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Windmills of London


Surviving windmills

1 #2594 Barnet Gate Mill Arkley NGR: TQ217953
(51.64319,-0.2422) OS map + aerial, Google Map + Virtual Earth
tower mill well maintained external appearance, with 4 sails
2 #2617 Ashby's Mill Brixton NGR: TQ304744
(51.45321,-0.1238) OS map + aerial, Google Map + Virtual Earth
tower mill Has been conserved, but currently on the English Heritage "Buildings At Risk" register (2002) due to deteriorating condition. A Friends of Windmill Park group has recently formed (Spring 2003) with an objective of restoring the mill and surrounding park again.
3 #2618 - Clerkenwell NGR: TQ312827
(51.52850,-0.1094) OS map + aerial, Google Map + Virtual Earth
tower mill truncated tower, within the waterworks site
4 #2643 - Erith NGR: TQ502772
(51.47365,0.16051) OS map + aerial, Google Map + Virtual Earth
post mill all that survives is part of the roundhouse wall, incorporated into a general boundary wall.
5 #2634 - Keston - London Borough of Bromley NGR: TQ415641
(51.35769,0.03154) OS map + aerial, Google Map + Virtual Earth
post mill conserved
6 #2612 - Mitcham Common NGR: TQ292678
(51.39502,-0.1450) OS map + aerial, Google Map + Virtual Earth
Hollow-post bare trestle remains, deteriorating rapidly
7 #2638 Common Mill Plumstead NGR: TQ448779
(51.48171,0.08410) OS map + aerial, Google Map + Virtual Earth
tower mill converted, providing accomodation above the Old Mill pub.
8 #2624 - Shirley - London Borough of Croydon NGR: TQ355651
(51.36887,-0.0548) OS map + aerial, Google Map + Virtual Earth
tower mill restored and open to the public
9 no image #2583 Crane Park Mill Twickenham NGR: TQ129729
(51.44291,-0.3757) OS map + aerial, Google Map + Virtual Earth
windmill like tower Uncertain if this was ever a windmill - most research suggests it was not
10 #2653 - Upminster NGR: TQ557868
(51.55790,0.24507) OS map + aerial, Google Map + Virtual Earth
smock mill undergoing restoration
11 #2606 Common Mill Wandsworth NGR: TQ268745
(51.45499,-0.1763) OS map + aerial, Google Map + Virtual Earth
smock mill small mill, for pumping - no sails remaining
12 #2598 - Wimbledon NGR: TQ230725
(51.43762,-0.2316) OS map + aerial, Google Map + Virtual Earth
hollow post mill much altered - houses a milling museum


Historical locations

Battersea

[print]

Blackheath

[Heritage image - clean] [Heritage image - clean]

Bromley by Bow

[Heritage image - clean]

Camberwell

post

[image]

Camberwell

tower

This tower mill stood very close to St George's church, on the south bank of the Surrey Canal. This illustration comes from "The Mirror of literature, amusment and instruction", a regular newsletter from Saturday, March 32, 1827.


Camberwell, 1827,

Enfield

NGR: TQ318967

smock

[dedicated page]

Gravesend

[image]

Hadley

Thomas Perry occupied it in 1734

[Old Bailey murder trail, 10th July 1734]

Hornchurch

post

Lambeth

[1750 view] [Drug Mill of the Apothicaries' Company] [Heritage image - clean]

Millbank

post

[image]

Millwall

[history]

Newgate Prison

used to power the ventilation system for the gaol

[info]

Nine Elms

Randall's Mill:

[1822 image]


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