A list of existing and former

windmill A windmill is a structure that converts wind power into rotational energy using vanes called windmill sail, sails or blades, specifically to mill (grinding), mill grain (gristmills), but the term is also extended to windpumps, wind turbines, and ...

s whose sites fall within

Greater London Greater may refer to: *Greatness, the state of being great *Greater than, in inequality (mathematics), inequality *Greater (film), ''Greater'' (film), a 2016 American film *Greater (flamingo), the oldest flamingo on record *Greater (song), "Greate ...

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

Kent Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west, and Essex to the north across the estuary of the River Thames; it faces ...

Surrey Surrey () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South East England, bordering Greater London to the south west. Surrey has a large rural area, and several significant urban areas which form part of the Greater London Built-up Area. ...

Middlesex Middlesex (; abbreviation: Middx) is a Historic counties of England, historic county in South East England, southeast England. Its area is almost entirely within the wider urbanised area of London and mostly within the Ceremonial counties of ...

Hertfordshire Hertfordshire ( or ; often abbreviated Herts) is one of the home counties in southern England. It borders Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire to the north, Essex to the east, Greater London to the south, and Buckinghamshire to the west. For govern ...

Essex Essex () is a county in the East of England. One of the home counties, it borders Suffolk and Cambridgeshire to the north, the North Sea to the east, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent across the estuary of the River Thames to the south, and G ...

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

Three Mills The Three Mills are former working mills and an island of the same name on the River Lea. It is one of London’s oldest extant industrial centres. The mills lie in the London Borough of Newham, but despite lying on the Newham side of the Lea, ...

West Ham West Ham is an area in East London, located east of Charing Cross in the west of the modern London Borough of Newham. The area, which lies immediately to the north of the River Thames and east of the River Lea, was originally an ancien ...

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Maps

*''c''.1563 "Woodcut" (or "Agas") map of LondonMap of Middlesex *1610

John Speed John Speed (1551 or 1552 – 28 July 1629) was an English cartographer, chronologer and historian of Cheshire origins.S. Bendall, 'Speed, John (1551/2–1629), historian and cartographer', ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' (OUP 2004/ ...

Map of Surrey *1616 John Visscher *1626 *1635 Moses Glover (Map of the Isleworth Hundred) *1647 Wenceslas Hollar (''

Long View of London from Bankside ''Long View of London from Bankside'' is a panoramic etching made by Wenceslas Hollar in Antwerp in 1647. It depicts a panorama of London, based on drawings done while Hollar was in London in the early 1640s. Unlike earlier panoramas of London, ...

'') *1648

John Norden John Norden (1625) was an English cartographer, chorographer and antiquary. He planned (but did not complete) a series of county maps and accompanying county histories of England, the ''Speculum Britanniae''. He was also a prolific writer ...

*1658

William Faithorne William Faithorne, often "the Elder" (161613 May 1691), was an English painter and engraver. Life Faithorne was born in London and was apprenticed to William Peake. On the outbreak of the Civil War Faithorne accompanied his master into the ...

Surveyed 1643-47. *1659 William Faithorne *1660

Frederick De Wit Frederik de Wit (born Frederik Hendriksz; – July 1706) was a Dutch cartographer and artist. Early years Frederik de Wit was born Frederik Hendriksz. He was born to a Protestant family in about 1629, in Gouda, a small city in the ...

*1666 Ben Gerlen *1673

Richard Blome Richard Blome (1635-1705) was an engraver, cartographer, and publisher in the Kingdom of England The Kingdom of England (, ) was a sovereign state on the island of Great Britain from 12 July 927, when it emerged from various History of A ...

*1675 John Ogilby *1678 John Ogilby & William Morgan *1695

Robert Morden Robert Morden (c. 1650 – 1703) was an English bookseller, publisher, and mapmaker, globemaker and engraver. He was among the first successful commercial map makers. Between about 1675 and his death in 1703, he was based under the sign of the ...

*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 John Seller (1632–1697) was an English compiler, publisher, and seller of maps, charts, and geographical books. From 1671 he was hydrographer to the King. Early life Seller, son of Henry Seller, a cordwainer, was baptized in London on 29 Decemb ...

*1736

Emanuel Bowen Emanuel Bowen (1694 – 8 May 1767) was a Welsh map engraver, who achieved the unique distinction of becoming Royal Mapmaker to both to King George II of Great Britain and Louis XV of France. Bowen was highly regarded by his contemporaries for p ...

*1742

*1746

John Rocque John Rocque (originally Jean; c. 1704–1762) was a French-born British surveyor and cartographer, best known for his detailed map of London published in 1746. Life and career Rocque was born in France in about 1704, one of four children of a ...

*1746^* John Rocque *1753

*1754 John Rocque *1762 John Rocque *1763 John Rocque *1769 Andrews, Dury and HerbertMap of Kent *1777 John Chapman and Peter AndréMap of Essex *1777^*Andrews & Dury *1789 Lindley & Crosley *1790 William Faden *1800 Laurie & Whittle *1816

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*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

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 Bexleyheath is a town in south-east London, England. It had a population of 31,929 as at 2011. Bexleyheath is located south-east of Charing Cross, and forms part of the London Borough of Bexley. It is identified in the London Plan as one of ...

, actually stood just within

Crayford Crayford is a town and electoral ward in South East London, England, within the London Borough of Bexley. It lies east of Bexleyheath and north west of Dartford. Crayford was in the historic county of Kent until 1965. The settlement deve ...

, and has an entry at the

List of windmills in Kent A list of all windmills and windmill sites which lie in the current Ceremonial counties of England, Ceremonial county of Kent. Locations A B C D E F G H I K L M N O P Q R S T U W Y Locations formerl ...

. ;Finsbury Fields The last of the Finsbury Fields windmills was demolished c. 1750 to make way for St Luke's Hospital for the Clergy. ;Millwall Three mills were standing in 1835, two in 1845. The last mill standing was the smock mill, as detailed above.

Sources

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Windmills In London

London London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...

Windmills A windmill is a structure that converts wind power into rotational energy using vanes called sails or blades, specifically to mill grain (gristmills), but the term is also extended to windpumps, wind turbines, and other applications, in some par ...