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1814 Inclosures

The 1814 Inclosures report describes piece no 107 as being allotted to George Hubbard:

We Assign, set out and allott unto George Hubbard One Piece of land marked on the Map hereto annexed No 107 containing two roods and thirty five perches with a messuage, a windmill and other buildings standing thereon bounded
– by land allotted to George Browne Leake north and east,
– by other land allotted to the said George Hubbard purchased of us south and in part west, and
– by the Attleburgh Road on the remaining part of the West;
And we direct the said George Hubbard to make and keep in repair a fence in his said allotment against the Public Road.

Piece no 108 contains the Mill Yard and is also allotted to George Hubbard:

One piece of land also parcel of the said South Hill Common containing two roods marked on the Map hereto annexed No 108 bounded
– by other part of the said South Hill Common allotted to the said George Hubbard North,
– by a Garden and the Mill Yard allotted to the said George Hubbard in part and
– by an old Inclosure late belonging to John Browne and now allotted to George Browne Leake in part East,
– by other part of the said South Hill Common allotted to the said George Browne Leake wholly South and in part West and
– by the fourth Public Road called the Attleburgh Road on the remaining part of the West.

1892 Map Location

The windmill is shown in the centre of this extract from the 1892 Ordnance Survey map:

1827 Marriage of Miller

The Norfolk Chronicle of Saturday, February 3rd 1827 reported the marriage of “Mr. Samuel Robinson, miller of Deopham, to Miss Charlotte Lofty of Hethersett”. The baptism register shows that on December 18^th of that year their son William Proctor was baptised: his father’s profession is shown as “miller”.

1828 Tower Mill Offer for Sale

Before the Tower Mill there was a Smock Mill. The following advertisement appeared in the Norwich Mercury on February 9^th 1828 (about two years before the construction of the Tower mill).

1830 Offer for Sale

Two years later, The Norwich Mercury of February 27^th 1830 carried another advertisement:

1833 Offer for Sale

On June 1^st 1833 the mill was up for sale again, being advertised in the Norfolk Chronicle as follows:

1875 Auction particulars

Courtesy Wymondham Town Archive, 2023

Further information

There is further information, history and photographs of the mill at:
https://www.norfolkmills.co.uk/Windmills/deopham-towermill.html

There is also information on the smock mill that stood on this site until about 1830 at:
https://www.norfolkmills.co.uk/Windmills/deopham-smockmill.html

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Date	Change
21/7/25	1814 data
28/4/24	1827 Miller’s name identified
25/3/24	Separated from Deopham Places