Norfolk Mills - Gt Yarmouth North Denes smock windmill No. 1A

Gt. Yarmouth North Denes
smockmill No. 1A

North Denes smock mill No. 1A was built on the site of a former postmill. The 10 sided mill had a single storey base with sloping sides and an ogee cap..Four double shuttered sails powered two pairs of French burr stones a flour mills and jumper.
The mill was initially owned by Yarmouth Corporation and leased out to millers.

Faden's map 1797
No 1 mill second from the top of the rectangle

Mills within rectangle shown on map:
1. - North Denes
3B - North Mill
4A - Market Mill
6A - Regent Road
7A - Chapel Denes
8. - Jetty
9. - South Denes

POOR RATE 1820 North Wards & Midds.	3rd Rate from Lady 1820 at 1s. 8d. per month	Made 19 October 1820
Tenant: BULLENT, Henry
Rents.	Dwelling House Mill Granary Stock (£50 @ 5%) TOTAL	£4 £10 £2 £2. 10s. £19. 10s.
Rates	3 months at 1s. per month	£2. 16. 6

Insolvent Debtor. Prisoner for debt.
Henry Bullent, late of Great Yarmouth, Miller.
Norfolk Chronicle - 29th January 1825

POOR RATE 1824-25 North Ward	4th Rate from Lady 1824	Made January 1825
Occupier: BAYFIELD, Joseph
Rents.	Mill House Stock (£25 @ 5%) TOTAL	£12 £3 £1. 5s. £15. 5s.
Rate	(@ 5s. in the pound)	£3. 16. 3

POOR RATE 1830 South Wards & Midds.	1st Quarter. 3 months at 1s. 2d. per month Made 11 May 1830
Occupier: Calver, Thomas
Rents.	Dwelling House Mill Stock TOTAL	£4 £20. £1. 5s. £25. 5s.
	3 months Poor Rate	£4. 18. 4½

POOR RATE 1835 North Ward	3rd Rate from Lady Day 1835	Made 10 November 1835
Occupier: SKINNER, William Barlow		At 1s. 2d. per month
Rents.	Mill Denes Stock £25 (@ 5%) TOTAL	£8 £1. 5s. £9. 5s.
Rate	(@ 3s. 6d. in the pound)	£3. 12. 4½

POOR RATE 1845 North Ward		4th Quarter. Xmas 1845 - Ladyday 1846
No. 389	Occupier: PARKER, John		At 1s. 2d. per month
Owners: Hammond's Executors (Richard)
Rents.		Mill, cottage & stable Denes Estimated Rental Rateable Value	£40 £32.
Rate		@ 1s. 4d. in the Pound	£2. 2. 8d

POOR RATE 1850 North Ward.	Made 28 June 1850
No. 351 Occupier: Parker, John Owners: Hammond & Green
	Mill, Cottage & Stable North Denes Gross Estimated Rental Rateable Value	£40. £32.
	Rate at 1s. 2d. in the Pound	£1. 17. 4d

Elizabeth Emms inherited the mill from R. Hammond and then passed the site to J. Eagleton who passed it to the Yarmouth & North Norfolk Railway Company who levelled the site in 1879.

On the west side of Nelson Road at its commencement is the Cemetery already mentioned. On the east-side opposite the Cemetery stood "Ransome's Mill" which burnt down in 1852.
Further south on the same side is "Skinner's_Mill" ... In 1867 a man employed in this mill got entangled with the machinery and was crushed to death.
The Perlustration of Great Yarmouth, Charles John Palmer - 1875

Street map drawn by Harry Apling
Left of the map faces north

Poor Rate 1820: Henry Bullent, tenant miller

1822: Henry Bullent, tenant miller

Poor Rate 1824: Joseph Bayfield, tenant miller

1825: Joseph Bayfield, tenant miller

1825: Henry Bullent, insolvent debtor

Bryant's map 1826: Windmill

Poor Rate 1830: Thomas Calver, tenant miller

Cary's map 1832: Windmill

Greenwood's map 1834: Windmill

Poor Rate 1830: William Barlow Skinner, tenant miller

O.S. map 1837: Windmill

1839: John Ransome, tenant miller

1840: John Ransome, tenant miller

Joshua Manning's map 1842: Smock windmill

Poor Rate 1845: Owners: Executors - Richard Hammond; Occupier: John Parker, tenant miller

Poor Rate 1850: Owners: Hammond & Green; Occupier: John Parker, tenant miller

1852: Richard Hammond, owner

1852: Mrs. Ann Patience Ransome, owner

1852: Mill burnt down

c.1853: Elizabeth Emms inherited site from Richard Hammond

c.1857: Elizabeth Emms sold site to J. Eagleton

1879: Yarmouth & North Norfolk Railway levelled the site

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