The Mill

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

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
28/4/24	1827 Miller’s name identified
25/3/24	Separated from Deopham Places