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Black Mill identified at Orford
Black Mill at Orford was identified as a post mill.
Site overview
Orford had several windmills, including Black Mill and White Mill. The mill at the supplied location corresponds with Black Mill, a post mill at Orford. The available evidence identifies the site as a post mill rather than a tower mill, and no surviving tower structure has been established for this location.
The mill appears in county windmill lists and archive references to Orford windmills, but the surviving published detail is limited. The known record supports identification of the site as part of Orford's former wind-powered corn-milling landscape. Construction date, machinery, miller sequence, and closure date have not been established from the accessible material.
The site is therefore represented by historic identification rather than by a detailed structural or operational record.
Map
Map markers and directions links are provided for location reference only and do not indicate public access or permission to enter a site.
No site photograph is currently available. Images will be added as field visits are carried out.
History
Orford was associated with a group of windmills, including Black Mill and White Mill. The site at Orford is identified in Suffolk windmill lists as Black Mill, a post mill. Its precise working chronology remains limited in the accessible material.
The evidence found establishes the mill type and location but does not provide a full construction history, ownership sequence, machinery description, or final working date. Archive material also identifies Orford windmills in photographic and documentary collections, including views of White Mill, but the site represented here corresponds with Black Mill. No surviving tower mill has been established for this location, and the recorded mill type is post mill.
The site should therefore be treated as a former windmill site at Orford, documented by county windmill listings and archive references, rather than as a surviving tower mill with known above-ground structure.
Timeline
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Orford windmill archive material preserved
Archive collections include material relating to Orford windmills, including White Mill.
Sources and records
Suffolk Mills Group list: The Windmills of Suffolk
Mills Archive and Archives Hub catalogue material: Orford windmills
List of windmills in Suffolk
Mills Archive and Archives Hub catalogue material: Orford windmills
List of windmills in Suffolk