Stalham Staithe
towermill



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1926
1926

Stalham Staithe tower mill had been converted for a form of domestic use by the time the above photo was taken in 1979. Only the ground floor section remained, complete with a black felt roof and a chimney. It stood in a yard by the road adjacent to a brick building and a large house.


25th May 1979
25th May 1979

O.S. Map 1891
O.S. Map 1891
Image produced from the www.old-maps.co.uk service with permission of Landmark Information Group Ltd. and Ordnance Survey

Other mill in Stalham: Stalham smockmill

White's 1836: Charles Cory, corn miller

Census 1841:

Charles Cory (32) miller
Elizabeth Cory (32)
Frederick Cory (7)
Henry Cory (5)
Robert Cory (3)
James Cory (1)
Elizabeth Cory (1 mnth)


White's 1845: Charles Cory, corn miller

Census 1851:

John Waters (36) b.Barton Turf, master miller employing 1 Man
Emily Waters (32) b.Smallburgh
Rosetta Waters (4) b.North Walsham
Samuel Pygall (59) b.Woodton, Suffolk, servant miller


Census 1851:

Moses Crisp (34) b.Cantley, journeyman miller
John Crisp (7) b.Stalham, scholar
Henry Crisp (5) b.Stalham, scholar
William Crisp (3) b.Stalham
John Crisp (71) b.Hardley, agricultural labourer (father)
Lydia Squires (60) b.Knapton, house keeper

White's 1854: John Waters, corn miller

Census 1861:

Robert Stearman (33) b.Stalham, miller
Mary Ann Stearman (31) b.Stalham
Walter A? Stearman (7) b.Smallburgh, scholar
Robert A? Stearman (4) b.Stalham
Albert J. Stearman (3) b.Stalham


White's 1883: Edward Riches, miller also corn & coal merchant at Catfield

O.S. map 1891: Windmill (Corn)

Kelly's 1892: Sarah Burton (Mrs), coal & coal merch. & miller (wind) & carrier by water


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