Record Details
| NHER Number: | 15163 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Site of a post medieval post mill |
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Summary
This is the site of a post mill built in 1781 on the site of an earlier mill.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 935 297 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF92NW |
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| Parish: | FAKENHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Fakenham Heath. Site of wind mill.
Marked on (S1).
E. Rose (NAU), 21 August 1979.
Post mill, built in 1781.
E. Rose (NAU), 2 February 1982.
According to (S2), the land was referred to as Windmill Hill in 1781 before the above mill was built, indicating an earlier mill here.
E. Rose (NAU), 31 January 1983.
Monument Types
- POST MILL (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> | Publication: Faden, W. and Barringer, J. C. 1989. Faden's Map of Norfolk in 1797. |
| <S2> | Publication: Baldwin, J.. Fakenham: Town on the Wensum-. 2. |
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