Wellington Mill, Barking facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Barking Windmill
The mill c1907
Origin
Mill name	Wellington Mill
Grid reference	TQ 436 839
Coordinates	51°32′10″N 0°04′11″E / 51.536182°N 0.069787°E / 51.536182; 0.069787
Year built	1815
Information
Purpose	Corn mill
Type	Smock mill
Storeys	Four storey smock
Base storeys	Two storey base
Smock sides	Eight sides
No. of sails	Four sails
Type of sails	Patent sails
Winding	Fantail
Fantail blades	Six blades
Year 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 - 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.