NHER 12519 (Monument record) - Croxton windmill

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Summary

This is the site of a post mill that was possibly built as early as 1791. It is marked on maps dating to 1826. It was replaced by the tower mill in 1886 and was last turned by wind in 1912.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF93SE
Civil Parish FULMODESTON, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

Croxton wind mill.
A post mill possibly there by 1791 but first marked by Ordnance Survey 1826. Replaced by the tower mill 1886, last turned by wind 1912.
Information from [1].
E. Rose (NAU), 4 February 1982.

Seen briefly in passing by E. Rose (NLA) 30 January 1994.
Brick tower remains, apparently intact apart from cap but covered in dense ivy.

Cap and top two storeys removed in 1930s.
See (S1).
E. Rose (NLA), 12 November 1996.

  • --- Monograph: Pevsner, N. 1962. North-East Norfolk and Norwich. The Buildings of England. 1st Edition. p 121.
  • --- Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1978. Croxton Mill. 30 September.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 93 SE 10 [2].
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Unpublished Document: Yarham, D.. 1996. Letter. Croxton Mill.. 9 September.

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Record last edited

May 12 2016 3:50PM

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