NHER 31708 (Monument record) - Site of post medieval windmill

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Summary

The site of a post medieval windmill that was first recorded in either 1776 or 1819 (accounts vary). It burnt down in 1850, and no trace remains today.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

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

Map

Waters Mill.
Stated in reference (S1) to have stood in Mill Road opposite to the present St Lukes Church, but grid reference is taken from the 1838 first edition 1 inch Ordnance Survey map and is somewhat further north.
First recorded 1819. Burnt down 1850.
E. Rose (NLA), 8 January 1996.

(S2) confirms mill was north of the church, not opposite. States earliest reference is 1776, not 1819.
E. Rose (NLA), 5 October 2002.

  • <S1> Article in Serial: Ashbourne, T.. 1994. Southtown Windmills.. Yarmouth Archaeology. p 24.
  • <S2> Article in Serial: 2002. [unknown]. Yarmouth Archaeology. p 22.

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Record last edited

Jan 18 2011 5:00PM

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