Plumstead Common Windmill

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Plumstead Common Windmill
Origin Information
Mill Location : TQ 448 779
51°28′55″N 0°05′02″E / 51.482, 0.084
Year Built : Early nineteenth century
Windmill Information
Purpose : Corn mill
Type : Tower mill
Storeys : Four storeys
Number of Sails : Four
Type of Sails : Common sails
Winding : Hand winded

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

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[edit] 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 fight that it gave way, injuring a number of them. In 1848, the mill was converted into a brewhouse, having been disused for a number of years previously.[1] The tower remains today, as part of the Old Mill pub.

[edit] Description

For a description of the machinery, see Mill machinery.

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

[edit] Millers

  • Longmore 1827
  • Clements

References for above:-[1][2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c Coles Finch, William (1933). Watermills and Windmills. London: C W Daniel Company, p229. 
  2. ^ Directory of Kent Mill People. The Mills Archive Trust. Retrieved on 2008-04-26.

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