2021

TL8978 : Euston watermill on the Black Bourn

taken 2 years ago, near to Euston, Suffolk, England

Euston watermill on the Black Bourn
Euston watermill on the Black Bourn
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 LinkExternal link
Suffolk Watermills

Suffolk has roughly 130 watermills listed as either lost, demolished, partial ruin or extant and converted to another use. Of these, either the mill or the miller's house, are now private houses, B&Bs or the larger ones, multiple occupancy flats. Watermills were by necessity beside a river or stream with enough flow to turn a waterwheel and the gears inside the mill. There are a number of options for the method in presenting the water to the paddles on the wheel. Undershot is where the bottom of the wheel sits in the flow. Breast shot is where the water is presented to the wheel halfway up and the wheel and doesn't sit in the stream. Overshot is where the water flows over the top of the wheel and is the most powerful of the three methods. A fourth method not used in Suffolk, is known as a pentrough or pitchback, which is similar to an overshot but turns the wheel in the opposite direction. See LinkExternal link. Mills were used to grinding corn, making paper, extracting oil, sawing wood and numerous other jobs which are listed in the above Wikipedia article. created by Adrian Pye

Suffolk Rivers

Suffolk has twenty rivers worthy of the name. The River Waveney and the River Little Ouse form the boundary between Norfolk and Suffolk. The River Stour does the same for Suffolk and Essex. The Alde, the Blyth, the Deben and the Orwell are the main rivers and the others are tributaries or affluents of these. Among the names of these are the Gipping, the Box, the Lark, the Dove, the Snail and the Rat.
Other rivers and tributaries are the Minsmere, Fromus, Mill, Ore, Chad, Fynn, Kirton Creek, and Shottisham Creek, Belstead Brook, the Black Bourne, Eriswell Lode, Polstead Stream and Hol Brook. Edited by Adrian S. Pye


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Geographical Context: Historic sites and artefacts Rivers, Streams, Drainage Lakes, Wetland, Bog Industry Place: Euston - Suffolk County: Suffolk Former: Watermill Primary Subject: Watermill other tags: Euston Hall Euston Estate Watermill Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Articles: · Watermills of the Suffolk Rivers Title Clusters: · Euston watermill on the Black Bourn [2] ·
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TL8978, 78 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Adrian S Pye   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 3 October, 2021   (more nearby)
Submitted
Sunday, 3 October, 2021
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TL 8963 7874 [10m precision]
WGS84: 52:22.4323N 0:47.0572E
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TL 8960 7869
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North-northeast (about 22 degrees)
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