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Ormesby
St Margaret towermill
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c.1910
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Ormesby St Margaret tower mill was a five storey red brick mill with a Norfolk boat shaped cap that was traditionally white but with a black front and held a gallery and an 8 bladed fan. The mill was situated within a quite large farm complex to the west of Scratby Hall. Ormesby St Margaret was also known as Great Ormesby in the 1800s. The mill used 4 double shuttered patent sails, each with 10 bays of 3 shutters to power 3 pairs of French burr stones. The mill was sometimes known as the Red Mill. |
Sale by Auction Thursday 6 December on the Premises |
Notice re |
To be Let with Immediate Possession A Brick TOWER WINDMILL with Patent Sails & every thing complete; also a Cottage, situate within four miles of Great Yarmouth in the centre of East & West Flegg. Likewise a MANSION & three roods of Garden Ground well planted with fruit trees & lately occupied by Mr. Richard Ferrier. Apply to Mr. Wm. Boult, Great Yarmouth, Mr. James Skinner, Clippesby or Mr. James Norton, Stokesby. Norfolk Chronicle - 26th April & 10th May 1828 |
Valuable Windmill etc. at Ormesby, Norfolk. To be Sold or Let with Immediate Possession A Good Dwelling house with suitable outbuildings attached, three roods of Garden Ground well planted with profitable & choice fruit trees & a complete & well finished brick Tower Windmill with patent sails, three pair of stones & jumper etc. situate at Great Ormesby in the county of Norfolk, in the centre of the hundreds of East & West Flegg, within five miles of Great Yarmouth. The Mill & Cottage & small Garden to be Sold or Let with or without the Dwelling House & three roods of Garden Ground. There is a good Trade to the Mill, has a Right of Common & most excellent water. The Estate is Freehold. The Parochial Rates are low. The Land tax is 30s. a year. Apply to Mr. James Skinner of Clippesby or Mr. James Norton of Stokesby or to Mr. Bensley, Builder, All Saints Green, Norwich. All letters to be post paid. Norfolk Chronicle - 1st, 15th & 29th November 1828 |
Valuable Windmill etc. at Ormesby, Norfolk. To be SOLD or LET With Immediate Possession A Good & Convenient Dwelling house with suitable Outbuildings attached, three roods of Garden Ground well planted with profitable & choice fruit trees & Cottage & Outbuildings & small Garden adjoining; a complete & well finished brick TOWER WINDMILL with patent Sails, three pair of Stones & Jumper etc. situate at Great Ormesby in the county of Norfolk, in the centre of the Hundreds of East & West Flegg, within five miles of Great Yarmouth. Apply to Mr. James Skinner of Clippesby or Mr. James Norton of Stokesby or to Mr. Bensley, Builder, All Saints Green, Norwich. Norfolk Chronicle - 19th July & 16th August 1828 |
To be Sold or Let With Immediate Possession A Freehold Estate |
ORMESBY WINDMILL, MARSHES etc. To be Sold by Auction in the following Lots by D. Pettinghill at the White Horse Inn, Great Yarmouth on Wednesday 10 April 1833 at 12 o'c. Pursuant to the directions of the Will of the late Mr. James Norton Lot 1. Comprises the complete & well finished BRICK TOWER WINDMILL with patent sails, three pairs of stones, jumper etc. A Capital Messuage with suitable outbuildings & 3 roods of Garden Ground situate in Ormesby in Norfolk in the centre of the hundreds of East & West Flegg & within 5 miles of Great Yarmouth. Freehold & in the occupation of Mr. Ferrier. Particulars of the Auctioneer or of Mr. Worship, Great Yarmouth, Solr. Norfolk Chronicle - 30th March & 6th April 1833 |
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Tithe map 1841 - as redrawn by Harry Apling |
Tithe Award 1841 |
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No. 122 |
House, Garden, Mill & Yard |
Pasture |
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To Millers Mr. B. Rix is instructed to Let with immediate Possession the capital Tower Windmill with five floors, patent sails, 3 pairs of French burr stones, flour mill, jumper & other requisite going gears. An excellent Dwelling house with stable, cart sheds, & other outbuildings & large garden, now in the occupation of Mr. Richard Ferrier at ORMESBY next Yarmouth. For rent & particulars apply to Mr. B. Rix's office Great Yarmouth. Norfolk Chronicle - 12th October 1844 |
Windmill to Let |
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14th October 1937 |
To Millers |
ORMESBY ST. MARGARET, Norfolk. |
Mr. Percy Martin, Town Hall Chambers, Great Yarmouth |
| Norfolk Chronicle - 14th June 1902 |
‘Mansion House’ but then known as ‘Mill House’ with the site of the summer house, outhouses, yards, gardens, land and other appurts thereto belonging or adjoining, and also that of Tower Corn Windmill erected on part of the said land, and then ‘Farm House’ which adjoined the said Mill House or Mansion House and also the building then formerly used as a dairy and washhouse and all that building used as a riding stable in respective occupation of Isaac James D’Ollie, |
In 1938 my mother went to stay with her cousin Eva George and her husband who were staying in the tied cottage attached to the mill. My mother assisted while Eva gave birth to my cousin Rita. When war broke out he became a fireman in Surrey. |
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1983 site plan |
A Norfolk Archaeology manuscript mentions that R.W. Ferrier was also a miller at one point. The same document also states that the last miller joined the army and was subsequently killed in the 1914-18 war. The mill was then used a corn storehouse and later by a market gardener. |
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c.1999, the double shed probably being over the mill remains |
On 27th August 1902 the property was conveyed from Reverend Richard John Tacon to Alfred Bristow. Alfred died 25th February 1930 and his executors seized the title to the property. The executors were Emma Bristow (of 1a Princes Parade, London N10), John Bristow (Miller, from Stalham) and Ernest Simpson (Collector of Taxes, from Ingham). At this point, the property was described as 'Mansion House, but then known as Mill House' and included 'Tower Corn Windmill' as part of the range of buildings on the site. |
I lived in Ormesby from about 1967-78. I remember a sign erected near to the (locked) wooden door on the wall that abutted the Hemsby road. This indicated that schoolchildren were crossing. However, neither Duncan Hall nor the old Ormesby school (the new one was not built until about 1974) were close by. Was the Mill used as a school at some point?
I also remember the ruins of a 'house' that lay on the other side of the old railway track exactly where the 'road' led to the track from the back of the Mill. Nothing is there now, but the ruins were there in my time. I presume that it was some structure relate to the Mill used for loading stuff onto trains: however, it was on the 'wrong' side of the track (i.e. on the beach side)
Laurence Marshman, South Australia - 20th September 2007 ************** I think this must be the mill that used to be here. We have a wooden door in an old wall at the front of our property. The door hasn't been used for ages (it is now just a 'lookalike' door) but the opening for it is an integral part of the design of the wall which abuts the road, so I think it has been here since the wall was built. North Road used to be called Hemsby Road and our house has been used as a girls school, and a nursery school also was situated in the barn area that the mill used to stand on.
The ruins mentioned I suppose could relate to a building for grain, as there is clear evidence in old maps (though none now) of a track or roadway leading from the mill/back of our garden to the railway (also now gone). It would seem logical that there would have been some sort of storage/loading area there, although why on the 'other side' I don't know.
A couple of Canadian ladies knocked on the door a few weeks back. One was the granddaughter of a Mr. Dyball who used to live here. We gave them a cup of tea and copies of the part of deeds to the house mentioning Dyball.
Jacky Barrett - 20th September 2007
Timeline below and 1888 O.S. map above also relate - JJN |
| The mill ceased working in 1917 when owner the Reba Bristow, joined the army. He never returned. Later his widow married another miller - a Mr. March of Stalham. |
The mill ceased working in 1917 when owner the Reba Bristow, joined the army. He never returned. Later his widow married another miller - a Mr. March of Stalham. After the war the mill was used as a grain store and later by a market gardener. |
In 1972 Harry Apling noted that the front gate of the Mill House had an ironwork towermill with only three sails. |
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O. S. Map 1905 Courtesy of NLS map images |
| Bryant's map 1826: Red Mill 1827: Richard Ferrier, miller December 1827: Sale of Household effects of Richard Ferrier advertised for sale by auction April 1828: Mill advertised to be let August 1828: Mill advertised for sale or let November 1828: Mill advertised for sale or let December 1837: Richard Ferrier - Deed of Assignment for the benefit of creditors August 1829: Mill advertised for sale or let due to the death of owner, James Norton 1833: Richard Ferrier, miller March 1833: Mill advertised for sale by auction due to the death of owner, James Norton White's 1836: Richard William Ferrier, corn miller 1844: Richard Ferrier, miller October 1844: Mill advertised for sale by auction White's 1845: Richard William Ferrier, corn miller 1846: William Gedge, miller September 1851: Mill advertised to be let
White's 1854: Edward Slipper, corn miller
White's 1864: Mrs. Charlotte & Miss Harriet Ferrier, Mill House
1972: L. F.Parker, Mill House Works, builders & joinery manufacturers
11th September 1987: A property information form mentions the use of the property as a school
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