Record Details

NHER Number:15294
Type of record:Monument
Name:Site of a post medieval windmill

Summary

A windmill is marked at this site on Faden's map of 1797. Records of a windmill being 'moved' in 1804 may refer to this building.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TM 044 955
Map Sheet:TM09NW
Parish:ATTLEBOROUGH, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

Site of windmill. Marked on Faden's map of 1797 (S1).
E. Rose (NAU) 19 September 1979.

According to (S2) the windmill 'at the gasworks at the Bear Hotel' was removed to site NHER 4004 in 1804.
As this mill stood opposite the said gasworks presumably this is the one.

Monument Types

  • 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>Publication: Faden, W. and Barringer, J. C. 1989. Faden's Map of Norfolk in 1797.
<S2>Archive: NIAS. Norfolk Industrial Archaeology Society Records.

Related records

4004Related to: Site of post mill at Mill Farm (Monument)

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