Mill site marked 2 to the right of the map
| Gt. Yarmouth North Denes
smockmill No. 2 |
North Denes smock mill No. 2 was built for Samuel Howes in 1807 by Yarmouth Corporation and replaced by the North_towermill_No._2A in 1841. The mill ran two pairs of French burr stones, a boulting flour mill and jumper.
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POOR RATE 1810 |
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Rents |
Dwelling house & Mill |
£6 |
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To be Sold by Auction By WM. SEAMAN At the Half Moon in the Market Place, Yarmouth On Saturday 5 June next at 3 o'c (Unless previously disposed of by Private Contract)
All that SMOCK WIND MILL with two pair of stones and a flour mill, going gears and appurtenances, now in the occupation of Samuel Ecclestone, situate on Yarmouth Denes. The premises are leasehold of the Corporation at the yearly rent of three guineas. Apply to Mr. Cory, jun. Solr. Norfolk Chronicle - 15th & 22nd May 1813 |
POOR RATE 1820
North Wards & Midds. |
3rd Rate from Lady 1820 at 1s. 8d. per month |
Made 19 October 1820 |
| Tenant: LARTER, John | ||
Rents. |
House Mill Stock £25 (5%) TOTAL |
£4 £8 £1. 5s. £13. 5s. |
Rates |
(@5s in the pound) |
£3. 6. 3 |
POOR RATE 1824/25
North Ward |
4th Rate from Lady 1824 at 3s. in the Pound |
Made 14 January 1825 |
| Occupier: HOOD, John | ||
Rents. |
Mill Stock (£25 @ 5%) TOTAL |
£8 £1. 5s. £9. 5s. |
Rate |
3 months at 1s. per month |
£1. 7. 9 |
Notice re
John Hood & Samuel Beverley of Great Yarmouth Millers, Flour Dealers and Co-partners Deed of Assignment dated 16 June last. Norfolk Chronicle - 24th September 1825 |
POOR RATE 1830
North Wards & Midds. |
1st Quarter, 3 months at 1s. 2d. per month |
Made 11 May 1830 |
| Occupier: HOOD, John | ||
Rents. |
Mill Stock TOTAL |
£8 £1. 5s. £9. 5s. . |
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3 months Poor Rate |
£1. 12. 4½ |
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To Capitalists, Millers and others
By Mr. Thurtell at the Commercial House on the Quay, Great Yarmouth On Saturday October 6, 1832 at 3 0'c By Order of the Proprietor All that SMOCK WINDMILL in the occupation of Mr. BENJAMIN BATLEY, with two pair of French Stones, Jumper and Flour Mill, new built Cottage, Piggeries and other conveniences. The above Property is situate on Yarmouth Denes near the Silk Factory, is in good repair and Leasehold of the Corporation of Great Yarmouth for a term of years of which 18 are unexpired. Apply to J. F. Ranney, Esq. Solr. or the Auctioneer, Regent Street, Yarmouth. Norfolk Chronicle - 29th September 1832 |
Insolvent Debtor
John HOOD late of Great Yarmouth, Miller Norfolk Chronicle - 27th October 1832 |
POOR RATE 1835
North Ward |
3rd Rate from Lady Day 1835 at 1s. 2d. per month |
Made 10 November 1835 |
| Occupiers: MAYERS, John & Samuel | ||
Rents. |
Mill, North Denes Dwelling House, Row 54 Stock (£25 @ 5%) TOTAL |
£12 £2 £1. 5s. £15. 5s. |
Rates |
(@3s. 6d. in the pound) |
£2. 13. 4½ |
My ancestor John Larter operated the mill from 1820 until about 1822. His father-in-law William Hewitt, farmer of Stalham was the leaseholder at the time. In William Hewitt's 1820 will, he wrote that his son-in-law who lately started occupying his leasehold mill in Great Yarmouth was John Larter. He went on to say that he was leaving the proceeds of the mill to his daughter Susanna Larter to have separate from her husband due to his debts. I think the wording implies that John Larter would get the proceeds if Susanna died before him. Susanna died in 1822. I don't
know when he purchased the leasehold but he did state in his will that he purchased the leasehold for Four Hundred and
Thirty pounds at the instigation of his son-in-law John Larter. Norfolk Mills website was how I found out that John Larter went from operating the Halvergate_Post_Mill in 1819 to operating the smock mill on the Denes in Yarmouth.
Kristie Cornett - 20th March 2015 |
John Larter died in 1825 but he had a son named John. From what I can tell from William Hewitt's will he left the leasehold to the mill in a trust for Susanna Larter, his daughter, to be separate from her husband but it was to go to her survivors. So, after she died in 1822 it went to her husband, then after he died in 1825 it went to her son John. I noticed that he was only the leaseholder and not the miller after 1822 which coincides with his wife's death.
Kristie Cornett - 20th March 2015
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Mill site marked 2 to the right of the map |
1807: Mill built for Samuel Howes on a site leased fro the town
1807: Samuel Howes, leaseholder & miller Poor Rate 1810: Samuel Howes, leaseholder & miller c.1811: ? Hewitt, leaseholder 1812: Samuel Ecclestone, leaseholder & miller with £3. 3s. ground rent December 1812: Mill advertised for sale by private contract 1813: Samuel Ecclestone, leaseholder & miller with £3. 3s. ground rent payable to Yarmouth Corporation May 1813: Mill advertised for sale by auction or private contract 1820: William Hewitt, leaseholder Poor Rate 1820: John Larter, tenant miller 1822: William Hewitt, leaseholder; John Larter, miller (son in law|) Poor Rate 1824: John Hood, tenant miller 1825: John Larter, leaseholder; John Hood & Samuel Beverley, tenant millers provide Deed of Assignment 1825: John Larter died Bryant's map 1826: Windmill Poor Rate 1830: John Hood, tenant miller Pigot's 1830: John Hood, miller, Denes Cary's map 1832: Windmill 1832: John Larter, leaseholder; John Hood, miller 1832: John Hood, insolvent debtor 1832: Benjamin Batley, miller with 18 years unexpired lease (near the silk factory) September 1832: Mill advertised for sale by auction 1832-1841: William Hood, T. Hood & J. F. Ranney were individual leaseholders at unspecified times Greenwood's map 1834: Windmill Poor Rate 1835: John & Samuel Mayers, tenant millers O,S. map 1837: Windmill 1841: Mill demolished and replaced by North_towermill_No._2A |
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