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Tower mill equipped for corn milling
The mill was equipped with two pairs of French stones, a flour mill, cylinder, and rolling screen.
Site overview
Thurlton tower mill was a brick tower windmill in the parish of Thurlton near Loddon. It was advertised as a substantial brick tower mill that worked itself into the wind, with two pairs of French stones, a flour mill, cylinder, and rolling screen. The sale also included a dwelling house adjoining the mill, together with stable, cow house, and other outbuildings.
The mill was associated with Mr Disney, the proprietor, who intended to retire from milling. The available evidence confirms the mill's corn-milling function, machinery, and associated domestic and agricultural buildings, but does not provide a construction date, final closure date, or full later history. The mapped site is now recorded as a tower-mill remain at Thurlton.
Map
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History
Thurlton tower mill was a substantial brick tower windmill in the parish of Thurlton near Loddon. An auction notice described it as a mill that worked itself into the wind and was equipped with two capital pairs of French stones, a flour mill, cylinder, rolling screen, and other working apparatus. The sale also included a neat dwelling house adjoining the mill, with a stable, cow house, and other outbuildings.
At the time of the sale notice the mill was in the possession of Mr Disney, the proprietor, who intended to retire from the milling business. The record therefore establishes the site as a corn-milling tower mill with associated domestic and service buildings. The searched sources did not establish its construction date, final working date, or the chronology of later removal or reduction of the mill structure.
The site is recorded at Thurlton as a surviving tower-mill remain.
Timeline
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Mill advertised for sale
The substantial brick tower windmill was advertised for sale with immediate possession, together with adjoining house and outbuildings.
2026
Tower mill recorded at Thurlton
The site was listed as a tower mill at Thurlton with the supplied coordinates.
Sources and records
Norfolk Mills page: Thurlton tower windmill
Norfolk Mills page: Thurlton post windmill
WindmillWorld entry: Thurlton tower mill
Norfolk Mills page: Thurlton post windmill
WindmillWorld entry: Thurlton tower mill