Record Details

NHER Number:7562
Type of record:Monument
Name:Post medieval watermill

Summary

This is the site of a watermill marked on Faden's 1797 map of Norfolk. The watermill is now used as a house.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TG 2311 2969
Map Sheet:TG22NW
Parish:COLBY, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK
FELMINGHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

Septemebr 1977. Visited.
Old watermill. Part of ground floor stone or brick (cemented over), remainder weatherboarded. Good Georgian doorcase. Now used as a house.
E. Rose (NAU), 28 September 1977.

Marked on (S1), but apparently slightly further east so that it stands on the other stream flowing into the river here. In its present position on (S2).
E. Rose (NAU).

'New built watermill and windmill' (latter NHER 15425) referred to 1774 watermill last used 1878.
E. Rose (NAU), 23 March 1982.

Monument Types

  • WATERMILL (18th Century to 19th Century - 1774 AD to 1878 AD)
  • HOUSE (19th Century to 21st Century - 1878 AD to 2100 AD)

Associated Finds - none

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Map: Ordnance Survey. 1824-1836. Ordnance Survey First Edition 1 inch..
---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>Map: Ordnance Survey. 1824-1836. Ordnance Survey First Edition 1 inch..

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