Northgate House is now used for among other things, meeting rooms for the council. This wasn’t always the case however.
The 1950s
In the early 1950s, my father worked for local government ...
1 ‘Norton’ occurs in Rous’ list without any further means of identification. This may refer to Norton Lindsey. The destruction of a church is recorded in 1581-90 (PRN 5440), but ...
The site of Norton deserted settlement dating to the Medieval period. Hollow ways, enclosures and possible house platforms are visible as earthworks. The settlement is known from documentary evidence and is situated 1km north of the church, Norton Lindsey.
This brick tower mill three storeys high with slight batter, 42 feet high and 18 feet diameter was built around 1795. It had four common sails, boat cap with luffing ...
My parents bought the house in about 1969 and made extensive changes. We replaced the windows in the mill, making them ourselves, and the door. My father and I took ...
1 ‘A bedraggled WINDMILL’, a tower mill. Built in 1808.
2 Preserved red brick tower with slight batter in fair condition. Two stocks with fragments of common sails, boat cap with ...
Norton Lindsey Windmill, a tower mill built in the Imperial period. Steam power was added in 1889, and it was last worked in 1906. It stands south of the village playing field.
