Record Details

NHER Number:18020
Type of record:Monument
Name:Site of post medieval post mill

Summary

A windmill is marked here on a map of 1826. This may be the correct site of the mill marked at site NHER 15561 on a map of 1797, but that would be an unusually bad error for that mapmaker. This mill is not marked on the tithe map 1838, although it has been identified as a post mill.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TM 2199 8935
Map Sheet:TM28NW
Parish:SHELTON, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

Wind mill marked here on map of 1826 (S1) according to informant. [1]
He believes this is the correct site of the mill marked at site NHER 15561 on map of 1797 (S2), but that would be an unusually bad error for that mapmaker. The mill is not marked on map on 1838 (S3).
Post mill.
Compiled by 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>Map: Bryant, A.. 1826. Bryant's Map of Norfolk.
<S2>Publication: Faden, W. and Barringer, J. C. 1989. Faden's Map of Norfolk in 1797.
<S3>Map: 1838. Shelton Tithe Map.

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