The Norfolk Windmills Trust formed in 1963. It operates as a registered charity (1033274) for the preservation of:
- Windmills, watermills and drainage mills of historic interest, their sites and remains - Machinery for milling corn, saw milling, grist milling, paper milling and other similar industrial purposes, or pumping water - Buildings supplementary to, and occupied with, such mills, sites or machinery
The Trust cares for 21 buildings across Norfolk. Thirteen are owned or leased by Norfolk County Council. Norfolk Windmills Trust is reliant on grant aid and donations to maintain the mills in its care.
What a fabulous film! The way of life has changed due to modern technology of course, otherwise, this lovely corner of England is just the same. It is as beautiful as it ever was :)
Many of the Dutch windmills that used to drain the land can still be made workable in no time. With changing climate they can be used to assist when modern ways are not enough
I was 7 in 75, living in a coastal city in SW England . Never realised how much the country would change for the worse in.the next 50 years. But thinking about it,.we shouldn't be that surprised, just look how things changed from1925 to 1975.
Rich Tory farmers that out profit over the environment. They were complaining about the EEC when they were getting subsidies and now they complain they can’t sell abroad because of Brexit, when most of them voted to leave because they thought it would be more profitable. Now they know they were lied to.
The windmill lazily turning on the hilltop, down below in the valley the wheel at the watermill revolves as the thundering current pours down the sluice and cascades over the top, the bells ring out from the village church and a farmer in the hay meadow stops his horses long enough in the shade to wipe his brow and smoke his pipe....
This has been absolutely fascinating and I think I’m going to watch again and take some notes on how he filled his book, what he questioned, how he responded to his own questions, and that he used “newspaper clippings.” Thank you so much for sharing this to us. I feel blessed now!
I lived next door to this place, and it's a beautiful place in a really nice area. When i seen the two people in the video i thought it was Helen, and Dave😁 who are also really nice people.
Love these videos, I always dreamt of buying an old windmill to live on, but it wasn’t meant to be. Looking forward to watching the rest of the back catalogue of vids 👍
That windmill at the start is called over windmill near Longstanton in Cambridgeshire. You can see here this is what the area looked like before The Cambridge Guided Busway Got introduce. It is very facinating to look at and has a lot of history and is still fully working to this day!
What a wonderful legacy Ted has left us, indeed a life's work very well done. I have a lovely photograph of Ted and my father in law, David Platten, standing on a frozen Hickling Broad. My father in law lived and breathed the broads, painting scenes of his beloved village and it's wildlife. It's a fantastic image of two very similar souls having a yarn in the countryside.
Interesting Guess they are water mills rather than flour Not used now so how do they drain the land Did they drain to keep cattle on , don’t know much about that area Can anyone tell me please 🙏🏻
High's Mill is located on the Halvergate Marshes, which is a large area of grazing land in the Norfolk Broads. The mill was a drainage mill which used wind power to help manage water levels on the marshes. If it flooded in winter it could kill the grass and reduce the area of pasture the following year. Water is still managed across the marshes by a system of electric pumps.
Mutton's Mill is a drainage mill. It is named after the last family to work it. It is notable as being the only example in the Broads of a drainage mill with an internal scoopwheel.
Really enjoy watching these old broads videos , my father worked for may gurney for 44 years , dredging ,Pilling and construction work on the broads. He would have most probably told me the dredger in the video was grab 4 or 7 with a smiths 26 crane in there , lol ,,
I THINK ALL THESE RESTORED MILLS SHOULD BE WORKING TO ACTUALLY GRIND CORN OR WHEAT OR EVEN RICE. IT SEEMS A PITY TO JUST HAVE THEM STANDING THERE LOOKING MAJESTIC!!
I'VE JUST HAD AN IDEA TO BE ABLE TO UNFURL HUGE WINDMILL SAILS WITHOUT HAVING TO CLIMB UP 40 FEET. IF THE SAILS WERE WRAPPED AROUND A CYLINDER AS HIGH AS THE BLADE ITSELF AND HELD IN PLACE AT THE TOP BY A CHANNEL. THOSE SAILS COULD BE SETUP IN SECONDS.
ONE VIDEO I LOVED WAS THE STORY OF CHRISTMAS ON THE VICTORIAN FARM. THIS SHOWED A WORKING WINDMILL AND WAS FASCINATING. I'VE ALWAYS LOVE HISTORY LIKE THIS!!
