Mill working c.1905
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Methwold
Brandon Road towermill |
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Mill working c.1905 |
Methwold Brandon Road towermill stood to the east of the old chalk pit on the other side of Chalkpit Lane. The pale grey five storey brick tower with its two ground floor doors, stood with alongside an outhouse and small barns. The mill had a horizontallly boarded ogee cap with a pretticoat and held a gallery and an 8 bladed fan. The four double shuttered patent sails drove 2 pairs of French burr stones, a flour mill and a sifter. A bake office was also run on the site.
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c.1910 |
Situations Vacant |
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Mill seen from the High Street c.1900 |
To Millers & Bakers |
To Bakers |
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Mill seen from the High Street c.1905 |
MR. J. THEOBALD |
The death took place last week of Mr. Joseph Theobald, miller, at Methwold, in Norfolk, at a ripe age, having been born at Hythe in 1835. He had for many years carried on Methwold windmill and was highly respected. He was a devoted Wesleyan and held the office of circuit steward. He was also for many years superintendent of the Wesleyan Sunday School. |
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Lynn Advertiser - 12th August 1910 |
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Lynn Advertiser - 28th August 1910 |
... at Methwold are two derelict towers without caps. In Search of English Windmills - Hopkins & Freese, 1931 |
A terrific gale one day wrecked the sails of the two mills at Methwold & one at Feltwell, this put them out of action. J. Allen later used an engine but not for long as it was too expensive. |
John Shingfield, an employee of Joseph Theobald, married Frances Maria Boughen on 28th March 1874. Frances Boughen had just inherited Laburnham House from her great Aunt, Frances Miller, who had just died. Frances Miller was the widow of the late Thomas miller, who lived at Laburnham House and had a farm there in the place then known as Low Green, later to become Globe Street. |
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O.S. map 1883 Brandon Rd towermill to the east of the village and Old Feltwell Rd towermill to the south Courtesy of NLS map images |
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O. S. Map 1904 Brandon Rd towermill to the east of the village and Old Feltwell Rd towermill to the south Courtesy of NLS map images |
White's 1845: Daniel Green, millwright |
Unallocated miller in Methwold |
Faden's map 1797: Windmill
1872:
Joseph Theobald, miller |
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