Stiffkey
towermill |
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c.1900 |
Stiffkey was originally pronounced Stewkey and still is by some locals. Stiffkey towermill was built in 1836 for Felix Frankling according to a datestone set over one of the two doors in the base of the tower: F.&S. F. 1836. The new 5 storey red brick mill at Muckledyke was built on the site of an earlier mill that was almost certainly a postmill. The mill had a boat shaped cap, patent sails and a fantail, that between them drove 2 pairs of 4 foot stones. |
Baking Office to be Let and Entered upon at Michaelmas next |
An old established Baking Office at STIFFKEY, 4 miles from each of
the Ports of Wells and Blakeney. |
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Tithe map 1838 - as redrawn by Harry Apling |
Tithe Award 1841 |
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No. 16 |
Mill & Yard |
0a. 1r. 32p. |
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Mr. Felix Frankling deceased. |
Robert J. Loynes |
Wells 15 July 1857 Norfolk News - 25th July 1857 |
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c.1908 |
Valuable Freehold Estates. |
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1924 |
STIFFKEY, Norfolk |
Water and Wind Corn Mills, Bake office, Dwelling house, Garden and Premises, Cottages and Garden. (To be sold by Spelmans) |
After Felix
Frankling died in 1857 both mills were worked by Samuel Frankling as tenant
to Felix Frankling's trustees, who charged Samuel a rent of £80
per annum. Samuel Frankling became insolvent and eventually made a Deed of Assignment to his
creditors and paid a first dividend in March 1865. |
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c.1920 |
To Millers and others |
The Bankruptcy Act 1861 |
Loynes & Son, Wells, Norwich Solicitors for the said Trustee |
Norfolk News - 4th March 1865 |
Absolute Sale. |
STIFFKEY |
STIFFKEY, Norfolk |
The warehouse mentioned in the above sale notice was almost certainly the building that used to contain the watermill. |
STIFFKEY near Wells, Norfolk |
STIFFKEY |
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14th September 1936 |
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Altered tithe apportionment map 1914 - as redrawn by Harry Apling |
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19th
May 1981
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1990 |
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O. S. Map 1885 Courtesy of NLS map images |
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O.S. Map 2005 Image reproduced under licence from Ordnance Survey |
White's 1864: James Frankling, baker & confectioner |
1836: Mill built for Felix Frankling & at watermill
White's 1845: Felix and James Frankling, millers & at watermill
1853: Felix & James Frankling, millers White's 1854: Felix Frankling, corn miller & at watermill White's 1854: Samuel Frankling, corn miller c.July 1857: Felix Frankling died leaving the windmill and watermill to be sold by his trustees Norwich Index of Wills 1857: FRANKLING, Felix, of Stiffkey, Norfolk, Miller & and Baker 1857: Mill worked by Samuel Frankling as tenant to Felix Frankling's trustees 1863: Samuel Frankling, miller August 1863: Mill & watermill advertised for sale by auction White's 1864: Samuel Frankling, miller & baker January 1865: Mill & watermill advertised for sale by private contract March 1865: First Dividend declared on estate of Samuel Frankling, miller, baker & farmer, bankrupt June 1865: Mill & watermill advertised for sale by auction 1865: Samuel Frankling paid a first dividend to his creditors November 1865: Mill & watermill advertised for sale or let 1868: Samuel Frankling, miller 1872: Charles Daniel Frankling, miller & baker Kelly's 1879: Charles Frankling, miller & baker 1881: Charles Daniel Frankling, miller & baker 1883: John Wall O.S. map 1886: Windmill 1877: Charles Frankling, yearly tenant miller February 1877: Mill advertised for sale by auction 1881: Charles Frankling, miller 1883: John Wall, miller 1888: James Robert Wall, miller White's 1890: James Robert Wall, miller Kelly's 1892: James Robert Wall, miller (wind) & Victoria P. H. March 1893: Mill advertised for sale by auction Kelly's 1896: James Robert Wall, miller (wind) & Victoria P. H. 28th November 1897: Mill never to worked again after the Great Rage when Salthouse_towermill was flooded December 1897: Mill sails removed after gale Tithe map 1914: Mill disused Karl Wood painting 1934: 2 storey roofless tower base remaining 14th September 1936: 1½ storey roofless tower base remaining O.S. map 1846: Windmill 1976: Mrs. Snell, Mill House 19th May 1981: 1½ storey roofless tower base remaining 1990: Roofless tower base in good condition |
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