1826
Black Mill or Jyber's Mill recorded
Black Mill, also known as Jyber's Mill, is listed at Burgh Castle with a record in 1826.
Site overview
The Burgh Castle record is supported by county windmill listings and Norfolk Mills material for nearby Burgh-area tower mills. The list of Norfolk windmills records two Burgh Castle tower mills: one at TG 487 040, shown in 1837 and demolished around 1925, and Black Mill or Jyber's Mill at TG 489 064, recorded in 1826 and 1837 with a last date of 1886. The supplied coordinates lie in the Burgh Castle area close to Breydon Water.
No detailed structural description, machinery inventory, ownership sequence, or survival statement for the supplied coordinate has been identified in the consulted sources. The evidence supports a cautious account of a former Burgh Castle tower-mill site, most closely aligned with the Black Mill or Jyber's Mill listing rather than a confirmed surviving tower.
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History
The consulted sources identify Burgh Castle as the location of former tower mills, but do not provide a full documentary history for the supplied coordinate. The list of Norfolk windmills records a Burgh Castle tower mill at TG 487 040, mapped in 1837 and demolished around 1925. It also records Black Mill, also known as Jyber's Mill, at TG 489 064, a Burgh Castle tower mill recorded in 1826 and 1837, with a last date of 1886.
A Suffolk windmills gazetteer repeats these Burgh Castle grid references, including Black Mill or Jyber's Mill. The supplied coordinates sit in the Burgh Castle area near Breydon Water, but the consulted sources do not establish a surviving tower at that precise point. No builder, millwright, machinery description, working tenant, final closure process, or post-closure reuse has been identified for the relevant Burgh Castle tower-mill entry.
The safest record is therefore that the site belongs to the documented group of former Burgh Castle tower mills, with Black Mill or Jyber's Mill the closest named tower-mill association in the researched material.
Timeline
1837
Burgh Castle tower mills mapped
Burgh Castle tower-mill entries are recorded on nineteenth-century mapping.
1886
Black Mill or Jyber's Mill last recorded
The Burgh Castle Black Mill or Jyber's Mill entry is listed with 1886 as its last date.
1925
Burgh Castle tower mill demolished
A Burgh Castle tower mill listed at TG 487 040 is recorded as demolished around 1925.
Sources and records
Wikipedia list: List of windmills in Norfolk
Suffolk Mills gazetteer: The Windmills of Suffolk
Norfolk Mills county windmills index
Norfolk Mills records for Burgh-area tower mills
Suffolk Mills gazetteer: The Windmills of Suffolk
Norfolk Mills county windmills index
Norfolk Mills records for Burgh-area tower mills