Mill site 1990
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Swaffham
Kidallsmill Farm postmill |
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Mill site 1990 |
Swaffham Kidallsmill Farm post mill stood to the north east of the town on the west side of the Sporle Road. The mill stood on the site for at least 200 years, it was built over a roundhouse, with common sails and could well have used them all its working life, power being transmitted from them by a wooden windshaft and a wooden upright shaft to power French burr stones to grind wheat to flour, along with a flour mill and jumper. A single pair were in use in 1814 and two pairs by 1881, one pair being 4ft. 4ins. and the other pair 4ft. |
Sale of Estate at Swaffham 6 March 1779 Lot V. A Piece of Land called the Seven Rood, lying in a Field called Sporle Field, near a Windmill. Norfolk Chronicle - 20th February & 6th March 1779 |
To be Sold by Auction By WM. BURT On Monday August 15, 1814 |
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Mill site and lane 1990 |
| Swaffham Parish Records POOR RATE 1838 Made 13 January 1838 at 1s. 3d. in the pound Lynn Streets |
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| No. 185 | Occupier Owner Mill, Sporle Road Gross Estimated Rental Rateable Value Rate at 1s. 3d. Amount to be collected |
William Kiddall do £22. 10s. 18. 1. 2. 6 18s. |
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Tithe map 1843 - as redrawn by Harry Apling |
Tithe Award 1843 |
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No. 572 |
Windmill & yard |
Pasture |
0a. 0r. 29p. |
10s. to Vicar |
| Swaffham Parish Records POOR RATE 1858 Made 9 April 1858 at 8d. in the pound |
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| No. 106 | Occupier Owner House & Mill, Mill Lane Gross Estimated Rental Rateable Value Rate at 8d. |
W. S. Kiddall do £30. £24. 16s. |
WILLIAM S. KIDALL, Deceased |
A. Marcon, Swaffham, Solr. to the Executors. |
| Dated this 5th December 1866. Lynn Advertiser - 8th December 1866 |
To Millers To be Let with possession at Michaelmas next, a WIND MILL with two pairs of good French stones, flour mill and jumper, roundhouse (with new asphalte floor) capable of containing 70 quarters. Apply to Mr. Philo, London Street, Swaffham. Lynn Advertiser - 26th September 1868 |
WILLIAM SPURRELL KIDALL, Deceased |
Thomas Palmer Swaffham, Solictor to the said executor. |
| Dated 26 May 1870. Lynn Advertiser - 28th May & 4th June 1870 |
| Swaffham Parish Records POOR RATE 1875 Made 10 May 1875 at 10d. in the pound |
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| No. 163 | Occupier Owner Wind mill, Mill Lane Gross Estimated Rental Rateable Value Farm, 249a. 1r. 15p. Gross Estimated Rental Rateable Value Rate at 10d. With other property |
John Mallows Mrs. Kidall £9.. £5. 7s. 6d. £48. £43. 5s. £2. 4s. 6d. |
Auction Mart, Swaffham To be Sold by Auction by Robert Heyhoe On Saturday October 1, 1881 the WOOD and OTHER MATERIALS OF A POST WINDMILL The property of Mr. W. Newby, removed from Mrs. Kiddall's premises for convenience of sale. Comprising pair of capital French burr millstones, 4 ft. 4 ins., pair of ditto 4 ft., 2 stone nuts, oak upright shaft, ditto wind shaft, ditto cross beam, 2 stocks, quantity of oak posts, ditto waether boarding, oak and deal beams, large quantity of iron bolts and other iron, ditto deal firewood, iron anchors, holdfasts, drain pipes, sundry bricks, several lots of wood useful for building purposes and otjher effects. Lynn Advertiser - 1st October 1881 |
Notice to Debtors and Creditors All persons having any claim or demand upon the estate of JOHN MALLOWS late of Sporle road, Swaffham in the county of Norfolk, farmer ... to send particulars to Frances Mallows of Sporle road Swaffham aforesaid, widow, the administratrix of the said deceased or to me the undermentioned ... |
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Dated 16 October 1884 |
Edwd. M. Beloe, Solr. Kings Lynn. |
| Lynn Advertiser - 1st October 1881 | |
Auction Mart, Swaffham To be Sold by Auction by Robert Heyhoe On Saturday October 1, 1881 the WOOD and OTHER MATERIALS OF A POST WINDMILL The property of Mr. W. Newby, removed from Mrs. Kiddall's premises for convenience of sale. Comprising pair of capital French burr millstones, 4 ft. 4 ins., pair of ditto 4 ft., 2 stone nuts, oak upright shaft, ditto wind shaft, ditto cross beam, 2 stocks, quantity of oak posts, ditto waether boarding, oak and deal beams, large quantity of iron bolts and other iron, ditto deal firewood, iron anchors, holdfasts, drain pipes, sundry bricks, several lots of wood useful for building purposes and otjher effects. Lynn Advertiser - 1st October 1881 |
KIDALL'S MILL, SPORLE ROAD, SWAFFHAM Messrs. MILES & SON Have received instructions from tjhe executors of the late Mr. Mallows to Sell by Auction on Monday October 6, 1884, all the LIVE & DEAD FARMING STOCK ... Sale at Eleven o'c Offices, Athenaeum Chambers, Kings Lynn. Lynn Advertiser - 27th September 1884 |
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c.1990 |
Aa windmill that once stood just outside Swaffham in Norfolk. The site is on what is now called the old Sporle rd, it is an elevated position some 76 feet above sea level. I purchased a property there about 1990 called Mill Farm Cottages and was told at the time that it had once been a mill, as it was in such poor condition I demolished the building and erected a new one, the very large oak beams were some 12 inches square and it had obviously been altered over the years as a lot of the lower brickwork was of very thin bricks C.1700 and the top Victorian, it also appeared to have been on two levels at one time, a two story section and single story but the whole building had been rendered over at some time in the past. The only references I can find regarding it is a farm nearby in 1847 called Kidallsmill Farm and an early reference to it as "up by Powleys Mill" As is always the case at the time I was only mildly interested so did not inquire any further, even from some ladies who stopped to say they once lived there. Ron Ashton - 12th March 2009 |
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Beam from mill in the new house c.1995 |
Ron Ashton in front of the new house c.1995 |
I have just come across some photos taken when I demolished the building. I have selected a few that may be of interest to you? When I purchased it, it had been turned into two farm cottages, I am sure the the mill was on the left hand side as I removed some very large oak timbers and joists from that end and the top half had been built using Victorian bricks where as the rest of the building was built of very thin bricks circa at least 1700 maybe earlier. I believe the two small buildings on the left hand end were added as a washing room and toilet as there was also a very deep well at that end. I used some of the Victorian bricks to build a fireplace in the hall, the oak lintel over the fireplace is one of the joists I reclaimed, also backing on to that a similar one in the front room. The new house is standing almost on the same footprint as the old building. All the old bricks and timbers were sold for reuse. Ron Ashton - 19th March 2011 |
1814: William Kiddall, baker Kelly's 1879: Mrs. Kidall, Castleacre st., private resident Kelly's 1879: John Mallows, farmer, Sporle Road |
| Ogilby's Britannia Plate 52, London to Wells - 1675: Windmill February 1779: Mill mentioned in advert for sale of land Faden's map 1797: Windmill 1814: William Spurrell, miller, died August 1814: Mill advertised for sale by auction 1822: Ellen Kidall, miller & baker O.S. map 1824: Windmill Bryant's map 1826: Windmill Pigot's 1830: Ellen Kidall, miller, baker & flour dealer, Lynn st Carey's map 1832: Windmill Greenwood's map 1834: Windmill White's 1836: W. S. Kidall, corn miller, residing at Market place Poor Rate 1838: Owner: William Kiddall; Occupier: William Kidall Tithe Award 1843: Owner & occupier, William Kidall White's 1845: W. S. Kidall, corn miller; residing at Market place White's 1854: W. S. Kidall, corn miller; residing at Market place Poor Rate 1858: Owner: William Spurrell Kiddall; Occupier: William Spurrell Kidall White's 1864: William Kidall, corn miller & farmer, residing at Castleacre st. November 1866: William Spurrell Kidall, died September 1868: Mill advertised to be let Poor Rate 1875: Owner: Mrs. Kidall; Occupier: John Mallows 1881: Mill dismantled and bought from Mrs. Kidall by W. Newby October 1881: Dismantled mill materials advertised for sale by auction September 1884: Live & dead farming stock of John Mallows, deceased, advertised for sale by auction c.1990: Ron Ashton purchased mill c.1992: Mill roundhouse demolished and replaced by new building |
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