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Norwich Windmillers

Miller	Mill	Date
Henry Allen	Heigham, Stone Hills	1820-2
Henry Allen	Mill Hill	1830-42
John Andrews	Magdalen Road	1857-63
John Andrews	Pockthorpe tower	1863-5
John Andrews	Catton #2	1868
Edward Austin	Sprowston, Austin’s	1856-64
George Bagshaw	Pockthorpe tower	1859-83d
Robert George Bagshaw	Pockthorpe tower	1880
William Bain	Lakenham, Buck’s	1839
Timothy Baker	Mile Cross, Bond’s	1854-6
Edward Batson	Mile Cross post	1822-66
Potter Batson	Mile Cross post	1868-72
Arthur Bayfield	Pockthorpe tower	1820-42
Arthur Bayfield	Heigham, Crook’s Place	1830-4
Matthew Bean	Lakenham, Buck’s	1839
Charles Bensley	Mile Cross, Bond’s	1839-45
Bailey Bird	New Catton, Bird’s	1841-60d
Miles Blomfield	Heigham, Crook’s Place	1850-67
Daniel Bloom	Trowse	1784-1815
Henry Bond	Sprowston, Bond’s	1842-55
Henry Bond	Mile Cross, Bond’s	1856-60d
Harry Bond	Mile Cross, Bond’s	1860-88
Hannah Bond	Mile Cross, Bond’s	1888-90
Thomas Bond	Sprowston, Bond’s	1830-8
William George Bond	Mile Cross, Bond’s	1860-71
William George Bond	Catton #2	1871-86
George Boult	Heigham, Bark	1852d
Henry Benjamin Brock	Sprowston, Austin’s	1888-96
James Brown	New Catton, Eglington’s	1853
John Buck Sr	Pockthorpe smock	1779-1800
John Buck Sr	Lakenham, St. Stephen’s Gates	1801-16d
John Buck Jr	Keswick	e1792
John Buck Jr	Lakenham, St. Stephen’s Gates	1806
John Buck Jr	Lakenham, Buck’s	1816-35
Daniel Buckingham	Lakenham, Buck’s	1848
James Buckingham	Lakenham, Buck’s	1842
John Bunn	Mill Hill	1847
Utting Burgess	Thorpe, Plumstead Rd	1832-4
William Burt	Keswick	1806-12
Richard Bush	Magdalen Road	1814b
Thomas Bush	Thorpe, Plumstead Rd	1834-8
Robert Calver	Catton #2	1826b-30
Robert Calver	Sprowston, Austin’s	1850-5
Thomas Calver	Catton #2	1826
Peter Canham	Thorpe, Plumstead Rd	1842-52
John Cann	New Catton, Cann’s	1851-68
Samuel Cann	New Catton, Cann’s	1859
Watling Cann	New Catton, Cann’s	1850-51
Peter Cannell	Thorpe, Mousehold Black #2	1849-65
James Capon	Catton #2	1839-44
James Capon	Mile Cross, Bond’s	1845-8
Thomas Carlton	Sprowston post	1817-24
Mary Ann De Caux	Thorpe, Mousehold	1847-51
Peter De Caux	Thorpe, Mousehold	1834
William De Caux	Lakenham, St. Stephen’s Gates	1830-45
Charles Clare	Lakenham, Peafield	1833-5
Charles Clare	Bixley smock	1835-38
Charles Clare	Bixley tower	1838-65
Colman	Thorpe, Gallant´s	1837
Jeremiah James Colman	Pockthorpe smock	1804-
	Pockthorpe tower	-1815
Robert Crane	Bixley smock	1806-35
Davy	Lakenham, Buck’s	1836
James Daynes	Catton #2	1800-
William Daynes	Thorpe, Mousehold Black #1	1783
James Deynes	Catton #1	1786
Robert Drake	Heigham, Stone Hills	1795d
John Dring	Heigham, Stone Hills	1804-20d
Thomas Dyball	Upper Hellesdon, St. Clements #2	1813-6
James Dye	Heigham, Crook’s Place	1850
Elijah Eglington	New Catton, Eglington´s	1863-72
James Faulke	Lakenham, Peafield	1842-5
Barnabas Feltham Jr.	Lakenham, Peafield	1858-88
Jonathan Feltham	Lakenham, Peafield	1850
Mark Feltham	Lakenham, Peafield	1850-6
Robert W. Fiddy	Lakenham, Peafield	1888-1905
Samuel Field	Thorpe, Plumstead Rd	1839-40
William Foulger	Bixley smock	1805-6
Anthony Freestone	Heigham, Crook’s Place	1839-42
John Gage	Magdalen Road	1857
Clement Rolling Gallant	Thorpe, Gallant´s	1863b-84
George Gallant	Thorpe, Gallant´s	1856
Henry Glasspoole	Thorpe, Plumstead Rd	1861-71
William Good	Pockthorpe smock	1769-79b
William Goodwin	St. Augustine´s Gates	1832d
John Gotts	Costessey, Stone Hills	1852-8, 1889
John Gotts	New Catton, Eglington’s	1858-72
William Green	Thorpe, Plumstead Rd	1896
Hall	Sprowston	1842
Martin Hall	Thorpe, Plumstead Rd	1892
John Custance Hammond	Pockthorpe tower	1851-4
John Custance Hammond	Magdalen Road	1854
John Custance Hammond	Catton #2	1841
John Custance Hammond	Catton #2	1856-71
Horace George Harrison	Sprowston post	1920-8
William Albert Harrison	Sprowston post	1884-1928
Charles John Harvey	Heigham, Crook’s Place	1845-8
John Hawks	Upper Hellesdon, St. Clements #2	1813d
Mark Hayton	Lakenham, St. Stephen’s Gates	1785
John Hill	Mile Cross, Bond’s	1836
Daniel Howard	Magdalen Road	1863
Jeremiah Howard	Drayton	1851-87d
Thomas Jeckell	Pockthorpe smock	1803d
Samuel Jennings	Thorpe, Jennings	1856-83
William Johnson	Catton #2	1805d
Robert Kidall	Catton #2	1836
James King	Thorpe, Mousehold Black #1	1826
William King	Thorpe, Mousehold Black #1	1815-1816b
William King	Thorpe, Gallant´s	1834-41
William King	Thorpe, Mousehold Black #1	1815-6b
Edward Leeds	Pockthorpe tower	1842-45
Robert Leeds	Pockthorpe tower	1842-46
James Lincoln	Catton #2	1811-23b
Walter Livingstone	Carrow Hill	1783
Benjamin Manhood	Magdalen Road post	1779
Edmond Martin	Costessey, Stone Hills	1814-52
Robert Mears	Sprowston, Austin’s	1872
William Mileham	Pockthorpe tower	1881
Murray	Heigham, Stone Hills	1795
Edward Nethercoat	Keswick	1772d
Jonathan Nethercoat	Catton #2	1789d
James Parkerson Jr.	Thorpe, Mousehold Black #1	1778
John Carter Parkerson	Thorpe, Mousehold Black #1	1801
James Parkinson	Keswick	1791-2d
Jeremiah Partridge	Keswick	1786
John Peck	Heigham, Crook’s Place	1835
Robert Press	Upper Hellesdon, St. Clements #2	1823-9
William Primrose	Upper Hellesdon, St. Clements #2	1821
Frederick Butcher Randall	Drayton	1851
Robert Ransome	Thorpe, Mousehold	1854
Thomas Matthew Read	Lakenham, Bracondale	1876-87
Thomas William Read	Lakenham, Bracondale	1838-76d
Edward Reynolds	Pockthorpe tower	1849b-51
Joshua Reynolds	Upper Hellesdon, St. Clements #2	1839-62
Robertson	St. Augustine´s Gates	1775
George Rockhill Robertson	Sprowston post	1842-58
Robert Robertson	Sprowston post	1824-42d
Robert W. Robertson	Sprowston post	1858-84
Burges Robinson.	Catton #1	1768
Joseph Robinson	Upper Hellesdon, St. Clement´s #1	1777-86
Philip Rose	Mile Cross post	1876-1900
James Royall	Magdalen Road post	1830-6
James Rumball / Rumbolt	Costessey, Stone Hills	1861
James Rumball / Rumbolt	New Catton, Bird’s	1881
John Rump	Costessey, Stone Hills	1858-65
William Rump	Thorpe, Mousehold Black #1	1836-9
William Rump	Sprowston, Austin’s	1864-8
William Russell	Heigham, Stone Hills	1850-4
Sayer	Trowse	1771
Sayer	Lakenham, Buck’s	1771
Smith	Lakenham, Peafield	1888
M. Smith	Thorpe, Mousehold Black #1	1840-1d
William Smith	Thorpe, Mousehold Black #1	by 1826b
William Smith	Lakenham, Buck’s	1850
William Smith	New Catton, Eglington’s	1872
Edward Sparkes	Pockthorpe tower	1852-4
Thomas Spratt	Lakenham, Peafield	1824-33
Benjamin Springall	Catton #2	1847-68
Robert Stammers	Magdalen Road post	1842
Robert Stegall	Thorpe, Mousehold Black #2	1845
William Toll	Keswick	1806-12
John Tuttle	Lakenham, Buck’s	by 1864d
James Vassar	New Catton, Eglington’s	1841-51
Alfred Walker	Sprowston, Bond’s	1875-87
Richard Weeds	Thorpe, Mousehold Black #1	1830
John Robert Wells	Heigham, Crook’s Place	1879-88
Frederick Rising Wells	Heigham, Crook’s Place	1879-88
Katharine Hicks Wells	Heigham, Crook’s Place	1879-88
William Harrison Wells	Heigham, Crook’s Place	1868-70b
Ephraim Witard	Upper Hellesdon, St. Clements #2	1868-75
Ephraim Witard	Upper Hellesdon	1875-1913
William Witard	Upper Hellesdon, St. Clements #2	1865
Charles Edward Woodrow	Lakenham, Peafield	1905-14
(William?) Woolnough	Lakenham, Buck’s	1836
William Woolnough	Thorpe, Mousehold Black #2	1842
William Woolnough	Thorpe, Plumstead Rd	1852

Notes:
b = bankrupt
d = died
e = employee

Unallocated Norwich millers

Miller	Location	Date
.
Index of Wills
John Fayercliffe	Trowse	1573
.William Wright		1667
John Harvey		1675
Christopher Sheringham		1696
Jonas Cunningham		1759
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Poll Books
Mark Hayton	St. Peter, Maddermarket	1784
Thomas Boulter		1802
Barnabas Lemon		1802
John Wagstaffe		1802-1806

Bankrupts etc.
John Harris	St. Stephens	1743
William Watts	Horsham St. Faiths	1821
Henry James Packard		1829
William Burgess		1831
Edward Cook		1855
John Norton		1855

Prisoner in Gaol for County of Norwich. John Harris, late of St. Stephens, Miller. (Debtor)
London Gazette - 26th-30th April 1743

William Watts, formerly of Horsham St. Faiths, in the County of Norfolk, Farmer and Miller, and late of the City of Norwich, Miller, Bankrupt.
London Gazette - 19th June 1821

Notice re
Henry James PACKARD, Norwich, Miller
Norfolk Chronicle - 17th October 1829

William Burgess, formerly of Week Street, Maidstone, Kent, Miller and Maltster, afterwards of the City of Norwich, Norfolk, Miller, then a patient in Saint Thomas's Hospital, Southwark, Surrey, and late of Bethnal Green, Middlesex, Baker and Flour Factor. Insolvent Debtor.
London Gazette - 7th June 1831

Notice is hereby given that the Partnership between Edward Cook and John Norton, of the hamlet of Hellesdon, Co. and City of Norwich, as Millers, trading under the firm of Cook & Company, was dissolved 16 June last.
London Gazette - 2nd November 1855

Petition for adjudication of Bankruptcy filed 18 August 1856 against Edward Cook, of the hamlet of Hellesdon, in the Co. and City of Norwich, Miller. To be heard 5 September at the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall Street, London.
London Gazette - 22nd August 1856

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