Edmonton windmill, London 🌍

Edmonton #11525

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(51.61889,-0.0807) (approximate location)

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post mill function:Corn mill

Offered for sale in 1809: The Day - Wednesday 19 April 1809

A Post Windmill, Edmonton. By Messrs. ADAMSON and FIELD, At Jack's Coffee-House, Mark-Lane, on Monday, May 1, at 12, THE LEASE of a Piece of GROUND, of which twenty-seven years are unexpired, on which is erected a capital Post Windmill, with two pair of French stones, and other apparatus, situated at Tanner's End, near the Bull, Edmonton; the purchaser may at any time during the term have the privilege of removing the mill. - To be viewed anytime, by applying at the Bell, Edmonton, where Particulars may be had; and the Cherry-tree Southgate; at Garraway's and Jack's Coffee-houses; and of Messrs. Adamson and Field, 58 Fenchurch-street.

stereo image of Edmonton windmill, Num. 98 in the Louvre series, London, c1890s

Edmonton post mill in an advanced state of decay. The postcard over-caption states "The old wheel forming the gate is the first steam made wheel manufactured in England", but the card was previously issued without that, so that may be a later fiction to sell more cards. , c1920
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Entry in Mills Archive database - #11525 - Huxley Mill, Edmonton (has photos)

Built before 1819. By 1867 a steam mill had been built alongside the windmill. The mill had fallen into disuse by the begining of the 20th century and was eventually demolished.

Edmonton windmill c1920
Reproduced courtesy of The Francis Frith Collection

Edmonton windmill c1920
Reproduced courtesy of The Francis Frith Collection