Wright's Flour Mill

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Wright's Flour Mill is located in Wharf Road, Ponders End, Enfield. It is Enfield's oldest working industrial building. [1]

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The mill and the water-meadows viewed from the A121 road bridge Wrights Flour Mill4.JPG
The mill and the water-meadows viewed from the A121 road bridge
Early 19th century lodge at entrance to mill Wrights Flour Mill1.JPG
Early 19th century lodge at entrance to mill

History

Some of the present buildings date back to 1789 and include the brick Georgian miller's house and offices flanking a 3½-storey watermill of brick and white weatherboarding. There has been a mill here since at least the late 16th century and possibly Domesday. George Reynolds Wright took full control of the mill in 1870. It was originally powered by a backwater of the River Lea: in 1913 owing to construction work at the nearby King George V Reservoir the water supply which powered the millstones was cut off. The machinery was then converted to electricity. Since then further improvements have been made.

Today

The business is still owned by the Wright family making it London's only family owned flour mill [2] The company mill flour for several family-owned bakeries in the locality.

Further reading

51°38′33″N0°01′58″W / 51.642491°N 0.032895°W / 51.642491; -0.032895

References

  1. ↑ Industry in Enfield Archived 3 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved November 22, 2007
  2. ↑ North London Chamber of Commerce Retrieved November 22, 2007


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