Record Details
NHER Number: | 15920 |
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Type of record: | Monument |
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Name: | Post medieval post mill |
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Summary
This is the site of a post medieval windmill that was demolished in 1928. Old photographs show it was a post mill.
Images - none
Location
Grid Reference: | TF 9882 1097 |
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Map Sheet: | TF91SE |
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Parish: | DEREHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
On site of modern mills.
Site of Toftwood wind mill. Marked on (S1) but not on (S2).
E. Rose (NAU), 26 March 1980.
Despite omission from (S2), a post mill here before 1778. Demolished 1928.
E. Rose (NAU), 2 February 1982.
(S3) has photograph of drawing of 1778 said to be the original architects sketch; shows a large postmill.
E. Rose (NAU), 5 June 1984.
(S4), shows large post mill on brick round house, four Cubitts sails blanked at roots. Upper storey to round house, mill stone against shed behind.
E. Rose (NAU), 21 July 1986.
Monument Types
- POST 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. |
--- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
<S1> | Map: Ordnance Survey. 1824-1836. Ordnance Survey First Edition 1 inch.. |
<S2> | Publication: Faden, W. and Barringer, J. C. 1989. Faden's Map of Norfolk in 1797. |
<S3> | Monograph: Cook, M.. 1984. Looking Back at Dereham.. |
<S4> | Newspaper Article: Dereham and Fakenham Times. 1986. Days of sail in Dereham. 18 July. |
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