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A tall windmill with dark, tapering walls stands by a riverbank path near small outbuildings and three people in the foreground.

Harrimere Mill, Barway date unknown (Cambs Collection)

Harrimere Mill

History of Harrimere Mill

Section of a 1901 Ordnance Survey map showing the area around Harrimere Windmill, Chapel Hill, and Thetford Ferry.

Harrimere Mill OS 1901

Harrimere wind mill drained the former Soham Mere but was pulled down in 1917.

People gather by a small boat on a riverbank with a tall chimney visible in the distance across the flat landscape.

Chain ferry near Little Thetford pumping station and Harrimere Mill. (Camb Coll)

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