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Stracey Arms Windpump
Stracey Arms Windpump The cap assembly Stracey Arms Windpump is a windpump located at Tunstall in the civil parish of Halvergate, Norfolk, England. It is a grade II* listed building. It takes its name from a nearby public house formerly called the Stracey Arms, after the local Stracey family. It is a four-storey drainage mill with a tapering red brick tower and a boat shaped weatherboarded cap. The cap, cap gallery, sails, fan and tail pole are all in place. The internal machinery is in working order and drives a turbine pump. The pump was used to drain the surrounding marshland into a channel leading to the River Bure, but was superseded by an electric pump installed in an adjacent building. The mill was built in 1883 by Robert Barnes of Great Yarmouth and was extensively modified in 1912. During the Second World War it was converted into a fortified pillbox with gun ports in the sides. It was taken out of service in 1946. From 1961 the mill was restored to working order by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tunstall, Norfolk
Tunstall is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Halvergate, in the Broadland district of Norfolk, England. It lies some 14 miles (22.5 km) south-east of Norwich alongside the River Bure. In 1931 the parish had a population of 94. The ruinous mediaeval parish church of St Peter and St Paul is a grade II* listed building. Although repaired 1705 and extended in 1853, only the chancel is now usable. According to local legend, the church's bells were stolen by the Devil. He plunged with them into a nearby boggy pool, whence their tolling can occasionally be heard. The Stracey Arms Windpump was once used to drain the surrounding marshland into the River Bure. A grade II* listed building, it is now maintained by the Norfolk Windmills Trust and is a visitor attraction. History The villages name means 'Farmstead'. On 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Halvergate. References {{authority control Villages in Norfolk Former civil p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halvergate
Halvergate is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, north of Reedham, Norfolk, Reedham, between the Rivers River Bure, Bure and River Yare, Yare, within The Broads. To the east of the village is the hamlet of Wickhampton and the Halvergate Marshes, an area of drainage marsh which was the site of the first Environmentally Sensitive Area in the United Kingdom in 1987.Heaven on earth, Wickhampton, Norfolk ''The Guardian'', 2004-05-10. Retrieved 2014-02-20.Broads ESA , Natural England. Retrieved 2014-02-20. The villages name origin is uncertain possibly, 'land costi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norfolk
Norfolk () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in East Anglia in England. It borders Lincolnshire to the north-west, Cambridgeshire to the west and south-west, and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea, with The Wash to the north-west. The county town is the city of Norwich. With an area of and a population of 859,400, Norfolk is a largely rural county with a population density of 401 per square mile (155 per km2). Of the county's population, 40% live in four major built up areas: Norwich (213,000), Great Yarmouth (63,000), King's Lynn (46,000) and Thetford (25,000). The Broads is a network of rivers and lakes in the east of the county, extending south into Suffolk. The area is protected by the Broads Authority and has similar status to a national park. History The area that was to become Norfolk was settled in pre-Roman times, (there were Palaeolithic settlers as early as 950,000 years ago) with camps along the highe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Public House
A pub (short for public house) is a kind of drinking establishment which is licensed to serve alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises. The term ''public house'' first appeared in the United Kingdom in late 17th century, and was used to differentiate private houses from those which were, quite literally, open to the public as "alehouses", "taverns" and "inns". By Georgian times, the term had become common parlance, although taverns, as a distinct establishment, had largely ceased to exist by the beginning of the 19th century. Today, there is no strict definition, but CAMRA states a pub has four characteristics:GLA Economics, Closing time: London's public houses, 2017 # is open to the public without membership or residency # serves draught beer or cider without requiring food be consumed # has at least one indoor area not laid out for meals # allows drinks to be bought at a bar (i.e., not only table service) The history of pubs can be traced to Roman taverns in B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drainage Mill
A windpump is a type of windmill which is used for pumping water. Windpumps were used to pump water since at least the 9th century in what is now Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan. The use of wind pumps became widespread across the Muslim world and later spread to China and India. Windmills were later used extensively in Europe, particularly in the Netherlands and the East Anglia area of Great Britain, from the late Middle Ages onwards, to drain land for agricultural or building purposes. Simon Stevin's work in the ''waterstaet'' involved improvements to the sluices and spillways to control flooding. Windmills were already in use to pump the water out, but in ''Van de Molens'' (''On mills''), he suggested improvements, including the idea that the wheels should move slowly, and a better system for meshing of the gear teeth. These improvements increased the efficiency of the windmills used to pump water out of the polders by three times. He received a patent on his innovation in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
River Bure
The River Bure is a river in the county of Norfolk, England, most of it in the Broads.Ordnance Survey (2005). ''OS Explorer Map OL40 - The Broads''. . The Bure rises near Melton Constable, upstream of Aylsham, which was the original head of navigation. Nowadays, the head of navigation is downstream at Coltishall Bridge. After Aylsham Lock and Burgh Bridge, the Bure passes through Buxton Lammas, Coltishall, Belaugh, Wroxham, Horning, past St. Benet's Abbey, through Oby, Acle, Stokesby, along the northern border of the Halvergate Marshes, through Runham and Great Yarmouth where it meets Breydon Water and flows into the sea at Gorleston. It has two major tributaries, the River Thurne and the River Ant. There is also Muck Fleet which connects the Trinity Broads (Ormesby, Rollesby and Filby Broad) to the main network. Other minor tributaries include the River Hor, which joins the Bure just upstream of Hoveton, The Mermaid which merges at Burgh-next-Aylsham and Scarrow Bec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norfolk Windmills Trust
The Norfolk Windmills Trust is a charity based in Norfolk, England, which restores and cares for windmills in that county. Mills in its care (but not necessarily owned) include those at: * Ashtree Farm Mill *Berney Arms (English Heritage - pictured) * Billingford * Clayrack *Cley next the Sea *Denver Windmill *Dereham *Garboldisham *Great Bircham * Gunton Park Sawmill * Hobb's Mill * Horsey (NT) *Letheringsett Watermill *Little Cressingham *Old Buckenham * Paston (privately owned) *Starston * Stracey Arms *Sutton *Wicklewood See also *List of drainage windmills in Norfolk * List of windmills *Windmills in the United Kingdom This is a list of windmills and windpumps in the United Kingdom. England The list is divided into the current ceremonial counties of England: Bedfordshire See List of windmills in Bedfordshire Berkshire ;Mock mill Buckinghamshire See Li ... External linksNorfolk Windmills Trust website {{Authority control Charities based in Norfolk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Drainage Windmills In Norfolk
This is a list of drainage windmills in the current ceremonial county English county of Norfolk. Some of the windmills in this area receive maintenance from the Norfolk Windmills Trust. Locations A B C D - F G - H I - L M N - O P - R S T - W Maps * 1749 Emanuel Bowen * 1765 Corbridge * 1775 Bowles * 1783 Joseph HodgkinsonMap of Suffolk * 1797 Faden * 1826 Bryant * 1834 Greenwood * 1837 Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey (OS) is the national mapping agency for Great Britain. The agency's name indicates its original military purpose (see ordnance and surveying), which was to map Scotland in the wake of the Jacobite rising of 1745. There was a ... * 1838 Ordnance Survey * 1884 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. Sources Unless otherwise indicated, the source for all entries is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Windmills Of The Norfolk Broads
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 parts of the English speaking world. The term wind engine is sometimes used to describe such devices. Windmills were used throughout the high medieval and early modern periods; the horizontal or panemone windmill first appeared in Persia during the 9th century, and the vertical windmill first appeared in northwestern Europe in the 12th century. Regarded as an icon of Dutch culture, there are approximately 1,000 windmills in the Netherlands today. Forerunners Wind-powered machines may have been known earlier, but there is no clear evidence of windmills before the 9th century. Hero of Alexandria (Heron) in first-century Roman Egypt described what appears to be a wind-driven wheel to power a machine.Dietrich Lohrmann, "Von der östlichen z ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
