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  Norfolk windmills
Scattered across the county there are many windmills, some of which have been restored, a number are fully working and others have been converted into guest-houses or family homes.
No matter where you are in Norfolk, there always seems to be a windmill nearby.
This windmill is in working condition and has an interesting exhibition.
www.norfolk-norwich.com /norfolk/discovering-norfolk/norfolk-windmills.php   (283 words)

  
  Apartments Norfolk
The Norfolk dialect is a dialect of Norfolk, England.
Norfolk is one of Virginia's largest cities; as of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 234,403.
The Duke of Norfolk is, moreover, the Earl Marshal and Hereditary Marshal of England.
www.artistbooking.com /trips/9/apartments-norfolk.html   (1758 words)

  
 Norfolk Windmills and Watermills, including Cley Mill, Horsey Windpump, Stow Mill, Thurne Mill, Buxton Mill
Windmills are a famous part of the Norfolk landscape and were used for both grinding and drainage.
Norfolk is a county with a considerable number of windmills, and they have become a famous part of the landscape.
Windmills are a feature of the Norfolk Broads landscape as they were an efficient method of draining the landscape.
www.tournorfolk.co.uk /windmills.html   (472 words)

  
 Goingoutguide.co.uk - A guide for places to go and things to do throughout the UK
Norfolk was settled in pre-Roman times, with neolithic camps along the higher land in the west where flints could be quarried[2].
Situated on the east coast, Norfolk was vulnerable to invasions from Scandinavia and northern Europe, and forts were built to defend against the Angles and Saxons.
Norfolk's low lying land and easily eroded cliffs, many of which are not chalk and clay, make it vulnerable to the sea, the most recent major event being the North Sea flood of 1953.
www.goingoutguide.co.uk /norfolk.htm   (591 words)

  
 Norwich past and present
Windmills; masts and more prolifically than anything else, church spires take on a new form and prominence that would be lost amongst the high rises of a city or the peaks of a mountain range.
Windmills are found all over the world and undertake several tasks including the grinding of flower, acting as drainage pumps and most recently providing a clean form of electrical energy.
The Windmills of Norfolk have with or without sails penetrated the Norfolk skyline for hundreds of years with a shape that is synonymous with the county.
members.aol.com /GLGedge/Norfolk_Skies/Norwich.html   (823 words)

  
 999 Norfolk
Norfolk (pronounced NOR-f'k) is a low-lying county in East Anglia in the east of southern England.
The Angles, for whom East Anglia and England itself are named, settled in this area in the 5th century and later became the "north folk" and the "south folk", hence, "Norfolk" and "Suffolk".
The regional capital of Norfolk is the city of Norwich.
www.999norfolk.com   (372 words)

  
 Norfolk, England Info - Bored Net - Boredom   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Norfolk (pronounced 'norfuck') is a low-lying county in East Anglia in the east of southern England.
It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and with Suffolk to the south.
The regional capital of Norfolk is the City of Norwich.
www.borednet.com /e/n/encyclopedia/n/no/norfolk__england.html   (299 words)

  
 Old Buckenham Windmill
Records show that the mill suffered severe damage in a storm in 1879 after which, as part of the repair and overhaul of the 60 year old mill, a new windshaft was installed and the sails were replaced by four of the newer 'patent sail' design then in vogue.
In the 1980's the granary was converted into private dwellings and the mill transferred to ownership of Norfolk Windmills Trust.
A programme of restoration was begun with funding from Norfolk County Council and English Heritage and in 1996 the cap and sails were rebuilt and installed.
www.banhamandthebucks.co.uk /windmill   (639 words)

  
 NorthNorfolk.org - Attractions
Norfolk Coast Partnership displays maps of routes through areas of natural beauty (AONB) in Norfolk, and details of access for those with disabilities or mobility difficulties, and parents with pushchairs at http://www.norfolkcoastaonb.org.uk/
The National Trust (NT)cares for over 248,000 hectares (612,000 acres) of countryside in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, plus almost 600 miles of coastline and more than 200 buildings and gardens of outstanding interest and importance.
Norfolk has a remarkable number of medieval churches, many of which are open to visitors.
www.north-norfolk.gov.uk /tourism/1173.asp   (797 words)

  
 Norfolk Mills - Horsey drainage windmill
Horsey drainage mill was built by millwrights England of Ludham as a 4 storey, red brick tower wind pump with a boat shaped cap, petticoat, gallery and 4 patent sails and stood near the road beside a dyke.
Barges plying a perfectly legitimate trade were happy to take on board a little extra cargo that provided a higher return than a hold full of coals.
The mill was restored in 1961 by the Norfolk Windmills Trust and SPAB but lost its fantail once again in the October 1987 hurricane.
www.norfolkmills.co.uk /WindmillsD/horsey-drainage.html   (517 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Typescript and MS copies of sale particulars of a post windmill at Hethersett in the occupation of Mr John Davy, with flour house, other buildings and land, to be sold by auction by Mr Spelman, on 7 March 1829.
‘Windmills to Visit’: printed booklet by The Norfolk Windmills Trust, with application form for Friends of Norfolk Windmills.
Hethersett Windmills by Harry Apling, Dereham, containing typescript extracts from newspapers relating to mills in Hethersett and notes on Robertson family.
www.hethersettarchive.org.uk /page90.html   (258 words)

  
 Norfolk hotel and guest house accommodation England UK   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Norfolk is a low-lying county in East Anglia in the east of southern England.
Of the 34 non-metropolitan English counties, Norfolk is the seventh most populous, with a population of 816,500.
In a contest held by Plantlife, Norfolk's county flower was voted to be the Common Poppy after complaints that the first choice Alexanders was not representative.
www.travelaround.co.uk /england/norfolk/links/norfolk_hotels.htm   (298 words)

  
 Holiday rentals in Cromer, East of England, Norfolk, England, The Old Post Office - Near Cromer, Cottage
Ideally situated to explore North Norfolk or the Norfolk Broads, the cottage offers a home-from-home environment in which to relax at any time of year.
North Norfolk and the Broads offers a wide range of activites for all age groups.
Norfolk has many windmills and drainage mills dotted around the landscape.
www.holidaylets.net /properties/4196   (651 words)

  
 How Hill Home Page
The How Hill Trust, based in the Edwardian thatched mansion, was founded in 1984, and works in partnership with the Broads Authority, owners of the adjacent National Nature Reserve.
The Trust was granted full freehold of the House and gardens in April 2002.
The Trust has an enviable reputation for excellence in the provision of environmental education, and has international links, especially in the Netherlands and Indonesia.
www.how-hill.org.uk   (304 words)

  
 Alibris: Norfolk
During the years after World War II, a group of American women who have accompanied their pilot husbands to England become friends, and this novel follows them through the 1950s and into the '90s as they return home, grow older, and experience the tensions and struggles of life in general and marriage in particular.
From its founding in 1661, South Norfolk, Virginia, has grown from a rural village to a "city of the first-class." This quintessential American town has endured and prospered through generations and has been a community marked by change and peopled with extraordinary characters.
Set in the Australian penal settlement of Norfolk Island in the 1840's, this historical novel is based on the historical reality of the Irish famine, the 19(th) century Young Ireland movement and the notoriety of one of Australia's worst penal settlements.
www.alibris.com /search/books/subject/Norfolk/page/9   (348 words)

  
 The Broads Society - Useful Links
Norfolk Mills - Dedicated to Norfolk Mills of all types, many of which are in the Broads area.
Norfolk Churches - Apart from a few odd omissions (e.g., Blofield) a very interesting site even if one is not a follower of the religion.
Norfolk Pubs -Slightly out of date landlord entries maybe but a nevertheless intriguing record of pubs and inns, many long gone.
www.broads-society.org.uk /index.php?page=links   (285 words)

  
 Norfolk Mills Group - Home page
We were formed in 2003 from Friends of Norfolk Windmills so we could encompass all types of mills in the county rather than just windmills.
We have a Norfolk Mills Group representative on the Mills Section committee of SPAB the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings that actively promotes mills at a national level.
Most members photograph windmills and watermills and will admit to an album or two lurking on the bookshelf and at least one windmill painting somewhere in the home.
www.norfolkmillsgroup.org /index.html   (698 words)

  
 Molinos de Viento en Reino Unido
Buslingthorpe Windmill, Windmill at Seacroft Swillington Mill, Potternewton Mill.
The Windmills of Surrey: Wray Common, Reigate Heath, Outwood Mill, Charlwood (Lowfield Heath windmill), Tadworth, Ewhurst, Cherfold, Frimley, Mugswell, Gatwick Manor.
The Windmill from the Foot of Borstal Hill and The Windmill at the Crest of Borstal Hill
web.jet.es /plopezp/viento/mol_uk.htm   (987 words)

  
 Windmills of Norfolk
Norfolk was a county with a considerable number of windmills, used both for grinding corn, and also for drainage, particularly on the Norfolk Broads.
As befits this historical high number, Norfolk is still blessed with a large number of windmill remains.
Norfolk from the Muggeridge Collection - photos of Banham, Blakeney, Cley-Next-the-Sea, Fritton, Garboldisham, Halvergate Marshes, Horsey Mere, Kenninghall, Keeninghall Heath, Ludham High Mill, Ludham Bridge, Old Buckingham, Paston, Starston, Stoke Ferry, Tottenhill, and a map of the River Bure.
www.windmillworld.com /uk/norfolk.htm   (268 words)

  
 BroadsNet: Links - Norfolk Broads
The Norfolk Broads Yachting Company runs the largest fleet of sailing yachts for hire on the Norfolk Broads, from historic gaff yachts restored and maintained in the purist fashion of yesteryear, to modern and newly constructed craft.
Established in 1963 as the Norfolk Windmills Trust.
The Trust is responsible for twenty mills within the county.
www.broadsnet.co.uk /html/links.htm   (1121 words)

  
 Norfolk Windmills Trust - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Norfolk Windmills Trust is a charity based in Norfolk, England, which restores and cares for windmills in that county.
See also: List of windmills, Windmills in the United Kingdom
This page was last modified 11:25, 12 September 2006.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Norfolk_Windmills_Trust   (81 words)

  
 GENUKI: Norfolk: Genealogy: Towns and Parishes: Billingford near Diss
Norfolk Parish Links for these and other topics.
Deanery of Redenhall, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk.
They may not be copied, and the links within them may not be harvested for use on your own web pages.
www.origins.org.uk /genuki/NFK/places/b/billingford_nr_diss   (152 words)

  
 John Lawn Memorial, Old Buckenham Windmill[The Wayland News, May, 2001]
Old Buckenhamm windmill is unique in being a brick-built tower with the largest diameter in the country.
It was not until the mill came into the ownership of Norfolk County Council (Norfolk Windmills Trust) that public funding was available to commence restoration.
Old Buckenham windmill is now looked after by a small group of local volunteers and is open to the public on the 2nd Sunday of each month from April to September (2.00 pm to 5.00 pm).
www.btinternet.com /~e.c.apling/Jobs/LawnMemorial.htm   (856 words)

  
 Old Buckenham
The windmill has the largest diameter tower in England and dates from 1818.
There have been windmills in the village since the 13th century.
The windmill is open on the second Sunday of the month from April to September, while Lol’s Tiny Toy Museum in New Buckenham is open Saturdays, Sundays and bank holidays from noon to 4pm.
www.edp24.co.uk /Content/Postcard_From/2004/OldBuckenham.asp   (595 words)

  
 Norfolk House Home Page
Prior to October 2000, Peter worked in Histon on the outskirts of the famous university city of Cambridge, in the county of Cambridgeshire, which is about 35 miles (approximately 50 kilometres) south of Downham Market.
Built in 1835, Denver Windmill stopped work in 1941 when the sails were struck by lightning.
Now it has been restored (with support from the Norfolk Windmills Trust) to full working order with lots of new facilities for visitors.
www.norfolkhouse.me.uk /index.html   (1610 words)

  
 the forgotten mill page 2
Note, the windmill is not shown on the plan.
By consulting various years of Kelly’s Directory of Norfolk, I discovered the following: In the year 1836 George Larner Neave was Corn Miller, but by 1845 John Jarvis was the only miller recorded, and he was almost certainly working the mill on the marsh.
In his reply of 17 Jan 1984, Mr Apling enclosed photo-copies of his findings concerning the mill near Salthouse church, and an extract from the 1839 Tithe Award which showed the rateable value of the property to have been £17 17s.
www.salthousehistory.co.uk /millpage2.html   (869 words)

  
 Norfolk County Council - Local History Netway - Heritage Tourism   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
This museum in Stalham, covers the history of the Norfolk and Suffolk Broads, and associated traditional crafts.
Includes a general history of the Hall and Estate, and of the Coke family, including Thomas William Coke (1754-1842) the agriculturalist known as 'Coke of Norfolk'.
A pictorial and historical record of Norfolk's old mills, with the emphasis on watermills.
www.norfolk.gov.uk /consumption/idcplg?IdcService=SS_GET_PAGE&ssDocName=NCC028428&ssSourceNodeId=&ssTargetNodeId=3210   (434 words)

  
 NorthNorfolk.org - Leisure & Tourism
Whether you live in Norfolk or plan to visit, use these pages to assist you in enjoying your leisure time in North Norfolk.
There is also a vibrant arts scene in North Norfolk, with numerous concerts and live music events, thriving local theatres, a range of excellent commercial art galleries, the chance to visit artists' studios as well as a host of children's and family events.
North Norfolk contains a diverse array of museums, offering something for everyone, whether you're interested in local history, the Broads, maritime heritage, lifeboats, motorbikes, steam railways, vintage tractors, agricultural machinery, military vehicles, windmills, air defence, gas works, Worstead spinning and weaving or seashells!
www.north-norfolk.gov.uk /tourism   (348 words)

  
 Norfolk Windmills Trust Website
Information on the windmills can be viewed by clicking on the windmill symbol on the map.
All of the Trust's mills are visible from public roads, and footpaths.
Most are open to the public either on a regular basis or by appointment.
www.norfolkwindmills.co.uk /windmills.htm   (119 words)

  
 Wicklewood a beautiful village in the heart of Norfolk UK
Wicklewood is a small village in the heart of Norfolk, England
It lies about 11 miles west of Norwich and about 3 miles from Wymondham, the largest market town in South Nofolk, on the A11 London to Norwich road.
The windmill was built in 1845, restored in 1980 by Norfolk Windmills Trust.
www.polhouse.force9.co.uk   (256 words)

  
 The Mills Archive Trust :: Books :: Norfolk Corn Windmills
The main body of the text is divided into fourteen parts containing the historical accounts, descriptions and period photographs, of some 120 windmills.
The names of millers are listed, together with any information on the date the mill was built and sometimes, even, the original building cost.
Drainage Windmills of the Norfolk Marshes a contemporary survey
shop.millsarchivetrust.org /product.php?productid=9&cat=1&bestseller=Y   (156 words)

  
 Norfolk Historic Buildings Group - Diversity of historic buildings in norfolk
Michael described the work of the Council in conjunction with other organisations such as The Norfolk Historic Buildings Trust, The Norfolk Churches Trust, and the Norfolk Windmills Trust.
It is important that groups such as the NHBG co-ordinate their work with existing organisations to avoid "re-inventing the wheel".
Lesser types which all require more study are follies, dovecotes, windmills, boat sheds on the Broads, early pre-fabricated buildings by Boulton and Paul, industrial buildings such as the gas works at Fakenham, and wartime buildings.
www.nhbg.fsnet.co.uk /n1diversity.htm   (399 words)

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