NHER 8455 (Monument record) - Site of Bridgefen drainage windmill, south of Ludham Bridge
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG31NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | LUDHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
Site of windpump.
Only a mound remains.
Visited by E. Rose (NAU), 16 March 1979.
Marked on (S1). E. Rose (NAU).
This was rebuilt by England and had a scoop wheel. Demolished in about 1940. See (S2).
E. Rose (NAU), 16 September 1981.
Drawing (S3) shows as brick tower mill apparently with Cubbitt's sails.
E. Rose (NAU), 6 September 1983.
Site of a much-photographed brick tower drainage windmill. It was built in 1800-1802 in association with the enclosure of Ludham marshes. It drained land on both north and south sides of Ludham Bridge, although it was supported from circa 1877 by the small mill built to the north of the bridge (NHER 5236) and the addition of a steam engine plant built on a site closer to the bridge, to the north west, during the 1890s. It was still working in the mid 1930s but stood as a derelict brick tower only during the 1940s and 1950s. The remains are believed to have been cleared away in the 1960s.
A. Yardy (HES), 11 August 2011.
Associated Sources (4)
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S1> SNF49461 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1805-1836. Ordnance Survey Map. One inch to the mile. First Edition.
- <S2> SNF2709 Article in Serial: 1981. A Survey of Ludham. Journal of the Norfolk Industrial Archaeological Society. Vol III No 1 pp 34-51.
- <S3> SNF7033 Publication: Maxwell. 1925. Unknown Norfolk p.69. 2.
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Record last edited
Sep 23 2014 5:25PM