2010

TF8343 : Outflow from the mill

taken 13 years ago, near to Burnham Norton, Norfolk, England

Outflow from the mill
Outflow from the mill
The water passes beneath the disused mill under the road-bridge and into this millpond with willows and other trees surrounding its banks.
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

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.


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Category: Millpond
This photo is linked from: Articles: · Watermills of the Norfolk Rivers Automatic Clusters: · Water [6] · Millpond [3] ·
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TF8343, 100 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Adrian S Pye   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Thursday, 4 November, 2010   (more nearby)
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Thursday, 4 November, 2010
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OSGB36: geotagged! TF 835 435 [100m precision]
WGS84: 52:57.4662N 0:43.9021E
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OSGB36: geotagged! TF 835 435
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South-southeast (about 157 degrees)
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