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.

Locations

A - B

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Acton	TQ 208 803		1742	1622	1742
Acton	TQ 208 803	Smock		1801	1859, gone by 1865	painting by John Varley, 1835
Acton	TQ 195 805			18th century	18th century
Addington		Post	1610^* 1626 1659 1700^* 1733	1292[1]	1773[1]
Arkley	Barnet Gate Mill TQ 218 953	Tower		c. 1830	Windmill World
Ashford				1277	1309
Barking	TQ 458 842	Post[2]		1243[2]	1243[2]
Barking	TQ 439 839		1777	1738[2]	1793[2]
Barking	Wellington Mill[2] TQ 436 839	Smock[2]		1815[2]	Demolished 1926[2]
Barnes	Mill Hill Mill	Post	1673 1729 1733 1753	1443	Blown down 15 October 1780
Barnes	Mill Lodge Mill[1]	Smock[1]		1783[1]	Demolished c. 1836[1]
Battersea	Colour Mill[1]			1645[1]	1645[1]
Battersea	Corn mill[1]			1645[1]	1645[1]
Battersea	Lead Mill[1]			1645[1]	1645[1]
Battersea	Nine Elms Mill[1]	Post[1]	1753 1777^*	1753	Standing in 1814, not on 1823 map, gone by 1828[1]
Battersea	Red House Mill[1]	Smock[1]	1753 1777^*	1753	1851[1]
Battersea	Randall’s Mill[1]	Tower[1]	1762	1762	1836[1]
Battersea	Fowler's Mill[1] TQ 269 770	Horizontal	1790 1823	1788[1]	Dismantled c. 1825[1]
Bermondsey	Cherry Garden Pier Mill[1]
Bermondsey	Abbey Mill #1[1]	Post[1]		1805[1]	1812[1]
Bermondsey	Abbey Mill #2[1]
Bermondsey	Poupart’s Mill[1]	Post[1]	1753 1820 1823	1753	Burnt down, Spring 1866[1]
Bermondsey		Tower[1]		1834[1]	1844, probably demolished in the 1850s[1]
Bexley		Horizontal		1842	Advertised for sale in 1842, no other details known.[3]
Blackfriars	Approximately TQ 324 808			1696[4]	1748[4]
Blackheath	Lewisham Hill Mill[4]		1695^* 1745	1695	1745
Blackheath	Morden Hill Mill[4]		1745	1745	1750[4]
Blackheath	Black Heath[4]	Post[4]	1769	1769	1819[4]
Blackheath	Black Heath[4]	Post[4]	1769	1769	1769
Bow	Old Ford TQ 365 835	Post[5]	1844	1823[5]	1852[5]
Bow	TQ 375 832	Smock[5]	1844	1823[5]	1852[5]
Brentford	approximately TQ 172 786			1670	1703
Brentford	TQ 186 779	Smock		1777	1828
Brixton	Ashby's Mill TQ 303 737	Tower	1816 1823	1816
Brixton	Brixton Hill Mill[1]	Smock[1]	1816 1823	1803[1]	1845[1]
Bromley		Post	1763 1769 1843	1665[6]	Demolished January 1835.[7]
Bromley by Bow	Metcalfe's Mill[7] Approximately TQ 379 825		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 Mill Freeman’s Mill[1]	Post [1]	1753	1709[1]	1831[1]
Camberwell	Dovedale Manor mill[1]	Smock or Tower[1]	1823 1850	1823	1850
Camberwell	Frensham Street Mill[1]		1820 1850	1820	1850
Camberwell	Bree Kill Mill[1]	Post[1]	1746^* 1789	1746	Demolition ordered 1815[1]
Camerwell		Post[1]		1307[1]	1307[1]
Charlton				1660[4]	Burnt down, 1660[4]
Chelsea	Tothill Fields	Smock		1799	1815
Chelsea	Tothill Fields	Post		1806	1806
Chelsea	Thames Bank Mill TQ 287 780	Smock		1832	c. 1870[8]
Chelsea	Don Salter's Walk	Smock		c. 1870[8]	c. 1870[8]
Chelsea	Waterworks	Smock		1752	1762
Chelsfield	Well Hill Mill[4]		1769	1769	1769
Chislehurst	Chislehurst Common Mill[4]	Smock[4]		1796[4]	Demolished c.1877[4]
Chiswick	TQ 211 786	Post	1675	1675	1765
Chiswick	Approximately TQ 224 784	Post	1675	1675	1675
City of London	Mountmill, Cripplegate			1598	Blown 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]		1616	1652[1]	Possibly moved to Nightingale Lane, 1652[1]
Clapham	Nightingale Lane Mill[1]	Post[1]		1680[1]	1680[1]
Clerkenwell	Clerkenwell Priory	Sunk post		c. 1100[1]	c. 1100[1]
Clerkenwell	Commandery Martels TQ 315 827			14th century	1430
Clerkenwell	Farncroft Stowell Mill TQ 317 825			c. 1358	1399
Clerkenwell				16th century	16th century
Clerkenwell	New River Head TQ 312 827	Tower[9]	1709	1720[10]
Clerkenwell	East Smithfield			13th century	14th century
Clerkenwell	Mountmill TQ 319 826		Early 16th century	Blown down 16th century
Clerkenwell	Mountmill TQ 319 826	Post	1563 1658	1547	1647, gone by c. 1680
Clerkenwell	Finsbury Fields, East Mill Approximately TQ 327 922	Post	1563 1658 1660 1666 1669	1556	1669
Clerkenwell	Finsbury Fields, West Mill	Post	1563 1658 1660 1666 1669	1557	1669
Clerkenwell	Finsbury Fields, Thomas Wells Mill	Post	1563 1658 1660 1666 1669	1558	1669
Clerkenwell	Finsbury Fields, 4th mill	Post		1561	Blown down c. 1600
Clerkenwell	Finsbury Fields, 5th mill	Post	1658 1660 1666 1669	1617	1669
Clerkenwell	Finsbury Fields, 6th mill	Post	1658 1660 1666 1669	1617	1669
Clerkenwell	Finsbury Fields, 7th mill	Post	1658 1660 1666	1617	1669
Coulsdon Common	North side of Stites Hill Road[1]	Post[1]	1762 1777^* 1789 1816 1823	1762	Demolished c. 1880[1]
Coulsdon Common	South side of Stites Hill Road[1]	Post[1]	1789 1816 1823	1777[1]	Demolished 1924[1]
Cranford	Approximately TQ 102 774			1604	Demolished 1625
Cranham		Post[2]		1463[2]	1463[2]
Croydon	Crown Hill Mill[1]
Croydon	Gardiner’s Mill Croydon Mill[1]	Post[1]	1762 1777^* 1789 1816	1744[1]	Demolished c. 1814[1]
Croydon	Black Mill[1]	Post[1]	1823	1814[1]	Demolished c. 1855[1]
Croydon	White Mill[1]	Smock[1]		1828[1]	Demolished c. 1862[1]
Croydon	Noakes’s Mill[1]	Tower[1]	1863	1852[1]	1863
Dagenham	Becontree Heath Mill[2] TQ 495 867	Smock[2]		1816[2]	Burnt down January 1869[2]
Dagenham	Chadwell Heath Mill (north) Little Jenny[1] TQ 480 884	Post[2]	1777	1765[2]	1898[2]
Dagenham	Chadwell Heath Mill (west) Miss Bentley[2] TQ 480 883	Post[2]	1903	1820[2]	Demolished c. 1906[2]
Dagenham	Chadwell Heath Mill (south) Long Sally[2] TQ 481 883	Post[2]		1785[2]	Demolished c. 1893[1]
Dagenham	Beam Mill[2] TQ 501 832	Smock[2]	1825	1825<	1884[2]
Deptford	Black Horse Fields Mill[4]	Smock[4]		1843	Burnt down 1854[4]
Deptford	Windmill Lane Mill[4]		1832	1832	1832
Deptford	Tanners Hill Mill[4]	Post[4]		1840[11]	Demolished 1849[4]
Downe	Gorringes Farm Mill[4]	Tower[4]		1843	Burnt down 1902[4]

E - F

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Ealing				1318	Blown down c. 1409
Ealing				1431	1431
East Ham	TQ 420 831	Post[2]		1267[2]	1309[2]
East Ham	TQ 412 850		1724^*	1724	1728[2]
East Ham	TQ 419 819	Post[2]		1741[2]	1741[2]
East Ham	Clock House Farm Mill[2] TQ 427 833			1872[2]	Burnt down c. 1891[2]
Edmonton				1272	1359
Edmonton	Weir Hall Mill approximately TQ 328 926	Post		1627	1801
Edmonton	Silver Street Mill TQ 329 928	Post		1819	1920
Eltham	Mottingham Mill[4]
Enfield				1284	1284
Enfield	Windmill Hill TQ 317 967	Post		1635	Blown down 18th century
Enfield	Windmill Hill TQ 317 967	Smock	1790	1790	Demolished September 1904
Enfield	Mill Corner TQ 247 976			1635	1740, gone by 1777
Erith	Northumberland Heath Mill[4] TQ 502 772	Post		1843	Blown down 1 January c.1892[4] Windmill World
Feltham	Lower Feltham TQ 094 710		1762	1762	1762
Finchley				1252	1398
Finchley	Basings Pond			1627	1734, gone by 1754
Finchley	Lodge Hill		1648	1648	1648
Fulham				1404	1404
Fulham	TQ 768 239		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 Reach Mill[4]	Post[4]
Greenwich	Greenwich Reach Mill[4]	Smock[4]
Hackney	Union Mill TQ 341 834			1833	1851, gone by 1856
Hackney	Regent's Canal	Vertical axle mill		1828	1828
Hadley				1288	1288
Hadley	Beacon Hill			1629	1629, gone by 1636
Hadley	Beacon Hill			1649	1649, gone by 1698
Hadley	Hadley Green TQ 246 967			1821	1821, gone by 1827
Hadley	Hadley Green TQ 246 967			1827	1867, gone by 1870
Hampstead				1270	Blown down 1294
Hampstead				1295	1399
Hampstead	Coneyfield	Post		1597	1661, gone by 1680
Hampstead	Cloth Hill TQ 263 861	Post		1614	1728, gone by 1759
Hampstead	Highgate			1601	1601, gone by 1641
Hampton	TQ 139 711	Smock		1791	Demolished 1874
Hanwell				1258	1343
Harrow				1236	1353
Harrow	Sudbury Hill		1695	1622	1695
Harrow	Sudbury Hill		1695	1695	1695
Harrow	Wembley Hill		1673	1672	1693
Havering	TQ 520 926	Post[2]		1262[2]	1262[2]
Hayes	Approximately TQ 095 818		1675	1675	1675
Hendon				1321	1321
Hendon	Goldeherd's Mill			15th century	15th century
Hendon	Mill Hill TQ 223 934		1679	1679	1685
Hillingdon				1328	1328
Holborn	Gray's Inn Approximately TQ 313 819			1505	1505, gone by 1507
Holborn	Old St Paul's	Post[1]	1616	1616	1616
Holborn	Old St Paul's, York Buildings Waterwirjs	Hollow Post[1]		1684[1]	Burnt down 1690[1]
Hornchurch		Post[2]		1222[2]	1256[2]
Hornchurch	New Mill Marks Mill[2]	Post[2]		1355[2]	1396[2]
Hornchurch	Marks Hall Mill[2] TQ 487 893	Post[2]	1724	1365[2]	Demolished c. 1760[2]
Hornchurch	Marks Mill Marks Gate Mill[2] TQ 486 899	Smock[2]		1818[2]	Demolished May 1919[2]
Hornchurch	TQ 543 867	Post[2]	1678	1678	Burnt down June 1921[2]
Hornchurch	TQ 510 838	Post[2]		1240[2]	1240[2]
Hornchurch	Marditch Mill Mardyke Mill[2] TQ 510 840	Post[2]	1724	1564[2]	1724
Hornchurch	Bush Elms Mill[2] TQ 528 880	Post[2]		1833[2]	1855, gone by 1864[2]
Hounslow				162	1362
Hounslow	Brazil Mill[9] Approximately TQ 115 744	Smock		1757	1757
Hounslow	Syon Park	Vertical axle mill
Hounslow	Hounslow Heath TQ 119 752	Post	1816	1765	1816, gone by 1818
Hounslow	Heston Mill TQ 119 752	Post		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				1370	1370
Islington	Canonbury			1306	1306
Islington	White Lead Mill[12] TQ 328 839	Tower		1786	1868
Islington	White Lead Mill	Tower		1792	1868
Islington	Cattle Market (two mills)	Hollow post		1820	1837
Islington	Water Works[1]	Tower[1]		1730[1]	1767[1]
Kensington	Hyde Park	Post		1543	1660
Keston	Keston Mill TQ 415 640	Post	1736 1769	1716
Keston	Olive's Mill[4]			1878	Burnt down 1885[13]
Keston	Holwood Park Mill[4]
Kew	Kew Mill[1]	Smock Mill[1]		Late 18th century[1]	Late 18th century[1]
Kingsbury	Redhill			1675	1738, gone by 1754
Laleham				14th century	1698
Laleham	TQ 705 055		1816	1816	1834
Lambeth	South end of Waterloo Bridge[1]	Paltrok[1]	1658 1720	1658	1760[1]
Lambeth	South end of Hungerford Bridge[1]	Post[1]	1762 1763 1777^*	1762	Demolished 1848[1]
Lambeth	Junction of Ethelred Street and Hutton Road[1]		1762 1763	1762	1763
Lambeth	Junction of Newport Street and Whitgift Street[1]	Smock[1]		1753[1]	1830[1]
Lambeth	Drug Mill[1]	Tower[1]		1737[1]	Demolished 1867[14]
Lambeth	Cons Street Mill[1]	Smock[1]	1800 1816	1800	Demolished c. 1840[1]
Lee				1843	Demolished c.1850[4]
Leyton	TQ 384 868	Post[1]	1724^*	1724	1739[1]
Leyton	Temple Mills[1] TQ 376 855		1818	1770[1]	1818, gone by 1838[1]
Limehouse		Paltrok mill		1663	Destroyed in a riot, 1663
Limehouse		Smock		1768	Destroyed in a riot, 1768
Limehouse		Smock		1791	1791

M - P

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Marylebone				1708	1708
Mayfair	Bond Street[1]		1647 1666 1675	1647	1675
Mitcham Common	Mitcham Common Mill TQ 292 678	Post		1806	Dismantled 1905 Windmill World
Monthill				Early 17th century	Early 17th century
Newington			1658 1675 1746^* 1763	1658	Demolished 1799[1]
North Ockendon	TQ 599 851	Post[2]		1610[2]	1840[2]
Northolt	Dabb's Hill Lane TQ 1386 8552
Northolt	Mill Post Field TQ 1250 8250	Post mill
Norton Folgate		Smock
Norwood	Westow Hill Mill[1]			1812[1]	Demolished c. 1854[1]
Perivale				1342	1342
Perivale				17th century	17th century
Pinner				c. 1285	c. 1285
Pinner	TQ 112 903			1619	Blown down 1721
Pinner	TQ 112 903	Smock		1720s	Burnt down 1872
Plumstead Common	Plumstead Common Mill TQ 448 779	Tower		1820
Poplar	Millwall, Browns Mill	Post	1723 1731	1723	1781
Poplar	Millwall, Smith's Mill	Post	1723 1731	1723	1772
Poplar	Millwall, Smith's Mill Middle Mill	Post	1723 1731	1723	1765
Poplar	Millwall, Smith's Mill	Post	1723 1731	1723	1731
Poplar	Millwall, Baker's Mill	Post	1723 1731	1703	1804
Poplar	Millwall, Churn's Mill Chinn's Mill	Post	1723 1731	1723	1805
Poplar	Millwall, Ward's Mill Theobalds Mill	Post	1723 1731	1723	1731
Poplar	Millwall, Ward's Mill	Post	1723 1731	1723	1731
Poplar	Millwall (ninth mill)	Post	1723 1731
Poplar	Millwall (tenth mill)	Smock	1703 1731 1824	1703	1853, gone by 1859
Poplar	Blackwall	Smock		1840	1840

R - S

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Richmond[1]		Post[1]	1635 1673 1733	1635	1730, 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]	1678	1618[2]	1696[2]
Romford	Edward Collier’s Mill[2] TQ 517 893	Post[2]		1728[2]	1861[2]
Romford	Rising Sun Mill[2] TQ 515 885	Post[2]		1618[2]	1871, gone by 1876[2]
Romford	Collier Row Mill[2] TQ 503 911	Post[2]		1815[2]	Demolished c. 1862[2]
Romford	Pettits Mill[2] TQ 513 903		1777	1775[2]	1777
Rotherhithe	Cuckold’s Point Mills[1]			1662 (three)[1]	1810 (one)[1]
Ruislip	TQ 099 876			1294	1294
Shadwell	TQ 354 807		1824	1824	1824
Shirley	Shirley Mill TQ 355 652	Post[1]		1809[1]	Burnt down October 1854[1]
Shirley	Shirley Mill TQ 355 652	Tower		1855
Shoreditch	TQ 335 836	Tower	1824	1782	1829
Soho	Rathbone Place TQ 249 819	Tower		1721	1787
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 1585	Late 18c
Southall	Grand Junction Canal TQ 144 797			1721	Demolished 1855
Southall	TQ 143 809	Smock		1820s	1886
Southwark	St George’s Fields[1]	Post[1]		1616[1]	1662[1]
Southwark	St Georges Fields[1]	Post[1]		1616[1]	1677[1]
Southwark	Widflete Mill[1]	Tower[1]		1710[1]	1724[1]
Southwark		Post[1]	1746^*	1746	Demolished 1820[1]
Stanmore				Mid-13th century	Mid-13th century
Stanmore				1352	1352
Stanmore				1547	1547
Stanmore	Grimsditch TQ 168 940			1306	1680
St Clement Danes	TQ 311 812	Post		1558	1615
Stepney				1325	1342
Stepney	Ratcliffe			1713	1713
St George Hanover Square	TQ 287 183		1675	1675	1675, later moved to Mill Hill Place
St George Hanover Square	Mill Hill Place
St George Hanover Square	St George's Hospital TQ 284 798	Hollow post		Mid-18th century	Mid-18th century
St James's	TQ 296 807	Tower	1658	Early 17th century	1647
Stoke Newington				1813	1852
Streatham	Streatham Mill[1]		1816 1823	1816	1823
St Sepulchre	Newgate Prison	Hollow post		1752	Demolished 1778
Surbiton	Surbiton Hill Mill[1]		1816 1823	1805[1]	Demolished 1850[1]
Sydenham	Sydenham Mill[4]			19th century[4]	19th century[4]

T - W

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Totteridge				1277[15]	1277[15]
Twickenham				14th century	14th century
Twickenham			1635	1635	1635
Twickenham	Approximately TQ 138 729		1635	1635	1675, gone by 1743
Twickenham	Whitton			1722	1722
Twickenham	Fulwell Watermill TQ 144 728			1799	1799
Upminster	Upminster Common Mill[2] TQ 558 904	Post[2]	1724^*	1652[2]	Demolished 1882[2]
Upminster	Abraham’s Mill TQ 557 868	Smock		1803
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]
Wandsworth	Middle Mill[1]		1762 1777	1762	1835[1]
Wandsworth	Brazil Mill[1]	Smock[1]		1811[1]	Sail-less in 1825, demolished later[1]
Wandsworth	Wandsworth Common Mill TQ 267 745	Smock mill		1837
Wandsworth	Blackmore’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 Ham	City Mill River Mill (south)[2] TQ 380 838	Post[2]	1746	1746	Moved to Nobshill c. 1807[2]
West Ham	St Thomas’ Mill[2] TQ 380 834	Post[2]		1702[2]	1724, gone by 1730[2]
West Ham	St Thomas’ Mill[2] TQ 380 834	Post[2]	1746	1730[2]	1746
West Ham	Pudding Mill[2] TQ 379 836	Post[2]	1777^*	1724[2]	1844, gone by 1854[2]
West Ham	Nobshill Mill[2] TQ 376 841	Post[2]		1807[2]	1870[2]
West Ham	Stent’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 Ham	Abbey Mill[2] TQ 388 833	Post[2]		1682[2]	Blown down 1701[2]
West Ham	Abbey Mill[2] TQ 388 833	Smock[2]		1703[2]	Demolished c. 1767[1]
West Ham	Abbey Mill[2]	Smock[2]		1768[2]	Burnt down 30 April 1862[2]
West Ham	Pigeon’s Mill (north)[2] TQ 397 847	Smock[2]	1746	1746	1746
West Ham	Pigeon’s Mill (south)[2] TQ 397 846	Smock[2]	1724 1746 1777^*	1724	Demolished October 1860[2]
West Ham	TQ 411 814			1668[2]	1752[2]
West Ham	TQ 398 853[2]		1825	1825	1825
West Ham	TQ 401 811			1739[2]	1739[2]
West Ham	Industrial School[2]		1893	1854[2]	Demolished c. 1893
Westminster				1279	1306
Westminster	White Lead Mill, Millbank	Smock		c. 1800	c. 1800
Westminster	The Strand[1]	Post	1616	1615[1]	1696
West Norwood				1433	1496
West Norwood		Post	1635	1611	1676
Whitechapel	Fieldgate Street TQ 343 816	Post		1643	1658
Whitechapel	Fieldgate Street TQ 342 814	Smock	1724	1724	1807
Whitechapel	Commercial Road			1806	1806
Willesden				1295	Demolished 1365
Willesden	Dudden Hill Approximately TQ 218 854	Post		1616	1817
Willesden	Kilburn Mill TQ 245 848	Smock		1803	Burnt 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 1893		1816
Woodford	TQ 400 920		1678	1628[2]	1710[2]
Woolwich	Co-operative Mill[4]			1760[4]	Burnt down 16 March 1760[4]
Woolwich	Co-operative Mill[4]	Smock[4]	1769	1760[4]	1845[4]

Maps

• c.1563 "Woodcut" (or "Agas") map of London^[16]
• 1610 John Speed^[17]
• 1616 John Visscher^[16]
• 1626 ^[17]
• 1635 Moses Glover (Map of the Isleworth Hundred)
• 1647 Wenceslas Hollar (Long View of London from Bankside)
• 1648 John Norden^[16]
• 1658 William Faithorne^[16][18]
• 1659 William Faithorne^[17]
• 1660 Frederick De Wit^[16]
• 1666 Ben Gerlen^[16]
• 1673 Richard Blome
• 1675 John Ogilby^[16]
• 1678 John Ogilby & William Morgan^[19]
• 1695 Robert Morden^[16]
• 1695^*Robert Morden^[20]
• 1696 Robert Morden^[16]
• 1700 Robert Morden & John Pask^[19]
• 1700^*[17]
• 1703 Joel Gascoigne (survey of the Parish of Stepney)
• 1720 Dr Harris^[17]
• 1723 Sutton Nicholl (A prospect of Greenwich & London)
• 1724 Sutton Nicholl (View of London and Southwark)
• 1724^* John Warburton, Joseph Bland & Payler Smith^[19]
• 1729 John Sennex^[17]
• 1731 C du Box (A view of Greenwich)
• 1733 John Seller^[17]
• 1736 Emanuel Bowen^[20]
• 1742 John Seller^[16]
• 1746 John Rocque^[19]
• 1746^* John Rocque^[17]
• 1753 Emanuel Bowen^[17]
• 1754 John Rocque^[16]
• 1762 John Rocque^[16]
• 1763 John Rocque^[17]
• 1769 Andrews, Dury and Herbert^[20]
• 1777 John Chapman and Peter André^[19]
• 1777^*Andrews & Dury^[17]
• 1789 Lindley & Crosley^[17]
• 1790 William Faden^[16]
• 1800 Laurie & Whittle^[17]
• 1816 Ordnance Survey
• 1818 Christopher & John Greenwood^[16]
• 1819 Ordnance Survey
• 1830 Ordnance Survey
• 1823 Bryant^[17]
• 1824 Christopher Greenwood (Map of London)
• 1825 Christopher Greenwood^[19]
• 1832 Cary (Map of Deptford)
• 1843 Ordnance Survey
• 1844 Ordnance Survey
• 1850 C Knight^[17]
• 1863 Ordnance Survey
• 1893 Ordnance Survey
• 1903 Ordnance Survey

See also

• Book:Windmills in Kent
• Book:Windmills in Surrey

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..

References

1. Farries, K G, and Mason, M T (1966). The Windmills of Surrey and Inner London. London: Charles Skilton Ltd.
2. Farries, Kenneth (1981). Essex Windmills, Millers and Millwrights - Volume One – An Historical Review. London & Edinburgh: Charles Skilton. ISBN 0-284-98641-0., Farries, Kenneth (1982). Essex Windmills, Millers and Millwrights - Volume Two – A Technical Review. London & Edinburgh: Charles Skilton. ISBN 0-284-98637-2., Farries, Kenneth (1984). Essex Windmills, Millers and Millwrights - Volume Three - A Review by Parishes, A-E. Edinburgh: Charles Skilton. ISBN 0-284-98642-9., Farries, Kenneth (1985). Essex Windmills, Millers and Millwrights - Volume Four - A Review by Parishes, F-R. Edinburgh: Charles Skilton. ISBN 0-284-98647-X. and Farries, Kenneth (1988). Essex Windmills, Millers and Millwrights - Volume Five - A Review by Parishes, S-Z. Edinburgh: Charles Skilton. ISBN 0-284-98821-9.
3. Cumming, Rob (2014). The Windmills of North West Kent and Kentish London (and the men who built them). Catrine: Stenlake Publishing. p. 6. ISBN 9781840336634.
4. Coles Finch, William (1933). Watermills and Windmills. London: C W Daniel Company.
5. One was a post mill, one was a smock mill. One of the mills was standing in 1823 and one in 1852, both appeared on the 1844 OS map.
6. Bygone Kent (Rainham: Meresborough Books) 6 (2): 87–91. February 1984. Missing or empty |title= (help)
7. Cumming, Rob (2010). "Bromley's Windmill:Debunking a few myths.". Cant Post (Kent: Kent Mills Society) (2): 24–28.
8. Appears on painting Don Salter's Walk by Cecil Gordon Lawson
9. Six sails
10. 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.
11. Drawing dated 1840 exists
12. Five sails
13. "Directory of Kent Mill People". The Mills Archive Trust. Retrieved May 5, 2008.
14. "A Short(ish) History of Lambeth 1720-1899". Partleton. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
15. Moore, Cyril (1999). Hertfordshire Windmills and Windmillers. Sawbridgeworth: Windsup Publishing. ISBN 0-9533861-0-4.
16. Map of Middlesex
17. Map of Surrey
18. Surveyed 1643-47.
19. Map of Essex
20. Map of Kent