Wright's Flour Mill is located in Wharf Road, Ponders End, Enfield. It is Enfield's oldest working industrial building.
Localisation
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History
Some of the present buildings date back to 1789 and include the brick Georgian miller's house and offices flanking a 3½-storey watermill of brick and white weatherboarding. There has been a mill here since at least the late 16th century and possibly Domesday. George Reynolds Wright took full control of the mill in 1870. It was originally powered by a backwater of the River Lea: in 1913 owing to construction work at the nearby King George V Reservoir the water supply which powered the millstones was cut off. The machinery was then converted to electricity. Since then further improvements have been made.
Today
The business is still owned by the Wright family making it London's only family owned flour mill The company mill flour for several family-owned bakeries in the locality.
Further reading
Buildings of England London 4: North by Bridget Cherry and Nikolaus Pevsner p 451 ISBN 0-14-071049-3