NHER 2282 (Monument record) - Site of Tottenhill post mill

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Summary

This is the site of a postmill which was built in 1760 and ceased working in 1929. It is recorded that in 1919 the mill was struck by lightning, and following this the mill was worked by a diesel engine. The mill had a roundhouse made of carstone, but in 1961 the whole structure was dismantled.

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Map sheet	TF61SW
Civil Parish	TOTTENHILL, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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Old windmill (marked on Ordnance Survey map).
Unit aerial photographs show this to be a post mill; only the supports remain, exposed (no roundhouse) with circular depressed area for turning posts.
D. Edwards (NAU), 28 May 1980.

Marked on 1836 1st edition 1 inch Ordnance Survey map (S1). It was built 1760 and ceased working March 1929. Dismantled 1961. There was a roundhouse once, made of carstone.
E. Rose (NAU), 24 March 1982.

Copy of photo (S2-3) in file.

(S4-6) in file states that in fact the mill was struck by lightning in 1919 and thereafter worked by diesel.
E. Rose (NLA), 4 February 1999.

Associated Sources (10)

--- SNF85367 Photograph: 1938. Photograph of Tottenhill post mill, Tottenhill. Black & white.
--- 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 61 SW 14 [2].
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF49461 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1805-1836. Ordnance Survey Map. One inch to the mile. First Edition.
<S2> SNF10367 Oblique Aerial Photograph: Various. ? - 2020. Norfolk Air Photo Library: Oblique Collection. TF6310/J-M; 28-JUL-1977 (HES 49/AJV 22-25).
<S3> SNF10367 Oblique Aerial Photograph: Various. ? - 2020. Norfolk Air Photo Library: Oblique Collection. TF6310/N; 28-JUL-1977 (ADAS/MAAF (Cambridge) /(MAAF) 77-182 34 PAN).
<S4> SNF68515 Newspaper Article: Lynn News. 1991. [Photograph of the Old Mill House with its mill]. 12 February.
<S5> SNF47286 Newspaper Article: Lynn News. 1999. [Article on the Tottenhill Mill with a photograph of the Dray and Horses and the mill]. 2 February.
<S6> SNF68514 Newspaper Article: Lynn News. 1994. Historic former mill house is full of potential (Sale Advertisement). 3 July.

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Record last edited

Apr 1 2025 10:38AM