c.1972
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Burgh St Margaret Old Burgh Mill
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c.1972 |
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Old Burgh Mill in Burgh St Margaret mill was an early towermill. The mill stood within a plot along with the mill house and other buildings on the south side of Mill Road and was known as Old Burgh Mill. The mill ran 2 pairs of French burr stones and 2 flour mills. |
Entries in the Court Book for Burgh St Margaret held in Norfolk Record Office include: |
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| 1788: | Robert Durrant re ½ acre of land near Common Pasture | ||
By 26th October 1812, Robert Durrant had moved to Aylsham and had become a yeoman. Mention was made that Robert Durrant the younger, miller, George Durrant, miller along with his wife Esther surrendered some land in 1829. |
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To Millers To be Sold by Private Contract An ESTATE at Burgh St. Margaret in Norfolk occupied by Mr. Durrant consisting of a substantial Dwelling house with a new barn, stables & outbuildings, a good Tower Wind Mill with two pair of French stones & two flour mills in good repair & about 17 acres of capital arable & marsh land. This property is all Freehold except 3 roods of land which are Copyhold & the Land tax is only 2s.6d. a year. Apply to Messrs. Simpson & Rackham, Solrs. Norwich or Mr. Cockerill or Mr. Durrant of Ormesby. Norfolk Chronicle - 23rd June 1821 |
Notice re |
Tithe Award 1841 |
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| No. 213 | Mill, House, Garden etc. | 0a. 2r. 25p. | part of £19.14. 0. |
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George Durrant Starling who was listed in the 1851 census below originally built Hemsby_towermill where his son George Davey Starling.remained in charge. |
BURGH ST. MARGARET OLD MILL |
Flegg Burgh THE STORM. The effects of the awful storm on the old tower mill in the occupation of Mr. Starling on Friday night were very disastrous. Mr. Starling hearing some slight cracking of timber about half past nine left the mill, when he observed the wind tackle going round at a great rate, which was afterwards blown away, some part thereof falling a few feet from his person. The wind getting at the back of the sails, the entire top was hitched forward & pitching on one sail, remained in that condition until Thursday morning when a rope was thrown over & with a little effort the entire top fell into a shapeless mass. In falling the cast-iron shaft appears to have received no injury. The brickwork & the machinery being very ancient, it is not intended to be reconstructed. Norfolk News - Saturday 27th November 1875 |
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O.S. Map 1884 Old Burgh towermill to the northwest; Burgh St Margaret towermill lower centre Courtesy of NLS map images |
Faden's map 1797: Mill
White's 1854: George D. Starling, corn miller |
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