Plumstead Common Windmill

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Plumstead Common Windmill
Plumstead Common 1820.jpg
Drawing dated 1820
Plumstead Common Windmill
Origin
Grid reference TQ 4480 7791
Coordinates 51°28′54″N0°05′02″E / 51.4817°N 0.0840°E / 51.4817; 0.0840
Year builtEarly nineteenth century
Information
PurposeCorn mill
Type Tower mill
StoreysFour storeys
No. of sailsFour
Type of sails Common sails
WindingHand winded

Plumstead Common Windmill is a tower mill in Plumstead Common, in the Royal Borough of Greenwich, in south London.

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History

The surviving structure Windmill behind Old Mill Pub, Plumstead (02).jpg
The surviving structure

Plumstead Common Windmill was marked on the 1819-43 Ordnance Survey map. In 1827, there was an accident at the mill when so many people crowded onto the stage to watch a sham fight that it gave way, injuring a number of them. In 1848, the mill was converted into a brewhouse, having been disused for a number of years previously. [1] The tower remains today, as part of the Old Mill pub.

Description

The old mill today The Old Mill pub, Plumstead 1849096.jpg
The old mill today

Plumstead Common Mill has a four-storey brick tower. It had four common sails. There was a stage at first floor level. The mill had a domed cap and was winded by hand. [1]

Millers

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Coles Finch, William (1933). Watermills and Windmills. London: C W Daniel Company. p. 229.
  2. 1 2 "Directory of Kent Mill People". The Mills Archive Trust. Archived from the original on 16 April 2009. Retrieved 26 April 2008.