2021

TL9374 : The tailrace at Bardwell Watermill

taken 2 years ago, near to Bardwell, Suffolk, England

The tailrace at Bardwell Watermill
The tailrace at Bardwell Watermill
This is the water that has been through the mill and is about to rejoin the Black Bourn on its course to the Little Ouse south of Thetford.
To see the mill : TL9374 : Bardwell Watermill
TL9374 : Bardwell Watermill, the undershot wheel
TL9374 : Bardwell Watermill
TL9374 : Swans on the headrace at Bardwell watermill
Suffolk Rivers

Suffolk has twenty rivers worthy of the name. The River Waveney and the River Little Ouse form the boundary between Norfolk and Suffolk. The River Stour does the same for Suffolk and Essex. The Alde, the Blyth, the Deben and the Orwell are the main rivers and the others are tributaries or affluents of these. Among the names of these are the Gipping, the Box, the Lark, the Dove, the Snail and the Rat.
Other rivers and tributaries are the Minsmere, Fromus, Mill, Ore, Chad, Fynn, Kirton Creek, and Shottisham Creek, Belstead Brook, the Black Bourne, Eriswell Lode, Polstead Stream and Hol Brook. Edited by Adrian S. Pye

Suffolk Watermills

Suffolk has roughly 130 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 Suffolk, 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: Historic sites and artefacts Rivers, Streams, Drainage Industry Primary Subject: Watermill County: Suffolk Former: Watermill other tags: Watermill The Black Bourn River Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
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TL9374, 14 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Adrian S Pye   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 3 October, 2021   (more nearby)
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Sunday, 3 October, 2021
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TL 9357 7429 [10m precision]
WGS84: 52:19.9523N 0:50.3716E
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TL 9356 7425
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NORTH (about 0 degrees)
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