Before the advent of steam and diesel pumping engines, windpumps were the main method used to drain turf pits and fields.
Originally located near Harrison's Drove on the edge of Adventurers' Fen, the windpump was one of six used to drain the turf pits in the later part of the nineteenth century.
With the collapse of the turf digging industry it fell into disrepair, but was rescued from dilapidation, dismantled, extensively restored, and moved to its current location in 1956. Much of the restoration was paid for by Lord Fairhaven, the former owner of nearby Anglesey Abbey, and carried out by local wheelwright, C.J.Ison.