Upminster Windmill Upminster · London · England

Upminster Windmill was built in 1803 for James Nokes of Hunt's Farm on land associated with Bridge House Farm. It was built as a corn mill with a four-storey, eight-sided smock body on a single-storey brick base. The mill originally had four common sails and drove three pairs of stones.

A steam engine was added early in 1811, and additional stones were added as the business developed. By the mid nineteenth century the mill was capable of driving six pairs of millstones by wind and steam. Thomas Abraham bought the mill in 1857, giving rise to its former name, Abraham's Mill.

In 1876 the upright shaft broke and was repaired with a cast-iron coupling. In 1889 the mill was struck by lightning. On 5 January 1900 the windshaft snapped at the neck and the sails fell; a second-hand windshaft from a post mill near Maldon and new sails were then fitted.

Commercial milling ended in 1934. The mill was listed in 1955 and later passed into public care. The Upminster Windmill Preservation Trust received a lease in 2004.

After storm damage in 2007 and new sails in 2008, a major restoration programme from 2016 to 2023 returned the mill to working order and added a visitor centre.