1799
Windmill insured
Valentine Matthias Banyard insured a windmill and its going gears at East Dereham.
Site overview
East Dereham Banyard's post mill stood in Banyard's Yard between Baxter's Row and Orchard Lane, later High Street and Commercial Road. A Royal Exchange Fire Insurance policy of 1799 insured a windmill and its going gears as part of Valentine Matthias Banyard's property at East Dereham. Before Banyard's Place was built, the yard led down to the Orchard Lane property on which the windmill stood.
The 1815 East Dereham Enclosure Claim recorded John Banyard as miller and baker, and the enclosure map showed the mill as a post mill on land later occupied by the house called Glendower. The evidence confirms the site as an urban post-mill location linked with the Banyard family and baking, but does not identify surviving above-ground fabric.
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History
East Dereham Banyard's post mill stood in Banyard's Yard between Baxter's Row and Orchard Lane. Baxter's Row later became the High Street and Orchard Lane became Commercial Road. In 1799 Valentine Matthias Banyard insured property at East Dereham with Royal Exchange Fire Insurance.
The policy included a windmill with its going gears, together with a brick-and-tiled house, a stud-and-plaster house, a barn, stable, lean-to, and cottages. Before the construction of Banyard's Place, the site was known as Banyard's Yard, and in the early nineteenth century it led down to property in Orchard Lane where the windmill stood. The 1815 East Dereham Enclosure Claim recorded John Banyard as miller and baker.
The enclosure map showed the mill as a post mill on land later occupied by Glendower. John Banyard bought Yaxham post mill in 1829, and directory evidence in 1836 recorded Matthias and Charles Banyard as bakers and flour dealers at Baxter's Row. The identified evidence does not provide a later closure or demolition date for the East Dereham post mill, but it establishes the site as part of a town-centre milling and baking property.
Timeline
1815
John Banyard recorded as miller and baker
The East Dereham Enclosure Claim recorded John Banyard as miller and baker, and the map showed the mill as a post mill.
1829
John Banyard bought Yaxham post mill
John Banyard bought Yaxham post mill while associated with East Dereham milling and baking.
1836
Banyards listed as bakers and flour dealers
Matthias and Charles Banyard were listed as bakers and flour dealers at Baxter's Row.
Sources and records
Norfolk Mills page: East Dereham Banyard's post windmill
WindmillWorld county list: Windmills of Norfolk
WindmillWorld county list: Windmills of Norfolk