Norfolk Mills - Gt Yarmouth North Denes smock windmill 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

Thos. & Richard Hammond of Yarmouth in the County of Norfolk, Millers.
On a Warehouse and Corn Windmill adjoining including the Going Gears therein brick and timber built and tiled situate on the Denes in Yarmo. aforesaid - £450.
On Utensils & Trade therein - £50.
On a Corn Windmill including the Going Gears therein brick and timber built situate on the Denes - £350
On Utensils & Trade therein - £50.
On a Baking Office brick built and tiled fituate in George Street in Yarmo. aforesaid Tent. Charles Taylor - £100.
26th March 1787

Thos. & Richard Hammond of Yarmouth in the County of Norfolk, Millers.
On a Corn Windmill including the Machinery therein brick & timber built & situate on the Denes and near their Dwelling House in Yarmouth afsd. - £350.
On Utensils & Trade therein - £150.
On a Baking Office brick built and tiled situate in George Street in Yarmo. afsd. in the Occupation of Chas. Tayler - £100.
14th April 1788

POOR RATE 1820
North Wards & Midds.

Dwelling House
Mill
Granary
Stock (£50 @ 5%)
TOTAL

3 months at 1s. per month

POOR RATE 1824-25
North Ward

Mill
House
Stock (£25 @ 5%)
TOTAL

(@ 5s. in the pound)

POOR RATE 1830
South Wards & Midds.

Dwelling House
Mill
Stock
TOTAL

POOR RATE 1835
North Ward

Mill Denes
Stock £25 (@ 5%)
TOTAL

(@ 3s. 6d. in the pound)

POOR RATE 1845
North Ward

Mill, cottage & stable
Denes
Estimated Rental
Rateable Value

@ 1s. 4d. in the Pound

POOR RATE 1850
North Ward.

Mill, Cottage & Stable
North Denes
Gross Estimated Rental
Rateable Value

Rate at 1s. 2d. in the Pound

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.

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

March 1787: Thomas & Richard Hammond, millers, insured the mill with Royal Exchange Fire Insurance

April 1788: Thomas & Richard Hammond, millers, insured the mill with Royal Exchange Fire Insurance

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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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

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