NHER 7969 (Building record) - Billingford Mill
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
Location
| Map sheet | TM17NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | SCOLE, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
Billingford. Windmill.
Built in 1860, this was the last mill in Norfolk to grind corn by windpower. It stood on a postmill site, and worked by convection currents so that it was often turning when mills on higher ground were becalmed.
Information from Norfolk Windmills Trust.
E. Rose (NAU), 26 April 1979.
The mill is dated above the door with the name of Goddard. It formerly was surrounded by sheds containing steam and oil engines, the foundations of which can be traced. [1]
See also (S2) to (S4).
E. Rose (NAU), 8 February 1985.
The previous mill on the site is marked on (S6) and was destroyed in a storm.
E. Rose (NAU).
Architects drawings (pre 1992) as large rolled plans (S7).
E. Rose (NLA).
June 2009.
Sails removed for repair.
See (S15) for further details
H. White (NLA), 15 June 2009
Volunteers and fundraisers are set to replace sails and prepare the windmill to open for the public in May 2013.
See (S16) and (S17) for further information.
M. Langham-Lopez (HES), 15 February 2013.
Associated Sources (23)
- --- SNF13564 Aerial Photograph: TM1678.
- --- SNF7576 Monograph: Pevsner, N and Wilson, B. 1999. Norfolk 2: North-West and South. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 206.
- --- SNF71897 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1997-1999. [Articles on the restoration of Billingford Windmill].
- --- SNF98450 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 2014. Race is on to raise cash for mill restoration. 8 August.
- --- SNF98433 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 2017. [Article containing details of restoration work undertaken at Billingford Mill]. 25 April.
- --- SNF83050 Photograph: Billingford Mill. Print.
- --- SNF83265 Photograph: Billingford Mill. Print.
- --- 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. TM 17 NE 23.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF83288 Photograph: 1950. Billingford, Scole. Print.
- <S10> SNF71900 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1997. £57,000 project to restore cottage. 26 June.
- <S11> SNF71899 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1998. Going backwards for a better future. 31 July.
- <S13> SNF83287 Photograph: 1999. Billingford Mill. Print.
- <S14> SNF69593 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 2008. Repairs needed to windmill's rotting sails. 1 February.
- <S15> SNF71886 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 2009. Apprentices help with repairs to historic mill. 12 June.
- <S16> SNF87371 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 2013. Windmill looks to future. 6 February.
- <S17> SNF87702 Newspaper Article: Diss Mercury. 2013. Community plans for much-loved windmill. 7 February.
- <S2> SNF417 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1977. Billingford mill sails will soon turn again. 15 July.
- <S3> SNF546 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1980. [Photographs of Billingford Windmill].
- <S4> SNF3362 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1981. Brick tower corn mill. 23 February.
- <S6> SNF6047 Publication: Faden, W. and Barringer, J. C. 1989. Faden's Map of Norfolk in 1797.
- <S7> SNF8805 *Rolled Plan: Large Plan Exists.
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Record last edited
Jan 25 2018 1:14PM