Record Details

NHER Number:19269
Type of record:Monument
Name:Site of a post medieval post mill

Summary

A windmill is drawn on the 1847 tithe map of Horstead and Stanninghall. This is thought to be a post mill that was built in 1796.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TG 258 198
Map Sheet:TG21NE
Parish:HORSTEAD WITH STANNINGHALL, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

Site of wind mill. Drawn on (S1) as a little tower mill (1847). Glebe Farm to the north is not marked at that date, but another farm is marked down track to north opposite. Informant states 'but in fact a post mill, sold off in parts 23 November 1872 - shell blown down around 1880. Built 1796'.
E. Rose (NAU), 21 June 1983.

Monument Types

  • POST MILL (18th Century to 19th Century - 1796 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: Newton and Woodrow. 1841. Horstead with Stanninghall Tithe Map. No scale.

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