Record Details

NHER Number:15584
Type of record:Monument
Name:Site of a post mill, last used in 1879

Summary

The site of a post mill, visible on a map of 1797, and last used 1879.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TG 3092 0890
Map Sheet:TG30NW
Parish:POSTWICK WITH WITTON, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

East of Mill Lane. Site of Postwick wind mill.
Marked on source from 1797 (S1).
E. Rose (NAU), 20 December 1979.

Post mill. By 1801 name had changed to Witton Field mill, later Witton-by-Norwich Mill. Last used 1879. [1]
E. Rose (NAU), 23 March 1982.

Monument Types

  • POST MILL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • 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.

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