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Post mill function:Corn mill
There were at times 2 post mills on Blackheath. A large number of paintings and engravings, covering a wide time period, exist showing one or both of them.
Entry in Mills Archive database - #10707 - East Mill, Blackheath
[London Picture Archive] [London Picture Archive] [London Picture Archive] [London Picture Archive] [London Picture Archive] [London Picture Archive] [London Picture Archive]A post mill 1769-1819
A painting shows two post mills here.
View of an army encampment on Blackheath, Greenwich, London, 1780. Showing a windmill on the right and soldiers playing cards with a farmer in front. The encampment existed as a response to the Gordon Riots.
A mill on Blackheath, London, by moonlight, 1770; including figures.
A windmill on Blackheath, London, 1833. With a woman and washing line in the foreground.
View of mill with a windmill on Blackheath, Greenwich, London, 1833. Two figures can be seen in the foreground, with other buildings next to the windmill and further off in the distance.
View of windmill on Blackheath, Greenwich, London, 1833. Two cows graze in front of a large windmill on Blackheath.
A golfer and his caddie, c1770-c1810.
View of Blackheath, showing windmills and buildings, Greenwich, London, 1832.
'To the Society of Coffers at Blackheath', c19th century. Image of two men playing golf in 1790. After a painting by Lemuel Francis Abbott (1760/61-1802). From Connoisseur Extra No. 5 - Old Sporting Prints by Ralph Nevill. [The Connoisseur Magazine, London, 1908]
View on Black Heath
Blackheath
The Encampment on Blackheath MDCCLXXX| Last updated 13/02/2026 | Text and images © Mark Berry, 1997-2026 - |
