List of windmills in London facts for kids

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 and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Acton			1742	1622	1742
Acton		Smock		1801	1859, gone by 1865
Acton				18th century	18th century
Addington		Post	1610* 1626 1659 1700* 1733	1292	1773
Arkley	Barnet Gate Mill	Tower		c. 1830
Ashford				1277	1309
Barking		Post		1243	1243
Barking			1777	1738	1793
Barking	Wellington Mill	Smock		1815	Demolished 1926
Barnes	Mill Hill Mill	Post	1673 1729 1733 1753	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	1753 1777*	1753	Standing in 1814, not on 1823 map, gone by 1828
Battersea	Red House Mill	Smock	1753 1777*	1753	1851
Battersea	Randall's Mill	Tower	1762	1762	1836
Battersea	Fowler's Mill	Horizontal	1790 1823	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	1753 1820 1823	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	Post	1844	1823	1852
Bow		Smock	1844	1823	1852
Brentford	approximately			1670	1703
Brentford		Smock		1777	1828
Brixton	Ashby's Mill	Tower	1816 1823	1816
Brixton	Brixton Hill Mill	Smock	1816 1823	1803	1845
Bromley		Post	1763 1769 1843	1665	Demolished January 1835.
Bromley by Bow	Metcalfe's Mill Approximately		1754	1754	1754

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	Post	1753	1709	1831
Camberwell	Dovedale Manor mill	Smock or Tower	1823 1850	1823	1850
Camberwell	Frensham Street Mill		1820 1850	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. 1870
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	1696 1724	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	Farncroft Stowell Mill			c. 1358	1399
Clerkenwell				16th century	16th century
Clerkenwell	New River Head	Tower	1709	1720
Clerkenwell	East Smithfield			13th century	14th century
Clerkenwell	Mountmill		Early 16th century	Blown down 16th century
Clerkenwell	Mountmill	Post	1563 1658	1547	1647, gone by c. 1680
Clerkenwell	Finsbury Fields, East Mill Approximately	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	Post	1762 1777* 1789 1816 1823	1762	Demolished c. 1880
Coulsdon Common	South side of Stites Hill Road	Post	1789 1816 1823	1777	Demolished 1924
Cranford	Approximately			1604	Demolished 1625
Cranham		Post		1463	1463
Croydon	Crown Hill Mill
Croydon	Gardiner's Mill Croydon Mill	Post	1762 1777* 1789 1816	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		1840	Demolished 1849
Downe	Gorringes Farm Mill	Tower		1843	Burnt down 1902
Dulwich	Dolwich Common Mill	Post		1814	1814

E - F

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or 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 Mill approximately	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.1892 Windmill 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

I - L

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Isleworth				1370	1370
Islington	Canonbury			1306	1306
Islington	White Lead Mill	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	1736 1769	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	1658 1720	1658	1760
Lambeth	South end of Hungerford Bridge	Post	1762 1763 1777*	1762	Demolished 1848
Lambeth	Junction of Ethelred Street and Hutton Road		1762 1763	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	1800 1816	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 and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Marylebone				1708	1708
Mayfair	Bond Street		1647 1666 1675	1647	1675
Mitcham Common	Mitcham Common Mill	Post		1806	Dismantled 1905 Windmill World
Monthill				Early 17th century	Early 17th century
Newington			1658 1675 1746* 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	1723 1731	1723	1781
Poplar	Millwall, Smith's Mill	Post	1723 1731	1723	1772
Poplar	Millwall, Smith's Mill Middle Mill	Post	1723 1731	1723	1765
Poplar	Millwall, Smith's Mill	Post	1723 1731	1723	1731
Poplar	Millwall, Baker's Mill	Post	1723 1731	1703	1804
Poplar	Millwall, Churn's Mill Chinn's Mill	Post	1723 1731	1723	1805
Poplar	Millwall, Ward's Mill Theobalds Mill	Post	1723 1731	1723	1731
Poplar	Millwall, Ward's Mill	Post	1723 1731	1723	1731
Poplar	Millwall (ninth mill)	Post	1723 1731
Poplar	Millwall (tenth mill)	Smock	1703 1731 1824	1703	1853, gone by 1859
Poplar	Blackwall	Smock		1840	1840

R - S

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Richmond		Post	1635 1673 1733	1635	1730, gone by 1764
Romford	Pratt Collier's Mill	Post		1728	1863, gone by 1868
Romford		Post	1678	1618	1696
Romford	Edward Collier's Mill	Post		1728	1861
Romford	Rising Sun Mill	Post		1618	1871, gone by 1876
Romford	Collier Row Mill	Post		1815	Demolished c. 1862
Romford	Pettits Mill		1777	1775	1777
Ruislip				1294	1294
Shadwell			1824	1824	1824
Shirley	Shirley Mill	Post		1809	Burnt down October 1854
Shirley	Shirley Mill	Tower		1855
Shoreditch		Tower	1824	1782	1829
Soho	Rathbone Place	Tower		1721	1787
Soho	Windmill Field (believed near latter day Great Windmill Street, London W1)	Post mill (may have been rebuilt as a smock mill after about 1650)		Circa 1585	Late 18c
Southall	Grand Junction Canal			1721	Demolished 1855
Southall		Smock		1820s	1886
Southwark	St George's Fields	Post		1616	1662
Southwark	St Georges Fields	Post		1616	1677
Southwark	Widflete Mill	Tower		1710	1724
Southwark		Post	1746*	1746	Demolished 1820
Stanmore				Mid-13th century	Mid-13th century
Stanmore				1352	1352
Stanmore				1547	1547
Stanmore	Grimsditch			1306	1680
St Clement Danes		Post		1558	1615
Stepney				1325	1342
Stepney	Ratcliffe			1713	1713
St George Hanover Square			1675	1675	1675, later moved to Mill Hill Place
St George Hanover Square	Mill Hill Place
St George Hanover Square	St George's Hospital	Hollow post		Mid-18th century	Mid-18th century
St James's		Tower	1658	Early 17th century	1647
Stoke Newington				1813	1852
Streatham	Streatham Mill		1816 1823	1816	1823
St Sepulchre	Newgate Prison	Hollow post		1752	Demolished 1778
Surbiton	Surbiton Hill Mill		1816 1823	1805	Demolished 1850
Sydenham	Sydenham Mill			19th century	19th century

T - W

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Totteridge				1277	1277
Twickenham				14th century	14th century
Twickenham			1635	1635	1635
Twickenham	Approximately		1635	1635	1675, gone by 1743
Twickenham	Whitton			1722	1722
Twickenham	Fulwell Watermill			1799	1799
Upminster	Upminster Common Mill	Post	1724*	1652	Demolished 1882
Upminster	Abraham's Mill	Smock		1803
Walthamstow	Walthamstow Mill	Post	1700 1805	1676	Blown down c. 1800
Wandsworth		Post		1535	Moved to Wimbledon Common c. 1613
Wandsworth	Middle Mill		1762 1777	1762	1835
Wandsworth	Brazil Mill	Smock		1811	Sail-less in 1825, demolished later
Wandsworth	Wandsworth Common Mill	Smock mill		1837
Wandsworth	Blackmore's Mill
West Ham	City Mill River Mill (north)	Post		1774	Moved to Shirley, Surrey c. 1809
West Ham	City Mill River Mill (south)	Post	1746	1746	Moved to Nobshill c. 1807
West Ham	St Thomas’ Mill	Post		1702	1724, gone by 1730
West Ham	St Thomas’ Mill	Post	1746	1730	1746
West Ham	Pudding Mill	Post	1777*	1724	1844, gone by 1854
West Ham	Nobshill Mill	Post		1807	1870
West Ham	Stent's Mill Redcross Mill	Post	1724 1746 1777*	1720	1849
West Ham	Three Mills	Post	1724 1746	1699	1837, gone by 1840
West Ham	Abbey Mill	Post		1682	Blown down 1701
West Ham	Abbey Mill	Smock		1703	Demolished c. 1767
West Ham	Abbey Mill	Smock		1768	Burnt down 30 April 1862
West Ham	Pigeon's Mill (north)	Smock	1746	1746	1746
West Ham	Pigeon's Mill (south)	Smock	1724 1746 1777*	1724	Demolished October 1860
West Ham				1668	1752
West Ham			1825	1825	1825
West Ham				1739	1739
West Ham	Industrial School		1893	1854	Demolished c. 1893
Westminster				1279	1306
Westminster	White Lead Mill, Millbank	Smock		c. 1800	c. 1800
Westminster	The Strand	Post	1616	1615	1696
West Norwood				1433	1496
West Norwood		Post	1635	1611	1676
Whitechapel	Fieldgate Street	Post		1643	1658
Whitechapel	Fieldgate Street	Smock	1724	1724	1807
Whitechapel	Commercial Road			1806	1806
Willesden				1295	Demolished 1365
Willesden	Dudden Hill Approximately	Post		1616	1817
Willesden	Kilburn Mill	Smock		1803	Burnt down 1863
Wimbledon Common	Tibbett's Corner Mill	Post		c. 1613	1636
Wimbledon Common	Wimbledon Common Mill	Hollow post, rebuilt as Smock in 1893		1816
Woodford			1678	1628	1710
Woolwich	Co-operative Mill			1760	Burnt down 16 March 1760
Woolwich	Co-operative Mill	Smock	1769	1760	1845

Maps

• c.1563 "Woodcut" (or "Agas") map of London
• 1610 John Speed
• 1616 John Visscher
• 1626
• 1635 Moses Glover (Map of the Isleworth Hundred)
• 1647 Wenceslas Hollar (Long View of London from Bankside)
• 1648 John Norden
• 1658 William Faithorne
• 1659 William Faithorne
• 1660 Frederick De Wit
• 1666 Ben Gerlen
• 1673 Richard Blome
• 1675 John Ogilby
• 1678 John Ogilby & William Morgan
• 1695 Robert Morden
• 1695^*Robert Morden
• 1696 Robert Morden
• 1700 Robert Morden & John Pask
• 1700^*
• 1703 Joel Gascoigne (survey of the Parish of Stepney)
• 1720 Dr Harris
• 1723 Sutton Nicholl (A prospect of Greenwich & London)
• 1724 Sutton Nicholl (View of London and Southwark)
• 1724^* John Warburton, Joseph Bland & Payler Smith
• 1729 John Sennex
• 1731 C du Box (A view of Greenwich)
• 1733 John Seller
• 1736 Emanuel Bowen
• 1742 John Seller
• 1746 John Rocque
• 1746^* John Rocque
• 1753 Emanuel Bowen
• 1754 John Rocque
• 1762 John Rocque
• 1763 John Rocque
• 1769 Andrews, Dury and Herbert
• 1777 John Chapman and Peter André
• 1777^*Andrews & Dury
• 1789 Lindley & Crosley
• 1790 William Faden
• 1800 Laurie & Whittle
• 1816 Ordnance Survey
• 1818 Christopher & John Greenwood
• 1819 Ordnance Survey
• 1830 Ordnance Survey
• 1823 Bryant
• 1824 Christopher Greenwood (Map of London)
• 1825 Christopher Greenwood
• 1832 Cary (Map of Deptford)
• 1843 Ordnance Survey
• 1844 Ordnance Survey
• 1850 C Knight
• 1863 Ordnance Survey
• 1893 Ordnance Survey
• 1903 Ordnance Survey