The latter is where the airfield is located from which so many Battle of Britain sorties were flown in the summer of 1940.
Biggin Hill is still a busy light commercial and private airport today.
This was not the first reconstruction to save the mill. It was knocked out of operation by a storm in 1878 and subsequently fell into disrepair by years of neglect. An appeal was issued just before the First World War and repairs were carried out in 1914. Sadly, judging from photographs from that period, the sails have now deteriorated very much more. This picture was painted in 1969 by L.A. Johnson, a local artist.