Record Details

NHER Number:14991
Type of record:Monument
Name:Site of post medieval windmill

Summary

This is the site of a windmill, shown on Ogilby's map of 1675 and on Faden's map of 1797. The site of the mill is preserved in a round field, and the miller's cottage is still standing.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TF 6981 2217
Map Sheet:TF62SE
Parish:GRIMSTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

Site of wind mill marked on (S1).
E. Rose (NAU) 31 May 1979.

18 September 1979. Site visited by E. Rose (NAU)
The round field which is the mill site survives, now surrounded by woods.
The derelict millers cottage remains.
First marked on (S2).
A post mill.
E. Rose (NAU) 4 February 1982.

Monument Types

  • WINDMILL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Associated Finds - none

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
<S1>Publication: Faden, W. and Barringer, J. C. 1989. Faden's Map of Norfolk in 1797.
<S2>Publication: Ogilby. 1675. Roadbook. pl.74.

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