Record Details

NHER Number:8548
Type of record:Monument
Name:Site of Horsefen Drainage Mill

Summary

The site of a brick tower drainage mill established during the enclosure of the marshes in 1800-2. Replaced by modern electrically powered pumps.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TG 4086 1759
Map Sheet:TG41NW
Parish:LUDHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

24 May 1979. Visit.
Site of drainage mill. Marked as such on map in (S1).
E. Rose (NAU), 24 May 1979.

Replaced by modern pump inside brick shed.
E. Rose (NAU).

Marked on (S2), 1836.
E. Rose (NAU).

Probably the one referred to as built by Dan England at an unknown date, it was a brick tower with Cubitts' patent sails and scoop wheel.
See (S3).
E. Rose (NAU), 16 September 1981.

Monument Types

  • DRAINAGE MILL (18th Century to Mid 20th Century - 1800 AD to 1960 AD)
  • PUMPING STATION (Mid 20th Century to 21st Century - 1950 AD to 2100 AD)

Associated Finds - none

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
<S1>Monograph: Smith. 1978. Drainage Windmills of the Norfolk Marshes.
<S2>Map: Ordnance Survey. 1824-1836. Ordnance Survey First Edition 1 inch..
<S3>Article in Serial: 1981. [unknown]. NIAS Journal. Vol III, no 1, p 37.

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