Attleborough
Dodd's Lane towermill |
Attleborough Dodd's Lane towermill was a 4 storey mill that stood to the southwest of the town close to the Hargham Road. The mill had had one pair of common sails and one pair of patent sails that drove two pairs of French burr stones and a flour mill. The cap was turned by a fantail. |
1815 Enclosure Award Map at Greenland, Houchen & Co. (Solicitors) Attleborough, shows T. Dodd in Dodd's Lane, which was at that time a private road. The mill is not shown. |
Sale by Mr. Butcher at Crown Inn, Attleborough on Thursday 8 May next at 5 o’c |
Tithe Award map 1838 - redrawn by Harry Apling c.1980 |
Tithe Award 1839 |
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No. 572 | House, mill & premises | 1a. 1r. 8p. | Part of £4. 10/- |
Capital Freehold TOWER WINDMILL and Land |
c.1788: Thomas Dodd took over running the mill Faden's map 1797: Mill 1822: Thomas Dodd, miller Bryant's map 1826: Mill May 1834: Mention of the mill in sale particulars White's 1836: Thomas Dodd, corn miller White's 1845: Thomas Dodd, corn miller 1846: Thomas Dodd, miller 1850: Robert Lovett, miller 1856: Robert James Lovett, miller 1864: Robert James Lovett, miller c.1865: Mill demolished to be replaced by a smockmill |
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Nat Grid Ref TM03909425 |
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