January 1911
Attleborough Station Mill towermill |
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January 1911 |
Attleborough Station Mill was a 5 storey tower mill that stood in Buckenham Road, next to the malthouses just to the south of the railway station. It stood next door to Tyrrell & Byford’s premises at the bottom of that road on the south side. The mill used 4 patent sails and was advertised as powering 2 pairs of French burr stones in 1860, 3 pairs by 1861 and 2 pairs once more in 1867. By 1857 an steam mill had been installed alongside the towermill and a bake office was being run by 1868. The sack hoist was driven by a slack belt. |
The tower was constructed out of clay lump and faced with brick. This was a quite unusual form of construction and although the materials were relatively cheap, the relatively soft clay lump blocks were prone to water corrosion and thus their strength factor was somewhat suspect. |
The only other towermills known to have been built of clay lump were Carleton Rode towermill and possibly Besthorpe towermill, although Besthorpe Black Carr postmill had a clay lump roundhouse. |
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January 1911 |
Miscellaneous To Millers & Merchants TO LET A newly erected Steam Flour Mill doing a good Business with comfortable Residence and suitable outbuildings, together with a Windmill if desired, both being conveniently situated and near the Railway Station, Attleborough, Norfolk. Apply to Mr. W. Buckenham, Attleborough. Norfolk News - 28th March 1857 |
To Millers |
To Millers, Merchants & others. |
Newly erected & substantially built Steam Mill, Windmill, two Dwelling Houses, Public House, 8 Cottages & gardens situate in the town of Attleborough. |
STEAM MILL, WIND MILL, TWO DWELLING HOUSES, |
| Have received instructions from Mr. Wm. BUCKENHAM to OFFER FOR SALE BY AUCTION, at the Griffin Inn, Attleborough, on THURSDAY, JULY 12th, 1860, at Five o'clock in the Afternoon, in Six Lots, the following VALUABLE FREEHOLD PROPERTY:- Lot 1. Steam Flour Mill … 12 h.p. engine … Lot 5. New Railway Tavern Lot 6. A newly erected & substantially built TOWER WINDMILL with five floors, cap and winding tackle, fitted with four patent sails, two pairs of French stones and all requisite going gears and machinery thereto belonging; also, a Pightle of Productive PASTURE LAND adjoining. The above Lot from its proximity to the Railway Station offers peculiar advantages to a miller or merchant. Particulars of Messrs. F. F. and G. F. Francklin, Solicitors, and of the Auctioneers, Attleborough. Norfolk Chronicle & Norfolk News - 30th June & 7th July 1860 (As advertised in June) |
To Millers |
To Let at Attleborough |
To Millers |
To Let |
Thomas Martin was running Carleton_Rode_towermill in 1864-65, which was another mill also built of clay lump. |
Attleburgh |
To be Let. |
Situations Vacant |
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Norwich Mercury - 20th September 1873 |
Situations Vacant WANTED, a steady active Young MAN to assist in working a TOWER Mill, an improver not objected to. Apply William Beales, Station Mill, Attleborough, Norfolk. Norfolk News - 10th January 1874 |
Situations Vacant TO MILLERS Wanted, a steady active single Young Man to assist in working a Tower Windmill. Board & Lodge in the house. Apply William Beales, Station Mill, Attleborough, Norfolk. Norfolk News - 14th November 1874 |
At auction last month a brick tower windmill at Attleborough, in Norfolk, found a purchaser at £165 in Mr. David Moore. The Miller - 4th June 1906 |
Collapse of an Attleborough Windmill The disused Station Mill which was formerly worked by Mr. Chas. Chenery at Attleborough suddenly collapsed about 3 o’clock on Saturday (21st) morning. About 30 yards from the mill is a house which been in the occupation of Mr. Buckle, coal merchant for about a week. In falling, the top of the mill, with its heavy machinery struck the end of the dwelling a glancing blow which smashed the fireplace of the living room. The room presented a curious sight, one side being littered with clay lump and broken bricks. Mr. Buckle's little daughter had a startling experience, the shock from the fall knocking in the wall of her bedroom and throwing a chair upon her bed. Fortunately for the occupant of the house, the building in crumbling buckled in the middle and crumpled up on its own base, otherwise the house would have been buried in the debris. The mill was built of clay lump faced with brick and its condition had been dangerous for some time. Dereham & Fakenham Times - 28th January 1911 |
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O. S. Map 1882 |
| 1857: William Buckenham, miller, Buckenham Road March 1857: Towermill and steam mill advertised to be let May 1860: Towermill and steam mill advertised for private sale June 1860: Towermill and steam mill advertised for sale by auction July 1860: Towermill and steam mill advertised for sale by auction August 1860: Mill advertised to be let April 1861: Mill advertised to be let August 1862: Mill advertised to be let 1863: William Buckenham, miller, Buckenham Road 1867: Thomas Martin, miller 1867: Thomas Martin died September 1867: Mill advertised for sale by auction June 1868: Mill advertised to be let 1872: William Beales, miller September 1873: Mill advertised to be let 1874: William Beales, miller 1878: William Beales, miller Kelly's 1879: George Pratt, miller, Station mill White's 1883: George Pratt, corn miller O.S. map 1882: Windmill (Corn) 1888: Mrs. Emily Pratt, miller & merchant Kelly's 1892: Emily Potter (Mrs.), miller (wind & steam) & corn, coal & coke merchant, Station mill Kelly's 1896: Emily Pratt (Mrs.), miller (wind & steam) & corn, cake & seed merchant, Station mill Kelly's 1900: Emily Pratt (Mrs.), miller (wind & steam) & corn, coal, cake & seed merchant, Station mill O.S. map 1904: Windmill (Corn) Kelly's 1904:Charles William Chenery, miller (wind & steam) & corn, coal, cake, seed & manure merchant May 1906: Mill purchased by David Moore for £165 21st January 1911: Mill collapsed |
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