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Newton by Castle
Acre Mill
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August 1901
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Newton by Castle
Acre Mill is on a Domesday site. It was built of brick with a pantiled
roof and was originally under the same roof as the mill house. Later the
mill was enlarged, which naturally altered the roof line, however, the
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Samuel Priest snr wrote a will on 21st September 1799, proved 4th May 1804, leaving everything to Joseph Whitby, who he acknowledged to be his son, born out of wedlock to Frances Whitby of Weasenham and also left £100 to his then housekeeper, Mary Tuffs. In 1801 he wrote a codicil to the will leaving a further £500 to her 6 month old daughter, Ann Tuffs also born out of wedlock. Joseph Priest, miller at Hunstanton and Robert Beeston, miller at Wighton were appointed executors for a fee of £10 each. |
Joseph Whitby Priest married an Elizabeth Pooley (or Powley) at Swaffham in 1810. On 6th June 1813, Samuel Priest son of Joseph and Elizabeth Priest was baptised at Newton with Castleacre.
Although Joseph Whitby Priest, inherited the mill from Samuel Priest snr, he eventually died in 1826 in Leeds, Yorkshire, working as a baker, leaving all his estate to his wife Elizabeth. In the 1841 census listed below, it appears that the Samuel Priest jnr born 1813 was possibly living with an aunt who took over the running of the house for his mother.
When his father Joseph died in 1826, Samuel jnr would hae only been 13 yrs old so that is probably why everything was left to his mother Elizabeth Priest. She then possibly leased the mill out until Samuel jnr was old enough to take over.
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June
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May
1972
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April 1977 |
| The pictures above show the original mill house joined onto the gable end of the mill but by 1977 the mill house had gone and other housing had appeared behind the mill. However, by 2003 the mill house had been rebuilt, albeit with a significant amount of additional flint facing. |
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September 2003
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The
new mill house September 2003 |
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wheel had not turned in years, it was intact in 2003 and other machinery
was still on the site. The position of then stone nut shows that the stones were driven from above. |
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Stone
nut and spur wheel 1994
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Spur
wheel 1994 |
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Sackhoist
1994
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| During the 1990s Dick Joice, the celebrated Norfolk historian, owned the site and rebuilt the millhouse. |
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Mill
dam and overgrown wheelrace 7th September 2003
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The
iron wheel September 2003 |
A watermill restored by a Norfolk TV presenter has gone up for sale |
The property is now separated into two and is available to buy with Savills for £795,000. It sits on the site of the original Newton by Castle Acre Mill, which was first recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086. |
 Inlet to wheel partially filled in and overgrown - 2019 Auction house photo  Millpond with wheelrace arch almost obscured - 2019 Auction house photo |
Today, the house comprises an entrance hall, reception room, kitchen, sitting room, cloakroom, utility room, office, boiler room, bathroom and three well-proportioned bedrooms. The Mill Studio, sold as part of the property, is an entirely separate dwelling although with the correct planning permission in place, this could easily be reinstated as part of the main house. It currently has a kitchen, living room and bathroom. The property also offers well-established gardens and lovely views which look out over the River Nar Valley. For more information about this property, contact Savills on 01603 229229. Eastern Daily Press - 12th July 2019 |
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O.S. Map 2005 Image reproduced under licence from Ordnance Survey |
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Faden's map
1797: Mill
White's 1845: Samuel Priest jnr |
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