London's windmills, past and present

Did you know there are several surviving windmills in London? Watch the video to learn about the history of windmills, and discover where you can still find them around London. To visit the various windmill websites, go to: https://www.brixtonwindmill.org/ https://www.upminsterwindmill.org/ https://www.wimbledonwindmill.org.uk/ https://www.shirleywindmill.org.uk/ https://mountnessingwindmill.weebly.com/ If you’d like to hear about future videos and my other London adventures, you can sign up to my occasional email newsletter here: https://thehistoryoflondon.co.uk/news... You can also find me here: Facebook -   / thehistoryoflondon   Twitter/X – https://x.com/LondonStone Instagram -   / thehistoryoflondon   Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/londonstone.... Threads - https://www.threads.com/@thehistoryof... There are over 100 of my articles about London’s history on the website https://www.thehistoryoflondon.co.uk/ You can check out and order my book ‘The History of the Port of London’ here: https://www.thehistoryoflondon.co.uk/... 00:00 Intro 00:39 Watermills 01:21 History of windmills in London 05:22 Keston windmill 07:15 Mountnessing windmill 08:19 Tower mills 09:05 Brixton windmill 18:26 Shirley windmill 22:47 Arkley windmill 23:18 Plumstead windmill 26:43 Smock mills 27:25 Upminster windmill 36:00 Wimbledon windmill 45:00 Ending