Norfolk Chronicle - 24th August 1816
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Downham Market
Howdale postmill |
Downham Market Howdale postmill had a two storey roundhouse and in 1793 at least one pair of common sails were powering two pairs of French burr stones. |
To be SOLD at Downham in Norfolk |
To Millers To be SOLD by AUCTION On Thursday 28 th Day of March 1782 at the House of Mr. George Smith being the Queens Head Inn in Downham Market, between the Hours of 5 & 7 in the Evening, subject to such Conditions of Sale as will be there produced. A Good-accustomed WIND CORN MILL situate in Downham Market aforesaid in an eligible Place for carrying on an extensive Trade, with a Dressing Mill & Furniture, in compleat Repair, now in the Occupation of Alexander Shelton. For Particulars enquire of Mr. B. Ramsey at Stow, near Downham. Norfolk Chronicle - 18th & 23rd March 1782 |
Downham Market To be Sold by Auction By Benjamin Bird On Saturday 29 June instant between the hours of 5 & 7 o’c in the evening, at the Crown Inn in Downham Market in the county of Norfolk. Lot 1. All that piece of Freehold Land containing one acre (more or less) with a capital WINDMILL thereon standing, situate in Downham Market aforesaid, now in the occupation of Mr. Richard Overton, with two pair of good French Stones & all other the going gears thereunto belonging, likewise an exceeding good Roundhouse with two floors to the same. Possession may be had immediately & £100 part of the purchase money may remain on the premises. The scales, beams, weight & sailcloths to be taken at a fair appraisement. … The tenants will shew the premises & for further particulars apply to Mr. William Townshend, Attorney at Law, Downham Market aforesaid. Norfolk Chronicle - 8th, 15th, 22nd & 29th June 1793 |
East Anglian Riots of 1816 |
In Southery a crowd assembled to march to Downham Market where, on 20th May, a crowd of 1,500 gathered "to confront magistrates and overseers of the poor at their weekly meeting at The Crown Hotel". They raided local bakeries and then William Baldwin's flour mill. Detachments of the Yeomanry Cavalry were sent to restore order and the magistrates read the 'Riot Act'. |
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Norfolk Chronicle - 24th August 1816 |
Downham Market Post Wind-Mill, Blacksmith’s Shop etc. to be Sold by Auction by D. Browne on Friday 22 April 1836 at 3 o’c at the Coffee Pot Inn, Downham Market (Unless sooner disposed of by Private Contract) The following Valuable Property Lot 1. A Capital POST WIND MILL with excellent brick & tiled Roundhouse & 1½ acres (or thereabouts) of Arable Land adjoining in Downham Market in Norfolk, nearly 40 years in the occupation of Mr. William Baldwin deceased & now occupied by Mr. Samuel Edison. Lot 2. Four Cottages & Blacksmith’s Shop … Apply to Mr. T. W. Cary, London Road, Lynn. Norfolk Chronicle - 16th April 1836 |
On 10th May 1971, Mrs. Neave of the bungalow Hilltop at Howdale, wrote to Harry Apling to say she remembered the circular foundations of the mill roundhouse, which were only one brick thick, being removed from the mound to the south of her bungalow. She also mentioned that the old mill house was then known as Woodlands. |
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O.S. Map 2007 Image produced with permission of Ordnance Survey |
| Ogilvy Plate 43, London to Kings Lynn 1675: Windmill May 1774: Mill advertised for sale 1782: Alexander Shelton, miller March 1782: Mill advertised for sale by auction Will dated 30th August 1792: Richard Overton, miller & baker. Will proved 19th August 1796 1793: Richard Overton, miller June 1793: Mill advertised for sale by auction Faden's map 1797: Windmill Poll Book 1802: Alexander Shelton, miller 20th May 1816: William Baldwin's mill raided by a militant crowd as part of the East Anglian Riots 1822: William Baldwin, miller O.S. map 1824: Windmill c.1836: William Baldwin, miller, died after nearly 40 years at the mill 1836: Samuel Edison, miller April 1836: Mill advertised for sale by auction 1846: William Chaplin, miller, Houdle Mill 1850: James Andrews, miller, Parsonage Mill
1853: Edmund Andrews, miller White's 1864: Edmund Andrews, corn miller, Paradise Ln |
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