Mill name Wellington Mill Storeys Four storey smock Smock sides Eight sides Year built 1815 Winding Windmill fantail Type of sails Windmill sail | Grid reference TQ 436 839 Base storeys Two storey base No. of sails Four sails Year lost 1926 Purpose Gristmill | |
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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 - but then a part of Essex. The windmill stood from 1815 to 1926.
The mill was built 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.
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