Record Details
| NHER Number: | 8619 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Site of post medieval windmill |
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Summary
This is the site of a post medieval windmill, shown on Bryant's map of 1826. The mill was converted to steam power, and was last used in the 1920s. The buildings were demolished in 1940.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 4436 1425 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG41SW |
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| Parish: | FLEGGBURGH, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Windmill (Ordnance Survey).
No trace remains.
It was marked on (S1).
Visited E. Rose (NAU) 15 November 1978.
A tower mill, shown on (S2); converted to steam and last used 1922.
Demolished 1940.
Information from source [1].
E. Rose (NAU) 2 February 1982.
See (S3), milling ceased 1924: steam was only auxiliary; top demolished 1924 and remainder 1940.
Source [1] is more likely to be correct.
E. Rose (NAU)
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. |
| --- | Map: Brown, J. T. & Manning, J.. 1838. Burgh St Margaret Tithe Map. |
| <S2> | Map: Bryant, A.. 1826. Bryant's Map of Norfolk. |
| <S3> | Article in Serial: Rye, C. G. 1975. The End of the Corn Mills in the Fleggs. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XXXVI Pt II pp 185-190. p 186. |
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