Norfolk Mills, Pumps and Turbines

Aldborough former watermill on Scarrow Beck [7433] 1997-03-02
Converted to dwellings and the course of the stream diverted.
Aylsham former watermill on Bure north side [7432] 1997-03-02
Built in late Georgian period. Made a listed building in 1969. Converted in 1980 to training accommodation for a travel firm.
Aylsham former watermill on Bure from NW [7431] 1997-03-02
Bawburgh former watermill on Yare [7030] 1993-07-03
Became dwellings.
Billingford windmill from SE [4944] 1965-08-20
Earsham hundred.
Billingford windmill from SW [4943] 1965-08-20
Bintree house near watermill [7411] 1996-10-13
Bintree watermill on Wensum from south [7410] 1996-10-13
And mill house. One of the oldest in Norfolk.
Bintree watermill on Wensum from west [7409] 1996-10-13
Burgh next Aylsham former watermill on Bure [7434] 1997-03-02
Was converted to a dwelling.
Burnham Overy lower watermill on Burn [5983] 1978-08-21
Built 1795.
Burnham Overy upper watermill on Burn [7585] 1998-09-20
Windmill tower at top obscured by scaffolding.
Burnham Overy windmill [5984] 1978-08-21
Converted to living accommodation and maintained by National Trust.
Buxton watermill on Bure north side [3367] 1940-04-07
Buxton watermill on Bure south side [3368] 1940-04-07
Buxton watermill on Bure and mill house [5027] 1965-09-18
Caston windmill [5794] 1977-05-21
Cley windmill [4927] 1965-08-12
Corpusty watermill on Bure [4921] 1965-08-12
Cringleford mill house and weir on Yare [B536] 1933-04-14
Watermill was burnt down in the early 20c.
Denver windmill [7094] 1993-10-31
For grinding corn. Built 1835.
Denver windmill [7847] 2001-09-01
E Dereham windmill [7214] 1995-07-08
One mile east of town. Once derelict but restored by Mr John Lawn of Caston.
E Dereham windmill [7215] 1995-07-08
Ellingham mill house watermill on Waveney [5602] 1976-08-14
Clavering hundred. Mill house is early 19c.
Elsing watermill on Wensum [7462] 1997-07-06
The two lower floors are of brick, the top floor timber framed and weatherboarded.
Elsing mill house [7463] 1997-07-06
Fakenham watermill on Wensum west side [7506] 1997-10-05
Fakenham watermill on Wensum east side [7507] 1997-10-05
Converted to residential use. Of typical Georgian architecture.
Felmingham former mill house [7661] 1999-07-18
Adjoining site of demolished watermill.
Garboldisham post mill side and front [5401] 1974-09-04
Garboldisham post mill side and rear [5400] 1974-09-04
Garboldisham post mill from west [5856] 1977-09-10
Last surviving post mill in Norfolk. Built mid 18c. Last used 1917.
Gimingham site of watermill on Mun Brook [7685] 1999-09-19
1981 building on site of former watermill
Gt Bircham tower windmill [7175] 1994-11-25
Gt Witchingham Lenwade watermill on Wensum [5673] 1976-08-23
Gt Witchingham mill house [7459] 1997-07-06
Early Georgian.
Gt Witchingham watermill on Wensum trib [7458] 1997-07-06
On tributary of Wensum. Sometimes known as Whitwell mill.
Heacham Caley watermill on Heacham [7584] 1998-09-20
No longer used for milling, it contains a gift shop for the lavender industry.
Hempstead watermill on Glaven [7499] 1997-09-28
Holt hundred. Also known as Holt mill. Georgian.
Hingham former watermill [7655] 1999-07-16
Not on a river but near springs.
Hingham former mill house and watermill [7656] 1999-07-16
Honingham watermill on Tud [2992] 1939-05-21
Built mainly of weatherboarding over timber framing, it is continuous under the same roof as the mill house which is of brick and tiles.
Honingham mill house and watermill on Tud [2990] 1939-05-21
Horsey drainage windmill from NW [5839] 1977-08-29
At Horsey Mere. No longer working but recently restored as a typical specimen.
Horsford mill disused tower [B608] 1933-07-02
Horstead watermill on Bure N side [3332] 1940-03-22
The mill believed to date from 1789 was last used for milling flour during WW1. Burned down 23 January 1963.
Horstead watermill on Bure S side [3369] 1940-04-07
Horstead watermill on Bure after fire [4914] 1965-07-31
Horstead watermill on Bure after fire [4915] 1965-07-31
Hunworth former watermill on Glaven [7693] 1999-10-02
And mill house on right.
Itteringham former watermill on Bure N side [7633] 1999-06-06
Itteringham former watermill on Bure SW [7634] 1999-06-06
Keswick mill house and watermill on Yare [4799] 1964-07-26
The watermill is timber framed and weatherboarded.
Keswick granary next to watermill on Yare [3372] 1940-04-21
Letheringsett watermill on Glaven [7427] 1997-02-08
Lt Cressingham windmill tower [7006] 1993-06-05
Here was a windmill and watermill combined, the former disused since about 1920. Claude Messent recorded the watermill in 1939 as the smallest in the county. River Wissey.
Loddon watermill on Chet from NE [5484] 1976-04-17
Lyng mill house [7461] 1997-07-06
Lyng weir of former watermill on Wensum [7460] 1997-07-06
Marlingford river Yare above mill [B585] 1933-06-11
From the mill sluice.
Marlingford river Yare weir [B586] 1933-06-11
Marlingford watermill on Yare north side [3234] 1939-08-08
Marlingford watermill on Yare south side [3235] 1939-08-08
Mundesley housing of wheel from former mill [7686] 1999-09-19
Wheelhouse preserving the overshot wheel from the watermill on the Mun brook, burnt down in 1956. The wheel was restored and turning again in 1965 but wasn't in 1999.
Narborough watermill on Nar [7407] 1996-09-15
Georgian.
Newton by Castle Acre watermill on Nar [7577] 1998-09-20
Partly built with re-used materials taken from the remains of Castle Acre Priory.
N Elmham former watermill on Wensum [7587] 1998-09-20
Was converted to holiday residences.
N Walsham Bacton Wood watermill on canal [7569] 1998-08-30
From SE, on North Walsham and Dilham canal. Built about mid 1820s.
N Walsham Bacton Wood watermill on canal [7570] 1998-08-30
From SW.
N Walsham Ebridge watermill on canal [7468] 1997-07-27
On North Walsham and Dilham canal.
Oxnead watermill on Bure [3610] 1946-03-27
Constructed largely of brick which has been whitewashed over.
Paston Stow windmill from east [5880] 1977-10-30
Restored 1961-63 with a grant from Norfolk County Council. The mill stands in a commanding position on the coast road south-east of Mundesley.
Paston Stow windmill cap and sails [5881] 1977-10-30
Roughton windmill ruin [5913] 1978-06-17
Saxlingham Thorpe Duffield flour mill SW [7523] 1998-02-07
By the river Tas.
Sculthorpe watermill on Wensum west side [7509] 1997-10-05
Sculthorpe watermill on Wensum east side [7508] 1997-10-05
A stone on the east side is dated 1757. It is no longer a mill having been converted in 1965 into an hotel and restaurant.
Shotesham St Mary watermill on Tas N side [3057] 1939-06-03
Timber framed and weatherboarded, it is well over 100 years old.
Shotesham St Mary watermill on Tas S side [3037] 1939-05-29
Snettisham watermill on Ingol south side [7582] 1998-09-20
Snettisham watermill on Ingol north side [7583] 1998-09-20
Built early in 19c when there was a great dearth of flour for making bread.
Stoke Holy Cross watermill on Tas [2902] 1939-04-07
Famous in that the business of J and J Colman commenced here in the early 19c. Chiefly timber framed and weatherboarded.
Stoke Holy Cross watermill on Tas [2903] 1939-04-07
Stoke Holy Cross watermill on Tas [B202] 1931-00-00
Sutton windmill from east [3871] 1950-06-18
The tallest existing corn windmill in England. Probably built by Englands, the Ludham millwrights, in 1789. Rebuilt in 1857 after a fire. The sails were struck by lightning in 1940, but the mill had not produced flour for some years before that.
Sutton windmill from NE [3872] 1950-06-18
Sutton windmill sails [3873] 1950-06-18
Sutton windmill with new stocks fitted [7630] 1999-05-15
Swaffham wind turbine [7674] 1999-08-19
Swaffham wind turbine [7675] 1999-08-19
Swaffham wind turbine and Ecotech centre [7677] 1999-08-19
Centre opened 1999 with an exhibition relating to conservation.
Swaffham wind turbine viewing platform [7676] 1999-08-19
First turbine at Swaffham. Commenced operation 16 August 1999. The tower 67 metres tall and each blade 31 metres long. 300 steps to the viewing platform. German built, it cost 1,250,000 pounds, and can provide power to half the town, around 3000 people.
Swaffham wind turbine 2 [7937] 2003-08-25
Second turbine. Erected as the tallest in Britain. 85 metres tall with 70 metre diameter rotor blades. Constructed July 2003.
Tasburgh former watermill on Tas [7597] 1998-10-18
Became a private residence.
Tharston former watermill on Tas south side [6791] 1992-05-19
Tharston former watermill on Tas south side [7594] 1998-10-18
Tharston former watermill on Tas north side [7595] 1998-10-18
The Granary, Low Tharston, a converted watermill. Sometimes known erroneously as Hapton Mill, the name of the adjoining parish.
Thetford watermill on Little Ouse from NW [7513] 1997-10-25
Thetford watermill on Little Ouse from SW [7514] 1997-10-25
Thurne Dyke and wind pump [6940] 1992-11-28
Near entrance to river Bure.
Thurne Dyke drainage wind pump [5957] 1978-08-14
Tunstall Stracey Arms drainage windmill [4893] 1965-04-17
Acle New Rd.
W Acre site of watermill on Nar [7578] 1998-09-20
And site of mill house.
W Newton site of watermill on Babingley [7581] 1998-09-20
House on site of former watermill.
W Somerton Blood Hills wind turbine [6944] 1992-11-28
W Somerton Blood Hills wind turbines [6945] 1992-11-28
W Winch windmill [7321] 1996-05-31
Ceased working 1937. Restoration commenced 1975.
Weybourne former watermill on Spring Beck [7658] 1999-07-17
From SW.
Weybourne former watermill on Spring Beck [7660] 1999-07-17
From NE.
Weybourne mill house from SW [7657] 1999-07-17
Weybourne mill house north side [7659] 1999-07-17
Weybourne windmill [5612] 1976-08-16
Converted to a house. Formerly the property of Lord Walpole.
Wicklewood windmill [6406] 1986-06-26
Worstead Briggate watermill on Dilham canal [7571] 1998-08-30
Ruins of watermill on North Walsham and Dilham canal. Plans made in 1965 to convert it to residences were never carried out.
Worthing mill house watermill on Blackwater [7586] 1998-09-20
Mill house and converted water mill (left). A tributary of the Wensum.
Wramplingham watermill on Tiffey [3473] 1940-07-12
Top two storeys are of timber construction, the bottom one of brick.

Text and photographs copyright George Plunkett

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