NHER 15853 (Monument record) - Site of post medieval bone mill

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Summary

The site of a bone mill, marked on a map of 1836. It was powered by water from the canal. The mill was reportedly destroyed by fire in the 1950s, and a 1978 aerial photograph shows that the building has gone and the canal has been infilled.

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Map sheet TG23SE
Civil Parish NORTH WALSHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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'Mills' marked on the 1953 6 inch Ordnance Survey map.
(S1), 1836 shows these as bone mills worked by water from the canal.
E. Rose (NAU), 6 March 1980.

12 September 1978.
NAU air photograph shows totally destroyed, canal infilled.
E. Rose (NAU), 7 May 1981.

According to University of East Anglia farm survey of site NHER 29968 these mills were deliberately burnt down in the 1950s.
E. Rose (NAU), 23 August 1993.

  • --- Aerial Photograph: TG 2632A,B.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S1> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1805-1836. Ordnance Survey Map. One inch to the mile. First Edition.

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Record last edited

Mar 29 2019 10:45AM

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