A list of existing and former windmills whose sites fall within Greater London

Greater London

Greater London is the top-level administrative division of England covering London. It was created in 1965 and spans the City of London, including Middle Temple and Inner Temple, and the 32 London boroughs. This territory is coterminate with the London Government Office Region and the London...

, England. When built, these mills were within the counties of Kent

Kent

Kent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of...

, Surrey

Surrey

Surrey is a county in the South East of England and is one of the Home Counties. The county borders Greater London, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire and Berkshire. The historic county town is Guildford. Surrey County Council sits at Kingston upon Thames, although this has been part of...

, Middlesex

Middlesex

Middlesex is one of the historic counties of England and the second smallest by area. The low-lying county contained the wealthy and politically independent City of London on its southern boundary and was dominated by it from a very early time...

, Hertfordshire

Hertfordshire

Hertfordshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England. The county town is Hertford.The county is one of the Home Counties and lies inland, bordered by Greater London , Buckinghamshire , Bedfordshire , Cambridgeshire and...

 or Essex

Essex

Essex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England, and one of the home counties. It is located to the northeast of Greater London. It borders with Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the South and London to the south west...

. Of those windmills known to have existed, nine remain and are preserved; as are the tide mills at Three Mills

Three Mills

The Three Mills are former working mills on the River Lea in the East End of London, one of London’s oldest extant industrial centres. The largest and most powerful of the four remaining tidal mills is possibly the largest tidal mill in the world...

, West Ham

West Ham

West Ham is in the London Borough of Newham in London, England. In the west it is a post-industrial neighbourhood abutting the site of the London Olympic Park and in the east it is mostly residential, consisting of Victorian terraced housing interspersed with higher density post-War social housing...

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A - B

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Acton Acton, London Acton is a district of west London, England, located in the London Borough of Ealing. It is situated west of Charing Cross.At the time of the 2001 census, Acton, comprising the wards of East Acton, Acton Central, South Acton and Southfield, had a population of 53,689 people...			1742	1622	1742
Acton		Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind...		1801	1859, gone by 1865	painting by John Varley John Varley (painter) John Varley was an English watercolour painter and astrologer, and a close friend of William Blake. They collaborated in 1819–1820 on the book Visionary Heads, written by Varley and illustrated by Blake... , 1835
Acton				C18th	C18th
Addington Addington, London Addington is a district of south London, England, located in the London Borough of Croydon. It is situated south south-east of Charing Cross.-History:...		Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have...	1610* 1626 1659 1700* 1733	1292	1773
Arkley Arkley Arkley is a village in the London Borough of Barnet. It is located north north-west of Charing Cross, and at above sea level is one of the highest points in London....	Barnet Gate Mill	Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind....		c1830	Windmill World
Ashford Ashford, Surrey Ashford is a town almost entirely in the Surrey borough of Spelthorne in England, with a small part falling within Greater London. It is a suburban development situated 15 miles west south-west of Charing Cross in London and forms part of the London commuter belt...				1277	1309
Barking Barking Barking is a suburban town in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, in East London, England. A retail and commercial centre situated in the west of the borough, it lies east of Charing Cross. Barking was in the historic county of Essex until it was absorbed by Greater London. The area is...		Post		1243	1243
Barking			1777	1738	1793
Barking	Wellington Mill	Smock		1815	Demolished 1926
Barnes	Mill Hill Mill	Post	1673 1729 1733 1753	1443	Blown down 15 October 1780
Barnes	Mill Lodge Mill	Smock		1783	Demolished c1836
Battersea Battersea Battersea is an area of the London Borough of Wandsworth, England. It is an inner-city district of South London, situated on the south side of the River Thames, 2.9 miles south-west of Charing Cross. Battersea spans from Fairfield in the west to Queenstown in the east...	Colour Mill			1645	1645
Battersea	Corn mill			1645	1645
Battersea	Lead Mill			1645	1645
Battersea	Nine Elms Mill	Post	1753 1777*	1753	Standing in 1814, not on 1823 map, gone by 1828
Battersea	Red House Mill	Smock	1753 1777*	1753	1851
Battersea	Randall’s Mill	Tower	1762	1762	1836
Battersea	Fowler's Mill	Horizontal	1790 1823	1788	Dismantled c1825
Bermondsey Bermondsey Bermondsey is an area in London on the south bank of the river Thames, and is part of the London Borough of Southwark. To the west lies Southwark, to the east Rotherhithe, and to the south, Walworth and Peckham.-Toponomy:...	Cherry Garden Pier Mill
Bermondsey	Abbey Mill #1	Post		1805	1812
Bermondsey	Abbey Mill #2
Bermondsey	Poupart’s Mill	Post	1753 1820 1823	1753	Burnt down, Spring 1866
Bermondsey		Tower		1834	1844, probably demolished in 1850s
Bexley Heath	May Place Mill	Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have...	1769	1769	Demolished c.1867
Blackfriars	Approximately			1696	1748
Blackheath Blackheath, London Blackheath is a district of South London, England. It is named from the large open public grassland which separates it from Greenwich to the north and Lewisham to the west...	Lewisham Hill Mill		1695* 1745	1695	1745
Blackheath	Morden Hill Mill		1745	1745	1750
Blackheath	Black Heath	Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have...	1769	1769	1819
Blackheath	Black Heath	Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have...	1769	1769	1769
Bow Bow, London Bow is an area of London, England, United Kingdom in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It is a built-up, mostly residential district located east of Charing Cross, and is a part of the East End.-Bridges at Bowe:...	Old Ford	Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have...	1844	1823	1852
Bow		Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind...	1844	1823	1852
Brentford Brentford Brentford is a suburban town in west London, England, and part of the London Borough of Hounslow. It is located at the confluence of the River Thames and the River Brent, west-southwest of Charing Cross. Its former ceremonial county was Middlesex.-Toponymy:...	approximately			1670	1703
Brentford		Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind...		1777	1828
Brixton Brixton Brixton is a district in the London Borough of Lambeth in south London, England. It is south south-east of Charing Cross. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London....	Ashby's Mill Ashby's Mill, Brixton Ashby's Mill is a restored grade II* listed tower mill at Brixton in the London Borough of Lambeth. The mill was in Surrey when built and has been preserved..-History:...	Tower	1816 1823	1816
Brixton	Brixton Hill Mill	Smock	1816 1823	1803	1845
Bromley Bromley Bromley is a large suburban town in south east London, England and the administrative headquarters of the London Borough of Bromley. It was historically a market town, and prior to 1963 was in the county of Kent and formed the administrative centre of the Municipal Borough of Bromley...		Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have...	1763 1769 1843	1665	Demolished January 1835.
Bromley by Bow Bromley-by-Bow Bromley-by-Bow, historically and officially Bromley, is a place in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It is an inner-city district situated east north-east of Charing Cross.-Toponymy:...	Metcalfe's Mill Approximately		1754	1754	1754

C - D

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Camberwell Camberwell Camberwell is a district of south London, England, and forms part of the London Borough of Southwark. It is a built-up inner city district located southeast of Charing Cross. To the west it has a boundary with the London Borough of Lambeth.-Toponymy:...	Camberwell Mill Freeman’s Mill	Post	1753	1709	1831
Camberwell	Dovedale Manor mill	Smock or Tower	1823 1850	1823	1850
Camberwell	Frensham Street Mill		1820 1850	1820	1850
Camberwell	Bree Kill Mill	Post	1746* 1789	1746	Demolition ordered 1815
Camerwell Peckham Peckham is a district in south London, England, located in the London Borough of Southwark. It is situated south-east of Charing Cross. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London...		Post		1307	1307
Charlton Charlton, London Charlton is a district of south London, England, and part of the London Borough of Greenwich. It is located east-southeast of Charing Cross. Charlton next Woolwich was an ancient parish in the county of Kent, which became part of the metropolitan area of London in 1855. It is home to Charlton...				1660	Burnt down, 1660
Chelsea Chelsea, London Chelsea is an area of West London, England, bounded to the south by the River Thames, where its frontage runs from Chelsea Bridge along the Chelsea Embankment, Cheyne Walk, Lots Road and Chelsea Harbour. Its eastern boundary was once defined by the River Westbourne, which is now in a pipe above...	Tothill Fields	Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind...		1799	1815
Chelsea	Tothill Fields	Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have...		1806	1806
Chelsea	Thames Bank Mill	Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind...		1832	c1870
Chelsea	Don Salter's Walk	Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind...		c1870	c1870
Chelsea	Waterworks	Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind...		1752	1762
Chelsfield Chelsfield Chelsfield is a place in the London Borough of Bromley in London, England.The name is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Cillesfelle, meaning land of a man called Cēol....	Well Hill Mill		1769	1769	1769
Chislehurst Chislehurst Chislehurst is a suburban district in south-east London, England, and an electoral ward of the London Borough of Bromley. It is south-east of Charing Cross.-Toponymy:...	Chislehurst Common Mill	Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind...		1796	Demolished c.1877
Chiswick Chiswick Chiswick is a large suburb of west London, England and part of the London Borough of Hounslow. It is located on a meander of the River Thames, west of Charing Cross and is one of 35 major centres identified in the London Plan. It was historically an ancient parish in the county of Middlesex, with...		Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have...	1675	1675	1765
Chiswick	Approximately	Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have...	1675	1675	1675
City of London City of London The City of London is a small area within Greater London, England. It is the historic core of London around which the modern conurbation grew and has held city status since time immemorial. The City’s boundaries have remained almost unchanged since the Middle Ages, and it is now only a tiny part of...	Mountmill, Cripplegate Cripplegate Cripplegate was a city gate in the London Wall and a name for the region of the City of London outside the gate. The area was almost entirely destroyed by bombing in World War II and today is the site of the Barbican Estate and Barbican Centre...			1598	Blown down 1601
City of London	Queenhithe Queenhithe Queenhithe is a small ward of the City of London, situated on the River Thames and to the south of St Paul's Cathedral. The Millennium Bridge crosses into the City at Queenhithe.... , Broken Wharf Waterworks	Hollow post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have...	1696 1724	1696	1748
City of London	Peerless Pool, Moorfields Moorfields In London, the Moorfields were one of the last pieces of open land in the City of London, near the Moorgate. The fields were divided into three areas, the Moorfields proper, just north of Bethlem Hospital, and inside the City boundaries, and Middle and Upper Moorfields to the north.After the Great...	Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind....		C18th	C18th
Clapham Clapham Clapham is a district in south London, England, within the London Borough of Lambeth.Clapham covers the postcodes of SW4 and parts of SW9, SW8 and SW12. Clapham Common is shared with the London Borough of Wandsworth, although Lambeth has responsibility for running the common as a whole. According...	Clapham Common Mill		1616	1652	Possibly moved to Nightingale Lane, 1652
Clapham	Nightingale Lane Mill	Post		1680	1680
Clerkenwell Clerkenwell Clerkenwell is an area of central London in the London Borough of Islington. From 1900 to 1965 it was part of the Metropolitan Borough of Finsbury. The well after which it was named was rediscovered in 1924. The watchmaking and watch repairing trades were once of great importance...	Clerkenwell Priory	Sunk post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have...		c1100	c1100
Clerkenwell	Commandery Martels			C14th	1430
Clerkenwell	Farncroft Stowell Mill			c1358	1399
Clerkenwell				C16th	C16th
Clerkenwell	New River Head	Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind....	1709	1720
Clerkenwell	East Smithfield			C13th	C14th
Clerkenwell	Mountmill		Early C16th	Blown down C16th
Clerkenwell	Mountmill	Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have...	1563 1658	1547	1647, gone by c1680
Clerkenwell	Finsbury Fields, East Mill Approximately	Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have...	1563 1658 1660 1666 1669	1556	1669
Clerkenwell	Finsbury Fields, West Mill	Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have...	1563 1658 1660 1666 1669	1557	1669
Clerkenwell	Finsbury Fields, Thomas Wells Mill	Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have...	1563 1658 1660 1666 1669	1558	1669
Clerkenwell	Finsbury Fields, 4th mill	Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have...		1561	Blown down c1600
Clerkenwell	Finsbury Fields, 5th mill	Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have...	1658 1660 1666 1669	1617	1669
Clerkenwell	Finsbury Fields, 6th mill	Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have...	1658 1660 1666 1669	1617	1669
Clerkenwell	Finsbury Fields, 7th mill	Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have...	1658 1660 1666	1617	1669
Coulsdon Common Coulsdon Coulsdon is a town on the southernmost boundary of the London Borough of Croydon. It is surrounded by the Metropolitan Green Belt of the Farthing Down, Coulsdon Common and Kenley Common...	North side of Stites Hill Road	Post	1762 1777* 1789 1816 1823	1762	Demolished c1880
Coulsdon Common	South side of Stites Hill Road	Post	1789 1816 1823	1777	Demolished 1924
Cranford Cranford, London Cranford is a place in the London Borough of Hounslow. It is a suburban development located 12.4 miles west of Charing Cross and on the eastern perimeter of London Heathrow Airport....	Approximately			1604	Demolished 1625
Cranham Cranham Cranham is a residential suburb in northeast London, England and part of the London Borough of Havering. It is located east-northeast of Charing Cross and comprises an extensive built-up area to the north and a low density conservation area surrounded by open land to the south. It was historically...		Post		1463	1463
Croydon Croydon Croydon is a town in South London, England, located within the London Borough of Croydon to which it gives its name. It is situated south of Charing Cross...	Crown Hill Mill
Croydon	Gardiner’s Mill Croydon Mill	Post	1762 1777* 1789 1816	1744	Demolished c1814
Croydon	Black Mill	Post	1823	1814	Demolished c1855
Croydon	White Mill	Smock		1828	Demolished c1862
Croydon	Noakes’s Mill	Tower	1863	1852	1863
Dagenham Dagenham Dagenham is a large suburb in East London, forming the eastern part of the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham and located east of Charing Cross. It was historically an agrarian village in the county of Essex and remained mostly undeveloped until 1921 when the London County Council began...	Becontree Heath Mill	Smock		1816	Burnt down January 1869
Dagenham	Chadwell Heath Mill (north) Little Jenny	Post	1777	1765	1898
Dagenham	Chadwell Heath Mill (west) Miss Bentley	Post	1903	1820	Demolished c1906
Dagenham	Chadwell Heath Mill (south) Long Sally	Post		1785	Demolished c1893
Dagenham	Beam Mill	Smock	1825	1825<	1884
Deptford Deptford Deptford is a district of south London, England, located on the south bank of the River Thames. It is named after a ford of the River Ravensbourne, and from the mid 16th century to the late 19th was home to Deptford Dockyard, the first of the Royal Navy Dockyards.Deptford and the docks are...	Black Horse Fields Mill	Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind...		1843	Burnt down 1854
Deptford	Windmill Lane Mill		1832	1832	1832
Deptford	Tanners Hill Mill	Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have...		1840	Demolished 1849
Downe Downe Downe is a village in the London Borough of Bromley in London, UK.Downe is south west of Orpington and south east of Charing Cross. Downe lies in a wooded valley, and much of the centre of the village is unchanged; the former village school now acts as the village hall.-Darwin:Charles Darwin...	Gorringes Farm Mill	Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind....		1843	Burnt down 1902

E - F

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Ealing Ealing Ealing is a suburban area of west London, England and the administrative centre of the London Borough of Ealing. It is located west of Charing Cross and around from the City of London. It is one of the major metropolitan centres identified in the London Plan. It was historically a rural village...				1318	Blown down c1409
Ealing				1431	1431
East Ham East Ham East Ham is a suburban district of London, England, and part of the London Borough of Newham. It is a built-up district located 8 miles east-northeast of Charing Cross...		Post		1267	1309
East Ham			1724*	1724	1728
East Ham		Post		1741	1741
East Ham	Clock House Farm Mill			1872	Burnt down c1891
Edmonton Edmonton, London Edmonton is an area in the east of the London Borough of Enfield, England, north-north-east of Charing Cross. It has a long history as a settlement distinct from Enfield.-Location:...				1272	1359
Edmonton	Weir Hall Mill approximately	Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have...		1627	1801
Edmonton	Silver Street Mill	Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have...		1819	1920
Eltham Eltham, London -Parks and open spaces:There is a large variety of open green space in Eltham, in the form of parkland, fields and woodland.*Avery Hill Park is large, open parkland, situated to the east of Eltham. It is most notable for its Winter Garden, a hothouse containing tropical trees and plants from around...	Mottingham Mill
Enfield Enfield Town Enfield Town is the historic town centre of Enfield, formerly in the county of Middlesex and now in the London Borough of Enfield. It is north north-east of Charing Cross...				1284	1284
Enfield	Windmill Hill	Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have...		1635	Blown down C18th
Enfield	Windmill Hill	Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind...	1790	1790	Demolished September 1904
Enfield	Mill Corner			1635	1740, gone by 1777
Erith Erith Erith is a district of southeast London on the River Thames. Erith's town centre has undergone a series of modernisations since 1961.-Pre-medieval:...	Northumberland Heath Mill	Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have...		1843	Blown down 1 January c.1892 Windmill World
Feltham Feltham Feltham is a town in the London Borough of Hounslow, west London. It is located about west south west of central London at Charing Cross and from Heathrow Airport Central...	Lower Feltham		1762	1762	1762
Finchley Finchley Finchley is a district in Barnet in north London, England. Finchley is on high ground, about north of Charing Cross. It formed an ancient parish in the county of Middlesex, becoming a municipal borough in 1933, and has formed part of Greater London since 1965...				1252	1398
Finchley	Basings Pond			1627	1734, gone by 1754
Finchley	Lodge Hill		1648	1648	1648
Fulham Fulham Fulham is an area of southwest London in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, SW6 located south west of Charing Cross. It lies on the left bank of the Thames, between Putney and Chelsea. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London...				1404	1404
Fulham			1790	1632	Demolished 1794

G -H

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Greenwich Greenwich Greenwich is a district of south London, England, located in the London Borough of Greenwich.Greenwich is best known for its maritime history and for giving its name to the Greenwich Meridian and Greenwich Mean Time...	Greenwich Reach Mill	Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have...
Greenwich	Greenwich Reach Mill	Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind...
Hackney Hackney Central Hackney Central is the central district of the London Borough of Hackney in London, England. It comprises the area roughly surrounding, and extending north from Mare Street. It is situated north east of Charing Cross...	Union Mill			1833	1851, gone by 1856
Hackney	Regent's Canal	Vertical axle mill		1828	1828
Hadley Hadley Wood Hadley Wood is a suburb of North London, close to the border with Hertfordshire. It is located in the London Borough of Enfield, about north north-west of Charing Cross and is situated close to Barnet...				1288	1288
Hadley	Beacon Hill			1629	1629, gone by 1636
Hadley	Beacon Hill			1649	1649, gone by 1698
Hadley	Hadley Green			1821	1821, gone by 1827
Hadley	Hadley Green			1827	1867, gone by 1870
Hampstead Hampstead Hampstead is an area of London, England, north-west of Charing Cross. Part of the London Borough of Camden in Inner London, it is known for its intellectual, liberal, artistic, musical and literary associations and for Hampstead Heath, a large, hilly expanse of parkland...				1270	Blown down 1294
Hampstead				1295	1399
Hampstead	Coneyfield	Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have...		1597	1661, gone by 1680
Hampstead	Cloth Hill	Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have...		1614	1728, gone by 1759
Hampstead	Highgate			1601	1601, gone by 1641
Hampton Hampton, London Hampton is a suburban area, centred on an old village on the north bank of the River Thames, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames in England. Formerly it was in the county of Middlesex, which was formerly also its postal county. The population is about 9,500...		Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind...		1791	Demolished 1874
Hanwell Hanwell Hanwell is a town situated in the London Borough of Ealing in west London, between Ealing and Southall. The motto of Hanwell Urban District Council was Nec Aspera Terrent...				1258	1343
Harrow Harrow, London Harrow is an area in the London Borough of Harrow, northwest London, United Kingdom. It is a suburban area and is situated 12.2 miles northwest of Charing Cross...				1236	1353
Harrow	Sudbury Hill		1695	1622	1695
Harrow	Sudbury Hill		1695	1695	1695
Harrow	Wembley Hill		1673	1672	1693
Havering Havering-atte-Bower Havering-atte-Bower is a village and outlying settlement of the London Borough of Havering, located 15 miles northeast of Charing Cross and close to the Greater London boundary. It was one of three former parishes whose area comprised the historic Royal Liberty of Havering...		Post		1262	1262
Hayes Hayes, Hillingdon Hayes is a town in the London Borough of Hillingdon, West London. It is a suburban development situated west of Charing Cross. Hayes was developed in the late 19th and 20th centuries as an industrial locality to which residential districts were later added in order to house factory workers...	Approximately		1675	1675	1675
Hendon Hendon Hendon is a London suburb situated northwest of Charing Cross.-History:Hendon was historically a civil parish in the county of Middlesex. The manor is described in Domesday , but the name, 'Hendun' meaning 'at the highest hill', is earlier...				1321	1321
Hendon	Goldeherd's Mill			C15th	C15th
Hendon	Mill Hill		1679	1679	1685
Hillingdon Hillingdon Hillingdon is a suburban area within the London Borough of Hillingdon, situated 14.2 miles west of Charing Cross.Much of Hillingdon is represented as the Hillingdon East ward within the local authority, Hillingdon Council...				1328	1328
Holborn Holborn Holborn is an area of Central London. Holborn is also the name of the area's principal east-west street, running as High Holborn from St Giles's High Street to Gray's Inn Road and then on to Holborn Viaduct...	Gray's Inn Approximately			1505	1505, gone by 1507
Holborn	Old St Paul's	Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have...	1616	1616	1616
Holborn	Old St Paul's, York Buildings Waterwirjs	Hollow Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have...		1684	Burnt down 1690
Hornchurch Hornchurch Hornchurch is a large suburban town in England, and part of the London Borough of Havering. Hornchurch is in North-East London .It is located east-northeast of Charing Cross and is one of the locally important district centres identified in the London Plan. It comprises a number of shopping...		Post		1222	1256
Hornchurch	New Mill Marks Mill	Post		1355	1396
Hornchurch	Marks Hall Mill	Post	1724	1365	Demolished c1760
Hornchurch	Marks Mill Marks Gate Mill	Smock		1818	Demolished May 1919
Hornchurch		Post	1678	1678	Burnt down June 1921
Hornchurch		Post		1240	1240
Hornchurch	Marditch Mill Mardyke Mill	Post	1724	1564	1724
Hornchurch	Bush Elms Mill	Post		1833	1855, gone by 1864
Hounslow Hounslow Hounslow is the principal town in the London Borough of Hounslow. It is a suburban development situated 10.6 miles west south-west of Charing Cross. It forms a post town in the TW postcode area.-Etymology:...				162	1362
Hounslow	Brazil Mill Approximately	Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind...		1757	1757
Hounslow	Syon Park	Vertical axle mill
Hounslow	Hounslow Heath	Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have...	1816	1765	1816, gone by 1818
Hounslow	Heston Mill	Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have...		1818	Burnt down 24 August 1895

I - L

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Isleworth Isleworth Isleworth is a small town of Saxon origin sited within the London Borough of Hounslow in west London, England. It lies immediately east of the town of Hounslow and west of the River Thames and its tributary the River Crane. Isleworth's original area of settlement, alongside the Thames, is known as...				1370	1370
Islington Islington Islington is a neighbourhood in Greater London, England and forms the central district of the London Borough of Islington. It is a district of Inner London, spanning from Islington High Street to Highbury Fields, encompassing the area around the busy Upper Street...	Canonbury			1306	1306
Islington	White Lead Mill	Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind....		1786	1868
Islington	White Lead Mill	Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind....		1792	1868
Islington	Cattle Market (two mills)	Hollow post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have...		1820	1837
Islington	Water Works	Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind....		1730	1767
Kensington Kensington Kensington is a district of west and central London, England within the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. An affluent and densely-populated area, its commercial heart is Kensington High Street, and it contains the well-known museum district of South Kensington.To the north, Kensington is...	Hyde Park	Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have...		1543	1660
Keston Keston Keston is a part suburban, part rural area of the London Borough of Bromley, England. It lies on the edge of Hayes Common, to the northwest of Greater London's border with Kent.-History:...	Keston Mill Keston Windmill Keston Windmill is a grade I listed Post mill in Keston, formerly in Kent and now in the London Borough of Bromley. The mill was built in 1716 and is conserved with its machinery intact but not in working order.-History:...	Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have...	1736 1769	1716
Keston	Olive's Mill			1878	Burnt down 1885
Keston	Holwood Park Mill
Kew Kew Kew is a place in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames in South West London. Kew is best known for being the location of the Royal Botanic Gardens, now a World Heritage Site, which includes Kew Palace...	Kew Mill	Smock Mill		Late C18th	Late C18th
Kingsbury Kingsbury Kingsbury is an area in the London Borough of Brent, northwest London. The name Kingsbury means "The King's Manor".-History:Kingsbury was historically a small parish in the Hundred of Gore and county of Middlesex. Until the nineteenth century it was largely rural with only scattered settlements....	Redhill			1675	1738, gone by 1754
Laleham Laleham Laleham is a village in the borough of Spelthorne, in the county of Surrey in South East England and adjoins Staines. It is within the historic boundaries of Middlesex. To its south is Laleham Park by the River Thames, across green belt farmland to its north and south east are Ashford and...				C14th	1698
Laleham			1816	1816	1834
Lambeth Lambeth Lambeth is a district of south London, England, and part of the London Borough of Lambeth. It is situated southeast of Charing Cross.-Toponymy:...	South end of Waterloo Bridge	Paltrok Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have...	1658 1720	1658	1760
Lambeth	South end of Hungerford Bridge	Post	1762 1763 1777*	1762	Demolished 1848
Lambeth	Junction of Ethelred Street and Hutton Road		1762 1763	1762	1763
Lambeth	Junction of Newport Street and Whitgift Street	Smock		1753	1830
Lambeth	Drug Mill	Tower		1737	1844
Lambeth	Cons Street Mill	Smock	1800 1816	1800	Demolished c1840
Lee Lee, London Lee is a district of south London, England, located mostly in the London Borough of Lewisham and partly in the London Borough of Greenwich. The district lies to the east of Lewisham, one mile west of Eltham, and one mile south of Blackheath village...				1843	Demolished c.1850
Leyton Leyton Leyton is an area of north-east London and part of the London Borough of Waltham Forest, located north east of Charing Cross. It borders Walthamstow and Leytonstone; Stratford in Newham; and Homerton and Lower Clapton in the London Borough of Hackney....		Post	1724*	1724	1739
Leyton	Temple Mills		1818	1770	1818, gone by 1838
Limehouse Limehouse Limehouse is a place in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It is on the northern bank of the River Thames opposite Rotherhithe and between Ratcliff to the west and Millwall to the east....		Paltrok mill		1663	Destroyed in a riot, 1663
Limehouse		Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind...		1768	Destroyed in a riot, 1768
Limehouse		Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind...		1791	1791

M - P

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Marylebone Marylebone Marylebone is an affluent inner-city area of central London, located within the City of Westminster. It is sometimes written as St. Marylebone or Mary-le-bone....				1708	1708
Mayfair Mayfair Mayfair is an area of central London, within the City of Westminster.-History:Mayfair is named after the annual fortnight-long May Fair that took place on the site that is Shepherd Market today...	Bond Street		1647 1666 1675	1647	1675
Monthill				Early C17th	Early C17th
Newington Newington, London Newington is a district of London, England, and part of the London Borough of Southwark. It was an ancient parish and the site of the early administration of the county of Surrey...			1658 1675 1746* 1763	1658	Demolished 1799
North Ockendon North Ockendon North Ockendon is an outlying settlement of northeast London, England and part of the London Borough of Havering. It is located east northeast of Charing Cross and consists of a dispersed settlement within the Metropolitan Green Belt...		Post		1610	1840
Northolt Northolt Northolt is a town in the London Borough of Ealing, England. The town has London Underground and Network Rail stations and is on the A40 road...	Dabb's Hill Lane
Northolt	Mill Post Field	Post mill Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have...
Norton Folgate Liberty of Norton Folgate Norton Folgate or Liberty of Norton Folgate may refer to:* Norton Folgate, a street in central London* Liberty of Norton Folgate, an ancient administrative area in central London...		Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind...
Norwood West Norwood West Norwood is a place in the London Borough of Lambeth.It is primarily a residential suburb of south London but with some light industry near Knights Hill in the south....	Westow Hill Mill			1812	Demolished c1854
Perivale Perivale Perivale is a small suburb in the London Borough of Ealing, west of Charing Cross, central London. Landmarks in the suburb include the A40, a large road that connects Central London with the M40 motorway, and the large Art Deco Hoover Building, as well as St Mary's Church , the River Brent and...				1342	1342
Perivale				C17th	C17th
Pinner Pinner - Climate :Pinner's geographical position on the far western side of North West London makes it the furthest London suburb from any UK coastline. Hence the lower prevalence of moderating maritime influences make Pinner noticeably warmer in the spring and the summer compared to the rest of the capital...				c1285	c1285
Pinner				1619	Blown down 1721
Pinner		Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind...		1720s	Burnt down 1872
Plumstead Common Plumstead Common Plumstead Common is a common in Plumstead, in the London Borough of Greenwich, south-east London. It is bound to the north by Old Mill Road and to the south by Plumstead Common Road. To the east lies Winn or Winn's Common...	Plumstead Common Mill Plumstead Common Windmill Plumstead Common Windmill is a tower mill in Plumstead Common, in the London Borough of Greenwich, in south London.-History: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...	Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind....		1820
Poplar Poplar, London Poplar is a historic, mainly residential area of the East End of London in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It is about east of Charing Cross. Historically a hamlet in the parish of Stepney, Middlesex, in 1817 Poplar became a civil parish. In 1855 the Poplar District of the Metropolis was...	Millwall Millwall Millwall is an area in London, on the western side of the Isle of Dogs, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It lies to the south of the developments at West India Docks, including Canary Wharf.-History:... , Browns Mill	Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have...	1723 1731	1723	1781
Poplar	Millwall, Smith's Mill	Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have...	1723 1731	1723	1772
Poplar	Millwall, Smith's Mill Middle Mill	Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have...	1723 1731	1723	1765
Poplar	Millwall, Smith's Mill	Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have...	1723 1731	1723	1731
Poplar	Millwall, Baker's Mill	Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have...	1723 1731	1703	1804
Poplar	Millwall, Churn's Mill Chinn's Mill	Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have...	1723 1731	1723	1805
Poplar	Millwall, Ward's Mill Theobalds Mill	Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have...	1723 1731	1723	1731
Poplar	Millwall, Ward's Mill	Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have...	1723 1731	1723	1731
Poplar	Millwall (ninth mill)	Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have...	1723 1731
Poplar	Millwall (tenth mill)	Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind...	1703 1731 1824	1703	1853, gone by 1859
Poplar	Blackwall	Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind...		1840	1840

R - S

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Richmond		Post	1635 1673 1733	1635	1730, gone by 1764
Romford Romford Romford is a large suburban town in north east London, England and the administrative headquarters of the London Borough of Havering. It is located northeast of Charing Cross and is one of the major metropolitan centres identified in the London Plan...	Pratt Collier’s Mill	Post		1728	1863, gone by 1868
Romford		Post	1678	1618	1696
Romford	Edward Collier’s Mill	Post		1728	1861
Romford	Rising Sun Mill	Post		1618	1871, gone by 1876
Romford	Collier Row Mill	Post		1815	Demolished c1862
Romford	Pettits Mill		1777	1775	1777
Rotherhithe Rotherhithe Rotherhithe is a residential district in inner southeast London, England and part of the London Borough of Southwark. It is located on a peninsula on the south bank of the Thames, facing Wapping and the Isle of Dogs on the north bank, and is a part of the Docklands area...	Cuckold’s Point Mills			1662 (three)	1810 (one)
Ruislip Ruislip Ruislip is a suburban area, centred on an old village in Greater London, and is part of the London Borough of Hillingdon.It was formerly also a parish covering the neighbouring areas of Eastcote, Northwood, Ruislip Manor and South Ruislip in the area. The parish appears in the Domesday Book, and...				1294	1294
Shadwell Shadwell Shadwell is an inner-city district situated within the London Borough of Tower Hamlets located on the north bank of the Thames between Wapping to the south and Ratcliff to the east...			1824	1824	1824
Shirley Shirley, London Shirley is a place in the London Borough of Croydon, England. It is a suburban development situated 10 miles south south-east of Charing Cross.-Description:...	Shirley Mill Shirley Windmill Shirley Windmill is a Grade II listed tower mill in Shirley, in the London Borough of Croydon, England which has been restored to working order.-History:...	Post		1809	Burnt down October 1854
Shirley	Shirley Mill Shirley Windmill Shirley Windmill is a Grade II listed tower mill in Shirley, in the London Borough of Croydon, England which has been restored to working order.-History:...	Tower		1855
Shoreditch Shoreditch Shoreditch is an area of London within the London Borough of Hackney in England. It is a built-up part of the inner city immediately to the north of the City of London, located east-northeast of Charing Cross.-Etymology:...		Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind....	1824	1782	1829
Soho Soho Soho is an area of the City of Westminster and part of the West End of London. Long established as an entertainment district, for much of the 20th century Soho had a reputation for sex shops as well as night life and film industry. Since the early 1980s, the area has undergone considerable...	Rathbone Place	Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind....		1721	1787
Soho Soho Soho is an area of the City of Westminster and part of the West End of London. Long established as an entertainment district, for much of the 20th century Soho had a reputation for sex shops as well as night life and film industry. Since the early 1980s, the area has undergone considerable...	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 1585	Late 18c
Southall Southall Southall is a large suburban district of west London, England, and part of the London Borough of Ealing. It is situated west of Charing Cross. Neighbouring places include Yeading, Hayes, Hanwell, Heston, Hounslow, Greenford and Northolt...	Grand Junction Canal			1721	Demolished 1855
Southall		Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind...		1820s	1886
Southwark Southwark Southwark is a district of south London, England, and the administrative headquarters of the London Borough of Southwark. Situated east of Charing Cross, it forms one of the oldest parts of London and fronts the River Thames to the north...	St George’s Fields	Post		1616	1662
Southwark	St Georges Fields	Post		1616	1677
Southwark	Widflete Mill	Tower		1710	1724
Southwark		Post	1746*	1746	Demolished 1820
Stanmore Stanmore Stanmore is a suburban area of the London Borough of Harrow, in northwest London. It is situated northwest of Charing Cross. The area is home to Stanmore Hill, one of the highest points of London, high.-Toponymy:...				Mid C13th	Mid C13th
Stanmore				1352	1352
Stanmore				1547	1547
Stanmore	Grimsditch			1306	1680
St Clement Danes St Clement Danes St Clement Danes is a church in the City of Westminster, London. It is situated outside the Royal Courts of Justice on the Strand. The current building was completed in 1682 by Sir Christopher Wren and it now functions as the central church of the Royal Air Force.The church is sometimes claimed to...		Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have...		1558	1615
Stepney Stepney Stepney is a district of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in London's East End that grew out of a medieval village around St Dunstan's church and the 15th century ribbon development of Mile End Road...				1325	1342
Stepney	Ratcliffe			1713	1713
St George Hanover Square St George Hanover Square St George's, Hanover Square, is an Anglican church in central London, built in the early 18th century. The church was designed by John James and was constructed under a project to build fifty new churches around London . It is situated on Hanover Square, near Oxford Circus, in what is now...			1675	1675	1675, later moved to Mill Hill Place
St George Hanover Square	Mill Hill Place
St George Hanover Square	St George's Hospital St George's Hospital Founded in 1733, St George’s Hospital is one of the UK's largest teaching hospitals. It shares its main hospital site in Tooting, England with the St George's, University of London which trains NHS staff and carries out advanced medical research....	Hollow post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have...		Mid C18th	Mid C18th
St James's		Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind....	1658	Early C17th	1647
Stoke Newington Stoke Newington Stoke Newington is a district in the London Borough of Hackney. It is north-east of Charing Cross.-Boundaries:In modern terms, Stoke Newington can be roughly defined by the N16 postcode area . Its southern boundary with Dalston is quite ill-defined too...				1813	1852
Streatham Streatham Streatham is a district in Surrey, England, located in the London Borough of Lambeth. It is situated south of Charing Cross. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London.-History:...	Streatham Mill		1816 1823	1816	1823
St Sepulchre St Sepulchre St Sepulchre was an ancient parish partly within the City of London and partly within Middlesex, England.For civil purposes it was divided into two civil parishes, each called St Sepulchre, although the parish in the City of London was also known as St Sepulchre without Newgate...	Newgate Prison Newgate Prison Newgate Prison was a prison in London, at the corner of Newgate Street and Old Bailey just inside the City of London. It was originally located at the site of a gate in the Roman London Wall. The gate/prison was rebuilt in the 12th century, and demolished in 1777...	Hollow post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have...		1752	Demolished 1778
Surbiton Surbiton Surbiton, a suburban area of London in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, is situated next to the River Thames, with a mixture of Art-Deco courts, more recent residential blocks and grand, spacious 19th century townhouses blending into a sea of semi-detached 20th century housing estates...	Surbiton Hill Mill		1816 1823	1805	Demolished 1850
Sydenham Sydenham Sydenham is an area and electoral ward in the London Borough of Lewisham; although some streets towards Crystal Palace Park, Forest Hill and Penge are outside the ward and in the London Borough of Bromley, and some streets off Sydenham Hill are in the London Borough of Southwark. Sydenham was in...	Sydenham Mill			C19th	C19th

T - W

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Totteridge Totteridge Totteridge is an area of the London Borough of Barnet in north London, England. It is a mixture of suburban development and open land situated 8.20 miles north north-west of Charing Cross....				1277	1277
Twickenham Twickenham Twickenham is a large suburban town southwest of central London. It is the administrative headquarters of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames and one of the locally important district centres identified in the London Plan...				C14th	C14th
Twickenham			1635	1635	1635
Twickenham	Approximately		1635	1635	1675, gone by 1743
Twickenham	Whitton			1722	1722
Twickenham	Crane Park	Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind....		1828
Twickenham	Fulwell Watermill			1799	1799
Upminster Upminster Upminster is a suburban town in northeast London, England, and part of the London Borough of Havering. Located east-northeast of Charing Cross, it is one of the locally important district centres identified in the London Plan, and comprises a number of shopping streets and a large residential...	Upminster Common Mill	Post	1724*	1652	Demolished 1882
Upminster	Abraham’s Mill Upminster Windmill Upminster Windmill is a Grade II* listed smock mill located in Upminster in the London Borough of Havering, England. It was originally known as Abraham's Mill and was in Essex when built...	Smock		1803
Walthamstow Walthamstow Walthamstow is a district of northeast London, England, located in the London Borough of Waltham Forest. It is situated north-east of Charing Cross...	Walthamstow Mill	Post	1700 1805	1676	Blown down c1800
Wandsworth Wandsworth Wandsworth is a district of south London, England, in the London Borough of Wandsworth. It is situated southwest of Charing Cross. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London.-Toponymy:...		Post		1535	Moved to Wimbledon Common c1613
Wandsworth	Middle Mill		1762 1777	1762	1835
Wandsworth	Brazil Mill	Smock		1811	Sail-less in 1825, demolished later
Wandsworth	Wandsworth Common Mill Wandsworth Common Windmill Wandsworth Common Windmill is a conserved grade II listed smock mill at Wandsworth Common, in the London Borough of Wandsworth in the United Kingdom.-History:...	Smock mill		1837
Wandsworth	Blackmore’s Mill
West Ham West Ham West Ham is in the London Borough of Newham in London, England. In the west it is a post-industrial neighbourhood abutting the site of the London Olympic Park and in the east it is mostly residential, consisting of Victorian terraced housing interspersed with higher density post-War social housing...	City Mill River Mill (north)	Post		1774	Moved to Shirley Shirley Windmill Shirley Windmill is a Grade II listed tower mill in Shirley, in the London Borough of Croydon, England which has been restored to working order.-History:... , Surrey c1809
West Ham	City Mill River Mill (south)	Post	1746	1746	Moved to Nobshill c1807
West Ham	St Thomas’ Mill	Post		1702	1724, gone by 1730
West Ham	St Thomas’ Mill	Post	1746	1730	1746
West Ham	Pudding Mill	Post	1777*	1724	1844, gone by 1854
West Ham	Nobshill Mill	Post		1807	1870
West Ham	Stent’s Mill Redcross Mill	Post	1724 1746 1777*	1720	1849
West Ham	Three Mills Three Mills The Three Mills are former working mills on the River Lea in the East End of London, one of London’s oldest extant industrial centres. The largest and most powerful of the four remaining tidal mills is possibly the largest tidal mill in the world...	Post	1724 1746	1699	1837, gone by 1840
West Ham	Abbey Mill	Post		1682	Blown down 1701
West Ham	Abbey Mill	Smock		1703	Demolished c1767
West Ham	Abbey Mill	Smock		1768	Burnt down 30 April 1862
West Ham	Pigeon’s Mill (north)	Smock	1746	1746	1746
West Ham	Pigeon’s Mill (south)	Smock	1724 1746 1777*	1724	Demolished October 1860
West Ham				1668	1752
West Ham			1825	1825	1825
West Ham				1739	1739
West Ham	Industrial School		1893	1854	Demolished c1893
Westminster Westminster Westminster is an area of central London, within the City of Westminster, England. It lies on the north bank of the River Thames, southwest of the City of London and southwest of Charing Cross...				1279	1306
Westminster	White Lead Mill, Millbank	Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind...		c1800	c1800
Westminster	The Strand	Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have...	1616	1615	1696
West Norwood West Norwood West Norwood is a place in the London Borough of Lambeth.It is primarily a residential suburb of south London but with some light industry near Knights Hill in the south....				1433	1496
West Norwood		Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have...	1635	1611	1676
Whitechapel Whitechapel Whitechapel is a built-up inner city district in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, London, England. It is located east of Charing Cross and roughly bounded by the Bishopsgate thoroughfare on the west, Fashion Street on the north, Brady Street and Cavell Street on the east and The Highway on the...	Fieldgate Street	Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have...		1643	1658
Whitechapel	Fieldgate Street	Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind...	1724	1724	1807
Whitechapel	Commercial Road			1806	1806
Willesden Willesden Willesden is an area in North West London which forms part of the London Borough of Brent. It is situated 5 miles north west of Charing Cross...				1295	Demolished 1365
Willesden	Dudden Hill Approximately	Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have...		1616	1817
Willesden	Kilburn Mill	Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind...		1803	Burnt down 1863
Wimbledon Common	Tibbett’s Corner Mill	Post		c1613	1636
Wimbledon Common	Wimbledon Common Mill Wimbledon Windmill Wimbledon Windmill is a grade II* listed windmill situated on Wimbledon Common in the London Borough of Merton , in the west of South London which is preserved as a museum.-History:...	Hollow post, rebuilt as Smock in 1893		1816
Woodford			1678	1628	1710
Woolwich Woolwich Woolwich is a district in south London, England, located in the London Borough of Greenwich. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London.Woolwich formed part of Kent until 1889 when the County of London was created...	Co-operative Mill			1760	Burnt down 16 March 1760
Woolwich	Co-operative Mill	Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind...	1769	1760	1845

Maps

• 1563 Ralph Agas
  Ralph Agas
  Ralph Agas , English land surveyor, was born at Stoke-by-Nayland, Suffolk, about 1540, and entered upon the practice of his profession in 1566....
  
  
• 1610 John Speed
  John Speed
  John Speed was an English historian and cartographer.-Life:He was born at Farndon, Cheshire, and went into his father's tailoring business where he worked until he was about 50...
  
  
• 1616 John Visscher
• 1626
• 1635 Moses Glover (Map of the Isleworth Hundred)
• 1647 Wenceslas Hollar (Perspective view of London)
• 1648 John Norden
  John Norden
  John Norden was an English cartographer, chorographer and antiquary. He planned a series of county maps and accompanying county histories of England, the Speculum Britanniae...
  
  
• 1658 William Faithorne
  William Faithorne
  William Faithorne , often "the Elder", , English painter and engraver, was born in London and was apprenticed to William Peake....
  
  
• 1659 William Faithorne
• 1660 Frederick De Wit
• 1666 Ben Gerlen
• 1673 Richard Blome
• 1675 John Ogilby
  John Ogilby
  John Ogilby was a Scottish translator, impresario and cartographer. Best known for publishing the first British road atlas, he was also a successful translator, noted for publishing his work in handsome illustrated editions.-Life:Ogilby was born in or near Killemeare in November 1600...
  
  
• 1678 John Ogilby & William Morgan
  William Morgan (cartographer)
  William Morgan was a cartographer in England during the 17th century. He was the step-grandson of John Ogilby and, following Ogilby's death in 1676, carried on the cartographic publications that Ogilby had started, including "Britannia" and a large map of the City of London.-Source:*The A to Z of...
  
  
• 1695 Robert Morden
  Robert Morden
  Robert Morden was a British bookseller, publisher, and maker of maps and globes.He was among the first successful commercial map makers....
  
  
• 1695^*Robert Morden
• 1696 Robert Morden
• 1700 Robert Morden & John Pask
• 1700^*
• 1703 Joel Gascoigne (survey of the Parish of Stepney)
• 1720 Dr Harris
• 1723 Sutton Nicholl (A prospect of Greenwich & London)
• 1724 Sutton Nicholl (View of London and Southwark)
• 1724^* John Warburton, Joseph Bland & Payler Smith
• 1729 John Sennex
• 1731 C du Box (A view of Greenwich)
• 1733 John Seller
• 1736 Emanuel Bowen
  Emanuel Bowen
  Emanuel Bowen was an English map engraver, who worked for George II of England and Louis XV of France as a geographerHe published a 'Complete Atlas of Geography,' 1744-7; an 'English Atlas, with a new set of maps,' 1745; a 'Complete Atlas .....
  
  
• 1742 John Seller
• 1746 John Rocque
  John Rocque
  John Rocque was a surveyor and cartographer.Rocque was born no later than 1709, since that was the year he moved to England with his parents, who were French Huguenot émigrés...
  
  
• 1746^* John Rocque
• 1753 Emanuel Bowen
  Emanuel Bowen
  Emanuel Bowen was an English map engraver, who worked for George II of England and Louis XV of France as a geographerHe published a 'Complete Atlas of Geography,' 1744-7; an 'English Atlas, with a new set of maps,' 1745; a 'Complete Atlas .....
  
  
• 1754 John Rocque
• 1762 John Rocque
• 1763 John Rocque
• 1769 Andrews, Dury and Herbert
• 1777 John Chapman and Peter André
• 1777^*Andrews & Dury
• 1789 Lindley & Crosley
• 1790 William Faden
• 1800 Laurie & Whittle
• 1816 Ordnance Survey
  Ordnance Survey
  Ordnance Survey , an executive agency and non-ministerial government department of the Government of the United Kingdom, is the national mapping agency for Great Britain, producing maps of Great Britain , and one of the world's largest producers of maps.The name reflects its creation together with...
  
  
• 1818 Christopher & John Greenwood
• 1819 Ordnance Survey
• 1830 Ordnance Survey
• 1823 Bryant
• 1824 Christopher Greenwood (Map of London)
• 1825 Christopher Greenwood
• 1832 Cary (Map of Deptford)
• 1843 Ordnance Survey
• 1844 Ordnance Survey
• 1850 C Knight
• 1863 Ordnance Survey
• 1893 Ordnance Survey
• 1903 Ordnance Survey

Sources

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