water mills

Little Walsingham mill


There was a water mill located on the church side of the River Stiffkey.
A closer examination of the remaining wall shows where windows were once located.
Likewise a bricked up door and window can be seen on the Abbey side of the bridge

Mill history

1642: Owned by Bishop Warner of Rochester

Bishop Warner, who owned the mill in the 1600s did not have an heir and left the estate to his nephew (? Lee) on the understanding that the Warner name was retained.
Thus the new family name became Lee Warner.
(John Warner and his wife had no children. His sister had married and her two sons became John Warner’s heirs becoming archdeacons in Rochester Diocese and assuming the name Lee-Warner.)

Faden's map 1797: Lists a mill in Church street

White's 1845 has: Thomas Dewing, miller. Ann Dewing (wife), Knight Street

1900s: Mill and site owned by the Lee Warner family

Early 1900s: Mill demolished

An early engraving shows what Little Walsingham mill looked like





Pictures of what remains of Little Walsingham water mill
















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Great Walsingham Mill