River Cong (Norfolk)

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River Cong
River
River Cong
Country	England
State	Norfolk
Region	East of England
District	King's Lynn and West Norfolk
Source	Manor Farm, Congham, Norfolk
Mouth	Merges with the River Babingley
Length	1.5 mi (2 km)
River Cong Within King’s Lynn and West Norfolk

Congham Oil Watermill

The River Cong is in the west of the county of Norfolk. Its is a tributary of the River Babingley. The spring rises in a meadow pool on the Hillington side of Manor Farm, Congham. From here the river flows through the wood and over a small waterfall, where in the past it powered all the machinery within the Congham Oil Mill (grid reference TF71342475), which is now known as Congham Lodge.

[edit] Congham Oil Mill

The mill was built for the use of processing Whales. Whales were transported from Kings Lynn docks by horse and wagon.The mill produced oil from whale blubber. The resultant whale bones were then taken by road to Narborough Bone Mill where they were ground into fertiliser. Some of the whale bones remain as ornaments at Congham Lodge to this day. The waterfall that drove the mill still remains. There would have been an horrendous smell especially in the summer, which was why the mill was situated away from King's Lynn itself. The Cong then flows on under the A148 and joins the Babingley close by the Gatton Waters caravan site.

[edit] See also

• The River Babingley

The River Cong close to the point where it flows under the A148 road

v • d • e Rivers and Watercourse of Norfolk River Ainse (or Eyn) • River Ant • River Babingley • Beeston Beck • River Bure • River Burn • River Chet • River Cong • Gaywood River • River Glaven • River Great Ouse • Gur Beck • Hagon Beck • River Heacham • River Hor • River Hun • River Ingol • River Little Ouse • River Mun • River Nar • River Nene • North Walsham & Dilham Canal • Panford Beck • Penny Spot Beck • Scarrow Beck • Spring Beck • River Stiffkey • River Tas • River Tat • River Thet • River Thurne • River Tiffey • River Tud • River Waveney • River Wensum • River Wissey • River Yare •

v • d • e Watermills of Norfolk Aldborough Watermill • Buxton Watermill • Congham Oil Mill • Eade’s Watermill • Gimingham Watermill • Glandford Watermill • Gresham Watermill • Gunton Park Sawmill • Heacham Watermill • Hempstead Watermill • Kettle Watermill • Letheringsett Watermill • Letheringsett Brewery watermill • Mundesley Watermill • Narborough Bone Mill • Sheringham Watermill • Snettisham Watermill • Weybourne Watermill

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