Friends of Norfolk Mills

Sharing Norfolk mill news, history, events and activities.

[Great Yarmouth Mercury @GYMercury]

Derelict 19th-century windmill included in £450k sale of 'serene' Norfolk landscape https://t.co/sz5gY7WrSg

[Norfolk Windmills Trust @NfkWindmills]

It's not every day that we get to speak to someone who ran one of our mills. When Ivan Daines offered to tell us about his family's association with Billingford Mill we jumped at the opportunity. Ivan was born in Billingford in 1924!

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[Marriage’s Flour @marriagesflour]

A PERFECT MARRIAGE 🌾 The milling of our quality flour wouldn't happen without the expertise of our master millers! Their precision and passion keep our millstones grinding and rollers rolling, ensuring the high-quality flour you rely on. #APerfectMarriage #BritishHistory

[Norfolk Record Office @NorfolkRO]

~FREE TALK TODAY~ One of the most photographed mills in the Broads, Turf Fen Mill, is about to be restored along with two other historic mills on the popular How Hill estate. Hear about the plans in this illustrated talk. Join us at 1pm, booking req'd - https://t.co/mSwlpd6EaZ

[Norfolk Record Office @NorfolkRO]

~FREE TALK TOMORROW~ One of the most photographed mills in the Broads, Turf Fen Mill, is about to be restored along with two other historic mills on the popular How Hill estate. Hear about the plans in this illustrated talk. Join us at 1pm, booking req'd - https://t.co/mSwlpd6EaZ

[Norfolk Windmills Trust @NfkWindmills]

We are delighted to be able to invite visitors back to Gunton Park Sawmill this Sunday afternoon.

[John Lichfield @john_lichfield]

New sails for The Moulin Rouge in Paris today. The old ones fell off last month. Good omen for the elections this weekend?

[Norfolk Record Office @NorfolkRO]

Join us for our next talk, The St Benet's Abbey Mill and its local context by Alison Yardy, 1 May at 1pm. This talk will not be recorded, so make sure you sign up to hear the story of one of Norfolk's oldest windmills. https://t.co/BqF4YhVX7P #NAT100

[Norfolk Windmills Trust @NfkWindmills]

This Sunday visit the windmill with the widest tower in England - with the option of increasing your own girth with cake!
- Sun 21 Apr, 1-4pm.
- Guided tours - £3 per adult, accompanied children free.
- Drinks and homemade cakes from the new tea hut.
Proceeds to @OldBuckWindmill

[Friends of Norfolk Mills @NfkMillFriends]

@NfkWindmills @ThePilgrimTrust Wonderful news!

[Norfolk Windmills Trust @NfkWindmills]

We are very grateful to @ThePilgrimTrust for this generous grant to support our work at Turf Fen Drainage Mill. We look forward to sharing more good news stories about this project as it progresses.

[The Arthur Ransome Society @ArthurSociety]

Horning P.O. & Shop sadly announce they will be close down 11th May. Shop part will remain open for another week. There are bargains to be had apart from Ransome books. So pop in if around Horning and say goodbye. "Thank you for buying from us over the 12 yrs we have been here."

[Wherry Lines @WherryLines]

We are delighted to share another of our @WherryLines Posters created as part of a youth art project by students at @timetidemuseum @natsatclub modern interpretations of classic 1920s #railway advertising to promote sustainable travel by rail through the @BroadsNP #CommunityRail

[Norfolk Windmills Trust @NfkWindmills]

Toft Monks Mill is in there somewhere!
A recent photograph by Mike Page.

[Norfolk Windmills Trust @NfkWindmills]

Thousands of feathered friends put on a wonderful show over Turf Fen Drainage Mill on Fri 1 Mar 2024. https://t.co/ogwdlannbg

[Norfolk Windmills Trust @NfkWindmills]

We are delighted to announce that Historic England has awarded a grant of £242K to restore Turf Fen Mill in Irstead, North Norfolk. It is planned that repairs to the Grade II* mill will be completed by 2026.

(Image credit: Mike Page).

[J Kevin Illingworth @JamesKevinIlli1]

In 1975 I sketched Gransden Post Mill in the historic county of Huntingdonshire (top left). Unlisted then, but now Grade 2*. Didn't know much about vernacular buildings then. Good to see 26 pages on post mills in the latest VAG journal, including the Gransden mill. @VArchGroup

[Friends of Norfolk Mills @NfkMillFriends]

@MuseumBroads Well done for 11 years - that’s an amazing contribution. Best of luck for future plans. X

[Lucy Worsley @Lucy_Worsley]

A return to old haunts, the offices of @SPAB1877 in Spitalfields. More years ago than I care to remember, I worked here as the administrator of the wind and watermill section.

[Country Life @Countrylifemag]

A wonderful working windmill for sale, complete with eight-bedroom mill house, a thriving flour business and a cafe https://t.co/3IfBHx2bJY