Record Details
| NHER Number: | 10589 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Site of Bradwell Post Mill |
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Summary
An early mill site marked on 16th and 17th century maps. Late 19th-century photographs show a later post mill with full width buck porch and eaves gallery. The mill was badly damaged in the March 1895 gale. The brick round house was used as the headquarters of Bradwell Home Guard during WWII and survived into the 1960s, having been used for many years for storage.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 5099 0412 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG50SW |
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| Parish: | BRADWELL, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK |
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Full description
An early mill site marked on 16th and 17th century maps (S1). Late 19th-century photographs show a post mill with full width porch and eaves gallery. The mill was badly damaged in the March 1895 gale although it is believed to have been repaired. It is certainly marked on (S2). The mill's brick round house was used as the headquarters of Bradwell Home Guard during WWII and survived into the 1960s, having been used for many years for storage.
See (S3) for further information.
A. Yardy (HES), 06 March 2013.
Monument Types
- POST MILL (Medieval to Modern - 1450 AD to 1926 AD?)
- WINDMILL (Medieval to Modern - 1450 AD to 1926 AD?)
- POST MILL ROUNDHOUSE (Post Medieval to Cold War - 1800 AD? to 1967 AD)
- HOME GUARD HEADQUARTERS (World War Two - 1939 AD? to 1945 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| <S1> | Documentary Source: Ogilby, J.. 1675. Britannia, volume the first: or an illustration of the kingdom of England and dominion of Wales by a geographical and historical description of the principal roads thereof.. British Library. C.6.d.8.. |
| <S2> | Map: Ordnance Survey. 1902-7. Ordnance Survey 25" 2nd edition (1902-7). |
| <S3> | Article in Serial: Allard, P.. 2012. Bradwell Post Mill. Yarmouth Archaeology & Local History. pp 14-15. |
Related records - none
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