NHER 1765 (Building record) - Burnham Overy windmill
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Location
| Map sheet | TF84SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | BURNHAM OVERY, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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19 March 1976. Visited.
Windmill. 1814.
A towermill perfect outside with onion cap, sails and capwheel complete. Modern buildings around base. A notice says that it is now used as a dwelling and that no machinery remains inside.
E.Rose (NAU).
The D.O.E claim the sail frames are older than the mill, being 18th century.
E. Rose.
(S1) disputes the D.O.E claim, and also the date on the notice, saying it is really 1816. New stocks were erected in 1957, and the present slotted sail frames are for Cubitt's patent invented 1807, so they could not be 18th century. The last miller was in 1922.
E. Rose 29 January 1982.
See photographs and cuttings in file
1792. Potential Built Date.
A Royal Exchange Fire Insurance Policy excerpt (S2) indicates a windmill made of brick and stone in Burnham Overy owned by Mr Savory was extant in 1792. It has been suggested this refers to this windmill, NHER 1765, however, the document may also be referring to a watermill, NHER 1766.
A. Henderson (HES), 21 November 2024.
Associated Sources (11)
- --- SNF7576 Monograph: Pevsner, N and Wilson, B. 1999. Norfolk 2: North-West and South. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 233.
- --- SNF3726 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1979. [Articles on the proposed restoration of Burnham Overy Windmill and Burnham Overy Watermill].
- --- SNF167 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1983. Plain sailing at the mill. 11 January.
- --- SNF58200 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1986. Sails in sight as stocks fitted. 18 July.
- --- SNF85322 Photograph: 1959. Photographs of Burnham Overy windmill. Black & white.
- --- SNF58201 Photograph: C55.408.3 &4..
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 84 SW M; TF 84 SW 21.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF4215 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. [unknown]. [unknown]. 9 January.
- <S2> SNF102828 Documentary Source: 1792. Royal Exchange Fire Insurance Policy. Ms 7253 Vol.25 (130592-140641).
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Record last edited
Nov 21 2024 2:37PM