I've been visiting various windmills in the Greater London area, the last one being Wandsworth Common. This time I went to Plumsted Common to see the remains of a mill. Plumsted Common is located east of Woolwich in the Royal Borough of Greenwich.
The mill was a tower mill and was used for grinding corn, but stopped use sometime in the early part of the 1800s. All that remains today is the tower, which is part of the Old Mill pub. It seems to have been converted to accommodation.
The mill is located at the top of a hill so would have been in a good spot to catch the winds. As can be seen on the map, the common slopes down to the Slade Ravine, which is an ancient valley carved out in the Ice Age. At the bottom of the ravine are the Slade Ponds.
See more on Wikipedia . And Windmill world, which shows some historic photos. The Old Mill pub.
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