A list of

windmill A windmill is a structure that converts wind power into rotational energy using vanes called sails or blades, specifically to mill grain (gristmills), but the term is also extended to windpumps, wind turbines, and other applications, in some ...

s and windmill sites which lie in the current ceremonial county of

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. This list covers those windmills that had a function other than drainage. Drainage mills are covered by the List of drainage windmills in Norfolk. Mills used for drainage and another function appear on both lists.

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Windmills within a 5-mile (8 km) radius of

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Maps

* 1675 Ogilvy * 1736 John Kirby * 1749

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* 1765 Corbridge * 1775 Bowles * 1783 HodskinsonMap of Suffolk * 1797 Faden * 1824

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* 1826 Bryant * 1826^*Bryant * 1834 Greenwood * 1837 Ordnance Survey * 1838 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. Mills in locations that were absorbed from Suffolk in 1974 are listed under the List of windmills in Suffolk.

Sources

Unless indicated otherwise, the source for all entries is the individual pages linked to the Norfolk Mills website and/or . Where information given on the Norfolk Mills entry is not readily verifiable on that page, it has been checked as correct by reference to Apling's book.

References

{{Windmills in England

Windmills A windmill is a structure that converts wind power into rotational energy using vanes called sails or blades, specifically to mill grain (gristmills), but the term is also extended to windpumps, wind turbines, and other applications, in some par ...