1761
Robert Woolterton recorded as miller
Robert Woolterton was recorded as miller at Barton Turf.
Site overview
Barton Turf post mill was a corn mill with a 20-foot diameter brick roundhouse. It used one pair of common sails and one pair of double-shuttered patent sails to drive two pairs of stones for flour and, in later years, grist. The sails were turned to the wind by a tailpole.
The mill was already recorded in 1761, and it was advertised for sale in 1762 after the death of Robert Woolterton. Thomas Cadge and later members of the Cadge family were associated with the mill through the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. The mill appears on Faden's 1797 map, Bryant's 1826 map and the 1885 Ordnance Survey map.
It ceased operation around 1898. By 1979 the site was recorded as the single-storey unroofed roundhouse containing a Hercules windpump with its shaft disconnected.
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History
Barton Turf post mill stood in Mill Lane and had a 20-foot diameter brick roundhouse. The mill used one pair of common sails and one pair of double-shuttered patent sails, which drove two pairs of stones. It ground flour and, in later years, grist.
The sails were turned by a tailpole. Robert Woolterton was recorded as miller in 1761, and after his death the estate was advertised in 1762 as a dwelling house, barn, two acres of land and windmill in good repair. Thomas Cadge senior was associated with the mill by 1790, and his will made provision for his wife Ann to continue the milling trade.
The mill appears on Faden's map of 1797 as Barton W. Mill and was advertised again in 1815 with a dwelling house, buildings, windmill and about four acres of land in the occupation of Thomas Cadge. The 1840 tithe award recorded Thomas Cadge as both owner and occupier of the house, yards and windmill. Harriet Cadge and later the Goulder family continued the milling association through the nineteenth century.
The mill was shown as a corn windmill on the 1885 Ordnance Survey map and Henry Christmas Goulder was listed as a wind miller in the 1890s. Operation ceased around 1898. By 1937 the roundhouse was roofed and residential, but by May 1978 it was a single-storey roundhouse without a roof.
In August 1979 the Old Mill Garage site contained the unroofed roundhouse and a Hercules windpump with the shaft disconnected.
Timeline
1762
Mill estate advertised
After Robert Woolterton's death, the estate was advertised with a dwelling house, barn, land and windmill in good repair.
1797
Mill shown on Faden map
Faden's map of Norfolk showed Barton W. Mill.
1815
Windmill advertised for sale
The estate was advertised with a dwelling house, other buildings, a windmill and about four acres of land.
1840
Tithe award recorded mill
The tithe award recorded Thomas Cadge as owner and occupier of the house, yards and windmill.
1898
Milling ceased
The mill ceased operation around 1898.
1979
Unroofed roundhouse recorded
The Old Mill Garage site contained a single-storey unroofed roundhouse and a disconnected Hercules windpump.
Sources and records
Norfolk Mills: Barton Turf post mill
Faden's map of Norfolk, 1797
Bryant's map of Norfolk, 1826
Ordnance Survey map evidence
White's and Kelly's directory entries
Faden's map of Norfolk, 1797
Bryant's map of Norfolk, 1826
Ordnance Survey map evidence
White's and Kelly's directory entries