List of windmills in London

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Extant windmills (red), former windmills (blue) and extant tide mills (green) in Greater London.
1 Arkley, 2 Barking, 3 Battersea, 4 Brixton, 5 Keston, 6 Plumstead Common, 7 Shirley, 8 Twickenham, 9 Upminster, 10 Wandsworth Common, 11 Wimbledon Common, 12 West Ham.

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.

Contents

Locations

A - B

LocationName of mill and
grid reference
TypeMapsFirst mention
or built
Last mention
or demise
Photograph
Acton TQ 208 803 174216221742
Acton TQ 208 803 Smock 18011859, gone by 1865 painting by John Varley, 1835
Acton TQ 195 805 18th century18th century
Addington Post 1610*
1626
1659
1700*
1733
1292 [1] 1773 [1]
Arkley Barnet Gate Mill
TQ 218 953
Tower c. 1830 Windmill World Barnet Gate Mill - geograph.org.uk - 384642.jpg
Ashford 12771309
Barking TQ 458 842 Post [2] 1243 [2] 1243 [2]
Barking TQ 439 839 17771738 [2] 1793 [2]
Barking Wellington Mill [2]
TQ 436 839
Smock [2] 1815 [2] Demolished 1926 [2] Barking Wellington 1907.jpg
Barnes Mill Hill MillPost1673
1729
1733
1753
1443Blown down 15 October 1780
BarnesMill Lodge Mill [1] Smock [1] 1783 [1] Demolished c. 1836 [1] Constable - On Barnes Common.jpg
Battersea Colour Mill [1] 1645 [1] 1645 [1]
BatterseaCorn mill [1] 1645 [1] 1645 [1]
BatterseaLead Mill [1] 1645 [1] 1645 [1]
BatterseaNine Elms Mill [1] Post [1] 1753
1777*
1753Standing in 1814, not on 1823 map, gone by 1828 [1]
BatterseaRed House Mill [1] Smock [1] 1753
1777*
17531851 [1] Battersea Varley.jpg
BatterseaRandall's Mill [1] Tower [1] 176217621836 [1]
Battersea Fowler's Mill [1]
TQ 269 770
Horizontal 1790
1823
1788 [1] Dismantled c. 1825 [1] Battersea horizontal windmill.jpg
Bermondsey Cherry Garden Pier Mill [1]
BermondseyAbbey Mill #1 [1] Post [1] 1805 [1] 1812 [1]
BermondseyAbbey Mill #2 [1]
BermondseyPoupart's Mill, [1]
Blue Anchor Mill [3]
Post [1] 1753
1820
1823
1753Burnt down, 12 January 1866 [3]
BermondseyTower [1] 1834 [1] 1844, probably demolished in the 1850s [1]
Bexley Horizontal 1842Advertised for sale in 1842, no other details known. [4]
Blackfriars Approximately
TQ 324 808
1696 [5] 1748 [5]
Blackheath Lewisham Hill Mill [5] 1695*
1745
16951745
BlackheathMorden Hill Mill [5] 174517451750 [5]
BlackheathBlack Heath [5] Post [5] 176917691819 [5] John Cleveley Junior - A View of a Mill near Blackheath by Moonlight (print).jpg
BlackheathBlack Heath [5] Post [5] 176917691769
Bow Old Ford
TQ 365 835
Post [6] 18441823 [6] 1852 [6]
Bow TQ 375 832 Smock [6] 18441823 [6] 1852 [6]
Brentford approximately
TQ 172 786
16701703
Brentford TQ 186 779 Smock 17771828
Brixton Ashby's Mill
TQ 303 737
Tower1816
1823
1816 Ashby's mill 1864.jpg
BrixtonBrixton Hill Mill [1] Smock [1] 1816
1823
1803 [1] 1845 [1]
Bromley Post 1763
1769
1843
1665 [7] Demolished January 1835. [8]
Bromley by Bow Metcalfe's Mill [8]
Approximately
TQ 379 825
175417541754

C - D

LocationName of mill and
grid reference
TypeMapsFirst mention
or built
Last mention
or demise
Photograph
Camberwell Camberwell Mill
Freeman's Mill [1]
Post [1] 17531709 [1] 1831 [1]
CamberwellDovedale Manor mill [1] Smock or Tower [1] 1823
1850
18231850
CamberwellFrensham Street Mill [1] 1820
1850
18201850
CamberwellBree Kill Mill [1] Post [1] 1746*
1789
1746Demolition ordered 1815 [1]
Camerwell Post [1] 1307 [1] 1307 [1]
Charlton 1660 [5] Burnt down, 1660 [5]
Chelsea Tothill Fields Smock 17991815
ChelseaTothill Fields Post 18061806
ChelseaThames Bank Mill
TQ 287 780
Smock 1832c. 1870 [9]
ChelseaDon Salter's Walk Smock c. 1870 [9] c. 1870 [9]
ChelseaWaterworks Smock 17521762 Chelsea Waterworks 1752.jpg
Chelsfield Well Hill Mill [5] 176917691769
Chislehurst Chislehurst Common Mill [5] Smock [5] 1796 [5] Demolished c.1877 [5]
Chiswick TQ 211 786 Post 167516751765
ChiswickApproximately
TQ 224 784
Post 167516751675
City of London Mountmill, Cripplegate 1598Blown down 1601
City of London Queenhithe, Broken Wharf Waterworks [1] Hollow post 1696
1724
1696 [1] 1748 [1]
City of London Peerless Pool, Moorfields [1] Tower [1] 18th century [1] 18th century [1]
Clapham Clapham Common Mill [1] 16161652 [1] Possibly moved to Nightingale Lane, 1652 [1]
ClaphamNightingale Lane Mill [1] Post [1] 1680 [1] 1680 [1]
Clerkenwell Clerkenwell Priory Sunk post c. 1100 [1] c. 1100 [1]
ClerkenwellCommandery Martels
TQ 315 827
14th century1430
ClerkenwellFarncroft
Stowell Mill
TQ 317 825
c. 13581399
Clerkenwell16th century16th century
Clerkenwell New River Head
TQ 312 827
Tower [10] 17091720 [11]
ClerkenwellMountmill
TQ 319 826
Early 16th centuryBlown down 16th century
ClerkenwellMountmill
TQ 319 826
Post 1563
1658
15471647, gone by c. 1680
ClerkenwellFinsbury Fields, East Mill
Approximately
TQ 327 922
Post 1563
1658
1660
1666
1669
15561669
ClerkenwellFinsbury Fields, West Mill Post 1563
1658
1660
1666
1669
15571669
ClerkenwellFinsbury Fields, Thomas Wells Mill Post 1563
1658
1660
1666
1669
15581669
ClerkenwellFinsbury Fields, 4th mill Post 1561Blown down c. 1600
ClerkenwellFinsbury Fields, 5th mill Post 1658
1660
1666
1669
16171669
ClerkenwellFinsbury Fields, 6th mill Post 1658
1660
1666
1669
16171669
ClerkenwellFinsbury Fields, 7th mill Post 1658
1660
1666
16171669
Coulsdon Common North side of Stites Hill Road [1] Post [1] 1762
1777*
1789
1816
1823
1762Demolished c. 1880 [1]
Coulsdon CommonSouth side of Stites Hill Road [1] Post [1] 1789
1816
1823
1777 [1] Demolished 1924 [1]
Cranford Approximately
TQ 102 774
1604Demolished 1625
Cranham Post [2] 1463 [2] 1463 [2]
Croydon Crown Hill Mill [1]
CroydonGardiner's Mill
Croydon Mill [1]
Post [1] 1762
1777*
1789
1816
1744 [1] Demolished c. 1814 [1]
CroydonBlack Mill [1] Post [1] 18231814 [1] Demolished c. 1855 [1]
CroydonWhite Mill [1] Smock [1] 1828 [1] Demolished c. 1862 [1]
CroydonNoakes's Mill [1] Tower [1] 18631852 [1] 1863
Dagenham Becontree Heath Mill [2]
TQ 495 867
Smock [2] 1816 [2] Burnt down January 1869 [2]
DagenhamChadwell Heath Mill (north)
Little Jenny [1]
TQ 480 884
Post [2] 17771765 [2] 1898 [2]
DagenhamChadwell Heath Mill (west)
Miss Bentley [2]
TQ 480 883
Post [2] 19031820 [2] Demolished c. 1906 [2]
DagenhamChadwell Heath Mill (south)
Long Sally [2]
TQ 481 883
Post [2] 1785 [2] Demolished c. 1893 [1]
DagenhamBeam Mill [2]
TQ 501 832
Smock [2] 18251825<1884 [2]
Deptford Black Horse Fields Mill [5] Smock [5] 1843Burnt down 1854 [5]
DeptfordWindmill Lane Mill [5] 183218321832
DeptfordTanners Hill Mill [5] Post [5] 1840 [12] Demolished 1849 [5] Deptford Tanners Hill 1840.jpg
Downe Gorringes Farm Mill [5] Tower [5] 1843Burnt down 1902 [5]
Dulwich Dolwich Common Mill Post 18141814 Dulwich-Windmill-by-David-Cox-1814.jpg

E - F

LocationName of mill and
grid reference
TypeMapsFirst mention
or built
Last mention
or demise
Photograph
Ealing 1318Blown down c. 1409
Ealing14311431
East Ham TQ 420 831 Post [2] 1267 [2] 1309 [2]
East Ham TQ 412 850 1724*17241728 [2]
East Ham TQ 419 819 Post [2] 1741 [2] 1741 [2]
East HamClock House Farm Mill [2]
TQ 427 833
1872 [2] Burnt down c. 1891 [2]
Edmonton 12721359
EdmontonWeir Hall Mill
approximately
TQ 328 926
Post 16271801
EdmontonSilver Street Mill
TQ 329 928
Post 18191920 Edmonton Windill 1920.jpg
Eltham Mottingham Mill [5]
Enfield 12841284
EnfieldWindmill Hill
TQ 317 967
Post 1635Blown down 18th century
EnfieldWindmill Hill
TQ 317 967
Smock 17901790Demolished September 1904 Enfield windmill.jpg
EnfieldMill Corner
TQ 247 976
16351740, gone by 1777
Erith Northumberland Heath Mill [5]
TQ 502 772
Post 1843Blown down 1 January c.1892 [5]
Windmill World
Feltham Lower Feltham
TQ 094 710
176217621762
Finchley 12521398
FinchleyBasings Pond16271734, gone by 1754
FinchleyLodge Hill164816481648
Fulham 14041404
Fulham TQ 768 239 17901632Demolished 1794

G -H

LocationName of mill and
grid reference
TypeMapsFirst mention
or built
Last mention
or demise
Photograph
Greenwich Greenwich Reach Mill [5] Post [5]
GreenwichGreenwich Reach Mill [5] Smock [5]
London-and-greenwich-railway-1837.png
Hackney Union Mill
TQ 341 834
18331851, gone by 1856
HackneyRegent's Canal Vertical axle mill 18281828
Hadley 12881288
HadleyBeacon Hill16291629, gone by 1636
HadleyBeacon Hill16491649, gone by 1698
HadleyHadley Green
TQ 246 967
18211821, gone by 1827
HadleyHadley Green
TQ 246 967
18271867, gone by 1870
Hampstead 1270Blown down 1294
Hampstead12951399
HampsteadConeyfield Post 15971661, gone by 1680
HampsteadCloth Hill
TQ 263 861
Post 16141728, gone by 1759
HampsteadHighgate16011601, gone by 1641
Hampton TQ 139 711 Smock 1791Demolished 1874
Hanwell 12581343
Harrow 12361353
HarrowSudbury Hill169516221695
HarrowSudbury Hill169516951695
HarrowWembley Hill167316721693
Havering TQ 520 926 Post [2] 1262 [2] 1262 [2]
Hayes Approximately
TQ 095 818
167516751675
Hendon 13211321
HendonGoldeherd's Mill15th century15th century
HendonMill Hill
TQ 223 934
167916791685
Hillingdon 13281328
Holborn Gray's Inn
Approximately
TQ 313 819
15051505, gone by 1507
HolbornOld St Paul's Post [1] 161616161616
HolbornOld St Paul's, York Buildings Waterwirjs Hollow Post [1] 1684 [1] Burnt down 1690 [1]
Hornchurch Post [2] 1222 [2] 1256 [2]
HornchurchNew Mill
Marks Mill [2]
Post [2] 1355 [2] 1396 [2]
HornchurchMarks Hall Mill [2]
TQ 487 893
Post [2] 17241365 [2] Demolished c. 1760 [2]
HornchurchMarks Mill
Marks Gate Mill [2]
TQ 486 899
Smock [2] 1818 [2] Demolished May 1919 [2]
Hornchurch TQ 543 867 Post [2] 16781678Burnt down June 1921 [2]
Hornchurch TQ 510 838 Post [2] 1240 [2] 1240 [2]
HornchurchMarditch Mill
Mardyke Mill [2]
TQ 510 840
Post [2] 17241564 [2] 1724
HornchurchBush Elms Mill [2]
TQ 528 880
Post [2] 1833 [2] 1855, gone by 1864 [2]
Hounslow 1621362
HounslowBrazil Mill [10]
Approximately
TQ 115 744
Smock 17571757
HounslowSyon Park Vertical axle mill
HounslowHounslow Heath
TQ 119 752
Post 181617651816, gone by 1818
HounslowHeston Mill
TQ 119 752
Post 1818Burnt down 24 August 1895

I - L

LocationName of mill and
grid reference
TypeMapsFirst mention
or built
Last mention
or demise
Photograph
Isleworth 13701370
Islington Canonbury13061306
IslingtonWhite Lead Mill [13]
TQ 328 839
Tower 17861868
IslingtonWhite Lead Mill Tower 17921868
IslingtonCattle Market (two mills) Hollow post 18201837
IslingtonWater Works [1] Tower [1] 1730 [1] 1767 [1]
Kensington Hyde Park Post 15431660
Keston Keston Mill
TQ 415 640
Post 1736
1769
1716 Keston Windmill, 1982.jpg
KestonOlive's Mill [5] 1878Burnt down 1885 [14]
KestonHolwood Park Mill [5]
Kew Kew Mill [1] Smock Mill [1] Late 18th century [1] Late 18th century [1]
Kingsbury Redhill16751738, gone by 1754
Laleham 14th century1698
Laleham TQ 705 055 181618161834
Lambeth South end of Waterloo Bridge [1] Paltrok [1] 1658
1720
16581760 [1]
LambethSouth end of Hungerford Bridge [1] Post [1] 1762
1763
1777*
1762Demolished 1848 [1]
LambethJunction of Ethelred Street and Hutton Road [1] 1762
1763
17621763
LambethJunction of Newport Street and Whitgift Street [1] Smock [1] 1753 [1] 1830 [1]
LambethDrug Mill [1] Tower [1] 1737 [1] Demolished 1867 [15] Drug mill, Lambeth.jpg
LambethCons Street Mill [1] Smock [1] 1800
1816
1800Demolished c. 1840 [1] Lambeth windmill.jpg
Lee 1843Demolished c.1850 [5]
Leyton TQ 384 868 Post [1] 1724*17241739 [1]
LeytonTemple Mills [1]
TQ 376 855
18181770 [1] 1818, gone by 1838 [1]
Limehouse Paltrok mill 1663Destroyed in a riot, 1663
Limehouse Smock 1768Destroyed in a riot, 1768
Limehouse Smock 17911791

M - P

LocationName of mill and
grid reference
TypeMapsFirst mention
or built
Last mention
or demise
Photograph
Marylebone 17081708
Mayfair Bond Street [1] 1647
1666
1675
16471675
Mitcham Common Mitcham Common Mill
TQ 292 678
Post 1806Dismantled 1905
Windmill World
Remains of Post Mill at Mitcham - geograph.org.uk - 446178.jpg
Monthill Early 17th centuryEarly 17th century
Newington 1658
1675
1746*
1763
1658Demolished 1799 [1]
North Ockendon TQ 599 851 Post [2] 1610 [2] 1840 [2]
Northolt Dabb's Hill Lane
TQ 1386 8552
NortholtMill Post Field
TQ 1250 8250
Post mill
Norton Folgate Smock
Norwood Westow Hill Mill [1] 1812 [1] Demolished c. 1854 [1]
Perivale 13421342
Perivale17th century17th century
Pinner c. 1285c. 1285
Pinner TQ 112 903 1619Blown down 1721
Pinner TQ 112 903 Smock 1720sBurnt down 1872
Plumstead Common Plumstead Common Mill
TQ 448 779
Tower 1820 Plumstead Common 1820.jpg
Poplar Millwall, Browns Mill Post 1723
1731
17231781
PoplarMillwall, Smith's Mill Post 1723
1731
17231772
PoplarMillwall, Smith's Mill
Middle Mill
Post 1723
1731
17231765
PoplarMillwall, Smith's Mill Post 1723
1731
17231731
PoplarMillwall, Baker's Mill Post 1723
1731
17031804
PoplarMillwall, Churn's Mill
Chinn's Mill
Post 1723
1731
17231805
PoplarMillwall, Ward's Mill
Theobalds Mill
Post 1723
1731
17231731
PoplarMillwall, Ward's Mill Post 1723
1731
17231731
PoplarMillwall (ninth mill) Post 1723
1731
PoplarMillwall (tenth mill) Smock 1703
1731
1824
17031853, gone by 1859
PoplarBlackwall Smock 18401840

R - S

LocationName of mill and
grid reference
TypeMapsFirst mention
or built
Last mention
or demise
Photograph
Richmond [1] Post [1] 1635
1673
1733
16351730, gone by 1764 [1]
Romford Pratt Collier's Mill [2]
TQ 507 884
Post [2] 1728 [2] 1863, gone by 1868 [2]
Romford TQ 515 893 Post [2] 16781618 [2] 1696 [2]
RomfordEdward Collier's Mill [2]
TQ 517 893
Post [2] 1728 [2] 1861 [2]
RomfordRising Sun Mill [2]
TQ 515 885
Post [2] 1618 [2] 1871, gone by 1876 [2]
RomfordCollier Row Mill [2]
TQ 503 911
Post [2] 1815 [2] Demolished c. 1862 [2]
RomfordPettits Mill [2]
TQ 513 903
17771775 [2] 1777
Rotherhithe Cuckold's Point Mills [1] 1662 (three) [1] 1810 (one) [1]
Ruislip TQ 099 876 12941294
Shadwell TQ 354 807 182418241824
Shirley Shirley Mill
TQ 355 652
Post [1] 1809 [1] Burnt down October 1854 [1]
Shirley Shirley Mill
TQ 355 652
Tower1855 Shirley Windmill.jpg
Shoreditch TQ 335 836 Tower 182417821829
Soho Rathbone Place
TQ 249 819
Tower 17211787
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 1585Late 18c
Southall Grand Junction Canal
TQ 144 797
1721Demolished 1855 Joseph Mallord William Turner 014.jpg
Southall TQ 143 809 Smock 1820s1886
Southwark St George's Fields [1] Post [1] 1616 [1] 1662 [1]
SouthwarkSt Georges Fields [1] Post [1] 1616 [1] 1677 [1]
SouthwarkWidflete Mill [1] Tower [1] 1710 [1] 1724 [1]
SouthwarkPost [1] 1746*1746Demolished 1820 [1]
Stanmore Mid-13th centuryMid-13th century
Stanmore13521352
Stanmore15471547
StanmoreGrimsditch
TQ 168 940
13061680
St Clement Danes TQ 311 812 Post 15581615
Stepney 13251342
StepneyRatcliffe17131713
St George Hanover Square TQ 287 183 167516751675, later moved to Mill Hill Place
St George Hanover SquareMill Hill Place
St George Hanover Square St George's Hospital
TQ 284 798
Hollow post Mid-18th centuryMid-18th century
St James's TQ 296 807 Tower 1658Early 17th century1647
Stoke Newington 18131852
Streatham Streatham Mill [1] 1816
1823
18161823
St Sepulchre Newgate Prison Hollow post 1752Demolished 1778
Surbiton Surbiton Hill Mill [1] 1816
1823
1805 [1] Demolished 1850 [1]
Sydenham Sydenham Mill [5] 19th century [5] 19th century [5]

T - W

LocationName of mill and
grid reference
TypeMapsFirst mention
or built
Last mention
or demise
Photograph
Totteridge 1277 [16] 1277 [16]
Twickenham 14th century14th century
Twickenham163516351635
TwickenhamApproximately
TQ 138 729
163516351675, gone by 1743
TwickenhamWhitton17221722
TwickenhamFulwell Watermill
TQ 144 728
17991799
Upminster Upminster Common Mill [2]
TQ 558 904
Post [2] 1724*1652 [2] Demolished 1882 [2]
Upminster Abraham's Mill
TQ 557 868
Smock1803 UpminsterWMdamage.jpg
Walthamstow Walthamstow Mill [2]
TQ 395 910
Post [2] 1700
1805
1676 [2] Blown down c. 1800 [2]
Wandsworth Post [1] 1535 [1] Moved to Wimbledon Common c. 1613 [1]
WandsworthMiddle Mill [1] 1762
1777
17621835 [1]
WandsworthBrazil Mill [1] Smock [1] 1811 [1] Sail-less in 1825, demolished later [1] Vincent wandsworth.png
Wandsworth Wandsworth Common Mill
TQ 267 745
Smock mill1837 Wandsworth mill.jpg
WandsworthBlackmore's Mill [1]
West Ham City Mill River Mill (north) [2]
TQ 379 838
Post [2] 1774 [2] Moved to Shirley, Surrey c. 1809 [2]
West HamCity Mill River Mill (south) [2]
TQ 380 838
Post [2] 17461746Moved to Nobshill c. 1807 [2]
West HamSt Thomas’ Mill [2]
TQ 380 834
Post [2] 1702 [2] 1724, gone by 1730 [2]
West HamSt Thomas’ Mill [2]
TQ 380 834
Post [2] 17461730 [2] 1746
West HamPudding Mill [2]
TQ 379 836
Post [2] 1777*1724 [2] 1844, gone by 1854 [2]
West HamNobshill Mill [2]
TQ 376 841
Post [2] 1807 [2] 1870 [2]
West HamStent's Mill
Redcross Mill [2]
TQ 381 839
Post [2] 1724
1746
1777*
1720 [2] 1849 [2]
West Ham Three Mills [2]
TQ 348 827
Post [2] 1724
1746
1699 [2] 1837, gone by 1840 [2]
West HamAbbey Mill [2]
TQ 388 833
Post [2] 1682 [2] Blown down 1701 [2]
West HamAbbey Mill [2]
TQ 388 833
Smock [2] 1703 [2] Demolished c. 1767 [1]
West HamAbbey Mill [2] Smock [2] 1768 [2] Burnt down 30 April 1862 [2]
West HamPigeon's Mill (north) [2]
TQ 397 847
Smock [2] 174617461746
West HamPigeon's Mill (south) [2]
TQ 397 846
Smock [2] 1724
1746
1777*
1724Demolished October 1860 [2]
West Ham TQ 411 814 1668 [2] 1752 [2]
West Ham TQ 398 853 [2] 182518251825
West Ham TQ 401 811 1739 [2] 1739 [2]
West HamIndustrial School [2] 18931854 [2] Demolished c. 1893
Westminster 12791306
WestminsterWhite Lead Mill, Millbank Smock c. 1800c. 1800
WestminsterThe Strand [1] Post 16161615 [1] 1696
West Norwood 14331496
West Norwood Post 163516111676
Whitechapel Fieldgate Street
TQ 343 816
Post 16431658
WhitechapelFieldgate Street
TQ 342 814
Smock 172417241807
WhitechapelCommercial Road18061806
Willesden 1295Demolished 1365
WillesdenDudden Hill
Approximately
TQ 218 854
Post 16161817
WillesdenKilburn Mill
TQ 245 848
Smock 1803Burnt down 1863
Wimbledon Common Tibbett's Corner Mill [1] Post [1] c. 1613 [1] 1636 [1]
Wimbledon Common Wimbledon Common Mill
TQ 230 725
Hollow post, rebuilt as Smock in 18931816 Wimbledon Windmill.jpg
Woodford TQ 400 920 16781628 [2] 1710 [2]
Woolwich Co-operative Mill [5] 1760 [5] Burnt down 16 March 1760 [5]
WoolwichCo-operative Mill [5] Smock [5] 17691760 [5] 1845 [5]

Maps

Notes

Mills in bold are still standing, known building dates are indicated in bold. Text in italics denotes indicates that the information is not confirmed, but is likely to be the case stated.

Bexleyheath

May Place Mill, listed in Watermills and Windmills under Bexleyheath, actually stood just within Crayford, and has an entry at the List of windmills in Kent.

Finsbury Fields

The last of the Finsbury Fields windmills was demolished c. 1750 to make way for St Luke's Hospital for the Clergy. [1]

Millwall

Three mills were standing in 1835, two in 1845. The last mill standing was the smock mill, as detailed above.

Sources

Unless indicated otherwise, the source for all entries is Blythman, Guy (1996). Watermills & Windmills of Middlesex. Baron Birch. ISBN   0-86023-538-6..

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  9. 1 2 3 Appears on painting Don Salter's Walk by Cecil Gordon Lawson
  10. 1 2 Six sails
  11. Cap and sails blown off 20 November 1720, converted to horse power, Tower standing to full height in 1730 but had been reduced in height by 1799. Base remains standing.
  12. Drawing dated 1840 exists
  13. Five sails
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