Terrington St John towermill |
Terrington St John tower mill usaed two pairs of patent sails to power 3 pairs of stones, a screen and a flour mill. By 1898 the also had an oil engine and a steam engein as two forms of auxiliary power. The oil engine could power all 3 pairs of stones while wind wind power or steam were each able to run some of the machinery. |
Joseph Bush Cox married Elizabeth Johnson on 27th October 1814 in Terrington St. John. He wrote a will on 17th December 1836 and died on 20th December 1846 with his will being subsequently proved on 3rd March 1847. In his will Joseph Cox left property in trust to two people including Benjamin Johnson, Bart, for division amongst his children: A married daughter, Mary Brett and sons John Bush Cox, George Bush Cox, and Joseph Bush Cox along with another daughter Emma Cox. On 13th December 1841 he gave a codicil, in which he mentioned that the cornmill was in the occupation of his son George Bush Cox but that he should pay £200.00 from his share if he wanted to keep it. It would appear that Georg Cox relinquished the mill as it was being run by John Moulton by 1851. |
A VALUABLE PROPERTY TO BE |
A WELL BUILT Brick TOWER WIND-MILL, with patent sails and fantail, driving three pairs of stones, with screen and flour mill, (a powerful eight-horse-power engine is attached,) engine-house, capital residence, large bake-office and oven with chambers over, granary, stabling for 6 horses and 4 cows, large chaff and hay house, barn, piggeries, gig-house, wagon loft, and all other necessary outbuildings, standing on 1a. 1r. 0p. of ground, with garden and orchard, situate in Terrington St. John, distant about 7 miles from the market towns of King’s Lynn and Wisbech. All the machinery can be driven by the engine, or partly by steam and partly by wind. There is a good supply of hard and soft water. The whole premises are in excellent repair, well situated, accessible by good roads, and a large trade has for the past 29 years been carried on by the owner, Mr. John Wilson, who is relinquishing business. To whom apply. Lynn Advertiser - 26th August 1898 |
A VALUABLE PROPERTY TO BE |
A WELL BUILT Brick TOWER WIND-MILL, with patent sails and fantail, driving three pairs of stones, with screen and flour mill, (a powerful eight-horse-power engine is attached,) engine-house, capital residence, large bake-office and oven with chambers over, granary, stabling for 6 horses and 4 cows, large chaff and hay house, barn, piggeries, gig-house, wagon loft, and all other necessary outbuildings, standing on 1a. 1r. 0p. of ground, with garden and orchard, situate in Terrington St. John, distant about 7 miles from the market towns of King’s Lynn and Wisbech. All the machinery can be driven by the engine, or partly by steam and partly by wind. There is a good supply of hard and soft water. The whole premises are in excellent repair, well situated, accessible by good roads, and a large trade has for the past 30 years been carried on by the owner, Mr. John Wilson, who is relinquishing business. To whom apply. Lynn Advertiser - 21st July 1899 |
White's 1836: Joseph Bush Cox, miller & baker (freeholder)
1898: John Wilson, miller
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