2022

TM3691 : Ellingham watermill

taken 2 years ago, near to Ellingham, Norfolk, England

Ellingham watermill
Ellingham watermill
The first known reference to the mill was about 1200
Under Hovis, flour milling ceased in 1949 and the mill was converted to a provender mill, taking over the animal feed business from Earsham Mill. The mill finally closed down in 196.
Ellingham and Earsham are the only two mills on the Waveney that are officially in Norfolk.
Watermills of Norfolk

Norfolk has roughly 154 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 Norfolk, 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

River Waveney

The River Waveney forms the boundary between Suffolk and Norfolk. It rises at Redgrave Fen and flows in an easterly direction though the towns of Diss, Bungay (the head of navigation) and Beccles. There is a weir at Billingford, shortly after the River Dove, flowing northwards from Eye, joins the Waveney on the southern bank. The Waveney passes round Bungay and on to Beccles. Having skirted past Oulton Broad it passes through Somerleyton and Hadiscoe before merging with the Yare in Breydon Water.


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Adrian S Pye   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Monday, 21 March, 2022   (more nearby)
Submitted
Monday, 28 March, 2022
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TM 36499 91743 [1m precision]
WGS84: 52:28.3409N 1:28.8452E
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OSGB36: geotagged! TM 3650 9176
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South-southwest (about 202 degrees)
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