Record Details

NHER Number:9416
Type of record:Monument
Name:Post medieval brick windmill

Summary

The ruins of a post medieval brick windmill. It is marked on an Ordnance Survey map of 1836. It was last used in the early 20th century.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TG 1579 0685
Map Sheet:TG10NE
Parish:LITTLE MELTON, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

October 1976. Visit.
Windmill. Brick shell of a tower mill with some wooden beams. Apparently some sort of rebuilding is envisaged.
E. Rose (NAU), 13 October 1976.

Marked on 1st edition 1 inch Ordnance Survey map of 1836. Last miller went bankrupt 1904.
E. Rose (NAU), 22 March 1982.

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.
---Monograph: Pevsner, N and Wilson, W. 1999. Norfolk 2: North-West and South. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 523.
<S1>Map: Ordnance Survey. 1824-1836. Ordnance Survey First Edition 1 inch..

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