Showing posts with label mill. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mill. Show all posts

Tuesday, 24 January 2012

Trouble at the Mill: The Remains of the Briggate Mill

The charred ruins of the former Briggate Mill, to be found between Worstead and North Walsham. There seems to be a degree of uncertainty as to the mill's exact age, but it is suggested that a mill has been on this site for at least two centuries. Finally closed in the late 1960s, Briggate Mill has since had a somewhat notorious history as it was set alight as part of an arson insurance scam.

The mill was located on the 8+ mile North Walsham and Dilham Canal, Norfolk's only (long-disued) official canal.
























Sunday, 23 May 2010

''Who Will Survive, and What Will be Left of Them?''

Ramshackle derelict buildings on the grounds of the disused Hempstead Mill, near Holt. The mill itself has stood since around 1830, and is in such good condition I assumed it was occupied, focusing instead on the smaller surrounding buildings. They look more interesting anyway, very 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre...'