17621777*178918161823 1762 Demolished c. 1880 Coulsdon Common South side of Stites Hill Road Post 178918161823 1777 Demolished 1924 Cranford Approximately 1604 Demolished 1625 Cranham Post 1463 1463 Croydon Crown Hill Mill Croydon Gardiner's MillCroydon Mill Post 17621777*17891816 1744 Demolished c. 1814 Croydon Black Mill Post 1823 1814 Demolished c. 1855 Croydon White Mill Smock 1828 Demolished c. 1862 Croydon Noakes's Mill Tower 1863 1852 1863 Dagenham Becontree Heath Mill Smock 1816 Burnt down January 1869 Dagenham Chadwell Heath Mill (north)Little Jenny Post 1777 1765 1898 Dagenham Chadwell Heath Mill (west)Miss Bentley Post 1903 1820 Demolished c. 1906 Dagenham Chadwell Heath Mill (south)Long Sally Post 1785 Demolished c. 1893 Dagenham Beam Mill Smock 1825 1825< 1884 Deptford Black Horse Fields Mill Smock 1843 Burnt down 1854 Deptford Windmill Lane Mill 1832 1832 1832 Deptford Tanners Hill Mill Post 1840Drawing dated 1840 exists Demolished 1849 Downe Gorringes Farm Mill Tower 1843 Burnt down 1902 Dulwich Dolwich Common Mill Post 1814 1814

E - F Location Name of mill andgrid reference Type Maps First mentionor built Last mention or demise Photograph Ealing 1318 Blown down c. 1409 Ealing 1431 1431 East Ham Post 1267 1309 East Ham 1724* 1724 1728 East Ham Post 1741 1741 East Ham Clock House Farm Mill 1872 Burnt down c. 1891 Edmonton 1272 1359 Edmonton Weir Hall Millapproximately Post 1627 1801 Edmonton Silver Street Mill Post 1819 1920 Eltham Mottingham Mill Enfield 1284 1284 Enfield Windmill Hill Post 1635 Blown down 18th century Enfield Windmill Hill Smock 1790 1790 Demolished September 1904 Enfield Mill Corner 1635 1740, gone by 1777 Erith Northumberland Heath Mill Post 1843 Blown down 1 January c.1892Windmill World Feltham Lower Feltham 1762 1762 1762 Finchley 1252 1398 Finchley Basings Pond 1627 1734, gone by 1754 Finchley Lodge Hill 1648 1648 1648 Fulham 1404 1404 Fulham 1790 1632 Demolished 1794

G -H Location Name of mill andgrid reference Type Maps First mentionor built Last mention or demise Photograph Greenwich Greenwich Reach Mill Post Greenwich Greenwich Reach Mill Smock Hackney Union Mill 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 Green 1821 1821, gone by 1827 Hadley Hadley Green 1827 1867, gone by 1870 Hampstead 1270 Blown down 1294 Hampstead 1295 1399 Hampstead Coneyfield Post 1597 1661, gone by 1680 Hampstead Cloth Hill Post 1614 1728, gone by 1759 Hampstead Highgate 1601 1601, gone by 1641 Hampton 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 Post 1262 1262 Hayes Approximately 1675 1675 1675 Hendon 1321 1321 Hendon Goldeherd's Mill 15th century 15th century Hendon Mill Hill 1679 1679 1685 Hillingdon 1328 1328 Holborn Gray's InnApproximately 1505 1505, gone by 1507 Holborn Old St Paul's Post 1616 1616 1616 Holborn Old St Paul's, York Buildings Waterwirjs Hollow Post 1684 Burnt down 1690 Hornchurch Post 1222 1256 Hornchurch New MillMarks Mill Post 1355 1396 Hornchurch Marks Hall Mill Post 1724 1365 Demolished c. 1760 Hornchurch Marks MillMarks Gate Mill Smock 1818 Demolished May 1919 Hornchurch Post 1678 1678 Burnt down June 1921 Hornchurch Post 1240 1240 Hornchurch Marditch MillMardyke Mill Post 1724 1564 1724 Hornchurch Bush Elms Mill Post 1833 1855, gone by 1864 Hounslow 162 1362 Hounslow Brazil MillApproximately Smock 1757 1757 Hounslow Syon Park Vertical axle mill Hounslow Hounslow Heath Post 1816 1765 1816, gone by 1818 Hounslow Heston Mill Post 1818 Burnt down 24 August 1895

I - L Location Name of mill andgrid reference Type Maps First mentionor built Last mention or demise Photograph Isleworth 1370 1370 Islington Canonbury 1306 1306 Islington White Lead MillFive sails Tower 1786 1868 Islington White Lead Mill Tower 1792 1868 Islington Cattle Market (two mills) Hollow post 1820 1837 Islington Water Works Tower 1730 1767 Kensington Hyde Park Post 1543 1660 Keston Keston Mill Post 17361769 1716 Keston Olive's Mill 1878 Burnt down 1885 Keston Holwood Park Mill Kew Kew Mill Smock Mill Late 18th century Late 18th century Kingsbury Redhill 1675 1738, gone by 1754 Laleham 14th century 1698 Laleham 1816 1816 1834 Lambeth South end of Waterloo Bridge Paltrok 16581720 1658 1760 Lambeth South end of Hungerford Bridge Post 176217631777* 1762 Demolished 1848 Lambeth Junction of Ethelred Street and Hutton Road 17621763 1762 1763 Lambeth Junction of Newport Street and Whitgift Street Smock 1753 1830 Lambeth Drug Mill Tower 1737 Demolished 1867 Lambeth Cons Street Mill Smock 18001816 1800 Demolished c. 1840 Lee 1843 Demolished c.1850 Leyton Post 1724* 1724 1739 Leyton Temple Mills 1818 1770 1818, gone by 1838 Limehouse Paltrok mill 1663 Destroyed in a riot, 1663 Limehouse Smock 1768 Destroyed in a riot, 1768 Limehouse Smock 1791 1791

M - P Location Name of mill andgrid reference Type Maps First mentionor built Last mention or demise Photograph Marylebone 1708 1708 Mayfair Bond Street 164716661675 1647 1675 Mitcham Common Mitcham Common Mill Post 1806 Dismantled 1905 Windmill World Monthill Early 17th century Early 17th century Newington 165816751746*1763 1658 Demolished 1799 North Ockendon Post 1610 1840 Northolt Dabb's Hill Lane Northolt Mill Post Field Post mill Norton Folgate Smock Norwood Westow Hill Mill 1812 Demolished c. 1854 Perivale 1342 1342 Perivale 17th century 17th century Pinner c. 1285 c. 1285 Pinner 1619 Blown down 1721 Pinner Smock 1720s Burnt down 1872 Plumstead Common Plumstead Common Mill Tower 1820 Poplar Millwall, Browns Mill Post 17231731 1723 1781 Poplar Millwall, Smith's Mill Post 17231731 1723 1772 Poplar Millwall, Smith's MillMiddle Mill Post 17231731 1723 1765 Poplar Millwall, Smith's Mill Post 17231731 1723 1731 Poplar Millwall, Baker's Mill Post 17231731 1703 1804 Poplar Millwall, Churn's MillChinn's Mill Post 17231731 1723 1805 Poplar Millwall, Ward's MillTheobalds Mill Post 17231731 1723 1731 Poplar Millwall, Ward's Mill Post 17231731 1723 1731 Poplar Millwall (ninth mill) Post 17231731 Poplar Millwall (tenth mill) Smock 170317311824 1703 1853, gone by 1859 Poplar Blackwall Smock 1840 1840

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