NHER 16711 (Building record) - Post medieval watermill
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL79NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | FOULDEN, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
Water mill.
Used to drive machinery in barn, to saw timber and to pump water to Foulden Hall.
Information from (S1).
E. Rose (NAU), 3 November 1980.
Under restoration .
See newspaper reports in file (S2), (S3) and (S4).
Stated to have been rebuilt with French burr stones in 1869 by Lord Amherst.
See (S5).
Mill is not noted in any directories, nor is it named on any maps (although it is marked as a building). It is possible that the mill was owned and worked by the Foulden Hall estate, as opposed to being a commercial venture.
NIAS records (S6)
W. Arnold (HES), 4 January 2011.
Associated Sources (9)
- --- SNF8808 Fiche: Exists.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF59670 Unpublished Document: Norfolk Industrial Archaeology Society records.
- <S2> SNF532 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1987. Waterwheel wonder…. 17 March.
- <S3> SNF168 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1989. [Article and letters to the editor on the potential dismantle of the Foulden watermill if no tourist signs are received]. 11 January.
- <S4> SNF3177 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1989. Keeping the mill wheels turning. 20 January.
- <S5> SNF7481 Serial: 1989. Brick Bulletin.. November No 43.
- <S6> SNF57617 Archive: NIAS. Norfolk Industrial Archaeology Society Records.
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Record last edited
Jun 20 2017 10:09AM