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Links
to Norfolk local history & mill websites
About
Norfolk - comprehensive and large site covering all aspects
of Norfolk
Margaret Bird - editor of Mary Hardy's Diary - see below
Luke Bonwick - Milling Heritage Consultancy & author of Norfolk's Windmills - published March 2008
Broads Map - shows many points of interest (including some mills) on the Broads
Bylaugh Hall -
arts, cultural and musical centre offering high class accommodation with all facilities
Chapel Books -
books and documents for the genealogist, family & local historian researching
Norfolk & UK
Cley Mill - B&B & holiday self catering facilities & cream teas - Tel. 01263 740209
Dereham Windmill - renovated mill with sails opened as a Community Exhibition Centre in September 2013
Digitalwild - Jonathan Neville's African and UK wildlife digital photos
Digitising Family Documents - Detailed free guide to help people digitise paper documents and photographs
East Anglian Waterways Association -
aims to preserve, restore and manage the area's inland waterways
Experience Norfolk Passionate about Norfolk, we reveal the hidden gems that only a real 'local' knows about
Fakenham Community Archive - volunteers building a digital archive of old photos from the district
Forncett History - detailed history of the village including its mills
Genealogy Resources - 1 - website providing a comprehensive guide on getting started in genealogy Genealogy Resources - 2 - website providing a comprehensive guide on getting started in genealogy
George Plunkett Photographs - Huge collection of Norfolk photographs taken between 1931 - 2006
Glaven River Conservation - group dedicated to the well being and conservation of the River Glaven
Gressenhall Farm & Workhouse Museum of Family Life - Norfolk life as it used to be on a 50 acre site
Gt Bircham Windmill - open to the public, bakehouse, tearooms, gift shop, etc. Tel. 01485 578393
Hardley Drainage Mill - renovated drainage mill on the River Yare
Mary Hardy's Diary - well-illustrated 18th-century Norfolk diary, by the wife of a brewer and miller
Hempstead Hall
- B&B plus caravan facilities in idyllic surroundings - Tel.
01263 712224
Itteringham Mill - Holiday self catering
facilities in idyllic surroundings - Tel. 01263 587688
Letheringsett
Mill -
Norfolk's only working watermill -
Tel. 01263 713153
Loddon Historical Society
- nice website and various local history publications
Mike Page Photography - local aerial photography specialist with several books published
Mill Drawings - Detailed cutaway drawings of various mills
Mills Archive -
contains many thousands of digital images and documents as well as extensive databases
Morse's Wind Engine Park -
wonderful collection working wind engines open to the public
John Nickalls Publications - publisher & distributer
of local history books Tel 01953 601893
Narborough Bone Mill - bone mill that operated during the 1800s and now a renovated heritage site
N.I.A.S. - Norfolk Industrial Archaeology Society - influential and worthwhile organisation
Norfolk
Broads - local website - "Your window on East Anglia"
Norfolk Broads Review -
website that reviews places to visit in and around the Broads
Norfolk Churches - Simon Knott's wonderful site
Norfolk Coast.co.uk -
big friendly site covering all aspects of Norfolk
Norfolk Coast.net -
Guide to the Norfolk Coast including attractions, events, accommodation, local food etc.
Norfolk Guide -
is an internet directory which includes an ever increasing amount of information on Norfolk
Norfolk Historic Buildings Trust
- group recording and sharing information about Norfolk's historic
buildings
Norfolk Lavender
- large essential oils distillery with visitor centre based at Caleys
mill in Heacham
Norfolk Museums & Archaeology Service - one of the largest museums services
in the country
Norfolk-Norwich - information on Norfolk’s towns & villages, holiday accommodation & places of interest
Norfolk & Norwich Norwich Millenium Library - The county's newest
and largest library
Norfolk Pubs - a comprehensive archive of every pub in the county and provider of material for this website
Norfolk Record Office - Norfolk county archives
Norfolk Wherry
Trust - charitable trust dedicated to the history and restoration
of Norfolk wherries
Norfolk Windmills Trust
- charity dedicated to restoring and looking after Norfolk Windmills
North Norfolk Radio - North Norfolk's own radio station
North Walsham & District Community Archive -
a superb archive of written and photographic history
Norwich
Castle Museum -
one of the best in the country
Parson
Woodforde Society -
the fascinating diaries of Parson James Woodforde
Paston Stow Hill Windmill - restored windmill open to the public Email Tel. 01263 720298
Poppyland Publishing - specialist
local history publisher for East Anglia
Scenic Norfolk - hundreds of vivid colour photographs and information on Norfolk towns and villages
Sculthorpe Watermill
- pub and restaurant
along with six bedroom luxury accommodation
Strumpshaw History - new book due to be published October 2010 and can be orderd via the link
Strumpshaw Steam Museum - Museum housing the UK's largest private collection of steam engines
Thetford
Ancient House Museum
- housed in a magnificent timber framed Tudor merchant's house
Alan Ticehurst
- antiquarian bookseller holding remaining copies of Harry Apling's Norfolk Corn Windmills
UK Mills - mostly windmills but a lot of info
Waveney Valley Blog - local Stories and Features covering the Waveney Valley area
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