19th May 1979
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Fakenham |
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19th May 1979 |
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Fakenham towermill was a five storey mill that stood just to the north of the Holt Road quite near to the town centre. The top three storeys were built onto the existing two storey octagonal base of a smockmill that had been demolished to make way for the new towermill, possibly as a result of a fire. The mill used 4 patent sails to power 2 pairs of 4ft French burr stones, a 20 inch flour mill, a bean crusher and a grindstone. A bake office was also run on the site. |
Fakenham To be offered for Sale by Auction by Robert Ansell at the Crown Inn, Fakenham on Thursday 23 August 1849 at 5 o’c Lot 1. In Fakenham A capital brick built Tower Windmill Containing a Basement & Four Floors, with patent sails & 20 inch Flour Mill, also a Cart lodge with Granary over & Stables & Straw-house near. Also two Dwelling Houses (to one of which a good Baking office is attached, & ELEVEN … Cottages … containing with the sites of the Mill, Houses & Buildings 1a. 3r. 33p. The above Lot is situate near the Holt Road in Fakenham & is Copyhold of the Manor of Faken Lancaster. Fine certain. The Mill & the Dwelling house with Baking office attached & the Cart lodge, Stables & Strawhouse & one Plot of Garden Ground part thereof being under lease to Mr. John Brett for a term which will expire on Old Michaelmas day 1853 & the remainder thereof being occupied by yearly tenants & the rents amount in the aggregate to £116. 8s. The property has lately been put into a thorough state of repair & offers an eligible investment. Apply to Messrs. Kent & Watson, Solrs. Fakenham or the Auctioneer. Norfolk Chronicle & Norwich Gazette - 11th & 18th August 1849 |
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Fakenham To Millers & others Mr. R. Spicer will Sell by Auction on September 28, 1864 a part of the FIXTURES & other EFFECTS in the Mill the property of Mr. Wyer who is declining the Milling Business. Comprising Pair of very superior 4 ft. French burr stones in excellent condition, large flour scales & beam, excellent bean crusher, large grindstone, 100 sacks, small flour scales & beam, 2 peck measures, 3 sack barrows, rope & pulley, bushel & strike, flour mill straps, power chain & weights, stone saddle, 10-stave bladder, sack chain, 6 ft. iron fly wheel, quantity of flour cloths, nine stone bills, seven 4-stone weights, two 2-stone ditto, also a quantity of small weights, 2 iron spindles with fittings complete with hoppers, bearing shoe, flat boards & stone nut … The sale to commence at half past two o’clock at the Mill on the road leading from Fakenham to Holt. Norfolk News - 17th & 24th September 1864 |
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TITLE TO A BRICK TOWER WINDMILL COPYHOLD OF THE MANOR OF FAKENHAM LANCASTER |
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| Manor Court 12 July 1819 |
George Butler takes property under sale by the Commissioners |
| 10 July 1822 | George Butler, Brisley, Shopkeeper sells property for £210 to Richard King Readwin |
Deed dated8 Dec. 1849 Manor Court |
Richard King Readwin, then of Basingstoke,
Hants., Carpenter having erected a number of houses sells for £1600 property including “Brick built Tower Wind Mill with Cart Lodge, Stable & Outbuildings” to John Angell Youard of North Creake, Gent. |
| ? Feb. 1861 | John Angell Youard died having by Will dated 24th January 1861 left Mill to his son William Youard |
| ? Nov. 1861 | William Youard of Holt, Harnessmaker mortgages Mill now in occupation of Henry Atherton for £180 to William Johnson Jennis Bolding, Weybourne, Gent. |
Deed |
William Johnson Jennis Bolding |
| ? Dec. 1887 | James Stone died leaving Mill to his widow Priscilla Stone |
| ?0 Oct. 1910 | William Wretham Stone (having inherited Mill) sells Mill now dismantled for £75 to |
| ?4 May 1920 | William Osborne Miller sells Mill for £250 to Thomas Brown of 15 Queen Anne’s Gate, London |
Mark Jarvis, miller from 1872 - 1879 eventually left and by 1892 was a flour dealer at Little Snoring and died on 20th February 1893. |
To be Sold by Auction By George S. Andrews At the Crown Hotel, Fakenham on Friday 24 th June 1910 at 4 p.m. precisely the undermentioned Properties in Fakenham Lot 1. Dwelling House & Shop Lot 2. 3 Cottages Lot 3. A Piece of LAND, with an old dilapidated TOWER WINDMILL, stables, sheds and other outbuildings near the Holt Road. This Lot would form an excellent Building Site. Now let to the District Council and Mr. A. Johnson at Rents amounting to £9 per annum. Possession at Michaelmas next. Tenure of all the Lots – Freehold. Further Particulars and Conditions of Sale of the Auctioneer, Wells next the Sea or of Messrs. Cates, Butcher And Andrews, Vendors’ Solicitors, Fakenham & Holt. Dereham & Fakenham Times - 11th & 18th June 1910 |
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O. S. Map 1885 Courtesy of NLS map images |
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O.S. Map 2007 Image produced with permission of Ordnance Survey |
The towermill had been converted into a house by the end of the 1970s, with the addition of a small red brick extension. The tower had been taken down to just leave the ground and first two upper floors, the top of the mill having blown off in a gale. |
1849: Mill built on the 10 sided brick base of Fakenham smockmill
White's 1854: John Brett, miller |
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