Mill Lane Mill, Carbrooke

Carbrooke Windmill
Carbrooke Windmill
Origin
Mill name	Mill Lane Mill, Carbrooke
Mill location	TF 9524 0096
Coordinates	52°34′17″N 0°52′46″E / 52.57139°N 0.87944°E
Operator(s)	Private
Year built	1856
Information
Purpose	Corn mill
Type	Tower mill
Storeys	Five storeys
No. of sails	Four sails
Type of sails	Double Patent sails
Windshaft	cast iron
Winding	Fantail
Fantail blades	Eight blades
Auxiliary power	Steam engine, later replaced by a Crossley paraffin engine
No. of pairs of millstones	Three pairs, plus a fourth pair driven by engine
Size of millstones	Windmill:- 3 feet 6 inches (1.07 m), 4 feet (1.22 m) and 4 feet 6 inches (1.37 m) diameter

Mill Lane Mill is a Grade II listed^[1] tower mill at Carbrooke, Norfolk, England which has been conserved with some machinery remaining.

History

Mill Lane Mill was built in 1856, replacing a

freehold and part copyhold. A pair of sails from Little Cressingham were fitted in 1920. Minns died on 16 August 1921 and the mill passed to his son Herbert Willie Minns. In 1932, the sails were removed by Martins, millwrights of Beccles, Suffolk.^[2]

In that year a 1911 13/17

First World War and had subsequently been used at Hall Farm, Carbrooke.^[3] Milling continued until 1943 using the engine as the source of power. The mill was conveyed to Herbert Henry Minns on 1 August 1967. The cap frame and windshaft were removed in October 1979 by millwright John Lawn and a temporary cap fitted to the mill. Later, a small wind turbine was affixed to the top of the tower. The mill retains all machinery from wallower down.^[2]

Description

Mill Lane Mill is a five storey tower mill. The tower is 17 feet (5.18 m) internal diameter at ground level with walls 2 feet (610 mm) thick.

East Dereham, and dates to 1879/80. The brake wheel drove a cast iron wallower which was cast by G R Cowen & Co, Nottingham and dates to 1871 at the earliest. Other machinery in the mill is said to have been made in Belgium. It was made to metric measurements.^[2] The 8 feet 6 inches (2.6 m) diameter great spur wheel is of cast iron with wooden cogs. The stone nuts are of cast iron. One has 20 cogs, one has 24 cogs and the third has 25 cogs.^[3]

Millers

Henry Knights (1856–63)
George Goddard (1863–78)
Samuel Goddard (1879–90)
Herbert Jeremiah Minns (1892–1921)
Herbert Willie Minns (1921–43)

Reference for above:-[2]

References

^ Historic England. "WINDMILL 20 YARDS SOUTH-EAST OF MILL HOUSE, MILL LANE , CARBROOKE, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK (1172190)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 1 July 2009.
^
ISBN 0-9509793-0-9
.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Carbrooke Mill Lane towermill". Norfolk Mills. Retrieved 2 July 2009.

External links

Windmill World webpage on Carbrooke Mill.

[EH-1] Historic England. "WINDMILL 20 YARDS SOUTH-EAST OF MILL HOUSE, MILL LANE , CARBROOKE, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK (1172190)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 1 July 2009.

[Apling-2] 
ISBN 0-9509793-0-9
.

[Norfolk-3] "Carbrooke Mill Lane towermill". Norfolk Mills. Retrieved 2 July 2009.

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