Preparing
for demolition in 1912
|
Tittleshall
postmill |
|
|
Preparing
for demolition in 1912
|
|
Tittleshall post windmill stood on the southwest side of the village. The mill stood on a roundhouse and used one pair of common sails and one pair of double shuttered patent sails that turned clockwise. The buck was turned to wind by a tailpole. A bake office was also run from the mill site. |
LITCHAM, Norfolk |
Bodham Butler, Esq., deceased. |
Thomas Palmer, Solr. One of the Executors. Litcham, 6 May 1851 |
| Norfolk Chronicle & Norwich Gazette - 10th May 1851 |
TITTLESHALL |
BODHAM BUTLER OF TITTLESHALL |
| Windmill (occupied by John Sexton), Mill House, Bakehouse and Bodham's own residence to sister MARIA MOULTON, thence to Maria Hopson, daughter of MARIA MOULTON, THEN TO ALFRED HOPSON, third son of MARIA HOPSON. If he died without issue property to pass to STEPHEN HOPSON, second son of MARIA HOPSON. GEORGE BUTLER HOPSON to inherit house which once belonged to Bodham's late brother GEORGE BUTLER. Other bequests to 1st Cousin WILLIAM WISKER, tailor of LANGHAM, to ANN, only daughter of MARTIN BUTLER, shoemaker of ETLING GREEN, DEREHAM, to BODHAM BUTLER WISKER and to THOMAS WRIGHT. Extract from Will of Bodham Butler |
TO BE LET (with possession at Michaelmas next) |
To be Let |
To be Let with Immediate Possession |
Houses etc. |
|
The 1912 photograph at the top of the page shows the mill with workmen on the ladder, having attached ropes leading away from the mill buck in preparation for pulling it down the following day. |
 |
O.S. 1952 map - redrawn by Harry Apling |
|
This house, now Woodford Lodge, was once the miller's house. It was "modernised" in a Georgian style by George Butler in 1771 but the mill was not erected until 1782.
|
 |
O. S. Map 1883 Courtesy of NLS map images |
|
1782: Mill built by George Butler Faden's map 1797: Windmill Poll Book 1802: George Butler, miller 1812: George Butler died 1821: Bodham Butler, miller Bryant's map 1826: Windmill White's 1836: Bodham Butler, corn miller - Tittleshall cum Godwick O.S. map 1838: Windmill White's 1845: John Seaton, miller & baker - Tittleshall cum Godwick 1846: John Sexton, miller May 1851: Live & dead stock of Bodham Butler, deceased, advertised for sale by auction 1853: John Thomas Cooper, miller & baker White's 1854: John Thomas Cooper, baker & miller - Tittleshall cum Godwick 1858: John Thomas Cooper, miller & baker June 1861: Mill advertised to be let July 1862: Mill advertised to be let 1863: Job Miles, miller & baker White's 1864: Job Miles, baker & miller - Tittleshall cum Godwick 1865: Job Miles, miller & baker 1868: Job Miles, miller & baker April 1872: Mill advertised to be let October 1872: Mill advertised to be let Kelly's 1879: John Tilney, miller - Tittleshall cum Godwick 1888: John Garrad Hazell, miller O.S. map 1889: Windmill White's 1890: John Garrad Hazell, miller - Tittleshall cum Godwick
Kelly's 1892: John Garrad Hazell, miller (wind) - Tittleshall cum Godwick Kelly's 1896: John Garrad Hazell, miller (wind) - Tittleshall cum Godwick Kelly's 1900: John Garrad Hazell, miller (wind) - Tittleshall cum Godwick Kelly's 1904: John Garrad Hazell, miller (wind) - Tittleshall cum Godwick O.S. map 1904: Windmill c.1906: Mill ceased working 1912: Mill dismantled 1970: Miss Dora Johnson of Lower Farm, Tittleshall, mill site owner c.1980: Two 32 inch piers piers and a small portion of roundhouse wall remaining 19th July 1980: Dora Johnson died 1980: Keith Johnson inherited mill site and field from Miss Dora Johnson 18th December 2018: Keith Johnson died |
If you have any memories, anecdotes or photos please let us know and we may be able to use them to update the site. By all means telephone 07836 675369 or
|
| Nat Grid Ref TF88952090 |
Copyright © Jonathan Neville 2004 |