Stalham Staithe
towermill



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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

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

Other mill in Stalham: Stalham smockmill

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