Homersfield Mill dated back as far as the 1320s and repairs, alterations and rebuilds took place over time. However in 1927 the mill ceased to operate due to breach in the riverbank at the weir upstream. The mill and adjoining house were consequently demolished. Traces of the headrace, wheelrace and tailrace are still extant.

Wortwell mill is actually in the manor of Limbourne, a hamlet of Homersfield. It was built of weatherboard over a brick base with a pantiled roof that also houses the lucum to the front. The mill house is joined to the mill on the southern, Suffolk side of the river and are Grade II listed. The mill ceased working c.1948 and although the waterwheel had gone by 1972, some machinery still remained including the cast iron pit wheel.

Hoxne watermill was built in 1846 to replace the earlier building of 1749, which in turn replaced an earlier building on the same site. Somewhere just prior to rebuilding, the 1749 building had been converted from corn milling to flax and linen manufacture. Eventually the mill was converted back to corn milling and it may be that this change of use occurred several times throughout its life. The building is of three storeys, built of brick up to the first storey and then timber framed and weatherboarded with a slate roof.

The mill which straddles the Black Bourn, is timber-framed and weather-boarded, with the lucum on the east end, nearest the camera. It has a slate roof and sash windows with small panes in flush frames. The wheel is a cast iron breast shot water-wheel driving three pairs of under-driven stones. The machinery is almost complete; apart from some minor parts. The date '1800' is carved in large letters on the timber supporting the base of the upright shaft, which reliably dates installation of the machinery.

Wortwell mill is actually in the manor of Limbourne, a hamlet of Homersfield. It was built of weatherboard over a brick base with a pantiled roof that also houses the lucum to the front. The mill house is joined to the mill on the southern, Suffolk side of the river and are Grade II listed. The mill ceased working c.1948 and although the waterwheel had gone by 1972, some machinery still remained including the cast iron pit wheel.

Mendham Mill was rebuilt and greatly enlarged in 1820 of weatherboard with a pantiled roof. The adjoining mill house is older, by a few years, than the rebuilt mill. The mill ceased production in 1938 and was eventually turned into a show-piece residence and by 2000 the building had been Grade II listed. Access to the grounds was requested and granted by the kind permission of the owner.

There has been a mill on this site since Domesday. The present building dates from 1884 and is now converted to residential use.

Needham Mill was built as a small 4 storey red brick building laid with Flemish bond and roofed with blue tiles, that actually stood in the parish of Weybread on the Suffolk side of the River Waveney. The mill was rebuilt after the fire of 1838 and again about 1870 after a fire destroyed the earlier timber framed weather-boarded building. Milling ceased around 1934 and the wheel and machinery were removed during the second world war and sold towards the war effort. It has been a private residence for many years.

The mill which stands on the River Dove, a tributary of the Waveney, had an undershot wheel roughly six feet wide and probably ceased to operate in the early 1800s. In the early 1830s the wheel was removed and part of the building was converted into a laundry. The river which is to the right of the building, is not fast flowing and has much vegetation in places upstream. The tail-race and millpond are however relatively clear with a small weir a short distance downstream. Access was granted by the kind permission of the owner.
TM1776 : The mill-race at Oakley old mill
TM1776 : Oakley old watermill tail-race and millpond