NHER 15548 (Monument record) - Site of post medieval watermill
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG11SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | NORWICH, NORWICH, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
Site of water mill.
Marked on Faden's map 1797 (S1).
E. Rose (NAU), 18 December 1979.
A water mill here is mentioned in the Domesday Book, and again in the Paston Letters 1460.
In 1536 it was recorded that only the dam remained.
Rebuilt 1683, miller's house added 1719; burnt down 1805 and rebuilt.
Rebuilt again in 1851 as a gigantic building, timber framed above brick over four channels; four storeys; sixty six windows in the south wall alone! Two sack hoists and a cupola.
Demolished 1920.
In 1972 only odd fragments and a mill stone survived.
Information from Norfolk Industrial Archaeology Society.
See (S2).
Newspaper cutting in file (S3).
Used for paper making 1778 to 1804. Paper made here again from about 1850 to 60.
E. Rose (NAU), 1 June 1984.
Grid reference corrected (original TG 1988 1043).
M. Horlock (NLA), 18 March 2003.15044
Not found in secondary file.
J Yates 5 July 2010.
Associated Sources (6)
- --- SNF8808 Fiche: Exists.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF6047 Publication: Faden, W. and Barringer, J. C. 1989. Faden's Map of Norfolk in 1797.
- <S2> SNF2538 Article in Serial: Stoker, D. 1976. The Early History of Paper-making in Norfolk. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XXXVI Pt III pp 241-252. p 250.
- <S3> SNF73 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1984. Restored mill house. 1 June.
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Record last edited
Nov 23 2012 4:08PM