[2] Denver windmill was built in 1835, replacing an earlier post mill which was marked on the 1824 Ordnance Survey map.

A steam mill had been erected at Denver windmill by 1863, powered by a 12 horsepower (8.9 kW) engine.

[4] Restoration work to the cap, gallery, sails and fantail was carried out by millwrights John Lawn and Philip Lennard in the winter of 1974–75.

[6] In 2008 the Abel family took over the operation of the project as Denver Mill Ltd with the objective to make it sustainable, removing the need for further public funding.

As the last working Windmill in Norfolk, a return to commercial production along with the development of a range of high quality flours was begun and in the on-site Bakery and Tearoom products are showcased, whilst in a new Bakery Training School the skills of Craft Baking and the understanding of the characteristics of stone ground flour are learnt.

At the time of the accident, the mill yard was full of diners and a group of pupils from Clenchwarton Primary School were in the middle of a visit, with some in the Windmill and the others eating their lunch in the Tea Garden.

Thankfully no one was hurt and no damage sustained to anything other than the site, the Mill staff receiving praise from both the school and authorities.

A Blackstone 2' vertical French Burr mill is in the process of being recommissioned, and following the stock accident electrification of one set of stones is being investigated for the Windmill.

Denver Windmill is now a pub called the Steammill[citation needed] and is open to the public, except Christmas Day.