Record Details
| NHER Number: | 15992 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | Palmer's Drainage Mill |
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Summary
Palmer's Mill was formerly at site NHER 15119, and is one of only a handful of hollow-post drainage mills surviving in the UK. It has a single hollow wooden post with braces at the base which contains a plunger, as well as a restored metal gear housing and a wind vane and replaced sails.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 4029 1293 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG41SW |
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| Parish: | UPTON WITH FISHLEY, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Wind pump.
Palmer's Mill, formerly at site NHER 15119.
Last hollow-post drainage mill surviving in UK - of great importance (information from Norfolk Windmills Trust).
Visited by E. Rose (NAU), 2 April 1980.
Single hollow wooden post with braces at base, contains plunger. Restored metal gear housing and wind vane (in place of fantails). Metal ladder attached. Sails not yet replaced though work about to begin.
1984.
Now completely restored and working.
See newspaper cuttings in file.
See site NHER 15119 for early details.
E. Rose 10 September 1984.
Ranworth Mill, site NHER 23359, has since been discovered as a hollow post mill but is substantially different.
Palmer's has twin winding tails, spring sails and drives a plunger pump.
E. Rose (NAU), 23 February 1987.
A plunger pump works by drawing water up from the dyke and depositing it on a higher level. Given a 10-15mph wind, this mill can pump 125 gallons of water a minute.
NIAS records (S1)
W. Arnold (HES), 11 January 2011.
Monument Types
- DRAINAGE MILL (19th Century to 21st Century - 1880 AD? to 2100 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1990. [Illustration of Palmer's Drainage Mill]. 5 March. |
| --- | Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1980. Restored to former glory. 5 November. |
| --- | Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1983. Wins award for windpump work. 16 March. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Archive: NIAS. Norfolk Industrial Archaeology Society Records. |
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