NHER 8547 (Building record) - Martham Drainage Mill

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Summary

A four-storey drick drainage windmill sometimes known as Bracey's Mill, built by Dan England in 1908. The upright shaft and the crown wheel have survived, and the mill has been converted into a house.

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Location

Map sheet TG41NW
Civil Parish MARTHAM, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK

Map

Drainage mill.
Brick tower, channel for scoopwheel unusually goes through the centre of the tower, so that the wheel must have been inside the mill itself. Boat-shaped cap; fantail remains without blades, but sails gone. Dated 1903 (or perhaps 1908) with list of drainage commisioners on plaque. Now used as house. Stands on site of Brickyard now overgrown with blackcurrant bushes gone wild.
Visited by E. Rose (NAU) 23 May 1979.

See (S1).
(S2) says date is 1908, by Dan England. Drove a turbine. Upright shaft and crown wheel survive but water tank now in cap; used as house.
E. Rose (NLA) 7 October 1998.

  • --- Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1994. TG4419/A - D.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S1> Monograph: Smith, A.C.. 1978. Drainage Windmills of the Norfolk Marshes.. no 41. No 41.
  • <S2> Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1372909.

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Record last edited

Oct 25 2022 11:03PM

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