Record Details
| NHER Number: | 12552 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Post medieval lime kiln |
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Summary
This post medieval lime kiln was the last to be operating in Norfolk. It closed in 1975.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 7274 1965 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF71NW |
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| Parish: | GAYTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Lime kiln.
Last operating in county, ceased functioning 1975.
Information from [1].
Situated outside gate on right.
See (S1).
1992.
Still in good order. Ton or so of lime remains stacked in bags inside, now solidified.
Information from [1].
Either this kiln or NHER 12763 is marked on (S2).
E. Rose (NLA), 7 March 2001.
Owned by a Lord Romney, Tenanted to a Mr Boon as of 1992.
See NIAS records (S3)
W. Arnold (HES) 08/12/2010
First noted on Faden's Map 1797 (S4) and on Tithe map 1839 (S5) as well as being noted in Whites' (S6) and Kelly's (S7) directories from 1845 to 1975.
NIAS records
W. Arnold (HES) 13/12/2010
Monument Types
- LIME KILN (Post Medieval to Cold War - 1797 AD? to 1975 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Fiche: Exists. |
| <S1> | Article in Serial: 1979. [unknown]. NIAS Journal. |
| <S2> | Map: Ordnance Survey. 1813. OS 1st Edition 2". |
| <S3> | Archive: NIAS. Norfolk Industrial Archaeology Society Records. |
| <S4> | Publication: Faden, W. and Barringer, J. C. 1989. Faden's Map of Norfolk in 1797. |
| <S5> | Map: 1839. Tithe map. |
| <S6> | Directory: White, W.. 1845. White's History, Gazetteer and Directory of Norfolk. |
| <S7> | Directory: Kelly, E.. Kelly's Directory of Norfolk.. |
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