NHER 8206 (Monument record) - Briggate Watermill

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Summary

The burnt-out remains of an 19th century three storey brick watermill on the North Walsham and Dilham canal, probably on the site of an earlier mill. Two steam engines were later housed in a separate corrugated iron building, and the mill was eventually powered by electricity. Closed down in the late 1960s, the mill was gutted by fire in 1975 and has not been restored or redeveloped.

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Map sheet	TG32NW
Civil Parish	HONING, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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Destroyed by fire in the 1970s.
Marked on (S1) as both water and windmill.
See NHER 17914.
E. Rose (NAU), 7 November 1979.

February 1981. Visited.
Burnt out shell of red brick watermill remains, with traces of sackhoist and odd pieces of machinery hanging out.
Three storeys, five bays on main façade.
Mill stream has been filled in.
E. Rose (NAU), 4 February 1981.

Formerly (1946) had large corrugated iron section, larger than the brick building and housing two steam engines.
E. Rose (NAU), 14 April 1982.

Press cuttings (S2) and (S3) in file.

Beginning of demolition of Briggate mill. The mill was closed in 1969 and has been in a state of decline when in caught fire in 1975.
See (S5) for more details.
M Langham-Lopez (HES), 05 November 2012.

Associated Sources (10)

--- SNF73866 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 2010. Mill land inquiry too far away, say campaigners. 15 April.
--- SNF81611 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 2010. Residents fight on despite village green bid failure. 30 October.
--- SNF81910 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 2011. New fears over future of hamlet's ruined mill. 24 August.
--- SNF84289 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 2012. Legal bid fails to find owner of derelict mill. 5 July.
--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF6047 Publication: Faden, W. and Barringer, J. C. 1989. Faden's Map of Norfolk in 1797.
<S2> SNF488 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1975. Insurance fraud probe: 8 charged. 16 September.
<S3> SNF62159 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1977. Briggate Mill. 10 January.
<S4> SNF85820 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 2012. Demolition of mill begins. 31 October.

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Record last edited

Apr 22 2026 8:06AM