Watermills of the Suffolk Rivers

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The 130 odd Suffolk watermills named in the list below is as near as possible a definitive list of known watermill sites in the county of Suffolk.
Where possible each site is accompanied by a map where the location is known. A photograph of the watermill, remains, or ground it once occupied is included where possible. Please note that this is work in progress. I shall be adding photographs to the list in the coming months. All sites on private land were accessed and photographed with the kind permission of the owner. Where no photograph is shown it usually means I was for some reason unable to find (marked ‘Lost’) or gain access to the location. Where the mill stands on a tributary it precedes the name of the primary river, under which it is listed.
Mills are listed in alphabetical order by name or parish, and/or the name of the mill. The nearest postcode is included beneath the name of the mill. Additional information can sometimes be found by clicking the photograph.
Mills marked with a * are located on the Essex side of the river.

Aldham to Eyke

Aldham Mill
IP7 6LE
River Brett
	TM0243 : Aldham Mill by Keith Evans A small timber framed mill, brick-built with timber weather-boarded gables, with two stories. Originally it was all timbered but later faced with brick and has a tiled mansard roof.

Alpheton Mill
CO10 9BQ
River Chad
	demolished

Ashen Mill *
CO10 8NX
River Stour
	TL7745 : Mill House by Keith Evans There were four mills in Clare in 1295. One in Malting Lane, Mill Lane had another as well as a fulling mill. This, Wayman’s mill, the last corn mill, was an 18th-century timber-framed structure together with a 19th-century brick boiler house and steam engine. It was known as Waymans Mill, but was destroyed by fire in the late 1970s.

Assington Mill
CO10 5LZ
un-named tributary, River Stour
	TL9336 : Assington Mill and Mill Farm by Adrian S Pye

Badley Mill
IP6 8RR
River Gipping
	TM0756 : Across the river to Badley Mill by Andrew Hill

Bardwell Mill
IP31 1AQ
Black Bourn
	TL9374 : Bardwell Watermill by Adrian S Pye The 19th century mill straddles The Black Bourn river, has three floors with the lucum on the north side. It has a brick ground storey, and is timber-framed above, with C20 replacement tarred weatherboarding and a slate roof. The internal undershot waterwheel is now without its paddles but can be seen here. Link All the working machinery has been removed, apart from a few pieces on the top floor. The miller's house which is undergoing restoration, adjoins the mill. Link by Adrian S Pye Shared Descriptions Suffolk Watermills Suffolk Rivers

Barking Mill - River Gipping lost

Barnham Mill - River Ouse lost

Barton Mills
IP28 6AF
River Lark
	TL7273 : Mill house, Barton Mills by Phillip Perry

Baylham Green Mill - River Gipping lost

Baylham Mill
IP6 8LG
River Gipping
	TM1152 : Baylham Mill, Baylham by Geographer

Baythorn Mill *
CO9 4AJ
River Stour
	TL7243 : Braythorne Mill by Glyn Baker

Belchamp Mill
CO10 7AT
Belchamp Brook
	[Awaiting image]

Bentley Mill, Hol Brook, River Stour - lost

Beversham Mill
IP13 0BJ
River Alde/Ore
	TM3558 : Beversham watermill by Adrian S Pye The former watermill a short distance upstream from the Beversham Bridge is also known as Glemham Mill in some references. The mill which has been renovated, probably dates from the eighteenth century and is adjoined to the millhouse which predates the mill by about a century. Some of the machinery, including the breast-shot waterwheel is still intact. Breast-shot wheels were used when there was only a small head of water. The millrace pond has been landscaped and is home to ducks and other wildlife. The mill is located on the River Ore which is a tributary of the River Alde.

Blythburgh Mill - River Blyth - lost

Borley Mill *
CO10 7AD
River Stour
	[Awaiting image]

Bosmere Mill , Creeting
IP6 8NU
River Gipping
	TM0954 : Bosmere Mill by the Gipping by Andrew Hill

Boxford Mill
CO10 5DU
River Box, River Stour
	[Awaiting image]

Boxted Mill
CO4 5TB
River Stour
	TM0134 : Boxted Mill by Bikeboy

Bramford Mill
IP8 4HA
River Gipping
	TM1246 : River Gipping at Bramford by Oxymoron

Bramford - Old Paper Mill
IP8 4DE
River Gipping
	TM1248 : Rushbrook Mill, Paper Mill Lane by Oxymoron

Brundon Mill
CO10 1XR
River Stour
	TL8642 : Brundon Mill by PAUL FARMER

Bucklesham Mill
IP10 0BY
Mill River, River Deben
	TM2741 : Former Watermill at Bucklesham by Adrian S Pye

Bungay, Bardolph’s Watermill
NR35 1EU
River Waveney
	TM3489 : Bungay former watermill by Adrian S Pye Known as Bardolph's Mill, a succession of mills have been built on this site; this building is of Victorian origin. Bungay is the head of navigation for the River Waveney. When the previous mill was working as a paper mill, it burnt down and the site was then bought by later miller Charles Marston's father, who rebuilt it in the 1870s. He fitted a roller plant in the 1890s, before the mill again caught fire and burned down again about 1900. The Marstons then took over Earsham mill for flour production and rebuilt Bungay mill as a provender mill in 1902. The new mill was constructed of weatherboard and brick with a corrugated iron roof. It is unusual because of the extended lucum which extended over the dock for loading the barges.

Bures Mill
CO8 5BY
River Stour
	TL9133 : Bures Mill by Keith Evans

Butley Mill
IP12 3PZ
Butley river, River Alde/Ore
	TM3851 : Butley Mill by Adrian S Pye A water mill was first recorded at Butley Mills in 1530. The river was also used for the transport of goods but by 1948 had become too silted to allow either use. The river is located within the Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Now residential. by Adrian S Pye Shared Descriptions Suffolk Watermills Suffolk Rivers

Campsea Ash Mill aka Loudham Mill
IP13 0PJ
River Deben
	TM3154 : Ashe or Loudham watermill by Adrian S Pye

Cavendish Mill
CO10 8AZ
River Stour
	TL8046 : Former mill, Cavendish by Robin Webster

Cavendish Mill aka Puddock Mill
CO10 8BJ
River Stour
	[Awaiting image]

Cavenham Mill
IP28 6PH
Cavenham Brook, River Lark
	[Awaiting image]

Chimney Mills, Culford
IP28 6ER
River Lark
	[Awaiting image]

Clare Mill
CO10 8PF
River Stour
	TL7745 : Part Of A Waterwheel by Keith Evans

Clare,
River Stour
CO10 8LG
	[Awaiting image]

Combs Ford Mill, Stowmarket
IP14 1BF
River Rat, River Gipping
	TM0557 : Bridge On Ipswich Road by Keith Evans demolished

Copdock aka Washbrook Mill
IP8 3LA
Belstead Brook, River Gipping
	[Awaiting image]

Cornard Baker’s Mill
CO10 0GW
River Stour
	TL8839 : Baker's Mill, Great Cornard by Bob Jones

Creeting
IP6 8LL
River Gipping
	TM1054 : Bridge over River Gipping by Andrew Hill demolished

Creeting, Bosmere Mill
IP6 8NU
River Gipping
	TM0954 : Bosmere Mill by the Gipping by Andrew Hill

Culford Mill (aka Chimney Mills)
IP28 6ER
River Lark
	[Awaiting image]

Deben Mill, Wickham Market
IP13 0RG
River Deben
	TM3056 : Deben Mill, Wickham Market by Adrian S Pye

Ditchingham
NR35 2JL
River Waveney
	TM3390 : Information board by Adrian S Pye

Earsham Mill *
NR35 2TQ
River Waveney
	TM3288 : Earsham Mill undergoing extensive restoration by Adrian S Pye It was a brick built mill with a pantile roof. Along with Ditchingham and Ellingham, it was one of the only three Norfolk watermills on the Waveney.The mill was rebuilt by R. H. Clarke on the existing site in 1862. It was fitted with 12 pairs of stones powered by a waterwheel and a steam engine. A roller plant manufactured by Whitman & Binyon was installed in 1893. At this time, flour from Earsham was being sent to Newcastle by water transport.

East Bergholt, aka Flatford Mill
CO7 6UL
River Stour
	TM0733 : By Flatford Mill by Andrew Hill

Ellingham Mill *
NR35 2EX
River Waveney
	TM3691 : Ellingham Water Mill by Ashley Dace

Erwarton Mill, River Stour - lost

Euston mill
IP24 2QW
Blackbourn, Little Ouse
	TL8978 : Euston watermill on the Black Bourn by Adrian S Pye Disused watermill. Late C18/early C19. In red brick with black glazed pantiled roof: designed to look like a church, with a small crenellated tower. Pointed Gothic windows to top stage. The machinery is complete. The waterwheel drove a single pair of stones and also a reciprocating pump for raising water up to a tank in the tower, which provided the water supply for Euston Hall. A watermill was included in the estate as purchased by Lord Arlington in the 1660's: this is presumably a rebuilding on the same site. Copied from Historic England website Link by Adrian S Pye Shared Descriptions Suffolk Watermills Suffolk Rivers

Exning Mill
CB8 7JW
River Snail, River Lark
	[Awaiting image]

Eyke Mill
IP12 2QF
River Deben
	TM3152 : The River Deben at Eyke by Adrian S Pye demolished

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