Record Details
| NHER Number: | 7213 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Post-medieval windmill |
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Summary
A post-medieval tower mill, built in about 1820. It burnt down in 1912. The brick tower remains, but is derelict.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 0326 2483 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG02SW |
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| Parish: | FOULSHAM, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
4th December 1980. Visit.
Windmill. Built in about 1820. It had Cubitt's patent sails (tower mill).
Burnt down 1912.
Now the brick tower remains, derelict; wide for its height, about three storeys high. It has a conical metal cap, put on since the fire. Fenced off and not closely accessible.
E. Rose (NAU), 4 December 1980.
Photograph of 1912 reproduced in (S1).
Copy in file.
Monument Types
- WINDMILL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 02 SW M [2]. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 2010. Now for something completely different. 23 July. |
| <S1> | Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1999. [Article on the fire at Foulsham mill]. 8 October. |
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