NHER 7410 (Monument record) - Ruins of post-medieval windmill

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Summary

This brick tower mill was built around 1826. It is marked on the 1836 first edition Ordnance Survey map. It was struck by lightning and ruined around 1900.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG12NE
Civil Parish AYLSHAM, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

Map

March 1978. Visit.
Windmill. Brick tower mill, top of tower shattered, now carries aerials.
E. Rose (NAU), 21 March 1978.

Marked on the First Edition Ordnance Survey map (S1), but not on Faden's map of 1797 (S2).
E. Rose (NLA).

Built around 1826. Struck by lightning and ruined 1900.
Information from [1].
E. Rose (NAU), 29 January 1982.

  • --- Drawing: Various. Various. Architectural plans.
  • --- Monograph: Pevsner, N. and Wilson, B. 1997. Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 369.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1805-1836. Ordnance Survey Map. One inch to the mile. First Edition.
  • <S2> Publication: Faden, W. and Barringer, J. C. 1989. Faden's Map of Norfolk in 1797.

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Record last edited

Feb 24 2022 9:31AM

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