Record Details

NHER Number:18096
Type of record:Monument
Name:Site of post medieval windmill

Summary

This is the site of a post medieval windmill marked on an Ordnance Survey map of 1836.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TG 1978 1190
Map Sheet:TG11SE
Parish:HELLESDON, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

On present site of Hellesdon Hospital.
Site of windmill marked on (S1).
E. Rose (NAU) 7 May 1982.

Informant [1] says a smockmill known as Drayton High Road, both corn and saw mill.
Later two saw mills open in Drayton village with same owner and this mill disappears, was it moved?

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. 1824-1836. Ordnance Survey First Edition 1 inch..

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