Wellington Mill, Barking Explained

Barking Windmill
Name Of Mill:Wellington Mill
Gbgridref:TQ 436 839
Coordinates:51.5362°N 0.0698°W
Built:1815
Purpose:Corn mill
Type:Smock mill
Storeys:Four storey smock
Base Storeys:Two storey base
Smock Sides:Eight sides
Sail Number:Four sails
Sail Type:Patent sails
Winding:Fantail
Fantail Blades:Six blades
Lost:1926

Wellington Windmill was a weather boarded smock windmill which stood near to what is now Dukes Court, Barking, in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham (then a part of Essex).

The mill was built in 1815[1] to assist with work at the nearby mill at Marks Gate. It was named in celebration of his victory at the Battle of Waterloo. In the later 19th century, it was occupied by Francis Whitbourne. The Firman family later occupied the mill; and converted it to electric power in 1906.[1] It remained in use until 1926.[1]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=42724 The ancient parish of Barking: Agrarian history, markets and fairs