Record Details
| NHER Number: | 16743 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Site of a post medieval windmill |
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Summary
This is the site of a windmill that is marked on various old maps. It began life as a smock mill but was converted into a brick tower mill by 1859. The sails blew off in 1920 and the mill was burnt down between 1922 and 1927.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TM 0459 9874 |
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| Map Sheet: | TM09NW |
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| Parish: | DEOPHAM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Site of wind mill.
Marked on (S1) but not on (S2). Sails blown off 1920. Burnt down between 1922-7.
Information from (S3).
E. Rose (NAU), 17 November 1980.
Despite the omission from (S2), there was a smock mill here in 1828, which had become a brick tower mill by 1859.
E. Rose (NAU), 2 February 1982.
Also shown on (S4).
E. Rose (NLA), 7 October 2002.
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> | Map: Ordnance Survey, First Edition, 6 Inch. 1879-1886. Ordnance Survey 1st Edition 6 inch map.. 1883. |
| <S2> | Map: Ordnance Survey. 1824-1836. Ordnance Survey First Edition 1 inch.. 1836. |
| <S3> | Unpublished Document: Norfolk Industrial Archaeology Society. Norfolk Industrial Archaeology Society Survey. |
| <S4> | Map: Bryant, A.. 1826. Bryant's Map of Norfolk. |
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