Recorded Little Walsingham tower mill site with documented early nineteenth-century corn-milling use.
Little Walsingham towermill was a four-storey corn mill south of Little Walsingham, on the north side of Thursford Road. It was shown on Faden's map and was advertised for sale in November 1820 as a capital new tower windmill with four floors, two pairs of 4 ft 6 in stones, complete going gears and half an acre of adjoining land. The sale notice stated that it could grind five to six lasts per week.
The mill appears on Bryant's map of 1826, Greenwood's map of 1834 and the 1838 Ordnance Survey map. Thomas Dewing was recorded as miller through much of the early nineteenth century, followed by Elizabeth Dewing and Thomas A. or Thomas D. Dewing. Later survival or demolition details were not identified in the consulted source.
Little Walsingham towermill stood south of the village on the north side of Thursford Road. Norfolk Mills describes it as a four-storey tower mill and states that it worked with two pairs of 4 ft 6 in stones. It was shown on Faden's map, indicating that a windmill was already recorded at or near the site before the more detailed nineteenth-century newspaper and directory references.
In November 1820 the mill was advertised for sale by auction at the Black Lion Inn, Little Walsingham. The notice described a capital new tower windmill with four floors, two pairs of 4 ft 6 in stones and complete going gears, together with half an acre of adjoining land. It was described as freehold, with land tax redeemed and immediate possession available. The same notice stated that the mill was well situated for trade and able to grind from five to six lasts per week.
Thomas Dewing was recorded as miller in 1822 and appeared again in Pigot's 1830 directory, White's 1836 directory, and records for 1839 and 1840. The mill itself was marked on Bryant's map of 1826, Greenwood's map of 1834 and the 1838 Ordnance Survey map. White's 1845 recorded Thomas Dewing as corn miller, while later entries list Elizabeth Dewing in 1846, 1850, 1853 and 1854. Thomas A. Dewing was recorded in 1858, 1863, 1865 and 1868, and White's 1864 listed Thomas D. Dewing as miller.
The available consulted record provides a clear outline of the mill's early nineteenth-century equipment and operators, but does not identify a final working date, demolition date or later structural survival. The site is therefore documented chiefly through maps, sale notices and directory entries rather than through a detailed post-closure structural history.