2020

TG2836 : Gimingham Old Corn Mill (rebuilt) and the engine

taken 4 years ago, near to Gimingham, Norfolk, England

Gimingham Old Corn Mill (rebuilt) and the engine
Gimingham Old Corn Mill (rebuilt) and the engine
Gimingham Corn Mill was a watermill which sat beside the River Mun. For many years it ran on water power alone but changed to turbine power in 1912. This was supplemented by a steam engine. The head of water was on the opposite side of the road and flowed beneath the road directly into the wheel. The mill continued working until 30th November 1976, using its diesel engine to mill animal feedstuffs. The engine is seen here TG2836 : The old mill engine in Gimingham Street
Norfolk Rivers

Norfolk has nearly 40 rivers and becks as well as the Norfolk Broads. The primary rivers are the River Waveney which with the River Little Ouse create the boundary between Norfolk and Suffolk. The Yare rises south of Dereham and runs into Breydon Water and discharges into the North Sea at Great Yarmouth. The River Wensum is a tributary of the River Yare, despite being the larger of the two rivers. The River Bure rises near Melton Constable, flows as far as through Runham and Great Yarmouth where it meets Breydon Water and flows into the sea at Gorleston. The River Great Ouse only enters Norfolk at Brandon Creek, Norfolk. The River Tud has its source just south of East Dereham and it flows in an easterly direction for 27 kilometres (17 mi) to its confluence with the Wensum below Hellesdon mill. The River Nar is a  tributary of the River Great Ouse. It rises at Mileham  in Norfolk and flows 15 miles west through Castle Acre and Narborough (the latter giving the Nar its name), joining the Ouse at King's Lynn. The River Chet at Loddon Marina.

River Mun

The source of the River Mun can be found next to Craft Lane, close to Furyhill plantation between Northrepps and the hamlet of Frogshall. It runs in a south easterly direction through a wooded valley and passes under Craft Lane close to Frogshall Farm House. From here it runs through woodland for a short distance and into a large pool called Little Broad. From Little Broad, still in woodland, the river falls over a weir and into some marshy woodland known as Osier Carr.
The river has two mills, the higher was at Gimmingham and the lower at Mundesley

Watermills of Norfolk

Norfolk has roughly 154 watermills listed as either lost, demolished, partial ruin or extant and converted to another use. Of these, either the mill or the miller's house, are now private houses, B&Bs or the larger ones, multiple occupancy flats.
Watermills were by necessity beside a river or stream with enough flow to turn a waterwheel and the gears inside the mill. There are a number of options for the method in presenting the water to the paddles on the wheel. Undershot is where the bottom of the wheel sits in the flow. Breast shot is where the water is presented to the wheel halfway up and the wheel and doesn't sit in the stream. Overshot is where the water flows over the top of the wheel and is the most powerful of the three methods.
A fourth method not used in Norfolk, is known as a pentrough or pitchback, which is similar to an overshot but turns the wheel in the opposite direction. See LinkExternal link.
Mills were used to grinding corn, making paper, extracting oil, sawing wood and numerous other jobs which are listed in the above Wikipedia article. created by Adrian Pye


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Geographical Context: Rivers, Streams, Drainage Village, Rural settlement County: Norfolk Former: Water-Mill other tags: River Mun Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Articles: · Watermills of the Norfolk Rivers Automatic Clusters: · Gimingham Mill [13] · Water [4] · Old Corn Mill [3] ·
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Adrian S Pye   (more nearby)
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Thursday, 12 November, 2020   (more nearby)
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Tuesday, 27 July, 2021
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OSGB36: geotagged! TG 28670 36915 [1m precision]
WGS84: 52:52.8632N 1:23.8222E
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OSGB36: geotagged! TG 28680 36937
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