NHER 4201 (Monument record) - Site of post medieval windmill

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Summary

This post medieval windmill can be seen on Faden's map of 1797. It was a smock mill but was replaced by a tower mill between 1831 and 1860. It was last used in 1916. Mill House is dated to 1798 but was refaced in around 1840.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF81SE
Civil Parish GREAT DUNHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

25 May 1978. Visit. Windmill.
Base of brick towermill remains about 2m high, overgrown.
E. Rose (NAU) 25 May 1978.

This mill is marked on the (S1) and perhaps on the (S2) although this is not clear.
E. Rose (NAU).

However it is certainly on (S3).

Originally a smock mill, replaced by tower between 1831 to 1860. Last used 1916.
Information from [1].
E. Rose (NAU), 2 February 1982.

Mill House is dated 1798 but was refaced in around 1840.
Information from Norfolk County Council.
E. Rose (NLA).

  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S1> Map: Newton and Woodrow. 1838. Great Dunham tithe map.
  • <S2> Map: 1797. Great Dunham enclosure map.
  • <S3> Publication: Faden, W. and Barringer, J. C. 1989. Faden's Map of Norfolk in 1797.

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Record last edited

Jan 18 2011 3:04PM

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