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Tasburgh Mill
River Tas |
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c.1910
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Tasburgh watermill was probably once a paper mill but in 1896 it became Duffields' first roller mill. It had an auxiliary steam engine and was capable of producing two sacks an hour. This was a typical Norfolk white weatherboarded mill with a Norfolk pantile roof. The adjoining mill house under the same roof was built of Norfolk red brick. The decorative brick chimney came from Tharston and the Mill House door came from Norwich. |
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July
1967
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For many years the mill was worked in conjunction with the windmill at TM19809630. |
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O.S. Map 2005 Image reproduced under licence from Ordnance Survey |
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Zachary George was the son of King George, miller at Costessey, who died in 1813. |
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Headrace
July 1967
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Capital Water Mill, Wind Mill & Land at Tasburgh,
Norfolk. |
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The
wallower c.1969
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William Lant Duffield had been an apprentice at Tasburgh watermill before becoming an employee at Mulbarton_smockmill. In 1893 he started his own business by leasing Mattishall_Mill_St_towermill for four years. In 1896 William Duffield went back to Tasburgh watermill and in 1906 took over the running of Saxlingham_Thorpe_watermill thus founding the firm of W. L. Duffield & Son, Ltd. |
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March
1977
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O.S. Map 2005 Image reproduced under licence from Ordnance Survey |
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Tasburgh index
of wills 1559: Robert Carre
White's 1845: Zachariah George, corn miller White's 1864: Dennis Blomfield, corn millerWhite's 1883: Dennis Blomfield, farmer, miller & merchant - also at Flordon Kelly's 1892: Mrs. Louisa Blomfield Kelly's 1896: Reginald Blomfield, also at Flordon 1896: Mill taken over by William Duffield and converted to a steam roller mill Kelly's 1900: William Lant Duffield Kelly's 1912: William Lant Duffield Kelly's 1922: Robert John Watling Kelly's 1925: A. E. Thompson & Sons Kelly's 1925: A E. Thompson & Sons c.1935: Mill closed down and converted to residential use |
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