NHER 21695 (Monument record) - Post medieval windmill

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Summary

The remains of a 19th century corn windmill. This was a tower mill, and old pictures show it to have had four sails. It was actually moved to this location from another site in 1840. The mill was demolished in 1900, leaving only the base of the tower wall. After demolition, some of its timbers were reused for the canopy of the well at the Brewery House in Reepham.

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Map sheet TG12SW
Civil Parish BOOTON, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

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Booton Street, west of Mill House.
Remains of Windmill, at Booton Street west of Mill House (Town Farm on 6 inch OS).
Photograph in (S1) shows post mill with four spring sails, unusual gabled porch on top of stairway, fantail unusually on tall pole. Mill was in fact removed here in about1840 from Reepham Ollands (NHER 15925); had two pairs stone in 1851. Demolished 1900, leaving only base of round-house wall and four brick piers ten feet high (S2) which are marked as a circle on 6 inch OS map.
E. Rose (NAU) 30 August 1985.

The timbers were used to make the canopy over the well at the Brewery House, Reepham (NHER 21558).
E. Rose (NLA), 2 July 2004.

  • --- Monograph: Apling, H.. 1984. Norfolk Corn Windmills. Vol I.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S2> Monograph: Smith, A.. 1982. Corn windmills in Norfolk: a contemporary survey..

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Sep 26 2014 4:18PM

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