List of drainage windmills in Norfolk

Last updated November 22, 2023

This is a list of drainage windmills in the current ceremonial county English county of Norfolk. Some of the windmills in this area receive maintenance from the Norfolk Windmills Trust.

Locations

A

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	First mention or built	Last mention or demise
Acle	Charlie Water's Mill TG 413 110	Tower
Acle	Palmer's Mill TG 404 103	Hollow post		Dismantled 1976, rebuilt at Upton in 1978.
Acle	TG 421 103	Trestle
Acle	Marsh Farm Mill TG 421 103	Tower	1890	1905 Norfolk Mills
Ashby	Clippesby Mill TG 409 128	Tower	1814

B

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	First mention or built	Last mention or demise
Barton Turf	Turf Fen Windpump TG 369 188	Tower	c. 1875	Norfolk Mills
Barton Turf	TG 362 182	Tower
Belaugh	Old Hall Mill TG 293 175	Tower
Belton	Black Mill TG 467 035	Tower	c. 1830
Buckenham	Buckenham Ferry Mill TG 353 045	Tower		Norfolk Mills
Burgh St Peter	Burgh Mill TM 500 946	Tower		1920 Norfolk Mills

C

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise
Calthorpe	Randall's Mill TG 410 264	Tower
Caister	TG 512 102	Tower
Caister	West Caister TG 506 111	Hollow post
Catfield	Barton Broad TG 365 220	Tower
Catfield	Swim Coots Mill TG 4113 2122	Tower	1838	1838	Norfolk Mills
Chedgrave ^[1]	Six Mile House TG 452 034	Tower		1870s	Norfolk Mills
Chedgrave	Pettingell's Mill TG 459 016	Tower
Chedgrave	Upper Seven Mile House Mill TG 446 028	Tower
Claxton	TG 364 051	Tower

D - F

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise
Dilham	TG 347 259	Trestle
Eaton	TG 197 068			1884	1930 Norfolk Mills
Fleggburgh	St Margaret's Mill TG 418 119	Tower		c. 1747	Norfolk Mills
Fritton	Caldecott Mill TG 465 021	Tower			Norfolk Mills
Fritton	Fritton Marshes TM 450 998	Tower
Fritton	St Olaves Mill Priory Mill TM 457 998	Trestle		1910	Norfolk Mills
Fritton	Fritton Marshes TM 450 998	Tower	1837	1837	Demolished 1895^[2]
Fritton	Fritton Warren Mill TG 453 008	Trestle		c. 1910	Demolished c. 1948
Fritton	Bell Hill Mill TG 465 021	Tower	1783	1783	Demolished 1844^[2]
Fritton	TM 457 998	Smock	1884	1884	Demolished 1898

G - H

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise
Great Yarmouth	Ashtree Farm^[3]	Tower ^[3]			Demolished by 1912^[3]
Great Yarmouth	Ashtree Farm Mill ^[4] TG 507 095	Tower		1912	Norfolk Mills
Great Yarmouth	Lockgate Mill TG 480 071	Tower		1877^[5]	Norfolk Mills
Haddiscoe	Toft Monks Mill TG 448 009	Tower			Norfolk Mills
Halvergate	Six Mile House Mill Blake's Mill Perry's Mill TG 461 098	Tower
Halvergate	Key's Mill TG 462 085	Tower
Halvergate	Stone's Mill Kerry's Mill^[3] TG 441 056	Tower
Halvergate	Mutton's Mill TG 441 063	Tower			Norfolk Mills
Halvergate	High's Mill Gilbert's Mill Lubbock's Mill TG 457 072	Tower			Norfolk Mills
Halvergate	South Walsham Mill Howard's Mill TG 462 072	Tower			Norfolk Mills
Halvergate	Carter's Mill TG 441 058	Tower
Hardley	Hardley Marshes TG 387 024	Tower		1874	Norfolk Mills
Hellesdon	Marsh Mill TG 192 117	Smock		c. 1828	Blown down June 1842 Norfolk Mills
Hickling	Hickling Windmill Roland Green's Mill TG 419 221	Tower		c. 1860	Norfolk Mills
Hickling	Stubb Mill TG 437 220	Tower		c. 1800	Norfolk Mills
Hockwold	Lower Mill TL 671 838			1829	1838 Norfolk Mills
Hockwold	Upper Mill TL 641 876			1829	1838 Norfolk Mills
Hockwold	Redmoor Mill TL 6460 8715	Smock	1797 1824 1826	1797	1826 Norfolk Mills
Horning	Neave's Mill Kettle's Mill TG 365 176	Tower		1810^[6]	Norfolk Mills
Horning	Hobb's Mill TG 347 163	Trestle		Late 19th century	Restored 1983 English Heritage Windmill World
Horning	Horning Ferry TG 345 166	Smock
Horsey	Black Mill^[7] TG 457 222	Tower ^[7]		Early 18th century^[7]	Demolished 1912^[7]
Horsey	Horsey Windpump TG 457 222	Tower		1912	Norfolk Mills
Hoveton	Dydall's Mill Miller's Mill TG 326 171	Tower

I - L

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise
Irstead	TG 358 196	Hollow post
Langley	Langley Detached Mill TG 466 045	Tower
Limpenhoe	Limpenhoe Mill TG 3946 0190	Tower		1831	Norfolk Mills
Ludham	Boardman's Windmill TG 370 192	Trestle
Ludham	Clayrack Drainage Mill TG 370 192	Hollow post		1987
Ludham	Womack Water TG 400 175	Tower			Norfolk Mills
Ludham	North Mill, Ludham Bridge TG 372 172	Tower			Norfolk Mills
Ludham	South Mill, Ludham Bridge TG374 169	Trestle			Standing 1930s^[8]
Ludham	South Mill, Ludham Bridge Beaumont's Mill TG 374 170	Tower			Demolished 1960s Norfolk Mills
Ludham	St Benet's Abbey Mill TG 3803 1578	Tower	1749 1765 1775 1797 1826	c. 1735	Norfolk Mills
Ludham	St Benet's Level Mill TG 399 156	Tower		c. 1775	Norfolk Mills
Ludham	TG 366 184
Ludham	Ludham Staithe Horsefen Mill TG 408 176	Tower		c. 1800	Demolished 1950s-60s Norfolk Mills
Ludham	TG 3969 1695	Tower			1939 Norfolk Mills

M

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	First mention or built	Last mention or demise
Martham	Bracey's Mill TG 442 192	Tower	1908	Norfolk Mills
Mautby		Trestle	1783	1783 Norfolk mills
Mautby	Marsh Mill TG489 099	Tower		Norfolk mills

N - O

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise
Nordelph	Well Creek Mill TF 561 009	Smock			Norfolk Mills
Nordelph	Upwell Fen Mill TF 561 003	Smock			Norfolk Mills
Nordelph	Popham's Eau Betty Mill^[3] TF 5445 0085	Smock			Demolished 1920s^[3] Norfolk Mills
Norton Subcourse	Norton Marshes TG 403 011	Tower		1863	Norfolk Mills
Norton Subcourse	Boyce's Mill TG 402 008	Tower		1861^[9]
Oby	Oby Mill Wiseman's Mill' TG 4092 1381	Tower	1797	1753	Norfolk Mills

P - R

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise
Potter Heigham	High's Mill TG 429 190	Tower		c. 1875	Norfolk Mills
Potter Heigham	Heigham Holmes Mill Eelfleet Dyke Mill TG 449 202	Tower
Ranworth	Small Mill TG 362 147	Tower
Ranworth	Ranworth Marshes TG 367 148	Hollow post			Demolished 1980s, re-erected at Ludham (Clayrack), 1987
Reedham	Cadge's Mill Batchie's Mill Stimpson's Mill TG 446 035	Tower
Reedham	Polkey’s Mill South Mill TG 4444 4034	Tower			Norfolk Mills
Reedham	North Mill TG 444 036	Tower
Reedham	Reedham Ferry (north) TG 409 017	Tower		1840	Norfolk Mills
Reedham	Reedham Ferry (south) TG 408 014	Tower
Reedham	TG 4652 0496	Tower	1797 1826 1834	1797	Demolished 1865 Norfolk Mills
Reedham	Berney Arms Mill High Mill TG 4652 0496	Tower		1865	Norfolk Mills
Reedham	Tuck's Mill TG 459 043	Tower
Repps	Repps Level TG 418 179	Tower
Repps	Pug Street Mill TG 414 174	Tower
Rockland Broad	Long's Corner	Trestle			Norfolk Mills
Runham	Five Mile House Mill TG 478 098	Tower		1849
Runham	Perry's Mill South Mill, Runham Swim TG 472 099	Tower
Runham	Child's Mill North Mill, Runham Swim TG 470 100	Tower

S

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	First mention or built	Last mention or demise
Salters Lode		Smock		Norfolk Mills
Sea Palling	Lambridge Mill Lambrigg Mill TG 432 252
Sea Palling	Sea Palling Mill TG 415 267
Smallburgh	Wayford Bridge Mill Dilham Dyke Mill TG 3440 2480			1847 Norfolk Mills
Smallburgh	Moy's Mill TG 3536 2436	Tower	1900	1937 Norfolk Mills
Smallburgh	Wayland Bridge drainage mill	Hollow post ^[8]		Standing 1930s^[8] Norfolk Mills
Stalham	Hunsett Mill TG 364 239	Tower	1860	Norfolk Mills Hunsett Mill
Stalham	TG 358 248	Tower
Starston	Starston Windpump TM 232 843	Hollow post	c. 1850
Stokesby	Commission Mill TG 422 104	Tower		Norfolk Mills
Stokesby	Old Hall Mill Dack's Mill TG 473 094	Tower		Norfolk Mills
Stokesby	Calthorpe's Mill TG 416 114	Tower
South Walsham	Debbage's Mill TG 385 151	Tower

T - W

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	First mention or built	Last mention or demise
Thurne	Thurne Dyke Mill Morse's Mill TG 401 159	Tower	1820	Norfolk Mills
Tunstall	Stracey Arms Windpump TG 442 090	Tower	1820
Tunstall	Tunstall Dyke TG 422 093	Tower
Tunstall	Acle Mill TG 423 092	Smock
Tunstall	Old Hall Mill TG 433 095	Tower
Upton	Palmer's Mill TG 403 129	Hollow Post	1978
Upton	Black Mill TG 405 141	Tower	1800	Norfolk Mills
Upton	Tall Mill TG 407 118	Tower
Waxham	Brograve Mill TG 448 236	Tower	1771	Norfolk Mills
West Somerton	West Marsh Mill TG 464 202	Tower	1858
Wheatacre	Black Mill TM 478 959	Tower
Wiggenhall St Mary Magdalen	Wiggenhall Mill TF 597 107	Smock

Maps

1749 Emanuel Bowen
1765 Corbridge
1775 Bowles
1783 Joseph Hodgkinson^[10]
1797 Faden
1826 Bryant
1834 Greenwood
1837 Ordnance Survey
1838 Ordnance Survey
1884 Ordnance Survey

Notes

Mills in bold are still standing, known building dates are indicated in bold. Text in italics denotes indicates that the information is not confirmed, but is likely to be the case stated.

Sources

Unless otherwise indicated, the source for all entries is Smith, Arthur C (1990). Drainage Windmills of the Norfolk Marshes. Stevenage: Stevenage Museum. ISBN 0-9515766-0-7. or the Norfolk Mills website per individual entries linked.

References

↑ Now in Haddiscoe parish.
1 2 Dolman, Peter (1978). Windmills in Suffolk. Ipswich: Suffolk Mills Group. ISBN 0-9506447-0-6.
1 2 3 4 5 6 Wailes, Rex (1954). The English Windmill. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. pp. 72, 78.
↑ The mill stands in a detached part of Acle parish. Listed under nearest place.
↑ Norfolk Chronicle, 18 August 1877
↑ Norfolk County Record Office MC225/3
1 2 3 4 Brown, R J (1976). Windmills of England. London: Robert Hale. p. 154. ISBN 0-7091-5641-3.
1 2 3 Thurston Hopkins, R (1932). Old Watermills and Windmills. London: Phillip Allan & Co Ltd. p. 131.
↑ Norfolk County Record Office BR136/1
↑ Map of Suffolk

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[Haddiscoe-1] Now in Haddiscoe parish.

[Dolman-2] 1 2 Dolman, Peter (1978). Windmills in Suffolk. Ipswich: Suffolk Mills Group. ISBN 0-9506447-0-6.

[Wailes-3] 1 2 3 4 5 6 Wailes, Rex (1954). The English Windmill. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. pp. 72, 78.

[Acle-4] The mill stands in a detached part of Acle parish. Listed under nearest place.

[NC-5] Norfolk Chronicle, 18 August 1877

[Lock-6] Norfolk County Record Office MC225/3

[Brown-7] 1 2 3 4 Brown, R J (1976). Windmills of England. London: Robert Hale. p. 154. ISBN 0-7091-5641-3.

[Hopkins-8] 1 2 3 Thurston Hopkins, R (1932). Old Watermills and Windmills. London: Phillip Allan & Co Ltd. p. 131.

[NCRO-9] Norfolk County Record Office BR136/1

[Suffolk-10] Map of Suffolk

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