Record Details

NHER Number:15246
Type of record:Monument
Name:Site of post medieval smock mill

Summary

This post medieval smock mill was probably built around 1780. It was demolished in 1821 when the machinery was probably taken to build the combined water and windmill (NHER 4714).

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TL 8749 9965
Map Sheet:TL89NE
Parish:LITTLE CRESSINGHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

Site of wind mill.
Marked on (S1).
E. Rose (NAU), 10 September 1979.

A smock mill built around 1780 and demolished in 1821 when the machinery was probably taken to build site NHER 4714.
E. Rose (NAU), 2 February 1982.

(S2) seems to show as post mill rather than smock mill. (S3) still shows land as Millhill Field.
A. Lawson (NAU), October 1982.

Monument Types

  • SMOCK MILL (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.
---Website: Neville, J.. 2004. Little Cressingham smockmill. http://www.norfolkmills.co.uk/Windmills/lt-cressingham-smockmill.html. 25 June 2010.
<S1>Publication: Faden, W. and Barringer, J. C. 1989. Faden's Map of Norfolk in 1797.
<S2>Map: Map of North Farm.
<S3>Map: 1843. Little Cressingham Tithe Map.

Related records - none

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