NHER 8878 (Monument record) - Site of post medieval tower mill

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Summary

The Ordnance Survey map of 1836 notes a mill on this site. It was in fact a tower mill which was last used in 1904, and was demolished in 1959. The remains of the foundations are still visible in a garden on the site.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG00NE
Civil Parish RUNHALL, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

Windmill.
Marked on 1836 Ordnance Survey map (S1). Marked as 'Disused' on 1959 issue of Ordnance Survey map (S2) (revised, pre 1930).

6 November 1980.
Mill demolished. Site now garden of Mill House.

A tower mill last used 1904, demolished 1959. [1]
E. Rose (NAU), 23 March 1982.

June 1999. Owner reports foundations of mill now cleared and kept as garden feature.
E. Rose (NAU), 2 July 1999.

Photocopies of two postcards added to file.
T. E. Miller, 9 April 2008.

  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 00 NE (M).
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1805-1836. Ordnance Survey Map. One inch to the mile. First Edition.
  • <S2> Map: Ordnance Survey, First Edition, 6 Inch. 1879-1886. Ordnance Survey 1st Edition 6 inch map.. 1959.

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Record last edited

May 16 2016 10:58AM

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