Ebridge Mill

Photos - 27.
Where - North Walsham, Norfolk.
Visited - March 2008.
Posted - 1 March 2008.
Categories - industry, mill.

Contents
Inside
Storage Silos
Further Reading

Of the 100+ mills built in Norfolk during the 1800s, many have been demolished or converted. Two or three remain in industrial use today. This one lies derelict, hidden away deep within the countryside - a crumbling reminder of Norfolk's rich agriculture/industrial history...

Ebridge Mill is located on the North Walsham & Dilham canal. Like hundreds of similar mills in Norfolk, it was a watermill so relied a lot on the canal - both for deliveries and power. It had a water wheel which was removed in the 1970s. The mill was owned by Cubitt & Walker for 127 years - finally closing in 1998 when they were bought by local rival Duffield's.

There were plans in 2006 to convert the mill into holiday homes. This plan seems to have fallen through - the company behind the scheme ceased trading at the end of 2007. The mill is now for sale...

A small boiler room replaced the water wheel to power the machinery.

Inside

Inside is rather rustic - (crumbly) wooden beams everywhere, wheels for the machinery, old chutes. Fantastic...

Storage Silos

At the top of the silos was a perculiar distribution system...