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Halvergate Lockgate drainage mill Acle Marshes |
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8th August 1976
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Halvergate Lockgate drainage mill is also known as Freethorpe Mill and in the past as Banham's Black Mill or Duffel's Mill. The Grade ll listed mill is on the Halvergate Marshes and is actually in the parish of Freethorpe approximately two miles west of Gt. Yarmouth. |
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The mill used 4 patent sails that turned clockwise to drive a 19 ft. diameter scoop wheel with 7 inch paddles. The mill drained Acle Marshes that lay to the north of the mill. |
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November 2004 |
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Dan Banham - earliest recorded mill keeper |
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