2021

TM3558 : Beversham watermill

taken 3 years ago, near to Little Glemham, Suffolk, England

This is 1 of 2 images, with title Beversham watermill in this square
Beversham watermill
Beversham watermill
The former watermill a short distance upstream from the Beversham Bridge is also known as Glemham Mill in some references. The mill which has been renovated, probably dates from the eighteenth century and is adjoined to the millhouse which predates the mill by about a century. Some of the machinery, including the breast-shot waterwheel is still intact. Breast-shot wheels were used when there was only a small head of water. The millrace pond has been landscaped and is home to ducks and other wildlife.
The mill is located on the River Ore which is a tributary of the River Alde. Link Link
I would like to express my appreciation to the owner for allowing me access to photograph.
Suffolk Rivers

Suffolk has twenty rivers worthy of the name. The River Waveney and the River Little Ouse form the boundary between Norfolk and Suffolk. The River Stour does the same for Suffolk and Essex. The Alde, the Blyth, the Deben and the Orwell are the main rivers and the others are tributaries or affluents of these. Among the names of these are the Gipping, the Box, the Lark, the Dove, the Snail and the Rat.
Other rivers and tributaries are the Minsmere, Fromus, Mill, Ore, Chad, Fynn, Kirton Creek, and Shottisham Creek, Belstead Brook, the Black Bourne, Eriswell Lode, Polstead Stream and Hol Brook. Edited by Adrian S. Pye

River Alde

The River Alde and River Ore meet northwest of Blaxhall. From there downriver the combined river is known as the River Alde past Snape and Aldeburgh, and then again as the River Ore as it approaches Orford and flows by a shingle spit before emptying into the North Sea.

Suffolk Watermills

Suffolk has roughly 130 watermills listed as either lost, demolished, partial ruin or extant and converted to another use. Of these, either the mill or the miller's house, are now private houses, B&Bs or the larger ones, multiple occupancy flats. Watermills were by necessity beside a river or stream with enough flow to turn a waterwheel and the gears inside the mill. There are a number of options for the method in presenting the water to the paddles on the wheel. Undershot is where the bottom of the wheel sits in the flow. Breast shot is where the water is presented to the wheel halfway up and the wheel and doesn't sit in the stream. Overshot is where the water flows over the top of the wheel and is the most powerful of the three methods. A fourth method not used in Suffolk, is known as a pentrough or pitchback, which is similar to an overshot but turns the wheel in the opposite direction. See LinkExternal link. Mills were used to grinding corn, making paper, extracting oil, sawing wood and numerous other jobs which are listed in the above Wikipedia article. created by Adrian Pye


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Geographical Context: Rivers, Streams, Drainage Water resources Primary Subject: Watermill Former Watermill River River: River Ore other tags: Beversham Watermill Former Watermill Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Articles: · Watermills of the Suffolk Rivers Other Photos: · Beversham watermill · Beversham watermill and the mill house Title Clusters: · Beversham watermill [2] ·
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TM3558, 44 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Adrian S Pye   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 9 May, 2021   (more nearby)
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Sunday, 9 May, 2021
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OSGB36: geotagged! TM 35611 58238 [1m precision]
WGS84: 52:10.3238N 1:26.6552E
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OSGB36: geotagged! TM 3563 5821
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