NHER 17318 (Monument record) - Site of post medieval oil mill, Millfleet/Tower Field

Large postmill marked on Bell's map 1680 as oil mill (S1) and on Rastrick 1725 as oleamola or 'An Oyl Mill' (S2), but not on 19th century maps.
E. Rose (NAU), 29 May 1981. Amended A. Cattermole (King's Lynn UAD), 14 May 2019.

In fact a smockmill, information from [1].
Had large braced tailpiece; base remained until about 1840.
Copy of drawing in file.
E.M. James (KLM).

According to (S3) the mill was erected on a brick base that had a stage set on it and was later converted into a house after the mill had been dismantled. In 1849 the south-west corner of the Tower Field was home to a 'tar office' where pitch was converted into tar, and 'other unsightly buildings' (S4). At this time the land was given to St Margaret's parish for the erection of a school for 300 boys and 200 girls, St Margaret's National School.
There was also another oil mill in South Lynn in the 17th and 18th centuries (NHER 20436).
A. Cattermole (King's Lynn UAD), 14 May 2019.