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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <script async="async" src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-QVC3JNXR3E"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-QVC3JNXR3E'); </script> <title>Norfolk Mills - Drainage Windmills</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" /> <link href="Linkstyle.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> <link href="Font10.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> <style type="text/css">  </style> </head> <body bgcolor="#FEFCF1" text="#6C3811" link="#0000FF" vlink="#990000"> <p align="center"><font size="7"><a name="top" id="top"></a></font></p> <table width="279" border="5" align="center" bgcolor="#C5E6FE"> <tr> <td> <div align="center" class="style1"><font size="7" color="#000066">Norfolk Mills</font></div> </td> </tr> </table> <br /> <table width="158" border="1" align="center" cellpadding="3" bgcolor="#C5E6FE"> <tr> <td width="70" height="20"><div align="center" class="style6"> <div align="left" class="style3"> <div align="right" class="style26"> <div align="center"><font face="Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, san-serif" color="#0000FF"><a href="index.html" class="style3">Home</a></font></div> </div> </div> </div> <div align="center" class="style6"></div></td> <td width="64"><div align="center"><font color="#0000FF" face="Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, san-serif"><a href="contact.html" class="style3">Contact</a></font></div></td> </tr> </table> <br /> <table width="570" border="1" align="center" cellpadding="5" bgcolor="#C5E6FE"> <tr> <td width="95" height="20"><div align="center" class="style29"> <div align="left"> <div align="center"><a href="windmills-corn.html"><font color="#0000FF" face="Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, san-serif">County Windmills</font></a></div> </div> </div></td> <td width="86" valign="middle"><div align="center" class="style29"> <div align="center"><font face="Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, san-serif" color="#0000FF"><a href="windmills-norwich.html">Norwich Windmills</a></font></div> </div></td> <td width="124" valign="top"><div align="center" class="style29"><font face="Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, san-serif" color="#0000FF"><a href="windmills-drainage.html">Drainage Mills (Windpumps)</a></font></div></td> <td width="89" valign="middle"><div align="center" class="style29"><a href="steam-mills.html" class="style28">Steam Mills</a></div></td> <td width="102" valign="middle"><div align="center" class="style29"><font face="Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, san-serif" color="#0000FF"><a href="watermills.html">Watermills</a></font></div></td> </tr> </table> <br /> <table width="248" border="3" align="center" bgcolor="#FAEAC5"> <tr> <td><div align="center" class="style1"><font size="6" color="#6C3811">Norfolk County Wind Drainage Pumps</font></div></td> </tr> </table> <br /> <table width="640" align="center" bgcolor="#FBEED0"> <tr> <td><div align="justify">Drainage mills are not technically mills, they are of course windpumps. However, as most viewers will type "mill" into a search engine, I have listed them as mills in order to maximise search engine success rates. </div></td> </tr> </table> <br /> <table width="640" align="center" bgcolor="#FBEED0"> <tr> <td><div align="justify">In 1978, Arthur C. Smith reported that <br /> <span class="style30">There are 72 sites where drainage windmills can be seen in Norfolk in all conditions from restored windmills down to ruined bases. Of the 72 remaining now, 62 are brick tower mills, 5 smock mills, 3 open trestle mills and 2 are hollow post mills. They comprise 7 restorations, 3 under restoration, 10 conversions, 39 derelicts, 5 preservations, 7 stumps and 1 ruined remains.</span></div></td> </tr> </table> <br /> <table width="800" border="1" align="center" bgcolor="#FBEED0"> <tr> <td width="256" valign="top"><font face="Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, san-serif" size="2"><a href="WindmillsD/acle-ashtree-farm-drainage.html">Acle Ashtree Farm</a> <a href="WindmillsD/acle-marsh-farm-drainage.html"><br /> </a><a href="WindmillsD/acle-charlie-waters-drainage.html">Acle Charlie Water's<br /> </a><a href="WindmillsD/acle-marsh-farm-drainage.html">Acle Marsh Farm</a> <a href="WindmillsD/burgh-st-margaret-st-margarets-drainage.html"><br /> </a><a href="WindmillsD/ashby-clippesby-drainage.html">Ashby Clippesby</a><a href="WindmillsD/burgh-st-margaret-st-margarets-drainage.html"> <br /> </a><a href="WindmillsD/ashby-oby-drainage.html">Ashby Oby</a> <a href="WindmillsD/burgh-st-margaret-st-margarets-drainage.html"><br /> </a><a 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href="WindmillsD/burgh-st-margaret-st-margarets-drainage.html">Burgh St Margaret - St Margaret's</a> <br /> </font><font color="#0000FF" size="2" face="Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, san-serif"><a href="WindmillsD/burgh-st-peter-drainage.html">Burgh St Peter</a></font><font face="Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, san-serif" size="2"> <br /> <a href="WindmillsD/burgh-st-peter-short-dam-level-drainage.html">Burgh St Peter - Short Dam Level</a><br /> <a href="WindmillsD/catfield-barton-broad-drainage.html">Catfield Barton Broad</a> <br /> <a href="WindmillsD/catfield-middle-marsh-drainage.html">Catfield Middle Marsh</a> <br /> <a href="WindmillsD/catfield-swim-coots-drainage.html">Catfield Swim Coots</a> <br /> <a href="WindmillsD/eaton%20drainage%20mill.html">Eaton</a> <br /> <a href="WindmillsD/fritton-bell-hill-drainage.html">Fritton Bell Hill</a> <br /> <a href="WindmillsD/fritton-marsh-drainage.html">Fritton Marsh</a> <br /> <a href="WindmillsD/fritton-st-olaves-drainage.html">Fritton St Olaves</a> </font></td> <td width="231" valign="top"><font face="Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, san-serif" size="2"> <a href="WindmillsD/haddiscoe-langley-detached-drainage.html">Haddiscoe Langley Detached</a><a href="WindmillsD/haddiscoe-pettingills-drainage.html"><br /> Haddiscoe Pettingill's</a><a href="WindmillsD/haddiscoe-six-mile-house-drainage.html"><br /> Haddiscoe Six Mile House <br /> </a><a href="WindmillsD/haddiscoe-steam-drainage.html">Haddiscoe steam</a> <br /> <a href="WindmillsD/haddiscoe-toft-monks-drainage.html">Haddiscoe -Toft Monks</a><br /> <a href="WindmillsD/halvergate-highs-drainage.html">Halvergate - High's</a> <a href="WindmillsD/halvergate-howards-drainage.html"><br /> Halvergate - Howard's</a><br /> <a href="WindmillsD/halvergate-kerrisons-level-drainage.html">Halvergate - Kerrison's Level</a> <br /> <a href="WindmillsD/halvergate-lockgate-drainage.html">Halvergate - Lockgate</a> <br /> <a href="WindmillsD/halvergate-muttons-drainage.html">Halvergate - Mutton's<br /> </a><a href="WindmillsD/halvergate-six-mile-house-drainage.html">Halvergate - Six Mile House</a><a href="WindmillsD/halvergate-muttons-drainage.html"> </a> <br /> <a href="WindmillsD/halvergate-stracey-arms-drainage.html">Halvergate - Stracey Arms</a> <br /> <a href="WindmillsD/halvergate-tunstall-dyke-smock-drainage.html">Halvergate - Tunstall Dyke smock</a> <br /> <a href="WindmillsD/halvergate-tunstall-dyke-tower-drainage.html">Halvergate - Tunstall Dyke tower</a> <br /> <a href="WindmillsD/hardley-drainage.html">Hardley</a> <br /> <a href="WindmillsD/potter-heigham-holmes-drainage.html">Heigham Holmes</a> <br /> <a href="WindmillsD/hickling-broad-roland-greens-drainage.html">Hickling Broad Roland Green's</a> <br /> <a href="WindmillsD/hickling-eastfield-drainage.html">Hickling Eastfield</a><br /> <a href="WindmillsD/hickling-stubb-drainage.html">Hickling Stubb</a> <br /> Hockwold Redmoor - see Corn Mills <br /> </font><font face="Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, san-serif" size="2" color="#800040"><a href="WindmillsD/hockwold-lower-drainage.html">Hockwold Lower</a> <br /> <a href="WindmillsD/hockwold-upper-drainage.html">Hockwold Upper</a></font><font face="Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, san-serif" size="2"> <br /> <a href="WindmillsD/horning-ferry-drainage.html">Horning Ferry</a> <br /> <a href="WindmillsD/horning-hobbs-drainage.html">Horning Hobb's</a> <br /> <a href="WindmillsD/horning-neaves-drainage.html">Horning Neaves</a> <br /> <a href="WindmillsD/horsey-drainage.html">Horsey</a><a href="WindmillsD/barton-turf-turf-fen-drainage.html"> <br /> </a><a href="WindmillsD/hoveton-marshes-drainage.html">Hoveton Marshes</a><a href="WindmillsD/barton-turf-turf-fen-drainage.html"> <br /> </a> Hunsett - see Stalham<br /> <a href="WindmillsD/ingham-marsh-mill-drainage.html">Ingham Marsh Mill</a> <br /> <a href="WindmillsD/limpenhoe-drainage.html">Limpenhoe</a> <br /> <a href="WindmillsD/ludham-boardmans-drainage.html">Ludham Boardman's</a> <br /> <font 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