NHER 15679 (Monument record) - Site of post medieval mill

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Summary

This is the site of a post medieval smock mill, built in the late 18th century. The smock mill was replaced by a tower mill in 1825, which was demolished in 1881.

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Map sheet	TG50NW
Civil Parish	GREAT YARMOUTH, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK

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Site of wind mill.
Built 1765, demolished in about 1881, the last mill to operate on the Denes.
See (S1), grid reference wrongly given.
E. Rose (NAU) 29 January 1980.

Known as Jetty Mill.
A smock mill replaced in 1825 by a tower mill and last used 1879. Materials for sale January 1881 but sale 'postponed in consequence of the atrocity of the weather' to 2 February 1881.
E. Rose (NAU) 26 March 1982.

Associated Sources (2)

--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
<S1> SNF8048 Article in Serial: Rye, C. G. 1970. Yarmouth Windmills on the Denes. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XXXV Pt I pp 148-151. p 150.

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Record last edited

Nov 22 2012 3:22PM