Monument record MNL 344 - Fodderfen Drove, West Row Fen; Mildenhall 2nd Pumping Eng House

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Summary

Site of former wind pump (pumping from main drain into River Lark) as shown on Hodskinsons 1783 map (S1).

Location

Grid reference Centred TL 628 790 (100m by 100m) Approximate
Map sheet TL67NW
Civil Parish MILDENHALL, FOREST HEATH, SUFFOLK

Map

Type and Period (3)

Full Description

Site of former wind pump (pumping from main drain into River Lark) as shown on Hodskinsons 1783 map (S1). Replaced by engine house, with 60hp Butterley Engine from 1844-1944 (S2)(S3). Much altered, but with the basic structure of the 1-part brick building erected in 1844 remaining (S4). Close to further mill, MNL 345. Not shown on 1836 OS map.

Sources/Archives (5)

  • <M1> (No record type): Mills file: (S2).
  • <S1> Cartographic materials: Hodskinson, J.. 1783. The County of Suffolk surveyed.
  • <S2> (No record type): Flint B, Suffolk Windmills, 1979, 143.
  • <S3> (No record type): Weston D E, The Lark Navigation, circa 1980, 15.
  • <S4> (No record type): Alderton D & Brooker J, Guide to the Industrial Archaeol of E Anglia, 1980.

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Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Sep 10 1993 12:00AM

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