Watermills of the Suffolk Rivers

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Pakenham to Wortwell

Pakenham Mill
IP31 2NB
River Alde/Ore
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TL9369 : Pakenham Watermill, still grinding flour by Adrian S Pye TL9369 : Pakenham Watermill, still grinding flour by Adrian S Pye TL9369 : The tailrace after passing beneath the road by Adrian S PyeTL9369 : Hippopotamuses at Pakenham Watermill by Adrian S Pye

Pentlow Mill *
CO10 8AG
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TL8146 : The Gate to Pentlow Mill by Glyn Baker



Pettistree Mill, River Deben - lost

Playford Mill
IP6 9DX
River Fynn, River Deben
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Polstead Mill
CO6 5AB
River Box, River Stour
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This shows a converted mill in the aptly named community of Mill Street
by Chris Heaton


Puddock Mill aka Cavendish Mill
CO10 8BJ
River Stour
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Raydon Mill
IP7 5QS
River Brett
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Sapiston, Mill
IP31 1SA
Black Bourne, Little Ouse
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Semer, Hocking Mill
IP7 6RA
River Brett
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Semer Mill, Ash Street Mill
IP7 6QZ
River Brett
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Shottisham Mill
IP12 3EN
Shottisham Creek, River Deben
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TM3144 : Former water mill at Shottisham by Adrian S Pye TM3144 : Former water mill at Shottisham by Adrian S Pye

Sproughton Mill
IP8 3BD
River Gipping
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Stowmarket, Combs Ford Mill
IP14 1BF
River Rat, River Gipping
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demolished



Stowmarket, Rufford Mill - River Gipping - lost

Stowmarket, Stow Mill
IP14 1EQ
River Gipping
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Stowupland Mill - River Gipping - lost

Stoke by Clare Mill, Orbells
CO10 8HJ
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Stoke by Nayland Mill, River Stour - lost - Possibly either Polstead or Thorington mill by another name

Stratford St Mary Mill
CO7 6JR
River Stour
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Stutton - New Mills
site now beneath Alton Water Reservoir
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Removed and preserved at Museum of East Anglian Life IP14 1SL

Sudbury Mill, Clover’s Mill
CO10 2DL
River Stour
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Syleham Mill
IP21 4LQ
River Waveney
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Syleham Mill once stood behind these cottages until it was completely destroyed by a fire in 1928. Only this building, the old dye works, fronting Syleham Road, could be saved, which have since been converted into these cottages

TM2179 : The mill pool at the former Syleham watermill by Adrian S Pye TM2179 : Relief channel bridge at Syleham by Adrian S Pye

Thorington Street, Oil Mill, via River Box
CO6 4SP
River Box; River Stour
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Thorpe Morieux Mill
IP30 0NW
River Brett
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Thurston Mill, Black Bourn - lost

Tuddenham Mill, via Mill Stream, (a leet)
IP28 6SJ
River Lark
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Ufford Mill
IP13 6EG
River Deben
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TM3052 : Ufford watermill by Adrian S Pye TM3052 : Ufford watermill, outflow or tailrace by Adrian S Pye

Wainford Mill, aka Ditchingham Mill
NR35 1TA
River Waveney
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On the extreme right is the bridge over the tailrace.
by Adrian S Pye

TM3590 : Wainford Mill and Mill House by Adrian S Pye

Washbrook Mill aka Copdock Mill
IP8 3LA
Belstead Brook, River Gipping
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Waymans Mill, Clare
CO10 8LG
River Stour
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Wenhaston/Mells Mill
IP19 9BY
River Blyth
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West Stow, Chimney Mill (aka Culford Mill)
IP28 6ER
River Lark
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Weybread, Lucks Mill
IP21 5UH
River Waveney
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The bridge is in the foreground and has a concrete pad over it which has started to break-up. It was once part of Lucks Mill. The mill was small and only had two pairs of stones. It stood on a cut south of the River Waveney. The tracks that led to the mill have all disappeared apart from the one coming in from Needham High Road. Luck's Mill was originally a flax mill and that it had ceased working about 1890. The two arched bridge over the old watercourse has been allowed to silt up and holds very little water. Link
by Adrian S Pye

TM2280 : Lucksmill bridge by Adrian S Pye

Weybread, Middle Mill
IP21 5UE
River Waveney
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Weybread watermill stood near this spot on the Norfolk side of the River Waveney until the mill's life came to an abrupt end when it was burnt down on the evening of Friday 6th February 1920. Nothing remains of the mill itself but the installations in the watercourse remain as a reminder of the past.

TM2481 : Bridge over the sluice at Weybread water mill site by Adrian S Pye

Weybread Upper Mill* (aka Needham Mill)
IP20 9LE
River Waveney
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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 weatherboarded 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.

TM2281 : The former water mill at Needham by Adrian S Pye

Wickham Market, Deben Mill
IP13 0RG
River Deben
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TM3056 : Old mill on the River Deben by Adrian S Pye TM3056 : The outflow or tail race from under Deben Mill by Adrian S Pye

Wissington, Wiston Mill
CO6 4JS
River Stour
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TL9633 : Wiston Mill by Keith Evans

Withindale Mill, Long Melford
CO10 9HS
River Stour
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Wixoe Mill
CO10 8UD
River Stour
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Wormingford Mill *
CO6 3AZ
River Stour
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Woodbridge Tide Mill
IP12 1BY
River Deben
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TM2748 : Woodbridge Tidemill by Adrian S Pye

Wortwell Mill* aka Limbourne Mill
IP20 0EL
River Waveney
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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.

TM2884 : Wortwell water mill on the River Waveney by Adrian S Pye


Grateful thanks to Norfolk Mills website where more information is available on some of the mills LinkExternal link









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