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Normanby Windmill

Other OS name in the Parish of Normanby by Spital

Historical Forms

  • a winde Milne builded in Normanby feilde 1601 DCLB
  • a wynde Milne 1604 ib
  • a winde milne builded in Normanbiefeild 1612 ib
  • Corn Wind Mill 1789 EnclA
  • Normanby Mill 1824 O
  • molendinum aquaticum 1443 DCAcct
  • prope molend' aquaticum 1564 LCCA
  • a watter mylne 1565 DCLB
  • a water Mill 1759 ib

Etymology

, a winde Milne builded in Normanby feilde 1601DCLB , a wynde Milne 1604ib ,a winde milne builded in Normanbiefeild 1612ib , Corn Wind Mill 1789EnclA , Normanby Mill 1824 O; there was also a Water Mill inNormanby, molendinum aquaticum 1443DCAcct , prope molend 'aquaticum 1564LCCA , a watter mylne 1565DCLB , a water Mill 1759ib , cf. the water mille close 1620Terrier and also Southwest milne a1293DC .