The interior of the windmill tower built over the 9th cent site of St Benets Abbey and Church on the River Bure near Ludham on the Norfolk Broads

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The ruins of St Benets Abbey and church near Holme and Ludlow on the Norfolk Broads. This historical 9th century site of the St Benedict order is located on the River Bure, and is recorded as one of the historical sites during the Peasants Revolt of 1381 when local people demanded to be paid for their work. When the abbey fell into ruin in the 18th century a local farmer-landowner built a windmill over the abbey's gatehouse wrecking the abbeys facade. The windmill had the distinction of being the oldest windmill on the Norfolk Broads. Its initial use was to make oil seed then later to pump water as a drainage windmill.

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Size: 4500px × 6000px
Location: Ludlow-Holme, Norfolk
Photo credit: © Allan Hartley / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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