millers in suffolk & norfolk

[whitemiller]

My ancestors were millers in suffolk according to following census
1861 cornelius whitehead in Gt Finborough, born 1809 burston norfolk.
1871 david james whitehead in somersham, born 1838 thelnetham suffolk.

Has anybody got info on these mills?
Also father of cornelius was philip born 1786 burston norfolk, was he a miller?
ditto for father of philip, who was william born 1743 was he a miller as well?
where were the mills that they worked in or perhaps owned.
Thanks a lot everybody.
whitemiller

[celia]

Whitemiller
If you go on the Norfork board you could inquire about the norfolk postal directories(books) that will be in the Reference room of a Main library. I dont know how far back the norfolk ones go  but our early ones 1820+ are on film.
Hope this info is of some help

Celia

[mcmp]

Maybe these people can help you, but I don't have an email address.

Great Finborough Local History Group, Boarded Barn Farm, High Street Green, Gt. Finborough, STOWMARKET, IP14 3AR

Michael

[charlotteCH]

Why not email the local library there and ask their local studies section if they have anything relevant they can send you? 
charlotte

[whitemiller]

thanks everybody for the useful suggestions re finding millers in my ancestors and details of mills where they worked.
I have only just come back from hol so will now see what I can do with the info.
If anbody has any further suggestions please contact this section.

[Nick29]

Just an additional comment - don't forget that windmills were not the only types of mills.   One of my ancestors ran the Greyhound Inn in Gosbeck, Suffolk (now a private house), which had a water mill at the side, and the money from the mill used to subsidise the pub, which made very little profit.

[Brie]

Hi,

The page below lists Suffolk History Societies. The two seemingly most relevent are SIAS (Suffolk Industrial Archaeological Society) and Suffolk Mills Group.

http://www.suffolklocalhistorycouncil.org.uk/organization.html

Brie

[Suffolk Mawther]

Hello Brie and whitemiller

Unfortunately our address has been poached and the URL that you gave no longer belongs to the Suffolk Local History Council, which you will find using www.slhc.org.uk

There is a Suffolk Mills Group at http://www.suffolkmills.org.uk/
Glorious photograph of Saxtead Mill on the Home Page.

http://www.great-finborough.suffolk.gov.uk/ is the village web site

There is a fledgling web site being created for Somersham at ONE-SUFFOLK http://www.onesuffolk.co.uk/somershamPC/

Pat ...
Hon Recorders' Secretary

Suffolk Local History Council, Suffolk House,
2 Wharfedale Road, Ipswich IP1 4JP
http://www.slhc.org.uk/
Local History Recorder for the parish of
Little Waldingfield

[Suffolk Mawther]

Apologies Brie,

I just tried the URL you gave and it works.

Our solicitor must have made a good case for us 

Pat ...