NHER 64062 (Monument record) - Seven Sisters, post-medieval mill mound
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF61NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | KING’S LYNN, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
Previously recorded under NHER 5486.
Seven Sisters is a former mill mound. Bell's map of the 1680s (S1) shows a postmill here, and Rastrick's map of 1725 (S2) shows two mills at this location. The name is said to come from seven trees planted there. The miller was compensated in 1749 when the mill was demolished to make the Town Walks (NHER 33479). The trees were replanted in 1827, felled in 1893, replanted in 1896 but gone by 1997.
E. Rose (NLA).
(S3) states that Seven Sisters was a plantation of seven trees, planted in a circle in 1760, 130 metres (142 yards) south of Gannock Gate. On (S2) the two postmills stand immediately to the west of a large bastion.
A. Cattermole (King's Lynn UAD), 12 March 2020.
Associated Sources (3)
- <S1> SNF4561 Map: Bell, H. 1680s. The Groundplat of King's Lynn.
- <S2> SNF7855 Map: Rastrick, G.. 1725. Ichnographia Burgi perantiqui Lennae Regis in Agro Norfolciensi accurate delineata.
- <S3> SNF100383 Website: Friends of the Walks. History of the Walks. http://www.thewalks.uk/history-of-the-walks/. 4 February 2020.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (3)
Object Types (0)
Related NHER Records (2)
Record last edited
Mar 12 2020 3:22PM