Record Details

NHER Number:15588
Type of record:Monument
Name:Site of windmill

Summary

The site of a post medieval windmill marked on Faden's map of 1797.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TG 3276 0146
Map Sheet:TG30SW
Parish:ASHBY ST MARY, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

South of Mill Common. Site of wind mill. Marked on Faden's map 1797.
E. Rose (NAU) 20 December 1979.

Grid reference correct by informant. Post mill built c.1758; last marked by OS 1910.
E. Rose (NAU) 29 January 1982.

The grid reference has been amended from TG 32790145 (which was the Mill Cottage adjacent) to the centre of the mill as marked on (S2) and (S3). The full extent of the mill site now appears to extend between the grounds of the Mill Cottage and the two newer properties fronting the road to the west.
A. Yardy (HES), 02 November 2011.

Monument Types

  • POST MILL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • 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>Map: Ordnance Survey, First Edition, 6 Inch. 1879-1886. Ordnance Survey 1st Edition 6 inch map..
<S3>Map: Ordnance Survey. 1902-7. Ordnance Survey 25 inch 2nd edition (revised 1902-7).

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