Martham
Steam Mill



c.1980
c.1980

Martham Steam Mill stood in Back Lane and was built by Thomas Dybal c.1896. The three storey mill operated as an animal feed mill.

When the mill commenced operation, it was run by Thomas Dyball's son Edward Arthur Dyball, who also became a farmer and a corn & flour merchant.
When Edward Dyball died in 1933, his will decreed that the steam mill should be managed by his executors for the financial benefit of his wife Rachel for the natural term of her life and that his son, Thomas should be the paid manager, if he so wished. Thomas took up this option and the mill then commenced trading under the name of E. A. Dyball, Exors. When Rachel died on 23rd November 1953, Thomas Dyball took up the option, provided by the terms of his father’s Will, to purchase the mill and run the business under his own name. Thomas continued to run the business until he died on 13th March 1961.

c.1955
Mill interior c.1955

1946

O. S. Map 1946
Steam mill buildings marked in red with Martham Hemsby Rd towermill to the east
Courtesy of NLS map images

c.1896: Mill built by Thomas Dyball

Kelly's 1904: Edward Dyball, miller (son of Thomas Dyball)

1933: Edward Arthur Dyball died

1934: E. A. Dyball, Exors., millers

13th March 1961: Thomas Arthur Dyball died

1961: Wm. Bracey & Co. farmers & feed merchants

c.1975: Mill machinery dismantled

1976: Smith & Sales joinery leased the mill building

c.2004: Paul Dickinson bought mill buildings for IT business

July 2007: Paul Dickinson obtained Planning Permission to convert mill into 7 flats and maisonettes

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Nat Grid Ref TG18981330
 
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