NHER 10181 (Building record) - Hempnall Windmill
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Summary
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Location
| Map sheet | TM29SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | HEMPNALL, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
21 March 1979. Visit.
Wind mill.
Brick tower, blackwashed, of tower mill, splayed at base. Now attached to old people's home.
E. Rose (NAU), 21 March 1979.
Marked on (S1), then a post mill. Present tower built in 1814 beside it. Last used by wind 1929. information from [1].
E. Rose (NAU), 4 February 1982.
The post mill was burnt down by friction of the gudgeon (yet again) and totally destroyed (see (S2)) quoted in [2]'s dissertation.
E. Rose (NAU), 29 November 1985.
However [1] replies that an advertisement dated 1819 refers to both mills standing side by side. Perhaps the account of the fire was exaggerated.
See newspaper articles (S3), (S4) and (S5) in file.
Copy photograph of functioning mill (S6) in file.
E. Rose (NAU), 6 December 1985.
Copyhold: Gallows Hill.
Information from [2]. See unpublished document (S7).
A. Cattermole (NLA), 24 May 2005. Amended by A. Beckham (HES), 22 April 2021.
Associated Sources (11)
- --- SNF8808 Fiche: Exists.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TM 29 SW 10.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF6047 Publication: Faden, W. and Barringer, J. C. 1989. Faden's Map of Norfolk in 1797.
- <S2> SNF3802 Newspaper Article: 181. Norfolk Chronicle. 30 April.
- <S3> SNF313 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1977. Who wants to rebuild a mill?. 13 October.
- <S4> SNF3487 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1978. Looking up in the mill. 25 February.
- <S5> SNF214 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1978. Big day for Hempnall elderly. 12 December.
- <S6> SNF61278 Photograph: Windmill when fully functional..
- <S7> SNF101114 Unpublished Document: Cubitt, M. 2002. Printed spreadsheet and documentation detailing fieldwalking by M. Cubitt between 1979 and 2002. Fieldwalking documentation.
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Record last edited
Apr 22 2021 11:03AM