A very short lived mill - burnt down after just a few days Gloucester Journal, 14 January 1735

A new Windmill near Hackney-Marsh, which cost the Owner about 400l. building, and which had been at work there about 3 or 4 Days, took fire last Week, and was entirely consumed.

Thomas Perry occupied it in 1734

A windmill existed in 1630: The history and antiquities of Enfield, in the county of Middlesex by William Robinson, 1823

In the survey of 1630, among other cottages presented by the Jury, in answer to the 27th article of the Commission, to be built within the said manor and Chase, within 20 years, contrary to the statute, are the following: ... "A cottage erected by William Pavey, alias Hale, in the said Chase near Hadley windmill, wherein he dwelleth, and keepeth victualling, without leave, it being a hole wherein he formerly used to sit and beg in."

Mechanics Magazine, no. 720, May 27, 1837

WINDMILL-PUMP IN THE ISLINGTON NEW CATTLE MARKET.
Sir, - Who is there amongst us that has not heard of Smithfield (or, as it is commonly called by its frequenters, Smif-feld), the scene of many a matchless deed in England's chequered history? It was here, in former times, that tilt, and tournament, and pageants, delighted the flower of the nobility of all Europe. It was here, the rebel Tyler fell by the hand of London's loyal mayor. It was on this spot, accursed bigotry led men to inflict tortures upon their fellow-men, because they were not all disposed to address the UNIVERSAL FATHER in precisely the same manner. It is here that riot and debauchery hold their annual revels, sacred to Saint Bartholomew. These, and a thousand other notable events, have combined to render Smithfield a place of great celebrity. It has, however, acquired the greatest and most unenviable notoriety from its beastly Monday and Friday markets, which are continually productive of scenes disgraceful to those who wear "the human form."
The bare idea of cattle-markets and slaughter-houses in the very heart of a crowded and populous city, is revolting, to say little of the personal inconvenience and dangers which are the necessary and inevitable consequences. The removal of this most intolerable nuisance has long been desired by a large majority of the citizens; but the few (comparatively speaking) whose interests are mixed up with its continuance, have hitherto opposed, with too much success, all attempts at reform. "The removal of the market was a matter of mammon, in which, even the fear of unwholesome meats and the preservation of the public health, were not duly considered. It was a question of finance, and humanity was but a feather in the balance; while the taunt, of London being behind Paris in the means of supplying its citizens with food, was borne in silence."
Private humanity and individual enterprize have removed many of the obstacles that appeared to oppose a change. An area of nearly fifteen acres, abutting on the Lower Road, Islington, near Ball's Pond Turnpike, has, as is already generally known, been enclosed by a substantial brick wall, about ten feet in height, within which are sheds on all the four sides. Each side is eight hundred feet long, and the span of the roofing to the sheds is twenty-five feet. The roofs rest on the enclosing walls outward, and on substantial piers within. These sheds are divided into pens or stalls, with yards or lairs before them in which the cattle may range. A road goes round on each side of the market, within the lairs before the stalls; and within this road are other yards or lairs, for cattle also, but these are without sheds. The remainder of the inner area is formed into pens for sheep. The centre of the inner area, a circle of 150 feet diameter, is intended for a sort of exchange for the meeting of salesmen, &c. The inner area is quadrated by roads crossing it at right angles, in a line with the entrance gateways. Drains and sewers run through the whole area, and there is much to admire in the arrangements and mechanism of the various fittings, especially in the mode that has been adopted for raising and distributing an abundant supply of that necessary element-water.
This is effected by two windmill-pumps, the construction of which is very ingenious, and the plan is such as might be adopted in many situations with peculiar advantage. The accompanying sketch will give a tolerable idea of the mechanism of these useful engines. In the centre of a stone building of a quadrangular form, is erected the pump a of cast iron, secured by strong iron braces, and carrying on a flange at its top, an iron frame b, which supports the crankshaft of the pump, c, and also the vane-axle d; ee are the vanes. A pinion f, on the vane-axle, takes into and drives a spur wheel on the crank-shaft of the pump, the piston being attached to the crank by slings, and the piston-rod working in a guide, which preserves its parallellism: g is a brake-wheel for impeding, or altogether stopping, the motion of the machine. The revolution of a set of small vanes h, causes the whole of the mechanism to rotate on the top of the pump, and continually occasions the large vanes e e to face the wind. A good well supplies each pump with water, which is from thence distributed by pipes into troughs in each of the cattleyards throughout the market.
I remain, Sir, Yours respectfully, WM. BADDELEY. April 17, 1837.

An engraving of the Lewisham silk mills shows 2 skeleton wind pumps along the river bank, presumably part of works to manage the water supply for the silk mills, where the river has likely been artificially diverted at this point.

The History of the Royal Society of Arts, Henry Trueman Wood, 1913

The first substitution of mechanical power for handwork in the timber trade in England is certainly due to the Society. A premium for a saw-mill was awarded to James Stansfield in 1761, and sums amounting in all to over £300 were given to him to help him in improving and working his mill. By the instrumentality of the Society Stansfield was also introduced to one Charles Dingley, who found the capital for setting up a mill at Limehouse which was driven by wind-power. This mill, after working a short time, suffered the usual fate of all mechanical improvements, and was destroyed by a mob, but the owner was compensated, the rioters punished, and the mill reinstated. For his services in the matter, a gold medal was awarded to Dingley. The backward state of English industry is shown by the fact that saw-mills worked by water and by wind had previously been in existence on the Continent, and even in America, though there seems reason to believe that Stansfield's was an improvement on the older types.

Chelmsford Chronicle, 14 January 1859

To Millers and Others.
TO BE SOLD, to be cleared away, all that valuable POST-WINDMILL, situate at the west-end of the Town of Romford, driving two pairs of French Stones, and patent Sails, or to be Let on Lease.- Apply to Mr. Pratt Collier, Romford, Essex.