NHER 15549 (Monument record) - Site of Repps post mill

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Summary

The site of Repps windmill, marked on a late 18th century map. It was blown down in 1895, though steam milling continued on the site until about 1902.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG41NW
Civil Parish REPPS WITH BASTWICK, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK

Map

Site of Repps windmill. Marked on (S1), 1797.
E. Rose (NAU), 18 December 1979.

A post mill; blown away in March 1895.
E. Rose (NAU), 23 March 1982.

A brief account in (S2) cites a report in the 'Yarmouth Independent' of 30 March 1895 which stated that the mill was 'swept away by the wind' and that the mill was not rebuilt but the miller, Mr. Addy, used his existing steam power in a barn for about 8 years.
Map location amended. (Previously plotted at TG4310 1663).
A. Yardy (HES), 17 November 2014.

  • --- 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> 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 189.

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Record last edited

Nov 17 2014 12:14PM

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