Stokesby
towermill


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c.1890
c.1890

Stokesby cum Herringby towermill was a 5 storey, tarred red brick mill and was built in 1826 to drive 2 pairs of stones. Although not obvious from the photos, the mill stood fairly close to the road in the mill house garden.


c.1900 c.1912
c.1900
c.1912

HALVERGATE (& Stokesby)
Spelmans on instructions from the Executors of E. E. Trett, decd. will Sell by Auction on 6 June 1917 at the Star Hotel, Great Yarmouth the following valuable properties
At Stokesby
Nine capital cottages & gardens and Stokesby Mill with house & land.
At Halvergate
Well situated Halvergate Mill with bake office, dwelling house etc.
Yarmouth Independent - 19th May 1917


25th May 1979 January 1952
25th May 1979
January 1952

It was last worked by Edward Elijah Trett jnr. who was renting the mill from his father, Edward Elijah Trett snr. When Edward snr. died in 1916 the mill was put up for auction and probably never worked again. The cap had gone by the late 1970s but the mill was weatherproof and still contained some machinery. (name witheld)


Quite by chance I have come across your web site. The Mill and house attracted my attention. As a child I would visit there with my parents to see my Grandparents who lived there. Just a week or so ago I called on the present owners for a chat, bringing back many memories for me. On the death of my grand parents the place was sold about 1950.
Tony (name witheld) - 11th January 2009


10th October 1991
10th October 1991

Unallocated millers:
John Durrant, Thomas Capon and Edward Mayhew


1826: Mill built

White's 1836: Robert Ransome, corn miller

White's 1845: Robert Ransome, miller

Census 1851:

John P. Bartram (23) b.Filby, miller employing 1 man
Priscilla T. Bartram (24) b.Yarmouth
John Bartram (1) b.Yarmouth
Priscilla Bartram (2) b.Stokesby
Maria Newman (39) b.Yarmouth, visitor
Mary Ann Smith (16) b.Stokesby, house servant
Herriot Tubby (55) b.Sutton, nurse
Address: The Mill


Census 1851:

Robert Ransome (45) b.Rollesby, retired miller
Caroline Ransome (41) b.Gorleston, Suffolk
Address: North road,


White's 1854: George Durrant, corn miller

White's 1864: Thomas Capon, corn miller

Census 1871: Thomas Capon, miller

Kelly's 1879: James Frosdick, miller & shopkeeper

Census 1881:

James Frosdick (34) b.Stokesby, miller & grocer
Elizabeth Frosdick (32) b.Repps
William Frosdick (7) b.Stokesby, scholar
Bertha Frosdick (4) b.Stokesby, scholar
Authur Frosdick (1) b.Stokesby
Mary Frosdick (5 mths) b.Stokesby
Anna Thrower (14) b.Uton, Lincoln, domestic servant

White's 1883: James Frosdick, miller, shopkeeper, pork butcher and overseer

1888: Auxiliary steam power installed

Census 1891:

Edward E. Trett (21) b.Filby, miller & corn chandler

Helen C. Trett (24) b.Ludham
Emma Dale (18) b.Ludham, visitor

Census 1891:

Samuel Coleman (57) b.Tibenham, miller (journeyman)
Maria Coleman (50) b.Freethorpe
Louisa Coleman (23) b.Upton, housemaid
James Coleman (16) b.Panxworth, general labourer
Arthur Coleman (14) b.Panxworth, bricklayer's labourer
John Coleman (11) b.Panxworth, scholar
Charles Coleman (8) b.Panxworth, scholar

Kelly's 1896: Edward E. Trett, miller (steam & wind)

Census 1901: Thomas W. Gowen (16) corn miller's clerk; Wiliam Cossey (51 corn miller's labourer

1916: Edward Elijah Trett jnr

1916: Edward Elijah Trett snr died

1916: Mill ceased to operate

May 1917: Mill advertised for sale by auction along with Halvergate towermill

1978: Cap gone but tower roofed

1991: Mill tower still standing but truncated


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