List of windmills in Norfolk
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A list of windmill
s and windmill sites which lie in the current ceremonial county
of Norfolk
. This list covers those windmills that had a function other than drainage. Drainage mills are covered by the List of drainage windmills in Norfolk. Mills used for drainage and another function appear on both lists.
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Windmill
A windmill is a machine which converts the energy of wind into rotational energy by means of vanes called sails or blades. Originally windmills were developed for milling grain for food production. In the course of history the windmill was adapted to many other industrial uses. An important...
s and windmill sites which lie in the current ceremonial county
Ceremonial counties of England
The ceremonial counties are areas of England to which are appointed a Lord Lieutenant, and are defined by the government as counties and areas for the purposes of the Lieutenancies Act 1997 with reference to the metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England and Lieutenancies Act 1997...
of Norfolk
Norfolk
Norfolk is a low-lying county in the East of England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea coast and to the north-west the county is bordered by The Wash. The county...
. This list covers those windmills that had a function other than drainage. Drainage mills are covered by the List of drainage windmills in Norfolk. Mills used for drainage and another function appear on both lists.
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Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
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Acle Acle Acle is a small market town on the River Bure on The Norfolk Broads in Norfolk, located halfway between Norwich and Great Yarmouth. It has the only bridge across the River Bure between Wroxham and Great Yarmouth. There is a high school Acle is a small market town on the River Bure on The Norfolk... |
Acle Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1775 1797 1826 1834 |
1633 | Demolished c1836 Norfolk Mills |
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Acle | High Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
c1836 | Demolished c1907 Norfolk Mills |
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Alburgh Alburgh Alburgh is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is situated about four miles north-east of Harleston.... |
Alburgh Mill |
1826 | 1816 | 1826 Norfolk Mills |
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Alburgh | Alburgh Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1834 | 1826 | Demolished 1911 Norfolk Mills |
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Aldeby Aldeby Aldeby is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is bounded to the south by the River Waveney, on the other side of which is Suffolk. The village is about five miles by road from Beccles.... |
Mill Hill Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
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Aldeby | Waterheath Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1827 | 1900 Norfolk Mills |
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Aldeby | Waterloo Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1783 | 1601 | Blown down November 1795 Norfolk Mills |
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Aldeby | Waterloo Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 1826 |
1797 | 1826 Norfolk Mills |
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Ashby St Mary Ashby St Mary Ashby St Mary is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The civil parish has an area of and in the 2001 census had a population of 297 in 115 households... |
Ashby St Mary Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 1826 |
c1757 | 1916 Norfolk Mills |
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Ashill Ashill, Norfolk Ashill is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is between Watton and Swaffham.-Parish:The civil parish has an area of 12.26 square kilometres and in the 2001 census had a population of 1,426 in 634 households... |
1599 | Blown down 1599 Norfolk Mills |
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Ashill | Ashill Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1826 1834 |
1821 | Demolished October 1884 Norfolk Mills |
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Aslacton Aslacton Aslacton is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated between Norwich and Diss, and is near Great Moulton.... |
1751 | 1802 Norfolk Mills |
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Aslacton | Aslacton Mill Aslacton Windmill Aslacton Mill is a Grade II listed tower mill at Aslacton, Norfolk, England which is derelict.-History:Aslacton Mill was probably built in 1834, although there was a mill in Aslacton as early as 1751. Benjamin Gibson is the first recorded miller and the mill was owned by Barnabas Burroughes from... |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1838 | 1834 | Norfolk Mills | |
Attleborough Attleborough Attleborough is a market town and civil parish in Norfolk, England situated between Norwich and Thetford. The parish falls within the district of Breckland and has an area of 21.90 km² with a Mainline to both Norwich and Cambridge.... |
Dodd's Lane Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1797 1826 |
1788 | Demolished c1865 Norfolk Mills |
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Attleborough | Town Street Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1796 | 1796 Norfolk Mills |
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Attleborough | Great Mill |
Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind... |
1826 | 1804 | Demolished November 1861 Norfolk Mills |
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Attleborough | Hargham Road Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1826 | 1813 | 1888 Norfolk Mills |
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Attleborough | New Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1879 | Burnt down 3 April 1912 Norfolk Mills |
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Attleborough | Norwich Road mill approximately |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1675 | 1675 | 1675 Norfolk Mills |
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Attleborough | Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1198 | 1297 Norfolk Mills |
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Attleborough | Queen's Road Mill approximately |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1675 1797 |
1558 | Moved to Morley St Boltolph c1804 Norfolk Mills |
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Attleborough | Station Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1857 | Collapsed 21 January 1911 Norfolk Mills |
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Aylmerton Aylmerton Aylmerton is a village in the county of Norfolk, England. It is in the area of North Norfolk and lies south of the North Sea, south-west of Cromer and west of Holt. The parish is bordered by the parishes of Beeston Regis and Runton to the north, West Beckham to the west, Felbrigg to the east and... |
Aylmerton Mill | 1614 | 1649, gone by 1722 | |||
Aylsham Aylsham Aylsham is a historic market town and civil parish on the River Bure in north Norfolk, England, about north of Norwich. The river rises near Melton Constable, upstream from Aylsham and continues to Great Yarmouth and the North Sea, although it was only made navigable after 1779, allowing grain,... |
Buttlands Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1826 1838 |
1826 | Demolished 1941 Norfolk Mills |
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Aylsham | Cawston Road Mill Cawston Road Mill, Aylsham Cawston Road Mill is a tower mill at Aylsham, Norfolk, England which has been truncated and converted for use as a holiday home.-History:Cawston Road Mill was built in 1826 for Henry Soame. He died in 1833 and the mill passed to his son George. He ran the mill for a number of years before leasing... |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1838 | 1826 | Demolition started 1920 but abandoned. Norfolk Mills |
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Babingley Babingley Babingley is one of Norfolk's lost villages. This small parish was located on the western side of the A149, 1 mile north-west of Castle Rising, and 5½ miles north-north-east of King's Lynn. Today, the village of Babingley is constituted by several houses on the A149 - the King's Lynn to Hunstanton... |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
C14th | C14th Norfolk Mills |
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Bacton Bacton, Norfolk Bacton is a village and civil parish in Norfolk, England. It is on the Norfolk coast, some 20 km south-east of Cromer, 40 km north-west of Great Yarmouth and 30 km north of Norwich. Besides the village of Bacton, the parish includes the nearby settlements of Bacton Green, Broomholm,... |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1416 | 1416 Norfolk Mills |
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Bacton | Bacton Wood Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 1826 1834 |
1797 | 1834 Norfolk Mills |
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Bale Bale, Norfolk Bale is a village within the civil parish of Gunthorpe in the English county of Norfolk. The village is on the north side of the A148 King's Lynn to Cromer road.The village is 9 miles east north east of the town of Fakenham, 14.3 miles west south west of Cromer and 125 miles north north east of... |
1841 | 1845 Norfolk Mills |
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Banham Banham Banham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is about 7 miles north of Diss, 12 miles east of Thetford and 20 miles south west of Norwich. It is home to Banham Zoo.... |
Banham Mill |
Composite Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1840 | 1936, gone by 1949 Norfolk Mills |
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Banham | Mill Road Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 | 1782 | Blown down c1915 Norfolk Mills |
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Banham | Banham Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1797 | 1782 | 1901 Norfolk Mills |
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Banningham Banningham Banningham is a village within the civil parish of Colby in the English county of Norfolk.The village is 2.9 miles north east of Aylsham, 14.7 miles west north of Norwich and 129 miles north east of London. The nearest railway station is at North Walsham Railway station where the Bittern Line from... |
Banningham Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 1829 |
1783 | 1890 | |
Barney Barney, Norfolk Barney is a village within the civil parish of Fulmodeston in the English county of Norfolk.. The village lies to the south of the A148 King's Lynn to Cromer road near Thursford.The village is 7.2 miles east north east of the town of Fakenham, 17.1 miles west south west of Cromer and 121 miles... |
North Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1826 | 1826 | 1883 Norfolk Mills |
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Barney | South Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1826 | 1826 | 1883 Norfolk Mills |
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Barney | Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1871 | 1891 Norfolk Mills |
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Barnham Broom Barnham Broom Barnham Broom is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is situated on the River Yare, 9 miles West of Norwich. and 4 miles North-West of Wymondham.... |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 1826 |
1797 | 1826, gone by 1846 Norfolk Mills |
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Barnham Broom | Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1834 | 1818 | Demolished c1942 Norfolk Mills |
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Barton Bendish Barton Bendish Barton Bendish is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is east of Downham Market, west of Norwich and north-east of London. The village lies south of the town of Kings Lynn.The nearest railway station is at Downham Market for the Fen Line which runs... |
Lovell's Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1338 | 1338 Norfolk Mills |
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Barton Bendish | 1627 | 1754 Norfolk Mills |
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Barton Bendish | Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind... |
1808 | Demolished 1899 Norfolk Mills |
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Barton Turf Barton Turf Barton Turf is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is situated some 20 km north-east of the city of Norwich, on the northwestern edge of Barton Broad, the second largest broad of the Norfolk Broads within The Broads National Park... |
Barton Turf Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 1826 |
1761 | 1898, gone by 1937 Norfolk Mills |
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Barwick Barwick, Norfolk Barwick is a hamlet and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated adjacent to the slightly larger village of Stanhoe, some 30 km north-east of the town of King's Lynn and 60 km north-west of the city of Norwich.... |
1243 | 1263 Norfolk Mills |
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Barwick | Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1698 | Moved to Docking, 1698 Norfolk Mills |
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Bawdeswell Bawdeswell Bawdeswell is a small rural village and civil parish in the Breckland district of the county of Norfolk, England. At the time of the 2001 census it had a population of 766 and an area of 487 hectares with some 316 households. As of August 2010 there are 354 dwellings some of which are holiday lets... |
Bawdeswell Mill |
Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind... |
1797 1826 |
1753 | Demolished c1852 Norfolk Mills |
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Beachamwell Beachamwell Beachamwell is a village and civil parish in the Breckland district of Norfolk, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 334. It is about 10 miles east of Downham Market.- Church of St Mary :... |
1824 1826 1834 |
1824 | 1872 Norfolk Mills |
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Beachamwell | Rainoll's Mill approximately |
1627 | 1650 | |||
Beckham | 1598 | 1598 Norfolk Mills |
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Bedingham Bedingham Bedingham is a village and civil parish in the South Norfolk district of Norfolk, England, about 11 miles south of Norwich. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 216... |
Bedingham Mill |
Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind... |
1797 1826 |
1763 | Demolished November 1927 Norfolk Mills |
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Beeston Beeston with Bittering Beeston with Bittering is a civil parish in the Breckland district of Norfolk, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 505. It includes the villages of Beeston and Bittering.... |
Beeston Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1838 | 1844 Norfolk Mills |
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Beeston Regis Beeston Regis Beeston Regis is a village and civil parish in the North Norfolk district of Norfolk, England. It is about a mile east of Sheringham, Norfolk and near the coast. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 1,091... |
1347 | 1347 Norfolk Mills |
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Beeston Regis | 1811 | 1811 Norfolk Mills |
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Beetley Beetley Beetley is a village and civil parish in the Breckland district of Norfolk, England. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 1,385. The village is situated four miles north of Toftwood.... |
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1310 | 1310 Norfolk Mills |
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Belton Belton with Browston Belton with Browston is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The parish consists of the villages of Belton and Browston Green, and is situated some 8 km south-west of the town of Great Yarmouth and 10 km north-west of the Suffolk town of Lowestoft.The civil parish has an area... |
Black Mill Long's Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1837 | 1837 | Demolished 1910 | |
Belton | Black Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
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Belton | 1883 | 1883 | 1883 | |||
Belton | 1883 | 1883 | 1883 | |||
Belton | 1883 | 1883 | 1883 | |||
Bergh Apton Bergh Apton Bergh Apton is a village and civil parish in the South Norfolk district of Norfolk, England, 7 miles south-east of Norwich just south of the A146 between Yelverton and Thurton... |
Yelverton Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1675 1797 1826 1834 |
1675 | 1871 Norfolk Mills |
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Besthorpe Besthorpe, Norfolk Besthorpe is a village and civil parish in the Breckland district of Norfolk, England, about a mile east of Attleborough, on the A11 road. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 561.... |
Bunwell Road Mill |
1834 | 1834 | 1834 Norfolk mills |
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Besthorpe | Black Carr Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1847 | 1884, gone by 1898 Norfolk Mills |
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Besthorpe | Black Carr Mill |
Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind... |
1838 | 1838 | 1862 Norfolk Mills |
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Besthorpe | Besthorpe Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1834 | 1830 | Demolished c1943 Norfolk Mills |
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Betwick | c1200 | c1200 Norfolk Mills |
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Billingford Billingford, Breckland Billingford is a village and civil parish in the Breckland district of Norfolk, England, on the River Wensum, and between Norwich and Fakenham. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 223 in 91 households.-External links:... |
Billingford Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 1826 |
1797 | Blown down 1895 Norfolk Mills |
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Billingford | Pyrleston Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 1826 |
1797 | Blown down 22 September 1859 Norfolk Mills |
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Billingford | Billingford Mill Billingford Windmill Billingford Windmill is a grade II* listed tower mill at Billingford near Diss, Norfolk, England which has been preserved and restored to working order. As of June 2009, the mill is under repair, with new sails being made.-History:... |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1860 | Norfolk Mills | ||
Binham Binham Binham is a coastal village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.The village is north west of Norwich, west of Cromer and north north east of London. The village lies east south east of the town of Wells-next-the-Sea.The nearest railway station is at Sheringham for the Bittern... |
Binham Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 | 1738 | 1871 Norfolk Mills |
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Binham | Frankling's Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1826 1838 |
1826 | 1871 Norfolk Mills |
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Blofield Blofield Blofield is the village and civil parish in the Broadland district of Norfolk, England. The parish includes Blofield and the hamlets of Blofield Heath and Blofield Corner and, according to the 2001 census, had a population of 3,221. It is on the A47, five miles east of Norwich and west of Great... |
Blofield Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 | 1793 | 1813 Norfolk Mills |
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Blofield | Lingwood Road Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 1826 |
1791 | 1865 Norfolk Mills |
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Blofield Heath | Blofield Heath Mill |
Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind... |
1815 | Demolished c1833 Norfolk Mills |
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Blofield Heath | Blofield Heath Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
c1833 | Demolished 26 October 1937 Norfolk Mills |
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Blo' Norton Blo' Norton Blo' Norton is a village and civil parish in the Breckland district of Norfolk, England, on the River Little Ouse, not far from Diss. The parish had a population of 270 in approximately 100 households, according to the 2001 census.... |
Fordham's Mill | Blew down 1807 Norfolk Mills |
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Blo Norton | Fordham's Mill | Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1816 | Moved within Blo Norton September 1821 Norfolk Mills |
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Blo Norton | Fordham's Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1826 | 1821 | Demolished 1890 Norfolk Mills |
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Booton Booton, Norfolk Booton is a village and civil parish in the Broadland district of Norfolk, England, just east of Reepham and seven miles west of Aylsham. According to the 2001 census, it had a population of 100.- Notable residents :... |
Booton Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1848 | Demolished 1900 Norfolk Mills |
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Bradfield Bradfield, Norfolk Bradfield is a village within the civil parish of Swafield, in the English county of Norfolk. The village is south south east of Cromer, north north east of Norwich and north east of London. The village lies north north west of the town of North Walsham. The nearest railway station is at Gunton... |
1690 | 1691 Norfolk Mills |
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Bradwell Bradwell, Norfolk Bradwell is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is immediately to the west of, and largely indistinguishable from, the built-up urban area of the town of Great Yarmouth.... |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
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Bramerton Bramerton Bramerton is a village in South Norfolk 4¾ miles south-east of Norwich, just north of the main A146 Norwich-Lowestoft road and on the south bank of the River Yare. In the 2001 census it contained 158 households and a population of 350.-The village:... |
Bramerton Mill | 1675 | 1675 | 1675 Norfolk Mills |
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Bramerton | Mill Hill Mill | Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1854 | 1877 Norfolk Mills |
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Brancaster Brancaster Brancaster is a village and civil parish on the north coast of the English county of Norfolk. The civil parish of Brancaster comprises Brancaster itself, together with Brancaster Staithe and Burnham Deepdale... |
North Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 1824 |
1749 | Demolished c1905 Norfolk Mills |
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Brancaster | South Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 | 1797 | 1891 Norfolk Mills |
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Bressingham Bressingham Bressingham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.It covers an area of and had a population of 751 in 305 households as of the 2001 census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of South Norfolk.... |
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Bressingham | Common Mill |
1677 | Blown down November 1795 Norfolk Mills |
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Bressingham | Common Mill |
Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind... |
1797 | 1797 | Demolished 1931 Norfolk Mills |
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Bressingham | Fen Street Mill |
Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind... |
1837 | 1836 | 1901 Norfolk Mills |
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Bressingham | Lopham Road Mill |
Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind... |
1841 | Demolished c1927 Norfolk Mills |
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Bridgham Bridgham Bridgham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.It covers an area of and had a population of 328 in 130 households as of the 2001 census.For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of Breckland.... |
Bridgham Mill | 1558 | 1561 Norfolk Mills |
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Bridgham | Bridgham Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1838 | 1808 | Demolished c1878 Norfolk Mills |
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Briningham Briningham Briningham is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is 9.9 miles east north east of the town of Fakenham, 13.3 miles west south west of Cromer, 22.3 miles north north west of the city of Norwich, and 124 miles north north east of London... |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
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Briningham | Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1826 1838 |
1826 | 1879 Norfolk Mills |
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Briningham | Briningham Mill |
Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind... |
1721 | 1771, gone by 1780 Norfolk Mills |
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Brisley Brisley Brisley is a village in the English county of Norfolk located about halfway between Fakenham and East Dereham. It covers an area of and had a population of 276 in 117 households as of the2001 census... |
Brisley Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1838 | 1836 | Demolished c1920 Norfolk Mills |
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Briston Briston Briston is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is east north east of the town of Fakenham, west south west of Cromer, north north west of the city of Norwich, and north north east of London. The nearest railway station is at Sheringham for the Bittern... |
East Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 1826 1838 |
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Briston | West Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1843 | Collapsed 6 May 1894 Norfolk Mills |
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Brooke Brooke, Norfolk Brooke is a village and civil parish in the South Norfolk district of Norfolk, England, about 7 miles south of Norwich and roughly equidistant from Norwich and Bungay... |
High Green Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1829 | 1850 Norfolk Mills |
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Brooke | Mill Lane Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1838 | 1836 | 1892 Norfolk Mills |
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Broome Broome, Norfolk Broome is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated on the north bank of the River Waveney, which forms the border with Suffolk, some 2 km north of the town of Bungay and 20 km south-east of the city of Norwich.... |
Broome Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 | 1751 | 1802 | |
Broome | Broome Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1838 | 1824 | 1892 Norfolk Mills |
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Brotford | C13th | C13th Norfolk Mills |
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Bunwell Bunwell Bunwell is a parish situated in the county of Norfolk, England, approximately 7 miles south-east of Attleborough. The parish includes the hamlets of Bunwell Hill, Bunwell Street, Great Green, Little Green and Low Common... |
c1639 | c1639 Norfolk Mills |
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Bunwell | Bunwell mill |
Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind... |
1826 1834 |
1826 | 1888 Norfolk Mills |
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Burgh Castle Burgh Castle Burgh Castle is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated on the east bank of the River Waveney, near Great Yarmouth, some 6 km west of Great Yarmouth and within the Broads National Park.-Roman Fort:... |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
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Burgh Castle | Black Mill Jyber's Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
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Burgh St Margaret | Old Burgh Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1797 | 1797 | Demolished c1914 Norfolk Mills |
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Burgh St Margaret | Burgh St Margaret Mill | Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1742 | 1787 Norfolk Mills |
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Burgh St Margaret | Mill Lane Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1826 | 1826 | Demolished c1940 Norfolk Mills |
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Burgh St Peter | Burgh St Peter Mill |
tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1839 | Truncated 1953 Norfolk Mills |
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Burlingham | C12th | C12th Norfolk Mills |
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Burnham Deepdale | 1579 | 1579 Norfolk Mills |
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Burnham Market Burnham Market Burnham Market is a village with and civil parish near the north coast of Norfolk, England. Burnham Market is one of the Burnhams, a group of adjacent villages in North Norfolk... |
Burnham Market Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 1826 |
1750 | 1892 Norfolk Mills |
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Burnham Overy Burnham Overy Burnham Overy is a civil parish on the north coast of Norfolk, England. In modern times a distinction is often made between the two settlements of Burnham Overy Town, the original village adjacent to the parish church and now reduced to a handful of houses, and Burnham Overy Staithe, a rather... |
Burnham Overy Mill Burnham Overy Staithe Windmill Burnham Overy Staithe Windmill is a Grade II* listed building tower mill at Burnham Overy Staithe, Norfolk, England which has been converted to holiday accommodation.-History:... |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1826 | 1816 | Norfolk Mills | |
Burnham Overy | Union Mills Union Mills, Burnham Overy Union Mills or Roy's Mills are a Grade II listed combined tower mill and watermill at Burnham Overy, Norfolk, England which has been converted to residential accommodation.-History:... |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1826 | 1814 | Norfolk Mills | |
Burnham Overy Staithe | Burnham Overy Staithe Mill |
1797 | 1797 | 1797 Norfolk Mills |
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Burnham Overy Staithe | Burnham Overy Staithe Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
c1805 | 1892 Norfolk Mills |
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Burnham Overy Town | Burnham Overy Town Mill |
1797 | 1797 | 1811 Norfolk Mills |
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Burnham Thorpe Burnham Thorpe Burnham Thorpe is a small village and civil parish on the River Burn and near the coast of Norfolk in the United Kingdom. It is famous for being the birthplace of Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson, victor at the Battle of Trafalgar and one of Britain's greatest heroes... |
Burnham Thorpe Mill | Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1813 | 1814 Norfolk Mills |
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Burston Burston, Norfolk Burston is a village in Norfolk, England, 3 miles north of Diss. It covers an area of and had a population of 538 in 206 households at the 2001 census. Burston is famous as the site of the Burston Strike School, the longest strike in British history.In 1949 the Strike School building was... |
Burston Mill |
1797 | 1750 | 1797 Norfolk Mills |
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Burston | Burston Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1826 | 1826 | Burnt down 1931 Norfolk Mills |
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Caister Caister-on-Sea Caister-on-Sea, also known colloquially as Caister, is a settlement in Norfolk in the United Kingdom, close to the large town of Great Yarmouth. It is a seaside resort and busy holiday destination on the "Golden Mile", with its main attraction being its sandy "Georgian Beach". It is home to Great... |
East Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1826 | c1818 | Demolished 1902 Norfolk Mills |
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Caister | Ness Mill |
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Caister | North Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1826 | 1826 | Demolished 9 November 1861 Norfolk Mills |
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Caister | South Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 1826 |
1788 | 1855 Norfolk Mills |
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Carbrooke Carbrooke Carbrooke is a village and civil parish in the Breckland district of mid-Norfolk, East Anglia, England in the United Kingdom. It is from the centre of Watton, from Dereham and from its postal town of Thetford... |
Mill Drift Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 1826 |
1797 | Blown down 29 November 1836 Norfolk Mills |
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Carbrooke | Mill Drift Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1838 | 1838 | Demolished c1925 Norfolk Mills |
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Carbrooke | Mill Lane Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 1826 1834 |
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Carbrooke | Mill Lane Mill Mill Lane Mill, Carbrooke Mill Lane Mill is a Grade II listed tower mill at Carbrooke, Norfolk, England which has been conserved with some machinery remaining.-History:... |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1856 | Norfolk Mills | ||
Carbrooke | Shipdham Road Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1826 1834 |
1814 | 1836 Norfolk Mills |
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Carleton Rode Carleton Rode Carleton Rode is a village in Norfolk, England, situated approximately five miles south-east of Attleborough. The village is extremely rural and is spread out over .... |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 | 1797 | 1807 Norfolk Mills |
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Carleton Rode | Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1807 | 1807 Norfolk Mills |
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Carleton Rode | Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind... |
1836 | c1832 | 1845 Norfolk Mills |
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Carleton Rode | Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
c1858 | Collapsed c1958 Norfolk Mills |
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Castle Acre Castle Acre Castle Acre is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is situated on the River Nar some north of the town of Swaffham... |
Newton Road Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1826 | 1819 | Demolished November 1881 Norfolk Mills |
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Castle Acre | Priest's Mill | Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1810 | 1813 Norfolk Mills |
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Castle Acre | Sandy Lane Mill |
c1841 | 1891 Norfolk Mills |
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Castle Rising Castle Rising Castle Rising is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is best known as the location of Castle Rising Castle, which dominates the village... |
1824 1826 |
1824 | 1867 Norfolk Mills |
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Caston Caston Caston is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.It covers an area of and had a population of 459 in 174 households as of the2001 censusFor the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of Breckland.- History :... |
Caston Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1834 | 1834 | Moved to Old Buckenham, 1864 Norfolk Mills |
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Caston | Caston Mill Caston Windmill Caston Tower Windmill is a grade II* listed tower mill at Caston, Norfolk, England which is under restoration. The mill is also a scheduled monument.-History:... |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1864 | Norfolk Mills | ||
Catfield Catfield Catfield is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is south-east of Cromer, north-east of Norwich and north-east of London. The village lies south-south-east of the nearby town of Stalham. The nearest railway station is at Worstead for the Bittern Line which... |
1710 | 1772 Norfolk Mills |
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Catfield | Swim Coots Mill Swim Coots Mill, Catfield Swim Coots Mill is a tower mill at Catfield, Norfolk, England which has been conserved with some machinery remaining.-History:Swim Coots Mill was built in the early nineteenth century. It was marked on the 1838 Ordnance Survey map. The mill was working until at least the 1930s but was derelict by... |
tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1838 | 1838 | Norfolk Mills | |
Catfield | Mill Road Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 1826 |
1774 | Demolished September 1937 Norfolk Mills |
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Cawston Cawston, Norfolk Cawston is a small village located approximately North of Norwich, off the B1149 main road to Holt. Nearby villages are Reepham and Aylsham.-Church of St Agnes:... |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 | 1797 | 1797 Norfolk Mills |
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Cawston | Hill Farm |
Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind... |
1826 | 1782 | Burnt down 22 May 1875 Norfolk Mills |
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Cawston | Black Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1853 | Demolished 1955 Norfolk Mills |
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Cawston | White Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1853 | 1955, gone by 1984 Norfolk Mills |
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Chedgrave Chedgrave Chedgrave is a small village beside the River Chet, in Norfolk, England. It covers and had a population of 985 in 430 households as of the 2001 census.The Chet is known for its interesting .... |
1315 | 1576 Norfolk Mills |
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Claxton Claxton, Norfolk Claxton is a small village south-east of Norwich, and south of the River Yare, between Rockland St. Mary and Loddon in South Norfolk, England. In the 2001 census it contained 85 households and a population of 244... |
Claxton Mill |
Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind... |
1834 | 1834 | Demolished 1945 Norfolk Mills |
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Clenchwarton Clenchwarton Clenchwarton is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is located on the west side of the River Great Ouse, about 2 km from the river and from the town of King's Lynn on the east side of the river.... |
Clenchwarton Mill |
1824 1826 |
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Clenchwarton | Clenchwarton Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
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Cley next the Sea Cley next the Sea Cley next the Sea is a village on the River Glaven in Norfolk, England, 4 miles north-west of Holt and east of Blakeney. The main A149 coast road runs through the centre of the village, causing congestion in the summer months due to the tight, narrow streets. It lies within the Norfolk Coast AONB... |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
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Cley next the Sea | Cley Mill Cley Windmill Cley Windmill is a grade II* listed tower mill at Cley next the Sea, Norfolk, England which has been converted to residential accommodation.- History :... |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1826 | 1819 | Norfolk Mills | |
Clippesby Clippesby Clippesby is a small village in Eastern England within the Great Yarmouth Borough Council area, Norfolk; located on the B1152 and surrounded by the Norfolk Broads. The village consists largely of a few rows of small cottages and houses with four buildings of historical relevance, the Church of St... |
1259 | 1259 Norfolk Mills |
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Cobholm Cobholm Island Cobholm Island is situated in the East Anglian county of Norfolk, England, close to Great Yarmouth.It was the victim of the North Sea flood of 1953 which resulted in the deaths of 307 people, with 10 people killed and 3,500 homes destroyed in the Cobholm and Southtown areas.... |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1837 | 1837 | 1886 | ||
Cockley Cley Cockley Cley Cockley Cley is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.It covers an area of and had a population of 138 in 58 households as of the 2001 census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of Breckland.... |
1240 | 1287 Norfolk Mills |
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1570 | 1570 Norfolk Mills |
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Colkirk Colkirk Colkirk is a village situated about two miles south of Fakenham in the county of Norfolk, England. Dating from at least the time of the Domesday Book the village currently has about 500 inhabitants living in about 200 dwellings. The village has a church, Colkirk is a village (population 547)... |
1331 | 1331 Norfolk Mills |
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Congham Congham Congham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated some 10 km west of the town of King's Lynn and 55 km west of the city of Norwich.... |
1675 | 1675 | 1675 Norfolk Mills |
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Congham | Congham Mill |
Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind... |
1797 1826 |
1797 | 1880 Norfolk Mills |
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Corpusty Corpusty Corpusty is a village and civil parish in North Norfolk, Norfolk in eastern England. Corpusty and its twin village Saxthorpe are situated either side of the river Bure which starts at Melton Constable and flows on to Yarmouth... |
Black Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1826 | 1826 | 1872, gone by 1875 Norfolk Mills |
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Corpusty | White Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 1826 |
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Corpusty | 1826 | 1826 | 1826, gone by 1839 Norfolk Mills |
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Costessey Costessey Costessey is a civil parish situated west of Norwich in Norfolk, England. The parish comprises two settlements: the long-established village of Costessey , and New Costessey , which developed during the first half of the 20th century and has become a suburb of Norwich... |
Stone Hills Mill Eastwood Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1834 1838 |
c1810 | Demolished 1902 Norfolk Mills |
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Cranworth Cranworth Cranworth is a village in the Breckland district of mid-Norfolk, East Anglia, England in the United Kingdom.It has an area of with an estimated population of 415 as of 2007.It has a church, St.Marys in the Benefice of Reymerston.... |
Cranworth Mill |
Blown down Novemober 1795 Norfolk Mills |
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Cranworth | Cranworth Mill |
Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind... |
1797 1826 |
1797 | Blown down 24 March 1895 Norfolk Mills |
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Cromer Cromer Cromer is a coastal town and civil parish in north Norfolk, England. The local government authority is North Norfolk District Council, whose headquarters is in Holt Road in the town. The town is situated 23 miles north of the county town, Norwich, and is 4 miles east of Sheringham... |
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Cromer | Mill Road Mill approximately |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1765 | 1810 Norfolk Mills |
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Cromer | West Street Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 1826 |
1630 | 1830 Norfolk Mills |
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Croxton | Croxton Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1826 | 1803 | Demolished 1885 Norfolk Mills |
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Croxton | Croxton Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1885 | 1926, gone by 1937 Norfolk Mills |
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Croxton Croxton, Norfolk Croxton is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, north of Thetford.It covers an area of and had a population of 416 in 176 households as of the 2001 census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of Breckland.-All Saints Church:The village church,... |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1842 | 1846 Norfolk Mills |
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Denton Denton, Norfolk Denton is a village in the county of Norfolk, England. As of 2001, it had a population of 352 inhabitants in 148 households.Located on the southern edge of the county, Denton has an area of . The nearest towns are Harleston and Bungay... |
Great Green Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1838 | 1836 | 1896 Norfolk Mills |
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Denver Denver, Norfolk Denver is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is located on the River Great Ouse, 1 mile south of the small town of Downham Market, 14 miles south of the larger town of King's Lynn, and 37 miles west of the city of Norwich.The civil parish has an area of... |
Denver Mill |
1824 1826 |
1825 | Demolished 1835 Norfolk Mills |
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Denver | Denver Mill Denver Windmill Denver Windmill is a Grade II* listed tower mill at Denver, Norfolk, England which has been restored to full working order.-History:Denver windmill was built in 1835, replacing an earlier post mill which was marked on the 1824 Ordnance Survey map. The mill was built for John Porter and the tower... |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
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Deopham Deopham Deopham is a village in Norfolk, England within the civil parish of Deopham and Hackford. It is close to the old RAF airfield of Deopham Green and the tower of its parish church is one of the tallest in the county of Norfolk.... |
1303 | 1303 Norfolk Mills |
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Deopham | Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind... |
1826 | 1783 | Demolished c1830 Norfolk Mills |
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Deopham | Deopham Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
c1830 | 1949 Norfolk Mills |
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Dersingham Dersingham Dersingham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated some north of the town of King's Lynn and north-west of the city of Norwich, opening onto the Wash.... |
Mill Road Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 1826 |
1797 | Demolished February 1907 Norfolk Mills |
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Dersingham | Mill Hill Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 | 1797 | 1797 Norfolk Mills |
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Dersingham | Mill Way Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 | 1797 | Blown down February 1808 Norfolk Mills |
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Dickleburgh Dickleburgh Dickleburgh is a village in South Norfolk situated six miles north of the Suffolk border. It lies on the old Roman road to Caistor St. Edmund which was the main road until a bypass was built in the early 1990s... |
(two mills) | 1306 | 1306 Norfolk Mills |
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Dickleburgh | Burston Wood Mill |
1837 | 1780 | Demolished c1890 Norfolk Mills |
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Dicklebugh | Langmere Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1802 | 1804 Norfolk Mills |
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Dickleburgh | 1751 | Moved to Mulbarton, August 1754 Norfolk Mills |
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Dickleburgh | Rectory Road Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 1826 |
1797 | 1917 Norfolk Mills |
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Didlington Didlington Didlington is a village in the Breckland district of mid-Norfolk, East Anglia, England in the United Kingdom. It has an area of with a population of 48.The village is served by St.Michaels church in the Benefice of Cockley Cley.... |
1824 1826 1838 |
1824 | 1838 Norfolk Mills |
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Dilham Dilham Dilham is a village and civil parish covering an area of with a population of 301 in 128 homes as of the 2001 census. It is on the River Ant just of the A149 road, near Stalham in Norfolk, England within The Broads... |
1633 | 1633 Norfolk Mills |
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Dilham | Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1826 | 1814 | Demolished September 1875 Norfolk Mills |
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Dilham | Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind... |
1826 1838 |
1826 | Moved to Wymondham (North Mill), 1858 Norfolk Mills |
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Dilham | Staithe Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1838 | 1838 | Demolished c1935 Norfolk Mills |
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Diss Diss Diss is a town in Norfolk, England close to the border with the neighbouring East Anglian county of Suffolk.The town lies in the valley of the River Waveney, around a mere that covers . The mere is up to deep, although there is another of mud, making it one of the deepest natural inland lakes... |
Chapel Lane Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1837 | 1837 | Moved to Roydon (Shelfanger Road) c1865 Norfolk Mills |
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Diss | Heywod Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1826 1834 |
1816 | 1876 Norfolk Mills |
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Diss | Rose Lane Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1783 1838 |
1783 | Converted to composite mill c1834 Norfolk Mills |
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Diss | Rose Lane Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1838 | 1817 | Blown down 31 July 1834 Norfolk Mills |
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Diss | Rose Lane Mill |
Composite Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
c1835 | Demolished c1919 Norfolk Mills |
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Diss | Sandy Lane Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1826 | 1818 | Demolished 1902 Norfolk Mills |
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Diss | Stuston Road Mill Rush's Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1783 1797 1826 |
1705 | Blown down 7 January 1839 Norfolk Mills |
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Diss | Stuston Road Mill |
Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind... |
1839 | Demolished 1818 Norfolk Mills |
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Diss | Jay's Mill Button's Mill Victoria Road Mill Button's Mill, Diss Jay's Mill, Button's Mill or Victoria Road Mill is a tower mill at Diss, Norfolk, England which has been truncated and converted to residential accommodation.-History:... |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1826 | 1817 | Truncated 1930s Norfolk Mills |
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Ditchingham Ditchingham Ditchingham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is located across the River Waveney from Bungay, Suffolk near to The Broads National Park.- Overview :... |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1826 | 1810 | Demolished November 1955 Norfolk Mills |
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Docking Docking, Norfolk Docking is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk and contains the highest point in North West Norfolk.It covers an area of and had a population of 1,150 in 469 households as of the 2001 census.... |
1615 | Burnt down 1697 Norfolk Mills |
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Docking | Mill Lane Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 | 1797 | Demolished 1821 Norfolk Mills |
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Docking | Mill Lane Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1824 1826 |
1821 | 1888 Norfolk Mills |
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Docking | Station Road Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 1826 |
1797 | 1888 Norfolk Mills |
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Docking | Temple Wood Mill |
1753 | 1755 Norfolk Mills |
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Downham Market Downham Market Downham Market is a town and civil parish in Norfolk, England. It lies on the edge of the Fens, on the River Great Ouse, some 20 km south of the town of King's Lynn, 60 km west of the city of Norwich and the same distance north of the city of Cambridge.... |
Bexwell Road Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 1826 1834 |
1797 | Demolished April 1881 Norfolk Mills |
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Downham Market | Cowgate Street Mill | Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1803 | 1879 Norfolk Mills |
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Downham Market | Denver Road Mill | Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1809 | Blown down January 1809 Norfolk Mills |
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Downham Market | Denver Road Mill | 1822 | 1840 Norfolk Mills |
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Downham Market | Howdale Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1675 1797 1824 |
1675 | 1879 Norfolk Mills |
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Downham Market | Lynn Road Mill Wimbotsham Mills |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1675 1797 1826 |
1675 | Burnt down 25 March 1895 Norfolk Mills |
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Downham Market | Mill Hill Mill | 1662 | 1662 | 1706, gone by 1725 Norfolk Mills |
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Earsham Earsham Earsham is a small village in Norfolk, England. Its postal town is the nearby Bungay, Suffolk. It covers an area of and had a population of 907 in 357 households as of the 2001 census.Earsham has a number of local attractions, including:... |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1838 | 1838 | 1857 Norfolk Mills |
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East Bilney | 1797 | 1719 | 1797, gone by 1838 Norfolk Mills |
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East Bradenham | Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1875 | 1949 Norfolk Mills |
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East Dereham | Banyard's Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1815 | 1815 Norfolk Mills |
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East Dereham | 1250 | 1250 Norfolk Mills |
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East Dereham | Quebec Road Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1558 | 1623 Norfolk Mills |
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East Dereham | Quebec Road Mill |
1797 | c1757 | 1892, gone by 1896 Norfolk Mills |
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East Dereham | East Dereham Mill Fenwick's Mill East Dereham Windmill Norwich Road Mill or Fendick's Mill is a Grade II listed tower mill at East Dereham, Norfolk, England which is under restoration.-History:... |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1836 | Norfolk Mills | ||
East Harling East Harling East Harling is a village in the English county of Norfolk. The village forms the principal settlement in the civil parish of Harling, and is located some 8 miles east of the town of Thetford and 25 miles south-west of the city of Norwich.The village is served by Harling Road railway... |
1675 | 1675 | Blown down 1765 Norfolk Mills |
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East Harling | 1797 | 1779 | 1797 Norfolk Mills |
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East Harling | Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind... |
1826 1834 |
1826 | Moved to Shropham, 1835 Norfolk Mills |
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East Harling | Kenninghall Road Mill Kenninghall Road Mill, East Harling Kenninghall Road Mill is a Grade II listed tower mill at East Harling, Norfolk, England which has been converted to residential accommodation.-History:... |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1826 1834 |
1820 | Norfolk Mills | |
East Lexham East Lexham East Lexham is a village in the English county of Norfolk. It is north of the town of Swaffham, west north west of Norwich and north east of London.The village forms part of the civil parish of Lexham, which in turn is part of the district of Breckland... |
1675 | 1675 | 1675 Norfolk Mills |
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East Lexham | Mill Plantation Mill |
1824 1826 1834 |
1824 | 1858 Norfolk Mills |
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East Rudham East Rudham East Rudham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It covers an area of and had a population of 525 in 240 households as of the 2001 census.... |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 | 1609 | Demolished c1815 Norfolk Mills |
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East Rudham | Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1836 | 1908 Norfolk Mills |
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East Runton East Runton East Runton is a small village in Norfolk, England situated close to the North Sea. It was once a traditional fishing village outside Cromer but is now a popular holiday destination for camping and caravan holidays. The village is within the parish of Runton that also includes West Runton. The... |
East Runton Mill East Runton Windmill East Runton Windmill is a grade II listed tower mill at East Runton, Norfolk, England which has been converted to residential accommodation.-History:... |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1826 | 1826 | Norfolk Mills | |
East Ruston East Ruston East Ruston is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is North East of Norwich, South East of Cromer and north-east of London. The village lies East of the town of North Walsham.The nearest railway station is at North Walsham for the Bittern Line which runs... |
High Mill Old Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 | 1759 | 1891 Norfolk Mills |
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East Ruston | New Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1868 | 1962, truncated by 1984 Norfolk Mills |
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East Wretham | Mill Bottom | 1749 1765 |
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East Wretham | 1826 1838 |
1826 | 1872 Norfolk Mills |
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East Wretham | East Wretham Mill East Wretham Windmill East Wretham Mill is a tower mill at East Wretham, Norfolk, England which has been converted to residential accommodation.-History:East Wretham Mill was first mentioned in an advert in 1875, when it was described as "newly erected". A mill had been marked on the site in 1826 when it appeared on... |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1875 | Norfolk Mills | ||
Ebridge | Mill Hill Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1841 | 1887 Norfolk Mills |
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Edgefield Edgefield, Norfolk Edgefield is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is east-north-east of the town of Fakenham, west-south-west of Cromer and north-north-east of London. The nearest town is Holt which lies north of the village. The nearest railway station is at Sheringham... |
Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind... |
1797 | 1781 | Demolished c1804 Norfolk Mills |
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Edgefield | Post | 1804 | Burnt down October 1815 Norfolk Mills |
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Edgefield | Post | 1828 | 1833 Norfolk Mills |
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Ellingham Ellingham, Norfolk Ellingham is a civil parish in Norfolk, England. It covers an area of and had a population of 532 in 238 households as of the 2001 census. It lies approximately from Bungay and from Beccles.... |
1783 1797 |
1783 | 1797 Norfolk Mills |
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Ellingham | Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind... |
1826 1834 |
1807 | 1925 Norfolk Mills |
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Emneth Emneth Emneth is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is west of Norwich, south-west of King's Lynn and north of London. The nearest town is Wisbech which is north-north-west of the village. The Village lies to the south-west of the route of the A47 between... |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1832 | Demolished 1947 Norfolk Mills |
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Erpingham Erpingham Erpingham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.It covers an area of and had a population of 541 in 210 households as of the 2001 census.For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of North Norfolk.... |
Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind... |
c1890, gone by 1894 Norfolk Mills |
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Erpingham | Thwaite Common Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1826 1832 |
1826 | 1845 Norfolk Mills |
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Erpingham | Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1826 | 1826 | 1883 Norfolk Mills |
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Fakenham Fakenham Fakenham is a town and civil parish in Norfolk, England. It is situated on the River Wensum, some north east of King's Lynn, south west of Cromer, and north west of Norwich.... |
Fakenham Heath |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 | 1718 | 1854 Norfolk Mills |
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Fakenham | Holt Road Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1838 | 1838 | Demolished September 1866 Norfolk Mills |
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Fakenham | Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind... |
1838 | 1818 | Demolished c1848 Norfolk Mills |
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Fakenham | Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1839 | 1920 Norfolk Mills |
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Felmingham Felmingham Felmingham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.It covers an area of and had a population of 564 in 218 households as of the 2001 census.For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of North Norfolk.... |
1797 1826 |
1774 | 1873 Norfolk Mills |
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Felthorpe Felthorpe Felthorpe is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.It covers an area of and had a population of 710 in 287 households as of the 2001 census.For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of Broadland.... |
Mill Farm Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1826 | 1826 | 1888 Norfolk Mills |
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Felthorpe | Mill Hill Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 | 1775 | Demolished c1820 Norfolk Mills |
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Feltwell Feltwell Feltwell is a village 10 miles west of Thetford, Norfolk, England, and is in the borough of King's Lynn and West Norfolk.Feltwell is a small village with a thriving community. The village has a small primary school which was originally built as a hospital. The pubs, The Lodge and the West End, are... |
1250 | 1277 Norfolk Mills |
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Feltwell | Mill Drift | Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1607 | Burnt down May 1810 Norfolk Mills |
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Feltwell | Mill Drift |
Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind... |
1824 1826 |
1824 | 1877 Norfolk Mills |
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Feltwell | Wilton Road Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1824 1826 |
1815 | 1888 Norfolk Mills |
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Feltwell | Wilton Road Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1860 | Demolished 1938 Norfolk Mills |
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Feltwell | Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1826 | 1820 | 1826 Norfolk Mills |
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Fersfield Fersfield Fersfield is a village in the English county of Norfolk. It was the home parish of Francis Blomefield, whose History of Norfolk documents the history of much of South Norfolk, and forms part of the parish of Bressingham and Fersfield .- Location :Fersfield is bounded on the east and south by the... |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
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1812 | 1884 Norfolk Mills |
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Field Dalling Field Dalling Field Dalling is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, situated about west of Holt and about miles from the coast.The parish also includes the village of Saxlingham, which is east of the village of Field Dalling... |
Holt Road Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1826 | 1814 | 1826 Norfolk Mills |
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Field Dalling | Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 | 1793 | 1797 Norfolk Mills |
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Field Dalling | Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1826 | 1826 | 1890 Norfolk Mills |
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Fincham | Bainard Hall Manor Mill | Late C13th or early C14th | Late C13th or early C14th Norfolk Mills |
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Fincham | Burnham's Mill | C13th | C13th Norfolk Mills |
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Fincham | Cuple Manor Mill | 1288 | 1319 Norfolk Mills |
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Fincham | Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1749 1824 1826 |
1749 | 1883 Norfolk Mills |
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Fincham | Talbot's Hall Manor Mill | 1286 | 1286 Norfolk Mills |
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Flordon Flordon -Parish data:It covers an area of and had a population of 263 in 110 households as of the 2001 census. This is not an especially significant increase from the 1881 census at which time 178 people were living there.-Village data:... |
Flordon Mill |
Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind... |
1797 1826 |
1797 | Demolished 1870 Norfolk Mills |
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Forncett Forncett Forncett is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.It covers an area of and had a population of 1,000 in 381 households as of the 2001 census.For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of South Norfolk.... |
(two mills) | C14th | C14th Norfolk Mills |
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Forncett | 1279 | 1279 Norfolk Mills |
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Forncett St Mary Forncett St Mary Forncett St Mary is a village in Norfolk, England. It is close to Forncett St Peter. The two shared a railway station Forncett on the main line between London and Norwich. It was closed as part of the Beeching Axe.... |
1761 | 1774 Norfolk Mills |
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Forncett St Peter | Black Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1826 | 1824 | Demolished September 1932 Norfolk Mills |
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Forncett St Peter | Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind... |
1826 1834 |
1826 | 1897 Norfolk Mills |
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Forncett St Peter | Tacolneston Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1707 | 1707 | Moved to new site (Black Mill) 1824 Norfolk Mills |
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Forncett St Peter | White Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1826 1834 |
1791 | Collapsed 25 November 1917 Norfolk Mills |
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Foulden Foulden, Norfolk Foulden is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.It covers an area of and had a population of 444 in 176 households as of the 2001 census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of Breckland.... |
1797 1826 |
1797 | 1826 Norfolk Mills |
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Foulsham Foulsham This article is about the place. For the publishing company see W. Foulsham & Company Limited.Foulsham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The Village is miles west south west of Cromer, miles north west of Norwich and miles north east of London. The village lies... |
Foulsham Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1826 1838 |
1826 | Burnt down 21 June 1912 Norfolk Mills |
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Foulsham | Mill Hill Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
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Foxley Foxley Foxley is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is about 15 miles north-west of Norwich and 9 miles south-east of Fakenham.... |
Foxley Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1845 | c1899 Norfolk Mills |
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Frettenham Frettenham Frettenham is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. Known in the Domesday Book as 'Fretham', Frettenham is located six miles north-east of Norwich, surrounded by countryside... |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 | 1797 | 1797 Norfolk Mills |
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Frettenham | Frettenham Mill Frettenham Windmill Frettenham Mill is a Grade II listed tower mill at Frettenham, Norfolk, England which has been converted to residential accommodation.-History:... |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
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Fundenhall | Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1826 1834 |
1815 | 1910 Norfolk Mills |
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Garboldisham Garboldisham Garboldisham is a village and civil parish, part of Guiltcross in the Breckland district, in Norfolk, England, near the boundary with Suffolk. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 721.- Origin of name :... |
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c1929 | c1929 Norfolk Mills |
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Garboldisham | Garboldisham Mill |
1580 | 1739 Norfolk Mills |
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Garboldisham | Garboldisham Mill Garboldisham Windmill Garboldisham Mill is a Grade II* listed post mill at Garboldisham, Norfolk, England which has been restored.-History:Although millers were recorded in Garboldisham during the sixteenth century, the first record of a windmill was in 1739 when Ishmael Pizzey left his windmill to his wife. In the... |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 1826 1837 |
1778 | Norfolk Mills | |
Garboldisham | Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind... |
1797 1826 1837 |
1788 | Burnt down 22 August 1840 Norfolk Mills |
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Garboldisham | Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1837 | 1820 | 1854, gone by 1864 Norfolk Mills |
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Garveston | Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 1826 |
1785 | Demolished January 1870 Norfolk Mills |
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Gateley Gateley Gateley is a village and civil parish in the Breckland district of Norfolk, England.-Location:The village is situated some north-east of the town of Swaffham, north of the town of Dereham and north-west of the city of Norwich. The parish of Gateley is within the Breckland district of Norfolk... |
1330 | 1330 Norfolk Mills |
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Gayton Gayton, Norfolk Gayton is a small village in the west of the English county of Norfolk. It is 7.3 miles east of the town of King's Lynn, and 10.1 miles north-west of the town of Swaffham. The Gaywood River has its source just north of the village at Derby Fen... |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 | 1797 | 1819 Norfolk Mills |
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Gayton | Gayton Mill Gayton Windmill, Norfolk For the Gayton Windmill now in Merseyside see Gayton Windmill, CheshireGayton Mill is a Grade II listed tower mill at Gayton, Norfolk, England which has been truncated and converted to holiday accommodation.-History:... |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1824 1826 |
1824 | 1937, later truncated by one storey Norfolk Mills |
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Gaywood Gaywood, Norfolk Gaywood is a civil parish in Norfolk, EnglandSince 1974, the parish has formed part of the non-metropolitan district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk... |
Almshouse Lane Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 | 1588 | Demolished 1815 Norfolk Mills |
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Gaywood | Almshouse Lane Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1824 1826 |
1815 | 1904 norfolk Mills |
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Gaywood | Fairstead Mill |
1797 1826 |
1797 | 1905, gone by 1922 Norfolk Mills |
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Gaywood | Homeland Road Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1824 1826 |
c1820 | Demolished 1914 Norfolk Mills |
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Gaywood | Loke Road Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 1824 1826 |
1775 | Demolished c1820 Norfolk Mills |
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Gaywood | Loke Road Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1824 1826 |
c1822 | Demolished c1926 Norfolk Mills |
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Gaywood | Wooton Road Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1824 1826 |
1819 | 1888 Norfolk Mills |
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Gaywood | Wooton Road Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1824 1826 |
1822 | Demolished 1934 Norfolk Mills |
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Gillingham Gillingham, Norfolk Gillingham is a small village located just off the A146 in South Norfolk, about 1 mile north of the market town of Beccles. The full name of the parish is Gillingham All Saints and St Mary... |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1675 1797 1826 1834 |
1675 | 1862 Norfolk Mills |
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Gimingham Gimingham Gimingham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is north of North Walsham and east of Cromer. It is north of the city of Norwich. Nearby road communications with Gimingham are the A140 to Norwich, the A148 and A149 to King's Lynn, and the A149 into the... |
(four mills) | 1347 | 1347 Norfolk Mills |
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Gimingham | Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 1826 1834 |
1754 | 1888 Norfolk Mills |
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Gissing Gissing, Norfolk Gissing is a village and civil parish in Norfolk, England, about six miles north of Diss. It covers an area of and had a population of 254 in 95 households as of the 2001 census... |
Gissing Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1826 1834 |
1778 | Demolished 1949 Norfolk Mills |
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Gooderstone Gooderstone Gooderstone is a village situated in the Breckland District of Norfolk and covers an area of with an estimated population of 390 as of 2007. It lies south west from Swaffham.Gooderstone is served by St.Georges church in the Benefice of Cockley Cley.... |
Chalkrow Lane Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
c1829 | 1946, later truncated by 6 ft (1.8m) Norfolk Mills |
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Gooderstone | Mill Drove Mill |
1796 | 1841 Norfolk Mills |
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Gooderstone | Quarry Mill |
1826 1834 |
1826 | 1841 Norfolk Mills |
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Gooderstone | Gooderstone Street Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1826 1834 |
1826 | c1905 Norfolk Mills |
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Gorleston Gorleston Gorleston-On-Sea, also known colloquially as Gorleston, is a settlement in Norfolk in the United Kingdom, forming part of the larger town of Great Yarmouth. Situated at the mouth of the River Yare it was a port town at the time of the Domesday Book. The port then became a centre of fishing for... |
Cliff Hill Mill Beevor's Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1864 | Demolished 1887 Norfolk Mills |
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Great Bircham Great Bircham Great Bircham is the largest of the three villages that make up the civil parish of Bircham, in the west of the English county of Norfolk. The village is located about 1 km south of the village of Bircham Newton, the same distance west of the village of Bircham Tofts, 20 km north-east of... |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1824 1826 |
1761 | Demolished c1846 Norfolk Mills |
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Great Bircham | Great Bircham Mill Great Bircham Windmill Great Bircham Windmill is a Grade II listed tower mill in Great Bircham, Norfolk, England.-History:The earliest record of a windmill in Great Bircham is in 1761, when miller Richard Miller made his will. The mill, which was probably a post mill, was offered for sale in 1769. In 1800 the miller,... |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1846 | Norfolk Mills | ||
Great Cressingham Great Cressingham Great Cressingham is a village which lies about of Watton, south of Swaffham and only off the A1065 arterial road just north of Hilborough. It is north west by road from Little Cressingham... |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1854 | 1883 Norfolk Mills |
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Great Dunham Great Dunham Great Dunham is a village situated in the Breckland District of Norfolk and covers an area of 818 hectares with an estimated population of 325... |
Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind... |
1797 | c1756 | Demolished c1840 Norfolk Mills |
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Great Dunham | Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
c1840 | Demolished 1949 Norfolk Mills |
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Great Ellingham Great Ellingham Great Ellingham is a village situated in the Breckland District of Norfolk and covers an area of 1114 hectares with a population of 1108 as of UK census 2001, though the district's 2007 estimate suggests that this may have risen to 1165... |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 1826 1834 |
1751 | 1872 Norfolk Mills |
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Great Ellingham | Great Ellingham Mill Great Ellingham Windmill Great Ellingham Windmill is a Grade II listed tower mill in Great Ellingham, Norfolk, England which has been converted to residential accommodation.-History:... |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
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Great Fransham Great Fransham Great Fransham is a village in Norfolk roughly about an equal distance between Swaffham and Dereham. There is also a Little Fransham; the two villages, both a part of the civil parish of Fransham, were once served by Fransham railway station.... |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1826 | 1826 | 1926 Norfolk Mills |
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Great Hockham Great Hockham Great Hockham is a village in the English county of Norfolk within the civil parish of Hockham, though the distinction between village and parish may now be moot as there is evidence to suggest that the other village in the parish, Little Hockham, is now deserted.The village lies north east of... |
1392 | 1599 Norfolk Mills |
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Great Hockham | Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind... |
1806 | 1814 Norfolk Mills |
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Great Massingham Great Massingham Great Massingham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.It has a primary school , a village shop, a pub , a village hall and a church . It is also notable for the number of ponds in the village - two large ones in the village centre and more in the outskirts... |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1824 | 1798 | Burnt down c1916 Norfolk Mills |
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Great Snoring Great Snoring Great Snoring is a rural village in North Norfolk by the River Stiffkey, in the east of England. Its population in the 2001 census was 168, a dramatic decrease since 1841 when it was 556 .At the centre of the village is the 13th century St. Mary's Church and the Old Rectory... |
1620 | 1620 Norfolk Mills |
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Great Walsingham Walsingham Walsingham is a village in the English county of Norfolk. The village is famed for its religious shrines in honour of the Virgin Mary and as a major pilgrimage centre... |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1852 | Demolished c1945 Norfolk Mills |
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Great Walshingham | Mill Lane Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
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Great Yarmouth Great Yarmouth Great Yarmouth, often known to locals as Yarmouth, is a coastal town in Norfolk, England. It is at the mouth of the River Yare, east of Norwich.It has been a seaside resort since 1760, and is the gateway from the Norfolk Broads to the sea... |
Cobholm Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
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Great Yarmouth | Cobholm Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
Demolished c1880 Norfolk Mills |
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Great Yarmouth | Cobholm Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
c1880 | 1890 Norfolk Mills |
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Great Yarmouth | Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1790 | Moved to North Denes 1856 Norfolk Mills |
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Great Yarmouth | North Denes Mill North Beach Mill Greengrass's Black Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1856 | Demolished 1907 Norfolk Mills |
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Great Yarmouth | South Denes Mill | Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1783 | Burnt down 14 November 1783 Norfolk Mills |
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Great Yarmouth | Papworth's Mill Jetty Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
c1875 | Demolished 1881 Norfolk Mills |
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Gresham Gresham, Norfolk Gresham is a village and civil parish in North Norfolk, England, five miles south-west of Cromer.A predominantly rural parish, Gresham centres on its medieval church of All Saints. The village also once had a square 14th century castle, a watermill and a windmill... |
Mill Common Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1826 | 1825 | 1892, gone by 1927 Norfolk Mills |
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Gressenhall Gressenhall Gressenhall is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.It covers an area of and had a population of 1008 in 443 households as of the 2001 census... |
1273 | 1273 Norfolk Mills |
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Gressenhall | Chapple Mills | 1797 | 1795 | 1797 Norfolk Mills |
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Gressenhall | Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind... |
1838 | 1836 | 1914 Norfolk Mills |
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Gressenhall | Workhouse Mill |
1781 | 1825 Norfolk Mills |
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Grimston Grimston, Norfolk Grimston is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk approximately 6 miles north-east of King's Lynn.It covers an area of and had a population of 1,952 in 823 households as of the 2001 census.... |
Mill Hill Mill |
1675 1797 |
1675 | 1815, gone by 1825 Norfolk Mills |
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Hainford Hainford Hainford is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.It covers an area of and had a population of 951 in 365 households as of the 2001 census.... |
1675 | 1675 | 1675 Norfolk Mills |
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Hainford | Chapel Street Mill Approximately |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1849 | 1868 Norfolk Mills |
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Hainford | Newton Road Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1826 | 1825 | 1879 Norfolk Mills |
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Hales Hales Hales is a small village in Norfolk, England. It covers an area of and had a population of 479 in 192 households as of the 2001 census.-Church of St Margaret:... |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1838 | c1801 | 1949, gone by 1971 Norfolk Mills |
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Halvergate Halvergate Halvergate is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, north of Reedham., halfway between the Rivers Bure and Yare, within The Broads National Park.It covers an area of and had a population of 468 in 202 households as of the 2001 census.... |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 1826 1834 |
1734 | Demolished c1866 Norfolk Mills |
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Halvergate | Halvergate Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1866 | Norfolk Mills | ||
Happisburgh Happisburgh Happisburgh is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated off the B1159 coast road from Ingham to Bacton.The civil parish has an area of , although this is declining due to cliff erosion. In the 2001 census, before the creation of Walcott parish, it had a... |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1758 | Blown down 19 December 1770 Norfolk Mills |
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Happisburgh | Mill Farm Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1826 | 1773 | Demolished 1921 Norfolk Mills |
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Hardingham Hardingham Hardingham is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.It covers an area of and had a population of 274 in 110 households as of the 2001 census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of Breckland.... |
Flockthorpe Mill | C12th | C12th Norfolk Mills |
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Hardingham | Approximately |
1797 | 1797 | Demolished 1920 Norfolk Mills |
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Hardingham | Runhall Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1826 1834 |
c1820 | 1908 Norfolk Mills |
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Hardley Langley with Hardley Langley with Hardley is a parish in the county of Norfolk, England, about a mile east of Loddon. It covers an area of and had a population of 489 in 161 households as of the 2001 census.... |
1298 | 1298 Norfolk Mills |
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Hardwick | East Mill | Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1826 1834 |
1826 | 1922 Norfolk Mills |
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Hardwick | West Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 1826 |
1779 | Moved to Alburgh c1826 Norfolk Mills |
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Hargham | Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1478 | 1478 Norfolk Mills |
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Harleston | Common Mill |
1826 1834 |
1826 | 1834 Norfolk Mills |
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Harleston | Jay's Green Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1837 | 1836 | Demolished 1916 Norfolk Mills |
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Harleston | Redenhall Road Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1836 | Demolished May 1886 Norfolk Mills |
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Harleston | School Lane Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1826 1834 |
1807 | 1865 Norfolk Mills |
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Harpley | Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 1824 1826 |
1790 | Demolished c1832 Norfolk Mills |
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Harpley | Harpley Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1832 | Norfolk Mills | ||
Heacham Heacham Heacham is a village of 4,707 inhabitants, located in north-west Norfolk, England, between King's Lynn, to the south and Hunstanton, about to the north, on The Wash.- History :... |
1830 | 1875 Norfolk Mills |
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Hempnall Hempnall Hempnall is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.It covers an area of and had a population of 1,310 in 522 households as of the 2001 census.For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of South Norfolk.-External links:... |
Late C12th | Late C12th Norfolk Mills |
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Hempnall | Muskett's Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1838 | 1828 | Demolished c1930 Norfolk Mills |
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Hempnall | Hempnall Green Mill | Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind... |
1826 1834 |
1818 | 1904 Norfolk Mills |
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Hempnall | Mill Road Mill Approximately |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 | 1705 | 1819 Norfolk Mills |
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Hempnall | Vout's Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1832 | Norfolk Mills | ||
Hempstead Hempstead, near Holt, Norfolk Hempstead is a village and civil parish in the north of the English county of Norfolk. The village is 2.7 miles south-southeast of the town of Holt, and 11.2 miles west of Cromer. Hempstead is within the area covered by North Norfolk District Council... |
Abbey Mill | 1306 | 1306 Norfolk Mills |
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Hempstead | 1838 | 1838 | 1838 Norfolk Mills |
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Hempton Hempton Hempton is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is south west of Fakenham, north west of Norwich and north east of London. The village straddles the A1065 between Fakenham and Swaffham. The nearest railway station is at Sheringham for the Bittern Line which... |
Abbey Farm Mill |
1826 1834 |
1802 | 1863 Norfolk Mills |
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Hempton | Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1826 1838 |
1798 | 1838 Norfolk Mills |
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Hempton | Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1838 | 1833 | Demolished c1940 Norfolk Mills |
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Hemsby Hemsby Hemsby is a village, civil parish and seaside resort in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated some north of the town of Great Yarmouth.... |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1837 | 1836 | Demolished 1928 Norfolk Mills |
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Herringby | c1200 | c1200 Norfolk Mills |
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Hethersett Hethersett Hethersett is a large village in the county of Norfolk, England, about south-west of Norwich. It covers an area of and had a population of 5,441 in 2,321 households as of the 2001 census..-Features:... |
1672 | 1676 Norfolk Mills |
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Hethersett | Great Melton Road Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1826 1834 |
1779 | 1856 Norfolk Mills |
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Hethersett | Mill Road Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1826 1834 |
1826 | 1864 Norfolk Mills |
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Hevingham Hevingham Hevingham is a Norfolk village and civil parish situated between the A140 road Norwich to Cromer road and the B1149 road Norwich to Holt road. It is north from the city of Norwich and south from the market town of Aylsham.... |
Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind... |
1838 | 1836 | 1872 Norfolk Mills |
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Hickling Hickling, Norfolk Hickling is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is 22 miles south-east of Cromer, 20.3 miles north-east of Norwich and 137 miles north-east of London. The village lies 3 miles east of the Broadlands town of Stalham... |
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Hickling | Demolished 1879 Norfolk Mills |
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Hickling | Hickling Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1826 1838 |
1818 | Norfolk Mills | |
Hilgay Hilgay Hilgay is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, outside of Downham Market.It covers an area of and had a population of 1,174 in 500 households as of the 2001 census.... |
Ely Road Mill |
Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind... |
1797 1826 |
1783 | Demolished 1913 Norfolk Mills |
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Hilgay | Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1675 1824 1826 |
1675 | 1908 Norfolk Mills |
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Hilgay | Leflay's Mill |
Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind... |
1853 | 1904 Norfolk Mills |
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Hindolveston Hindolveston Hindolveston is a Village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The Village is west south west of Cromer, north north west of Norwich and north east of London. The village lies south of the town of Holt. The nearest railway station is at Sheringham for the Bittern Line which... |
Hindolveston Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1826 1838 |
1782 | Demolished 1844 Norfolk Mills |
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Hindolveston | Hindolveston Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1844 | Norfolk Mills | ||
Hindringham Hindringham Hindringham is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is north east of the town of Fakenham, west of Cromer and north of London. The nearest railway station is at Sheringham for the Bittern Line which runs between Sheringham, Cromer and Norwich... |
1759 | 1759 Norfolk Mills |
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Hindringham | Lower Green Mill Lower Green Mill, Hindringham Lower Green Mill is a tower mill at Lower Green, located to the north of the village of Hindringham in the English county of Norfolk. The mill stands on the east side of the lane between Hindringham and Binham and is four miles east of Walsingham. The structure is a grade II listed... |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1826 1838 |
1781 | Demolished c1844 Norfolk Mills |
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Hindringham | Lower Green Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
c1844 | Norfolk Mills | ||
Hindringham | Thompson's Mill |
1797 | 1776 | 1839 Norfolk Mills |
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Hindringham | The Knoll |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1838 | 1836 | 1891 Norfolk Mills |
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Hindringham | Upper Mill Graver's City Mill Summer Green Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1838 | 1829 | Demolished c1938 Norfolk Mills |
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Hingham Hingham, Norfolk Hingham is a market town and civil parish in the Forehoe district in the heart of rural Norfolk, in England. The civil parish covers an area of and had a population of 2,078 in 944 households as of the 2001 census. Grand architecture surrounds the market place and village green... |
Deopham Road Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 1826 |
1771 | Moved to Banham c1840 and converted to a Composite mill Norfolk Mills |
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Hingham | Deopham Road Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
c1840 | c1902 Norfolk Mills |
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Hingham | 1306 | 1306 Norfolk Mills |
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Hingham | Hardingham Road Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1826 1834 |
1788 | 1874 Norfolk Mills |
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Hingham | Mill Corner Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1829 | Truncated 1973 Norfolk Mills |
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Hockering Hockering Hockering is a village and civil parish in Norfolk, England. At the 2001 census the parish had a population of 628. By 2007 the district estimated that this had risen to 665.-Geography:... |
1317 | 1317 Norfolk Mills |
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Hockering | Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1836 | Demolished 1960 Norfolk Mills |
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Hockwold | 1271 | 1273 Norfolk Mills |
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Hockwold | 1607 | 1661 Norfolk Mills |
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Hockwold | Mill Lane Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1824 1826 1834 |
1822 | 1857 Norfolk Mills |
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Hockwold | Mill Lane Mill |
Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind... |
1822 | 1911 Norfolk Mills |
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Hockwold | Redmoor Mill |
Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind... |
1797 1824 1826 |
1797 | 1826 Norfolk Mills |
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Hoe Hoe, Norfolk Hoe is a village situated in the Breckland District of Norfolk and covers an area of 925 hectares Acres) with an estimated population of 219 as of UK census 2001.... |
1797 | 1561 | 1797 Norfolk Mills |
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Holkham Holkham Holkham is a village and civil parish in the north-west of the county of Norfolk, England. Besides the small village, the parish includes the major stately home and estate of Holkham Hall, and an attractive beach at Holkham Gap... |
1247 | 1247 Norfolk Mills |
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Holme Hale Holme Hale Holme Hale is a village situated in the Breckland District of Norfolk and covers an area of 1069 hectares with an estimated population of 444 as of UK census 2001... |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1834 1838 |
1834 | 1872 Norfolk Mills |
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Holme Hale | Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind... |
1804 | 1804 Norfolk Mills |
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Holme next the Sea | 1824 | 1762 | 1824 Norfolk Mills |
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Holt Holt, Norfolk Holt is a market town and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The town is north of the city of Norwich, west of Cromer and east of King's Lynn. The town is on the route of the A148 King's Lynn to Cromer road. The nearest railway station is in the town of Sheringham where access to the... |
Holt Heath Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1847 | 1891 Norfolk Mills |
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Holt | Cromer Road Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1826 | 1792 | 1831 Norfolk Mills |
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Holt | Wade's Mill |
1797 | 1794 | Burnt down 8 May 1794 Norfolk Mills |
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Holt | Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
c1790 | Demolished 1970 Norfolk Mills |
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Honing Honing, Norfolk Honing is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is north-northeast of Norwich, south east of Cromer and north-east of London. The village lies east of the town of North Walsham. The nearest railway station is at Worstead on the Bittern Line which runs... |
Common Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 1826 1838 |
1797 | 1878 Norfolk Mills |
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Honing | 1797 | 1797 | 1797 Norfolk Mills |
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Honingham Honingham Honingham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, located to the west of Norwich along the A47 trunk road. It covers an area of and had a population of 342 in 145 households as of the 2001 census.... |
1797 | 1788 | 1803 Norfolk Mills |
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Honingham | Honingham Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1826 1834 |
1826 | Norfolk Mills | |
Horning Horning Horning is an ancient village and parish in the English county of Norfolk.It covers an area of 11 km2 and had a population of 1,033 in the 2001 census. Horning parish lies on the northern bank of the River Bure south of the River Thurne and is located in the The Broads National Park... |
Mill Loke Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 1826 |
1758 | Demolished 1879 Norfolk Mills |
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Horning | Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 1826 |
1759 | 1826 Norfolk Mills |
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Horningtoft Horningtoft Horningtoft is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.It covers an area of and had a population of 135 in 54 households as of the 2001 census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of Breckland.... |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1819 | 1841 Norfolk Mills |
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Horsford Horsford Horsford is a village six miles north of Norwich, England. Its population has seen a steady increase since the Second World War, growing from 750 in 1945 to just under 4000 today .There are various explanations of the village name... |
1215 | 1215 Norfolk Mills |
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Horsford | Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1795 | 1795 Norfolk Mills |
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Horsford | Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind... |
1826 | 1820 | Demolished c1865 Norfolk Mills |
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Horsford | St Helena Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
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Horsham St Faith | Approximately |
1675 | 1325 | 1675 Norfolk Mills |
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Horsham St Faith | 1797 1826 1838 |
1794 | c1849 Norfolk Mills |
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Horsham St Faith | Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind... |
1849 | 1891 Norfolk Mills |
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Horstead | Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1826 1838 |
1796 | Blown down November 1872 Norfolk Mills |
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Houghton St Giles Barsham, Norfolk Barsham is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, and includes the villages of East Barsham, North Barsham, West Barsham and Houghton St Giles. The villages are all situated with 3 km of each other, about 5 km north of the town of Fakenham and 45 km north-west of the city... |
Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind... |
1797 | 1775 | 1797 Norfolk Mills |
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Hoveton St John Hoveton Hoveton is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is located within the Norfolk Broads, and immediately across the River Bure from the village of Wroxham... |
Belaugh Mill Hoveton Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 1826 1838 |
1761 | Burnt down June 1881 Norfolk Mills |
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Ingham Ingham, Norfolk Ingham is a small village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It lies close to the village of Stalham, and is about 2 miles from Sea Palling on the North Sea coast.... |
Ingham Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
Blown down (date unknown), new mill built on site in 1763 Norfolk Mills |
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Ingham | Ingham Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1797 1836 1838 |
1763 | Demolished c1872 Norfolk Mills |
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Ingham | Mill Farm Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
c1872 | 1937, truncated by 1949 Norfolk Mills |
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Ingworth Ingworth Ingworth is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. the nearest town is Aylsham which is south of the village. The village is north of Norwich, east of North Walsham and south-southwest of Cromer on the north Norfolk coast... |
1316 | 1316 Norfolk Mills |
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Islington | 1248 | 1269 Norfolk Mills |
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Kelling Kelling Kelling is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is west of Cromer, north of Norwich and north-east of London. The village straddles the A149 Coast road between Kings Lynn and Great Yarmouth... |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1826 1838 |
1821 | 1904, gone by 1925 Norfolk Mills |
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Kenninghall Kenninghall Kenninghall is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.It covers an area of and had a population of 878 in 369 households as of the 2001 census.For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of Breckland.... |
1276 | 1276 Norfolk Mills |
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Kenninghall | 1537 | 1537 Norfolk Mills |
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Kenninghall | Banham Road Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1753 | Demolished c1782 Norfolk Mills |
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Kenninghall | Banham Road Mill |
Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind... |
1797 1826 1834 1838 |
1783 | Demolished 1863 Norfolk Mills |
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Kenninghall | Banham Road Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1863 | Burnt down c1950 Norfolk Mills |
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Kenninghall | Chimney Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 1826 1834 |
1603 | 1950 Norfolk Mills |
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Kenninghall | Fersfield Road mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1896 | 1908 Norfolk Mills |
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Kenninghall | Brook's Mill Lopham Road Mill |
Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind... |
1826 1834 |
1823 | Blown down 3 August 1879 Norfolk Mills |
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Kenninghall | Mill Lane Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1826 1834 |
c1704 | Burnt down c1950 Norfolk Mills |
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Kenninghall | Mill Lane Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1838 | 1799 | Demolished 1911 Norfolk Mills |
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Kenninghall | Park Common Mill |
1826 | 1826 | 1826 Norfolk Mills |
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Kettlestone Kettlestone Kettlestone is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.It covers an area of and had a population of 177 in 85 households as of the 2001 census.For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of North Norfolk.... |
Kettlestone Mill | 1753 | 1789 Norfolk Mills |
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King's Lynn King's Lynn King's Lynn is a sea port and market town in the ceremonial county of Norfolk in the East of England. It is situated north of London and west of Norwich. The population of the town is 42,800.... |
Blackfriars Road Mill |
1675 | 1675 | 1675 Norfolk Mills |
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King's Lynn | Kettle Mill |
Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind... |
1682 | 1797 Norfolk Mills |
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King's Lynn | Millfleet Mill |
Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind... |
1680 | 1741 Norfolk Mills | ||
King's Lynn | South Lynn Mill |
Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind... |
1738 | Burnt down 30 July 1737 Norfolk Mills |
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King's Lynn | St Ann's Mill |
Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind... |
1683 | 1725 Norfolk Mills |
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King's Lynn | The Walk |
post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1595 | 1595 Norfolk Mills |
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King's Lynn | The Walk |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1667 | 1725 Norfolk Mills |
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King's Lynn | The Walk (2nd mill) |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1725 | 1725 Norfolk Mills |
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King's Lynn | West Lynn Mill | 1845 | 1850 Norfolk Mills |
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Kirstead Kirstead Kirstead is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.It covers an area of and had a population of 247 in 89 households as of the 2001 census.For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of South Norfolk.... |
Kirstead Mill |
1826 | 1825 | 1872 Norfolk Mills |
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Langham Langham, Norfolk Langham is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is 14.7 miles west of Cromer, 27.2 miles north north west of Norwich and 126 miles north north east of London. The village lies 5.2 miles west north west of the town of Holt. The village is 2 miles inland from... |
Langham Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 1826 1834 |
1797 | 1872 Norfolk Mills |
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Langham | Langham Mill (2nd mill) |
1797 | 1797 | 1797 Norfolk Mills |
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Larling Larling Larling is a village and part of the civil parish of Roundham and Larling, in the English county of Norfolk. The village is 8.5 miles east north east of Thetford, 21.4 miles west south west of Norwich and 94 miles north east of London. The nearest railway station is at Thetford for the Breckland... |
Larlingford Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 | 1797 | 1823 Norfolk Mills |
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Lessingham Lessingham Lessingham is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is 16.3 south-east of Cromer, 17.6 miles north-east of Norwich and 136 miles north-east of London. The village lies 9 miles south-east of the town of North Walsham. The nearest railway station is at Worstead... |
C16th | C16th Norfolk Mills |
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Letheringsett Letheringsett Letheringsett is a village in the English county of Norfolk. It forms part of the civil parish of Letheringsett with Glanford, along with the hamlet of Glandford. The village straddles the A148 King’s Lynn to Cromer road. Letheringsett is 1.2 miles west of Holt, 32.2 west north east of King’s Lynn... |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
c1754 | 1797 Norfolk Mills |
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Letton | 1685 | 1685 Norfolk Mills |
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Little Cressingham Little Cressingham Little Cressingham lies south east by road from Great Cressingham, west of Watton and south of Swaffham in the Breckland District of Norfolk... |
Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind... |
1780 | 1795 (demolished c1820?) Norfolk Mills |
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Little Cressingham | Little Cressingham Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1826 | Norfolk Mills | ||
Little Ellingham Little Ellingham Little Ellingham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is north west of Attleborough, north west of its sister village of Great Ellingham, west south west of Norwich and north east of London. The nearest railway station is at Attleborough for the Breckland... |
Rockland Mill | Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1762 | 1763 Norfolk Mills |
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Little Melton Little Melton Little Melton is a village on the outskirts of Norwich in the South Norfolk district of Norfolk, England. It covers an area of and had a population of 851 in 373 households as of the 2001 census.... |
Little Melton Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1838 | 1836 | Norfolk Mills | |
Little Snoring Little Snoring Little Snoring is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is east-north-east of the town of Fakenham, west-south-west of Cromer and north-north-east of London. The nearest railway station is at Sheringham for the Bittern Line which runs between Sheringham,... |
Snoring Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1826 | 1805 | Blown down 1930 Norfolk Mills |
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Little Snoring | Jex Farm Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1826 1838 |
1821 | 1904 Norfolk Mills |
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Loddon Loddon, Norfolk Loddon is a small market town about southeast of Norwich on the River Chet, a tributary of the River Yare within The Broads in Norfolk, England. The name "Loddon" is thought to mean muddy river in Celtic in reference to the Chet.-Origins:... |
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Loddon | Hales Green Mill |
Sunk post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
Mid C13th | Mid C13th Norfolk Mills |
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Loddon | Sadd's Mill Mill Road Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 1826 |
1784 | 1931 Norfolk Mills |
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Loddon | Mill Road Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1826 1834 |
1826 | 1904 Norfolk Mills |
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Loddon | Chapman's Mill Black Mill |
Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind... |
1826 | 1819 | Demolished 1891 Norfolk Mills |
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Lopham (North North Lopham North Lopham is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.It covers an area of and had a population of 605 in 240 households as of the 2001 census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of Breckland.... ?, or South South Lopham South Lopham is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.It covers an area of and had a population of 371 in 157 households as of the 2001 census... ?) |
(two mills) | 1301 | 1305 Norfolk Mills |
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Ludham Ludham Ludham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, in The Broads, at the end of a dyke leading to Womack Water and flowing into the River Thurne... |
High Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1797 1826 |
1742 | Demolished 1975 Norfolk Mills |
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Ludham | How Hill Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1825 | Norfolk Mills | ||
Ludham | Lovers Lane Mill Black Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1826 | 1826 | Blown down 24 March 1895 Norfolk Mills |
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Ludham | Yarmouth Road Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
Demolished 1742 Norfolk Mills |
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Ludham | St Benet's Abbey Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1749 1765 1775 1797 1826 |
c1735 | Norfolk Mills |
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Marham Marham Marham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. An RAF station, RAF Marham, is situated nearby at Upper Marham.The village covers an area of and had a population of 2,951 in 788 households as of the 2001 census.... |
1275 | 1275 Norfolk Mills |
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Marham | Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind... |
1824 1826 |
c1818 | 1912 Norfolk Mills |
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Marlingford | Bawburgh Road Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1797 1826 1834 |
1783 | 1836 Norfolk Mills |
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Marlingford | Honingham Road Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1838 | 1836 | 1883 Norfolk Mills |
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Marsham Marsham, Norfolk Marsham is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, about north of Norwich.It covers an area of and had a population of 674 in 282 households as of the 2001 census.For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of Broadland.... |
Mill Farm Mill |
1797 | 1762 | 1797 Norfolk Mills |
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Marsham | Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1826 1838 |
1779 | Demolished c1897 Norfolk Mills |
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Marsham | Hemsby Road Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
Burnt down c1796 Norfolk Mills |
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Marsham | Hemsby Road Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 1826 1837 |
1797 | 1843 Norfolk Mills |
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Martham | Hemsby Road Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1826 1837 |
c1789 | Demolished c1914 Norfolk Mills |
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Martham | Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind... |
1853 | Burnt down 1 April 1898 Norfolk Mills |
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Mattishall Mattishall Mattishall is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated in the heart of Norfolk 13 miles from the centre of Norwich and four miles from Dereham, at the geographical centre of Norfolk.... |
Blown down c1740 Norfolk Mills |
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Mattishall | Mill Road Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 1826 1834 1838 |
1787 | Demolished 1856 Norfolk Mills |
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Mattishall | Mill Road Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1858 | Demolished c1900 Norfolk Mills |
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Mattishall | Town Lane Mill |
Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind... |
1826 1838 |
1826 | Demolished 1861 Norfolk Mills |
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Mattishall | Mill Street Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1862 | 1916, gone by 1937 Norfolk Mills |
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Mattishall | Norwich Road Mill |
Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind... |
1826 1834 |
1819 | Demolished 1861 Norfolk Mills |
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Mattishall | 1797 | 1797 | 1797 Norfolk Mills |
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Merton Merton, Norfolk Merton is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.It covers an area of and had a population of 113 in 50 households as of the 2001 census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of Breckland... |
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1647 | 1735 Norfolk Mills |
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Methwold Methwold ' is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, on the edge of the Norfolk Fens and BrecklandsIt covers an area of and had a population of 1,476 in 591 households as of the 2001 census... |
C16th | C16th Norfolk Mills |
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Methwold | Brandon Road Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1875 | Demolished 1942 Norfolk Mills |
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Methwold | 1348 | 1348 Norfolk Mills |
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Methwold | Methwold Hythe |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1824 1826 1838 |
1710 | Demolished April 1886 Norfolk Mills |
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Methwold | Hythe Road Mill |
1826 | 1813 | 1846 Norfolk Mills |
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Methwold | Old Feltwell Road Mill |
1854 | Demolished c1875 Norfolk Mills |
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Methwold | Old Feltwell Road Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1875 | 1933, gone by 1949 Norfolk Mills |
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Middleton Middleton, Norfolk Middleton is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.It covers an area of and had a population of 1,516 in 621 households as of the 2001 census.For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk.... |
Blackborough End Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1852 | Demolished 1933 Norfolk Mills |
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Middleton | 1305 | 1305 Norfolk Mills |
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Middleton | 1675 | 1675 | 1675 Norfolk Mills |
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Middleton | Mill Farm, North Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1675 1797 1824 1826 |
1675 | 1834 Norfolk Mills |
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Middleton | Mill Farm, South Mill Great Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 1824 1826 |
1797 | 1854 Norfolk Mills |
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Mileham Mileham Mileham is a village approximately mid way between East Dereham and Fakenham in Mid Norfolk. The village sits astride of the B1145 Kings Lynn to Mundesley road that dissects Mid Norfolk west to east.It is the old coaching road from Kings Lynn to Norwich and then onto Great Yarmouth.The name Mileham... |
Methwold Common Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1675 1797 1826 1838 |
1675 | 1902 Norfolk Mills |
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Mileham | Mileham Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1854 | Norfolk Mills | ||
Morley St Botolph | Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1826 1834 |
c1804 | 1888 Norfolk Mills |
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Moulton St Mary Moulton St Mary Moulton St Mary is a small village in the county of Norfolk, England, about two miles south of Acle. The village has a garden centre and a car garage.... |
Black Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 1826 1838 |
1797 | 1892 Norfolk Mills |
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Moulton St Michael | Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 1826 |
1755 | Burnt down 5 November 1913 Norfolk Mills |
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Mulbarton Mulbarton, Norfolk Mulbarton is a village and civil parish located south of Norwich in the English county of Norfolk. It covers an area of .The population at the 2001 census was 2,827.... |
Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind... |
1795 1826 1834 |
1775 | Demolished 1949 Norfolk Mills |
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Mulbarton | Mulbarton Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1826 1838 |
c1824 | Norfolk Mills | |
Mundford Mundford Mundford is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated at the intersection of two major routes, the A134 Colchester to King's Lynn road and the A1065 Mildenhall to Fakenham road, about north west of Thetford... |
Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind... |
1824 1834 |
1824 | 1859 Norfolk Mills |
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Mundesley Mundesley Mundesley is a coastal village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is 20.3 miles north-north east of Norwich, 7.3 miles south east of Cromer and 136 miles north east of London. The village lies 5.6 miles north-north east of the town of North Walsham. The nearest... |
1797 | 1797 | 1797 Norfolk Mills |
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Mundford | Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1846 | demolished 1971 Norfolk Mills |
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Mundham Mundham, South Norfolk Mundham, South Norfolk is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.It covers an area of and had a population of 168 in 63 households as of the 2001 census.For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of South Norfolk.... |
Mundham Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 1826 1834 |
1797 | 1916, gone by 1937 Norfolk Mills |
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Neatishead Neatishead Neatishead is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is situated some north-east of the city of Norwich, within The Norfolk Broads and to the west of Barton Broad... |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 | 1797 | 1805, gone by 1817 Norfolk Mills |
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Neatishead | Neatishead Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1826 | 1817 | Norfolk Mills | |
Necton Necton Necton, commonly called Neeton, is a village situated on a turning off the A47 main road between Swaffham and East Dereham in the Breckland district of mid-Norfolk. As at the 2001 census it has a population of 1,865 residents and an area of... |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1797 1826 |
1782 | 1911 Norfolk Mills |
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Necton | Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
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New Buckenham New Buckenham New Buckenham is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.It covers an area of and had a population of 468 in 197 households as of the 2001 census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of Breckland.... |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 1826 |
1768 | Demolished 1920 Norfolk Mills |
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North Creake North Creake North Creake is a village and civil parish in the north west of the English county of Norfolk.It covers an area of and had a population of 414 in 184 households as of the 2001 census.... |
1302 | 1302 Norfolk Mills |
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North Creake | North Creake Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1826 | 1820 | Norfolk Mills | |
North Elmham North Elmham North Elmham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.It covers an area of and had a population of 1,428 in 624 households as of the 2001 census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of Breckland.... |
1797 | 1772 | 1845 Norfolk Mills |
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North Lopham North Lopham North Lopham is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.It covers an area of and had a population of 605 in 240 households as of the 2001 census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of Breckland.... |
Tann's Mill |
Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind... |
1805 | Demolished November 1926 Norfolk Mills |
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North Tuddenham North Tuddenham North Tuddenham is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, it has a parish church, that is named St Mary's.It covers an area of and had a population of 305 in 121 households as of the 2001 census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of Breckland.North... |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 1826 |
1759 | Demolished 1923 Norfolk Mills |
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North Tuddenham | Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
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North Walsham North Walsham North Walsham is a market town and civil parish in Norfolk, England in the North Norfolk district.-Demographics:The civil parish has an area of and in the 2001 census had a population of 11,998. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of North... |
Lingate Mill New Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1856 | 1904 Norfolk Mills |
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North Walsham | Norwich Road Mill | Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1841 | Demolished April 1940 Norfolk Mills |
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North Walsham | Reeves Lane Mill | 1839 | 1896 Norfolk Mills |
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North Walsham | Swafield Road Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 1826 1834 |
1787 | 1890, gone by 1932 Norfolk Mills |
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North Walsham | Yarmouth Road Mill Field Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1841 | c1906 Norfolk Mills |
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Northwold Northwold Northwold is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.It covers an area of and had a population of 1,070 in 448 households as of the 2001 census.... |
Manby's Mill |
1797 1824 1826 |
1765 | 1854 Norfolk Mills |
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Northwold | Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1824 1826 |
1802 | Demolished c1875 Norfolk Mills |
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Windmills within a 5 mile (8 km) radius of Norwich CastleNorwich Castle
Norwich Castle is a medieval royal fortification in the city of Norwich, in the English county of Norfolk. It was founded in the aftermath of the Norman Conquest of England when William the Conqueror ordered its construction because he wished to have a fortified place in the important city of...
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Bixley Bixley Bixley is a civil parish in the South Norfolk district of Norfolk, England. According to the 2001 census it contained 60 households and a population of 144. It covers an area south of Norwich including the village of Arminghall.... |
Sunk post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
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Bixley | Bixley Mill |
Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind... |
1797 | 1797 | Demolished 1838 Norfolk Mills |
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Bixley | Bixley Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1838 | Demolished October 1865 Norfolk Mills |
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Catton | 1471 | 1570 Norfolk Mills |
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Catton | Catton Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1770 | 1788 Norfolk Mills |
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Catton | Catton Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1775 | 1886 Norfolk Mills |
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Cringleford Cringleford Cringleford is a village in Norfolk, England on the outskirts of Norwich. The village is in the South Norfolk local government district but the Norwich South Parliamentary constituency.... |
1797 | 1795 | 1795 Norfolk Mills |
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Drayton Drayton, Norfolk Drayton, Norfolk, is a suburban village in the county of Norfolk and district of Broadland north west of Norwich. It is situated on the A1067 road between Hellesdon and Taverham.- History :... |
1331 | 1331 Norfolk Mills |
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Drayton | Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1851 | 1887 Norfolk Mills |
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Drayton | Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind... |
1842 | 1887 Norfolk Mills |
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Eaton Eaton, Norfolk Eaton is a suburb of the city of Norwich, the county town of Norfolk in the East of England.Eaton lies to the southwest of the city centre on the A11 road, the main route to London/Cambridge... |
1741 1797 |
1741 | 1797 Norfolk Mills |
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Heigham | Heigham Tannery |
Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind... |
1852 | Moved 1863, converted to a drainage mill (location unknown) Norfolk Mills |
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Heigham | Crook's Place Mill New City Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1826 | Demolished c1890 Norfolk Mills |
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Heigham | Mill Hill Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1741 1797 |
1741 | 1824, probably demolished 1826 Norfolk Mills |
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Heigham | Stone Hills Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1741 1826 |
1731 | 1857 Norfolk Mills |
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Hellesdon Hellesdon Hellesdon is a thriving suburb of Norwich in the District of Broadland in Norfolk, England. It lies approximately 4 miles north-west of Norwich and has 11,177 inhabitants.- History :... |
Marsh Mill |
Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind... |
c1828 | Blown down June 1842 Norfolk Mills |
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Keswick Keswick, South Norfolk Keswick is a village and civil parish in Norfolk, England. It is situated some to the south of the city of Norwich. It should not be mistaken for the coastal settlement of Keswick, near Bacton, which is also in Norfolk.... |
Keswick Mill |
1797 |
1766 | 1834, gone by 1847 Norfolk Mills |
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Lakenham | Bracondale Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1829 | Demolished 1890s Norfolk Mills |
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Lakenham | Buck's Mill Lakenham Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 1826 1830 1834 |
1771 | 1864 Norfolk Mills |
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Lakenham | Butter Hills |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1723 | C14th | 1723 Norfolk Mills |
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Lakenham | Peafield Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1834 1838 |
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New Catton | Bird's Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1837 | 1884 Norfolk Mills |
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New Catton | Cann's Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1841 | 1884 Norfolk Mills |
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New Catton | Eglington's Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1820s | Demolished September 1872 Norfolk Mills |
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Norwich Norwich Norwich is a city in England. It is the regional administrative centre and county town of Norfolk. During the 11th century, Norwich was the largest city in England after London, and one of the most important places in the kingdom... |
Carrow Hill, Black Tower |
Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind... |
1778 | 1810, gone by 1833 Norfolk Mills |
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Norwich | Chapelfield Mill |
1343 | 1343 Norfolk Mills |
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Norwich | Magdalen Road Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 1830 1834 |
1732 | 1875 Norfolk Mills |
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Norwich | Mile Cross Mill Batson's Mill Rose's Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1824 1834 1838 |
1822 | 1900 Norfolk Mills |
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Norwich | St Augustine's Gate Mill |
Sunk post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1675 1696 1723 1834 |
1675 | 1834 Norfolk Mills |
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Norwich | St James' Hill Mill |
Sunk post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1558 1581 1650 |
1235 | 1650, gone by 1696 Norfolk Mills |
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Norwich | St Stephen's Gate Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1723 | 1723 | Demolished c1848 Norfolk Mills |
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Pockthorpe | Barre Gate Mill |
1328 | 1328 Norfolk Mills |
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Pockthorpe | Hassett's Mill |
Sunk post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1558 1611 1696 1723 |
1558 | 1787 Norfolk Mills |
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Pockthorpe | Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1787 | Burnt down 16 April 1795 Norfolk Mills |
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Pockthorpe | 1718 | Demolished c1769 Norfolk Mills |
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Pockthorpe | Jeckell's Mill |
Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind... |
1797 | 1769 | 1803, gone by 1813 Norfolk Mills |
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Pockthorpe | Pockthorpe Mill Bagshaw's Mill Bayfield's Mill St Paul's Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1830 1834 |
1813 | Demolished 1896 Norfolk Mills |
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Sprowston Sprowston Sprowston is a small town bordering Norwich in Norfolk, England. It is bounded by Heartsease to the east, Mousehold Heath and the suburb of New Sprowston to the south , Old Catton to the west, and by the open farmland of Beeston St Andrew to the north.It was the largest parish in Norfolk and the... |
Austin's Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1850 | 1906 Norfolk Mills |
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Sprowston | Sprowston Saw Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1850 | 1864 Norfolk Mills |
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Sprowston | Sprowston Mill Mousehold Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 | 1780 | Burnt down 24 March 1933 Norfolk Mills |
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Sprowston | Sprowston Road Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1834 1838 |
1825 | Blown down 4 February 1842 Norfolk Mills |
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Sprowston | Bond's Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1827 | 1876 Norfolk Mills |
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Thorpe Thorpe Hamlet Thorpe Hamlet is a suburb of Norwich, to the East of the city centre, in the Norwich District, in the English county of Norfolk. Until 1852 it was part of Thorpe St Andrew.- Amenities :... |
Gallant's Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1834 | 1886 Norfolk Mills |
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Thorpe | Mousehold |
Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind... |
1794 1824 |
1794 | 1847, gone by 1854 Norfolk Mills |
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Thorpe | Jenning's Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1854 | 1885 Norfolk Mills |
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Thorpe | Mousehold |
1750 | 1750 | 1750 Norfolk Mills |
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Thorpe | Black Mill, Mousehold |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1778 | Demolished 1841 Norfolk Mills |
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Thorpe | Black Mill, Mousehold |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1841 | 1865, gone by 1884 Norfolk Mills |
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Thorpe | Plumstead Road Mill Little Fanny |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1834 1838 |
1825 | 1906 Norfolk Mills |
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Trowse Trowse Trowse, also called Trowse with Newton, is a village in South Norfolk which lies about south-east of Norwich city centre on the banks of the River Yare. It covers an area of and had a population of 479 in 233 households as of the 2001 census.... |
Trowse Mill |
post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 | 1769 | 1826 Norfolk Mills |
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Upper Hellesdon | St Clement's Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1741 | 1741 | Demolished or substantially rebuilt 1813 Norfolk Mills |
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Upper Hellesdon | St Clement's Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1813 | Demolished August 1875 Norfolk Mills |
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Upper Hellesdon | Press Lane Mill Witard's Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1875 | Demolished 1920 Norfolk Mills |
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Oby | Wiseman's Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1797 | 1753 | Norfolk Mills | |
Old Buckenham Old Buckenham Old Buckenham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, approximately south-west of Norwich.It covers an area of and had a population of 1,294 in 658 households as of the2001 census... |
1675 | 1675 | 1695 Norfolk Mills |
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Old Buckenham | Dam Brigg Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 1826 1834 |
1793 | Demolished c1912 Norfolk Mills |
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Old Buckenham | Fen Street Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
c1864 | c1864, later removed to Caston Norfolk Mills |
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Old Buckenham | Mill Farm Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1826 1838 |
1805 | 1860 Norfolk Mills |
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Old Buckenham | Panegryde Mill | C13th | C14th Norfolk Mills |
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Old Buckenham | Ringerhose Mill | C13th | C14th Norfolk Mills |
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Old Buckenham | Old Buckenham Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1826 | 1818 | Norfolk Mills | |
Old Buckenham | Wilby Warren Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 1826 |
1768 | 1860 Norfolk Mills |
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Ormesby St Margaret Ormesby St. Margaret with Scratby Ormesby St Margaret with Scratby is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is made up of the inland village of Ormesby St Margaret and the adjacent seaside resorts of Scratby and California... |
Scratby Mill Field Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1826 1837 |
1826 | Collapsed 22 March 1867 Norfolk Mills |
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Ormesby St Margaret | Red Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1826 | 1826 | Demolished c1950 Norfolk Mills |
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Ormesby St Michael Ormesby St. Michael Ormesby St Michael is a small village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated some north-west of the town of Great Yarmouth and east of the city of Norwich. Nearby are Ormesby Broad and Ormesby Little Broad, both part of the Trinity Broads within The Broads.The civil... |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 1826 |
1797 | Burnt down c1914 Norfolk Mills |
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Oulton Oulton, Norfolk Oulton is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.It covers an area of and had a population of 196 in 74 households as of the 2001 census.For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of Broadland.... |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 | 1780 | 1797 Norfolk Mills |
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Outwell Outwell Outwell is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk The village is west of Norwich, south-west of King's Lynn and north of London. The nearest town is Wisbech which is north west of the village. The Village is on the route of the A1101 Bury St. Edmunds to Long Sutton road... |
Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind... |
1824 1826 |
1802 | 1937 Norfolk Mills |
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Outwell | Upwell Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
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Ovington Ovington, Norfolk Ovington is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.It covers an area of and had a population of 239 in 92 households as of the 2001 census. It is in the district of Breckland.-Clubs:... |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1838 | 1836 | Demolished 1912 Norfolk Mills |
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Ovington | Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1826 1834 |
1826 | 1854 Norfolk Mills |
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Panxworth | Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1826 1834 |
1826 | Blown down 18 January 1881 Norfolk Mills |
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Panxworth | Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1881 | 1891 Norfolk Mills |
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Paston Paston, Norfolk Paston is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is north-east of North Walsham and south-east of Cromer. It is north-east of the city of Norwich. The village sits astride the coast road between Mundesley and Bacton. The nearest railway station is at North... |
Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind... |
1797 1826 1834 |
1797 | Demolished September 1840 Norfolk Mills |
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Paston | Stow Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1838 | 1827 | Norfolk Mills | |
Pentney Pentney Pentney is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, located about south east of Kings Lynn placing it about halfway between Kings Lynn and Swaffham on the A47 road.... |
smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind... |
1824 1826 1834 |
1814 | 1863 Norfolk Mills |
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Plumstead Plumstead, Norfolk Plumstead is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is north north west of Norwich, south-west of Cromer and north-east of London. The nearest town is Holt which is to the north west of the village. The nearest railway station is in the town of Sheringham... |
Plumstead Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1711 | 1784 Norfolk Mills |
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Plumstead | Old Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 1826 |
1784 | 1886 Norfolk Mills |
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Plumstead | New Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1839 | 1886 Norfolk Mills |
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Poringland Poringland Poringland is a village in the constituency of South Norfolk, England. It covers an area of and had a population of 3,261 in 1,403 households as of the 2001 census.... |
Porland Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1723 1749 1750 1765 1775 1797 |
1723 | Demolished c1825 Norfolk Mills |
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Poringland | Poringland Mill High Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1826 1834 |
1825 | Demolished 1906 Norfolk Mills |
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Poringland | East Mill Lower Mill |
Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind... |
1826 1834 1838 |
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Potter Heigham Potter Heigham Potter Heigham is a village and civil parish on the River Thurne in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated some north-east of the city of Norwich on the A149 road, and on The Broads.... |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 1826 1838 |
1797 | Demolished c1849 Norfolk Mills |
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Potter Heigham | Potter Heigham Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1849 | Norfolk Mills | ||
Pulham (Market Pulham Market Pulham Market and its sister village Pulham St Mary are situated approximately 9 miles north of Diss in Norfolk, England. It covers an area of and had a population of 999 in 443 households as of the 2001 census.... or St Mary Pulham St Mary Pulham St Mary is a village in Norfolk, approximately east of Diss and south of Norwich. It covers an area of and had a population of 866 in 365 households as of the 2001 census.... ?) |
(two mills) | Mid C13th | Mid C13th Norfolk Mills |
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Pulham Market | Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1861 | 1879 Norfolk Mills |
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Pulham Market | Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind... |
1825 | Demolished 1921 Norfolk Mills |
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Pulham St Mary | North Mill |
1834 1837 |
1829 | 1892 Norfolk Mills |
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Pulham St Mary | South Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 1837 |
1791 | 1900 Norfolk Mills |
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Pulham St Mary | West Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 1826 1834 |
1797 | 1838 Norfolk Mills |
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Rackheath Rackheath Rackheath is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, and is roughly outside of Norwich City Centre.It covers an area of and had a population of 1,551 in 625 households as of the 2001 census.... |
1268 | 1268 Norfolk Mills |
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Ranworth Ranworth Ranworth is a village in Norfolk, England in The Broads, adjacent to Malthouse Broad and Ranworth Broad.-Church of St Helen:The 14th century St. Helen's church has a fine 15th century painted rood screen and a rare Antiphoner. It is a Grade I listed building From the top of Ranworth church's 100... |
Ranworth Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 | 1759 | 1797 Norfolk Mills |
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Reedham Reedham, Norfolk Reedham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk and within The Broads. It is situated on the north bank of the River Yare, some east of the city of Norwich, south-west of the town of Great Yarmouth and the same distance north-west of the Suffolk town of Lowestoft.The Romans... |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1826 1834 |
1815 | Burnt down 1912 Norfolk Mills |
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Reedham | Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1854 | c1920 Norfolk Mills |
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Reedham | Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1797 1826 1834 |
1797 | Demolished 1865 Norfolk Mills |
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Reedham | Berney Arms Mill High Mill Berney Arms Windmill Berney Arms Windmill is located alongside the River Yare at the south-westerly end of Breydon Water.The windmill is in an isolated spot. The best approach for the visitor is by river or via the nearby railway station at Berney Arms... |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1865 | Norfolk Mills | ||
Reepham | Whitwell Mill |
1797 | 1797 | 1797 Norfolk Mills |
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Repps Repps with Bastwick Repps with Bastwick is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It comprises the adjacent villages of Bastwick and Repps, which are situated some north-west of the town of Great Yarmouth and north-east of the city of Norwich... |
Repps Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 1826 1832 1838 |
1761 | Blown down March 1895 Norfolk Mills |
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Repps | Morse's Wind Engine Park |
Two Titt iron wind engines John Wallis Titt John Wallis Titt was a late nineteenth-century mechanical engineer and builder of a particular design of large wind engine.-Early life:... |
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Ringland Ringland, Norfolk Ringland is a rural village in Norfolk, England, situated in the valley of the River Wensum, approximately north-west of Norwich... |
Ringland Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 1826 |
1770 | Demolished March 1859 Norfolk Mills |
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Ringstead Ringstead, Norfolk Ringstead is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.It covers an area of and had a population of 355 in 155 households as of the 2001 census.... |
North Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 1824 1826 1834 |
1780 | 1859 Norfolk Mills |
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Ringstead | South Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 1824 1826 1834 |
1749 | Moved to Thornham c1880 Norfolk Mills |
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Ringstead | Ringstead Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1842 | Norfolk Mills | ||
Rockland All Saints | 1669 | 1705 Norfolk Mills |
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Rockland All Saints | Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
c1850 | Demolished 1920 Norfolk Mills |
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Rockland St Andrew | Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 | 1797 | 1890 Norfolk Mills |
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Rockland St Peter Rockland St Peter Rockland St Peter is a village within the civil parish of Rocklands in the English county of Norfolk. Its church is one of 124 existing round-tower churches in Norfolk.-External links:*, a round-tower church*... |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
c1820 | 1926 Norfolk Mills |
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Rollesby Rollesby Rollesby is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated on the A149 road, adjacent to Rollesby Broad and Ormesby Broad, about north-west of the town of Great Yarmouth and east of the city of Norwich.... |
c1200 | c1200 Norfolk Mills |
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Rougham Rougham Rougham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.It covers an area of and had a population of 152 in 69 households as of the 2001 census.For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of Breckland.... |
Dekonesmyll Dykunesmilne (Deacon's Mill) |
1330 | 1330 Norfolk Mills |
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Rougham | Hall Mill Approximately |
C13th | 1330 Norfolk mills |
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Roughton Roughton, Norfolk Roughton is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is south of Cromer, north of Norwich and north-west of North Walsham. The village straddles the A140 between Cromer and Norwich and the B1463. The nearest railway station is at Roughton Road for the Bittern... |
Chapel Road Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1845 | 1889 Norfolk Mills |
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Roughton | Mill Hill Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1767 | 1774 Norfolk Mills |
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Roughton | Routon Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 | 1767 | Demolished c1814 Norfolk Mills |
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Roughton | Mill Hill Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 | 1734 | 1797 Norfolk Mills |
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Roughton | Routon Mill Mill Hill Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1826 | 1814 | Norfolk Mills | |
Roughton | Demolished by 1429 Norfolk Mills |
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Roydon Roydon, South Norfolk Roydon is a small village and parish in the county of Norfolk, England, about a mile west of Diss. It covers an area of and had a population of 2,358 in 981 households as of the 2001 census.... |
Shelfhanger Road Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1847 | Demolished c1911 Norfolk Mills |
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Roydon | Tottington Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1783 1797 1826 |
1783 | Demolished 1883 Norfolk Mills |
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Saham Toney Saham Toney Saham Toney is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is North of Thetford, west of Norwich and north-east of London. The village lies west of the town of Attleborough.The nearest railway station is at Attleborough for the Breckland Line which runs between... |
Saham Toney Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1826 | Norfolk Mills | ||
Saham Toney | Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 | 1797 | 1797 | ||
Saham Toney | Saham Hills Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1884 | 1884 | ||
Saham Toney | Ashley's Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1797 | 1797 | 1797 | |
Saham Toney | Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 | 1797 | 1797 | ||
Salters Lode | Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind... |
1824 1826 |
1824 | 1949 Norfolk Mills |
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Salhouse Salhouse Salhouse is a village and civil parish within The Broads National Park in the English county of Norfolk. It lies south of the River Bure and Salhouse Broad, about north-east of Norwich.... |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1826 1838 |
1826 | 1873 Norfolk Mills |
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Salhouse | Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1852 | 1901 Norfolk Mills |
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Salthouse Salthouse Salthouse is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated on the salt marshes of North Norfolk. It is north of Holt, west of Sheringham and north of Norwich. The village is on the A149 coast road between King's Lynn and Great Yarmouth. The nearest railway station... |
1649 | 1649 Norfolk Mills |
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Salthouse | Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind... |
1826 | 1825 | 1890 Norfolk Mills |
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Salthouse | Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1841 | Destroyed by artillery 1915 Norfolk Mills |
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Saxlingham Thorpe | 1792 | 1804 Norfolk Mills |
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Saxlingham Thorpe | Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1838 | Demolished c1885 Norfolk Mills |
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Scole Scole Scole is a village on the Norfolk/Suffolk border in England. It is 19 miles south of Norwich and lay on the old Roman road to Venta Icenorum, which was the main road until it was bypassed with a dual carriageway... |
Scole Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1826 | 1799 | 1908, truncated by 1926 Norfolk Mills |
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Scottow Scottow Scottow is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is located some north of Coltishall and south of North Walsham.The civil parish has an area of and in 2001 had a population of 1,774 in 357 households... |
1282 | 1282 Norfolk Mills |
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Scottow | 1614 | 1655 Norfolk Mills |
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Scottow | Mill Common Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 1826 1838 |
1755 | Demolished June 1875 Norfolk Mills |
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Scoulton | 1282 | 1282 Norfolk Mills |
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Sculthorpe Sculthorpe, Norfolk Sculthorpe is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is situated some north-west of Fakenham and south-east of South Creake.The civil parish has an area of and in 2001 had a population of 744 in 312 households... |
Sculthorpe Mill | Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1838 | 1836 | c1900 Norfolk Mills |
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Sea Palling Sea Palling Sea Palling is a village and a civil parish covering in the English county of Norfolk. The village is south-east of Cromer, north-east of Norwich and north-east of London. The village lies east of the A149 between Kings Lynn and Great Yarmouth... |
C12th | C12th Norfolk Mills |
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Sea Palling | 1692 | 1692 Norfolk Mills |
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Sea Palling | Sea Palling Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1826 1838 |
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Sedgeford Sedgeford Sedgeford is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, about 6 km south of the North Sea and east of the Wash. It is approximately north east of Cambridge.It covers an area of and had a population of 540 in 224 households as of the 2001 census.... |
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Sedgeford | Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1824 1826 |
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Sheringham Sheringham Sheringham is a seaside town in Norfolk, England, west of Cromer.The motto of the town, granted in 1953 to the Sheringham Urban District Council, is Mare Ditat Pinusque Decorat, Latin for "The sea enriches and the pine adorns".... |
1573 | 1590 Noroflk Mills |
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Sheringham | Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1838 | 1836 | 1865 Norfolk Mills |
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Shipdham | Market Street Mill | 1797 | 1797 | 1891 Norfolk Mills |
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Shipdham | Mill Road Mill | 1797 1818 1826 |
1797 | 1904 Norfolk Mills |
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Shipdham | West End Mill | Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 1826 |
1797 | 1891 Norfolk Mills |
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Shropham Shropham Shropham is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.It covers an area of and had a population of 351 in 155 households as of the 2001 census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of Breckland.... |
Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind... |
1835 | 1911 Norfolk Mills |
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Shouldham Shouldham Shouldham is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.It covers an area of and had a population of 608 in 246 households as of the 2001 census.... |
Fincham Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1749 1765 1775 1797 1826 |
1749 | Demolished 1827 Norfolk Mills |
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Shouldham | Shouldham Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1827 | 1896 Norfolk Mills |
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Shouldham | Shouldham Mill |
1797 | 1797 | 1810 Norfolk Mills |
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Shouldham Thorpe Shouldham Thorpe Shouldham Thorpe is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.It covers an area of and had a population of 157 in 66 households as of the 2001 census.... |
Fodderston Mill |
1826 | 1826 | Demolished c1830 Norfolk Mills |
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Shouldham Thorpe | Fodderston Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
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Sidestrand Sidestrand Sidestrand is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is North of Norwich, South East of Cromer and north-east of London.The nearest railway station is at North Walsham for the Bittern Line which runs between Cromer and Norwich... |
Black Mill | Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind... |
1864 | Collapsed 1921 Norfolk Mills |
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Smallburgh Smallburgh Smallburgh is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is fourteen miles south-east of Cromer, fourteen miles north-east of Norwich and north-east of London. The village lies five miles south-east of the nearby town of North Walsham... |
Wayford Bridge Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1847 | Norfolk Mills | ||
South Creake South Creake South Creake is a village and civil parish in north west Norfolk, England. The village lies south of its twin village of North Creake, and some five miles north-west of the town of Fakenham.... |
Beck Street Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 1824 |
1778 | Demolished c1866 Norfolk Mills |
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South Creake | Common Mill | 1749 1765 1775 1797 1824 |
1706 | 1824 Norfolk Mills |
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South Creake | Compton Hall Mill |
1844 | 1844 Norfolk Mills |
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South Creake | 1253 | 1253 Norfolk Mills |
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Southery Southery Southery is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.It covers an area of and had a population of 1,161 in 476 households as of the 2001 census.For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk.... |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
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South Lopham South Lopham South Lopham is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.It covers an area of and had a population of 371 in 157 households as of the 2001 census... |
1797 1826 1834 |
1797 | Demolished c1905 Norfolk Mills |
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South Lopham | Gaol House Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1837 | 1830 | Demolished c1925 Norfolk Mills |
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South Runcton | 1302 | 1302 Norfolk Mills |
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Southtown Great Yarmouth Great Yarmouth, often known to locals as Yarmouth, is a coastal town in Norfolk, England. It is at the mouth of the River Yare, east of Norwich.It has been a seaside resort since 1760, and is the gateway from the Norfolk Broads to the sea... |
High Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1812 | Demolished 1905 Norfolk Mills |
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Southtown | Green Cap Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
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Southtown | Water's mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1783 | 1783 | Moved to Southwold 1798 | |
Southtown | Halfway House Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1764 | 1764 | 1764 | |
Southtown | Church Road Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1826* | 1826 | 1826 | |
Southtown | Cliff Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1837 | 1837 | Demolished 1887 | |
South Walsham South Walsham South Walsham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is adjacent to South Walsham Broad.It covers an area of and had a population of 738 in 303 households as of the 2001 census.... |
South Walsham Mill | Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
2000 | Norfolk Mills | ||
Sporle | Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1836 | 1881 Norfolk Mills |
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Stalham Stalham Stalham is a market town on the River Ant in the English county of Norfolk, in East Anglia. It covers an area of and had a population of 2,951 in 1,333 households as of the 2001 census. It lies within the Norfolk Broads, about north-east of Norwich on the A149 road.For the purposes of local... |
Cooke's Mill |
Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind... |
1797 | Burnt down 6 January 1903 Norfolk Mills |
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Stalham | Staithe Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1836 | 1926 Norfolk Mills |
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Stanhoe Stanhoe Stanhoe is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, 6.4 miles from the North Sea. It covers an area of and had a population of 196 in 97 households as of the 2001 census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk.Its... |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
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Stiffkey Stiffkey Stiffkey is a village and civil parish on the north coast of the English county of Norfolk. It is situated on the A149 coast road, some east of Wells-next-the-Sea, west of Blakeney, and north-west of the city of Norwich.... |
1826 | 1826 | 1826 Norfolk Mills |
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Stiffkey | Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1836 | 1893, gone by 1934 Norfolk Mills |
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Stoke Ferry Stoke Ferry Stoke Ferry is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, 6.5 miles south-east of Downham Market. The village lies on the River Wissey which has also been known as the River Stoke.... |
Stoke Ferry Mill |
1824 | 1824 | Demolished 1860s | ||
Stoke Ferry | Stoke Ferry Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1860s | Norfolk Mills | ||
Stoke Ferry | Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1758 | 1861 | |||
Stokesby | Stokesby Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1826 | Norfolk Mills | ||
Stow Bedon Stow Bedon Stow Bedon is a village of 287 inhabitants in the Breckland district of the English county of Norfolk.The Domesday Book mentions Stow Bedon, but in limited detail.... |
Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind... |
1875 | 1875 Norfolk Mills |
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Stratton St Mary | Rayner's Mill |
Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind... |
1854 | 1887 Norfolk Mills |
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Stratton St Michael | Mill Farm Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1675 1797 1826 |
1675 | 1826 Norfolk Mills |
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Stratton St Michael | Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1826 1838 |
1826 | 1870 Norfolk Mills |
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Stratton St Michael | Leeder's Mill Long Stratton Mills |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1826 | 1826 | Norfolk Mills | |
Strumpshaw Strumpshaw Strumpshaw is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, on the River Yare in Norfolk, England, within The Broads National Park.It covers an area of and had a population of 602 in 245 households as of the 2001 census.... |
Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind... |
1749 | 1749 | c1915 Norfolk Mills |
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Sutton Sutton, Norfolk Sutton is a village in the English county of Norfolk. It lies next to the Norfolk Broads , about 16 miles north-east of Norwich on the A149 road, adjacent to the slightly larger market town of Stalham.Sutton has a Post Office, public house and hotel, primary... |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1797 | 1762 | Burnt down 1861 | ||
Sutton | Sutton Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1861 | Norfolk Mills | ||
Sutton | 1826 | 1826 | 1826 Norfolk Mills |
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Swaffham Swaffham Swaffham is a market town and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The town is situated east of King's Lynn and west of Norwich.The civil parish has an area of and in the 2001 census had a population of 6,935 in 3,130 households... |
North Pool Mill | Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind... |
1836 | 1895 Norfolk Mills |
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Swaffham | Kidallsmill Farm |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1675 1797 1824 1826 1832 1834 |
1675 | Demolished 1881 Norfolk Mills |
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Swanton Abbot | Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
c1845 | 1926 Norfolk Mills |
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Swanton Morley Swanton Morley Swanton Morley is a picturesque village situated in the heart of Norfolk. It is a village steeped in history documented back to the Domesday Book... |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 | 1795 | Demolished 1906 Norfolk Mills |
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Terrington St Clement Terrington St Clement Terrington St Clement is a large village in Norfolk, in the UK. It is situated in the drained marshlands to the south of The Wash, 7 miles west of King's Lynn, Norfolk, and 5 miles east of Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire, on the old route of the A47 trunk road. The parish covers an area of... |
Balsam Fields Mill Walker's Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1841 | Demolished February 1908 Norfolk Mills |
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Terrington St Clement | Orange Farm Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
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Terrington St Clement | Lynn Road Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
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Terrington St John Terrington St John Terrington St John is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village lies to the south of the route of the A47 between Peterborough and Kings Lynn.... |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1836 | 1912 Norfolk Mills |
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Tharston | Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1806 | 1810 Norfolk Mills |
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Tharston | Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1896 | 1939, gone by 1945 Norfolk Mills |
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Thetford Thetford Thetford is a market town and civil parish in the Breckland district of Norfolk, England. It is on the A11 road between Norwich and London, just south of Thetford Forest. The civil parish, covering an area of , has a population of 21,588.-History:... |
Holland's Mill | Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
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Thompson Thompson, Norfolk Thompson, Norfolk is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.It covers an area of and had a population of 341 in 147 households as of the 2001 census... |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 1826 |
1797 | Demolished 1913 Norfolk Mills |
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Thornham Thornham, Norfolk Thornham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated on the north Norfolk coast some north-east of the seaside resort of Hunstanton, north of the town of King's Lynn and north-west of the city of Norwich.... |
Composite Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
c1880 | Demolished November 1930 Norfolk Mills |
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Thornham | 1797 | 1797 | 1797 Norfolk Mills |
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Thornham | 1826 | 1821 | Demolished 1886 Norfolk Mills |
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Thrigby | Thrigby Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 1826 |
c1792 | Demolished 1892 Norfolk Mills |
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Thrigby | Thrigby Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1983 | Norfolk Mills | ||
Thurgarton | Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 1826 |
1779 | 1950 Norfolk Mills |
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Thurlton Thurlton The village should not be confused with Thurton which is 6 miles to the west.Thurlton is a small village in South Norfolk, located 14 miles south-east of the city of Norwich, and 9 miles west of the Suffolk coastal town of Lowestoft.Thurlton is on the edge of the Broadland marshes to the south... |
Thurlton Mill Haddiscoe Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 1826 1834 |
1792 | 1908 Norfolk Mills |
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Thurlton | Great Goliath Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1826 | 1806 | 1937, truncated by 1949 Norfolk Mills |
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Thurning Thurning, Norfolk Thurning, Norfolk, is a small village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk and district of North Norfolk, near the border with Broadland.-Location and description:... |
Union Mills |
1826 | 1826 | 1861 Norfolk Mills |
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Thursford Thursford Thursford is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is 16.3 miles south-west of Cromer, 24.5 miles north-west of Norwich and 121 miles north-east of London. The village lies 6.9 miles north-west of the nearby town of Fakenham. The nearest railway station is at... |
1797 1826 |
1782 | 1851 Norfolk Mills |
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Tibenham Tibenham, Norfolk Tibenham is a village and civil parish in South Norfolk, England. It has a population of around 1000. The former RAF Tibenham base is nearby.-External links:... |
1303 | 1303 Norfolk Mills |
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Tibenham | Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 1826 1834 |
1794 | c1891 Norfolk Mills |
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Tilney Fen End | Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
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Tittleshall Tittleshall Tittleshall is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.-Location:The village and parish of Tittleshall has an area of 1376 hectares or . The parish is bordered to the north with the parishes of Raynham and Colkirk, to the west with Wellingham All Saints, to the south with the... |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1872 | Demolished 1912 Norfolk Mills |
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Tivetshall St Mary Tivetshall St Mary Tivetshall St Mary is a civil parish in the district of South Norfolk and county of Norfolk, England.It covers an area of and had a population of 302 in 117 households at the 2001 census.... |
1675 1797 1826 1834 1837 |
1675 | 1845 Norfolk Mills |
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Tivetshall St Margaret Tivetshall St Margaret Tivetshall St Margaret is a village and civil parish in Norfolk, England. It covers an area of and had a population of 266 in 104 households as of the 2001 census.- The church :... |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
c1851 | Demolished c1942 Norfolk Mills |
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Toftwood Toftwood Toftwood is a locality within the town of Dereham, in the county of Norfolk in the United Kingdom.... |
Toftwood Mill |
1781 1826 |
1778 | Demolished c1928 Norfolk Mills |
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Topcroft Topcroft Topcroft is a Village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The Village is north west of Bungay, south of Norwich and north east of London. The village lies south of the of B1527 road. The nearest railway station is at Norwich for the Great Eastern Main Line which runs between... |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1838 | 1838 | 1933 Norfolk Mills |
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Tottenhill Tottenhill Tottenhill is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.It covers an area of and had a population of 231 in 97 households as of the 2001 census.For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk.... |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1824 1826 1834 |
1760 | Demolished 1961 Norfolk Mills |
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Tunstall | Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1910 | 1910 Norfolk Mills |
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Upper Sheringham Upper Sheringham Upper Sheringham is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk . The village is North-north-west of Norwich, west of Cromer and north-north-east of London. The village is from the town of Sheringham. The nearest railway station is at Sheringham for the Bittern Line which... |
Sheringham Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 | 1575 | c1922 Norfolk Mills |
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Upper Sheringham | Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1775 1797 |
1575 | Demolished c1822 Norfolk Mills |
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Upton Upton, Norfolk Upton is a village on the River Bure in Norfolk, England within The Broads National Park.Administratively it comes under the civil parish of Upton with Fishley which in turn comes under the district of Broadland. It is north of Acle, halfway between Norwich and Great Yarmouth.St. Margaret's Church... |
Upton Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1783 | Demolished c1890 Norfolk Mills |
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Upwell Upwell Upwell is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.It covers an area of and had a population of 2,456 in 1,033 households as of the 2001 census.For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk... |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1824 | 1824 | 1824 | ||
Upwell | Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1824 | 1824 | 1824 | ||
Upwell | Lot's Bridge Mill |
1797 | 1797 | 1797 | ||
Upwell | Sander's Mill Shepherd's Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1829 | Norfolk Mills |
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Walpole St Peter | Cooper's Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1766 | Norfolk Mills | ||
Walpole St Peter | Waterdown Green Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1885 | 1885 | ||
Watlington Watlington, Norfolk Watlington is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.It covers an area of and had a population of 2,031 in 852 households as of the 2001 census.For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk.... |
Watlington Mill | Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1864 | 1904 Norfolk Mills |
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Wells next the Sea | Blacks Lane Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
Early C19th | Moved to Burnham Overy Staithe c1805 Norfolk Mills |
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Wells next the Sea | Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1826 | 1826 | 1906 Norfolk Mills |
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Westacre | Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
Demolished June 1870 Norfolk Mills |
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West Bradenham | Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind... |
1838 | 1826 | 1879 Norfolk Mills |
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West Dereham West Dereham West Dereham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.It covers an area of and had a population of 440 in 176 households as of the 2001 census.... |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 1826 |
1797 | 1858 Norfolk Mills |
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West Newton | Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1824 1826 |
1824 | 1875 Norfolk Mills |
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West Raynham West Raynham West Raynham is a village in the county of Norfolk. Located close to the A1065 road, some 5 miles SW of Fakenham and is the largest village on the Raynham estate. The river Wensum flows nearby... |
Raynham Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 1826 1834 1838 |
1750 | Demolished c1845 Norfolk Mills |
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West Walton West Walton West Walton is a village and a civil parish in the English county of NorfolkThe village is west of Norwich, west-south-west of King's Lynn and north of London. The nearest town is Wisbech which is south of the village. The nearest railway station is at Watlington, Norfolk for the Fen Line... |
Fen End Mill Sutterby's Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1824 | 1740 | Norfolk Mills | |
West Walton West Walton West Walton is a village and a civil parish in the English county of NorfolkThe village is west of Norwich, west-south-west of King's Lynn and north of London. The nearest town is Wisbech which is south of the village. The nearest railway station is at Watlington, Norfolk for the Fen Line... |
Ingleborough Mill Ingleborough Tower Windmill, West Walton Ingleborough Tower Windmill is located one mile north of the village of West Walton in the English county of Norfolk. The windmill is situated in the yard of Hill House Farm along with a house and assorted farm buildings. The mill is now in a state of disuse. The mill tower was made a Grade II... |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1824 | Norfolk Mills | ||
Westwick Westwick, Norfolk Westwick is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, situated to the south of North Walsham.It covers an area of and had a population of 72 in 33 households as of the 2001 census.... |
Westwick Hall | Titt iron wind engine John Wallis Titt John Wallis Titt was a late nineteenth-century mechanical engineer and builder of a particular design of large wind engine.-Early life:... |
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West Winch West Winch West Winch is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.It covers an area of and had a population of 2,596 in 1,068 households as of the 2001 census.For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk.... |
West Winch Mill West Winch Windmill West Winch Windmill is located in the village of West Winch in the English county of Norfolk. West Winch is two miles south of King’s Lynn. The mill is a grade II listed building.-Description:... |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
c1821 | Norfolk Mills | ||
Weybourne | Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1723 | 1916 Norfolk Mills |
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Weybourne | Weybourne Mill Weybourne Windmill Weybourne Windmill is located on the eastern high ground above the village of Weybourne in the English county of Norfolk. It is on the northern side of the A149 coastal road that links King’s Lynn to Great Yarmouth. The Windmill is 3 miles west of Sheringham and is within the Norfolk Coast AONB... |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1850 | Norfolk Mills | ||
Wheatacre Wheatacre Wheatacre is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.It covers an area of and had a population of 112 in 43 households as of the 2001 census.For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of South Norfolk.... |
Burgh Mill | Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1601 | 1839 Norfolk Mills |
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Whissonsett Whissonsett Whissonsett is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is miles south of the of Fakenham, west north west of Norwich and miles north north east of London. The nearest railway station is at Wymondham for the Breckland Line which runs between Norwich and... |
North Mill | Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1891 | Burnt down 1912 Norfolk Mills |
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Whissonsett | South Mill | Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
c1814 | Burnt down c1912 Norfolk Mills |
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Wicklewood Wicklewood Wicklewood is a village and civil parish in the South Norfolk district of Norfolk, England. It is located west of Norwich next to the Market town of Wymondham, neighbouring the villages of Deopham, Hackford and Kimberley... |
Old Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1844 | c1902 Norfolk Mills |
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Wicklewood | Wicklewood Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1845 | Norfolk Mills | ||
Wighton Wighton Wighton is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is situated some south of the town of Wells-next-the-Sea, north of the town of Fakenham, and north-west of the city of Norwich. The medieval pilgrimage centre of Walsingham lies to the south.The civil parish has... |
Wighton Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1797 | 1786 | 1939, gone by 1945 Norfolk Mills |
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Wighton | Old Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 | 1797 | 1797 | |
Winfarthing Winfarthing Winfarthing is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is located 6 km north of the town of Diss, 20 km east of the town of Thetford, and 30 km south of the city of Norwich.... |
Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind... |
1828 | Demolished 1937 Norfolk Mills |
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Winfarthing | Shelfanger Road Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
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Winterton on Sea | Winterton Mill | Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
c1700 | Blown down April 1902 Norfolk Mills |
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Witton Postwick with Witton Postwick with Witton is a civil parish on the Broads in the English county of Norfolk, comprising the two nearby villages of Postwick and Witton. Postwick is some east of the city of Norwich, just south of the eastern end of the A47 Norwich southern bypass on the north bank of the River Yare... |
1841 | 1881 Norfolk Mills |
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Witton Witton Bridge Witton is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is located east of the town of North Walsham and north of the city of Norwich... |
Ridlington Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 | 1763 | Demolished c1809 Norfolk Mills |
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Witton | Witton Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1826 | c1809 | Demolished c1924 Norfolk Mills |
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Witton | Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 | 1797 | 1797 | ||
Wiveton Wiveton Wiveton is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated on the west bank of the River Glaven, inland from the coast and directly across the river from the village of Cley next the Sea... |
1349 | 1349 Norfolk Mills |
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Wiveton | Wiveton Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 | 1586 | 1797 Norfolk Mills |
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Wiveton | South Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1826 1838 |
1825 | Demolished August 1850 Norfolk Mills |
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Wiveton | Blakeney Mill Blakeney Windmill Blakeney Tower Windmill was built in 1769 and is located on Friar Farm just to the east of the village of Blakeney in the English county of Norfolk . The mill, which today is owned by the National Trust stands amongst a static caravan site... |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1797 | 1769 | Norfolk Mills | |
Woodton Woodton Woodton is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated some 7 km north-west of the Suffolk town of Bungay, and 20 km south-east of Norfolk's capital city of Norwich.... |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 1826 |
1797 | c1925, gone by 1935 Norfolk Mills |
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Wood Norton Wood Norton, Norfolk Wood Norton is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is located some east of Fakenham and north-west of Norwich.The civil parish has an area of and in the 2001 census had a population of 221 in 94 households... |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1826 | 1815 | 1833 Norfolk Mills |
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Wood Norton | Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind... |
c1834 | 1892 Norfolk Mills |
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Worstead Worstead Worstead is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It lies 5 km south of North Walsham, 9 km north of Wroxham, and 20 km north of Norwich. The village is served by Worstead railway station on the Bittern Line.... |
Worstead Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
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Worstead | Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1797 | 1797 | 1797 | ||
Worstead | Briggate Mill |
1790s | 1790s Norfolk Mills |
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Worstead | Briggate Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1854 | Norfolk Mills | ||
Wramplingham Wramplingham Wramplingham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated on the River Tiffey some north of Wymondham and west of Norwich.... |
1797 | 1773 | 1797 Norfolk Mills |
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Wreningham Wreningham Wreningham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated some south east of Wymondham and south west of Norwich.The civil parish has an area of 6.24 square kilometres and in 2001 had a population of 493 in 199 households... |
Wreningham Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1797 1826 1834 |
1797 | 1937 Norfolk Mills |
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Wymondham Wymondham Wymondham is a historic market town and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It lies 9.5 miles to the south west of the city of Norwich, on the A11 road to Thetford and London.- Before The Great Fire :... |
North Mill |
Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind... |
1858 | Burnt down 17 February 1950 Norfolk Mills |
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Wymondham | Silfield Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
c1850 | Norfolk Mills | ||
Wymondham | Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
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Wymondham | Browick Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
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Wymondham | Browick Mill |
Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind... |
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Wymondham | Silfield Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
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Wymondham | Norwood Common Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
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Wymondham | Wymondham Common Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
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Wymondham | Suton Mill |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
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Yaxham Yaxham Yaxham is a village and civil parish in centre of the English county of Norfolk. The parish includes the village of Yaxham, together with the neighbouring community of Clint Green. Together, they lay some south of Dereham and west of Norwich.... |
Post Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have... |
1826 | 1810 | 1904, gone by 1917 Norfolk Mills |
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Yaxham | Smock Smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind... |
1845 | 1860 Norfolk Mills |
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Yaxham | Yaxham Mill |
Tower Tower mill A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.... |
1860 | Norfolk Mills |
Maps
- 1675 Ogilvy
- 1736 John Kirby
- 1749 Emanuel BowenEmanuel BowenEmanuel Bowen was an English map engraver, who worked for George II of England and Louis XV of France as a geographerHe published a 'Complete Atlas of Geography,' 1744-7; an 'English Atlas, with a new set of maps,' 1745; a 'Complete Atlas .....
- 1765 Corbridge
- 1775 Bowles
- 1783 Hodskinson
- 1797 Faden
- 1824 Ordnance SurveyOrdnance SurveyOrdnance Survey , an executive agency and non-ministerial government department of the Government of the United Kingdom, is the national mapping agency for Great Britain, producing maps of Great Britain , and one of the world's largest producers of maps.The name reflects its creation together with...
- 1826 Bryant
- 1826*Bryant
- 1834 Greenwood
- 1837 Ordnance Survey
- 1838 Ordnance Survey