c.1896
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Sedgeford towermill
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c.1896
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Sedgeford towermill was a small 3 storey mill standing alongside various outhouses that included a bakery. The tower was built of flint rubble and then cement rendered on the outside and plastered on the inside.. The only brick was around the door, the windows and the curb. The ogee cap was quite ornate and held a gallery and fan. |
The above photograph clearly shows where the sails have scraped against the side of the tower. |
At ground level the inside diameter of the tower was 14ft 6ins with the wall being 2ft 9 ins thick. The brickwork at the top of the tower was originally around 3ft thick. The single door was double leaf and there was one window to each floor. |
To Capitalists & others |
HIGHLY PRODUCTIVE ARABLE LAND |
| SITUATE in Sedgeford aforesaid, conmtaining 0a. 2r. 32p. or thereabouts with the |
TOWER WINDMILL |
| now standing thereon in the occupation of Mrs. Wagg The whole producing an annual rental of £31. Apply to M. B. Bircham, Solicitor, Fakenham or to the Auctioneers, Kings Lynn |
| Lynn Advertioser & Norfolk News - 7th & 14th January 1871 |
Situation Vacant |
To Bakers |
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c.1905 |
Interment at Docking of William Lake, died 10 February. Born 1828. Apprenticed to a miller at Sedgeford. Soon afterwards entered service of Robert Brooks of Thornham, miller, baker and seed merchant. |
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10th August 1937 |
In 1979, Frederick Huggins showed some photographs to Harry Apling. One photo showed three men from the village: On the left was George Henry Jacobs, listed as newsagent & subpostmaster in Kelly's Directories from 1900 - 1937. In the centre was Mr. Drury of whom no information was known and on the right was Thomas Raines, who was also listed in Kelly's Directories. In 1908 he was shown as a coal dealer & boot repairer; 1912 as a coal dealer & farmer and in 1922 as a farmer. |
In 1982 Harry Apling reported that in a photocopied list of Norfolk windmills painted by Karl Wood and held in the Usher Gallery in Lincoln, it was mentioned that the mill had been Struck by lightning in 1910 and burnt out. |
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18th July 1979 |
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1990 |
My 'Wagg' family have a long association with Sedgeford, going back at least to the very early part of the 18th Century. However, I think that the James Wagg and the 'Mrs Wagg' mentioned in your list were based in Heacham. (The 1861 census indicates that James was born in Sedgeford, but the 1851 version says Heacham. I'll crack this one when I have a little more time.)
Anyway, James appears in the 1841 census as a baker in Heacham. In the 1851 census, he's listed as a baker and flour dealer, employing 2 men and an errand boy, also in Heacham. By 1861, he's employing 3 men and a boy. He is dead before the 1871 census, but his wife - Sarah - is recorded as a 'miller and baker', living at the Bakers Shop in Heacham. It would seem that the 'Mrs Wagg' appearing in your entry is Sarah Wagg, the widow of James.
Mike Thurlow, South Africa - 17th December 2007 |
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O. S. Map 1904 Courtesy of NLS map images |
White's 1836: James Yaxley, farmer White's 1845: William Yaxley, farmer |
O.S. map 1824: Windmill 1979: Mill site was part of garden; 20ft - 25ft shell of tower rendered and tarred and being used as a store |
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