Cromer, Hertfordshire

{{Short description|Hamlet in Hertfordshire, England}}

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Cromer is a hamlet in the civil parish of Ardeley, Hertfordshire, England.{{Cite web|url=http://www.hertfordshire-genealogy.co.uk/links/ardeley.htm|title = Ardeley, Hertfordshire}}

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It is a small hamlet; however, it is noteworthy for possessing Hertfordshire's sole surviving post mill.{{Cite web|url=http://www.aboutbritain.com/CromerWindmillHerts.htm|title=Cromer Windmill}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.windmillworld.com/uk/cromer.htm|title=Cromer windmill, Hertfordshire}}

The current mill dates from 1681{{cite web |url=http://www.hertfordshirebpt.org/Cromer%20Windmill.htm |title=Cromer Windmill |accessdate=2009-01-23 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090409205133/http://www.hertfordshirebpt.org/Cromer%20Windmill.htm |archivedate=2009-04-09 }} on a site where a windmill has stood for over 600 years. The mill has been damaged several times, but was brought back into full working order in 1998 after receiving grants of over £50,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund and English Heritage.

The mill first opened to the public in 1991, and has continued to do so ever since.