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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head><!-- Google tag (gtag.js) --> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-QVC3JNXR3E"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-QVC3JNXR3E'); </script> <title>Norfolk Mills - Martham steam mill</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" /> <link href="../Linkstyle.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> <style type="text/css"> <!-- .style4 {font-size: 14px} .style7 { font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; } body,td,th { color: #840000; } .style19 {font-size: 10pt} .style22 {font-size: 12pt} .style26 {font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; } .style28 { font-family: Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; } .style31 {color: #840000} --> </style> </head> <body bgcolor="#FFF9F9" link="#0000FF" vlink="#990000"> <a name="top" id="top"></a> <br /> <table width="274" border="5" align="center" bgcolor="#C5E6FE"> <tr> <td> <div align="center"><font size="7" color="#000066">Martham<br /> Steam Mill</font></div> </td> </tr> </table> <div align="center"><br /> <table width="158" border="1" align="center" cellpadding="3" bgcolor="#C5E6FE"> <tr> <td width="70" height="20"><div align="center" class="style22"> <div align="left" class="style19"> <div align="right" class="style26"> <div align="center"><font face="Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, san-serif" color="#0000FF"><a href="../index.html" class="style19">Home</a></font></div> </div> </div> </div> <div align="center" class="style22"></div></td> <td width="64"><div align="center"><font color="#0000FF" face="Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, san-serif"><a href="../contact.html" class="style19">Contact</a></font></div></td> </tr> </table> <br /> <table width="522" border="1" align="center" cellpadding="3" bgcolor="#C5E6FE"> <tr> <td width="110" height="20"><div align="center" class="style22"> <div align="left" class="style19"> <div align="center"><a href="../windmills-corn.html"><font color="#0000FF" face="Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, san-serif">Corn Windmills</font></a></div> </div> </div></td> <td width="100" valign="middle"><div align="center" class="style19"> <div align="center"><font face="Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, san-serif" color="#0000FF"><a href="../watermills.html">Watermills</a></font></div> </div></td> <td width="150" valign="top"><div align="center"><font face="Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, san-serif" color="#0000FF"><a href="../windmills-corn.html" class="style19">Drainage Windpumps</a></font></div></td> <td width="120" valign="middle"><div align="center"><a href="../steam-mills.html"><span class="style28">Steam Mills</span></a></div></td> </tr> </table> <br /> <table width="293"> <tr> <td><img src="../images-steam/Martham-steam-mill-c.1980.jpg" alt="c.1980" width="293" height="450" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td><div align="center" class="style28">c.1980</div></td> </tr> </table> </div> <br /> <table width="640" align="center" bgcolor="#FFE6E6"> <tr> <td><div align="justify"><font face="Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, san-serif" size="2">Martham Steam Mill stood in Back Lane and was built by Thomas Dybal c.1896. The three storey mill operated as an animal feed mill.</font><font face="Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, san-serif" color="#000066"><span class="style4"> <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"> <!-- var nic="jneville"; var at="@"; var dom="norfolkmills.co.uk" document.write("<a href=mailto:"+nic+at+dom+">email</a>"); --></script> </span></font> </div></td> </tr> </table> <br /> <table width="640" align="center" bgcolor="#FFE6E6"> <tr> <td><div align="justify"><font face="Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, san-serif" size="2">When the mill commenced operation, it was run by Thomas Dyball's son Edward Arthur Dyball, who also became a farmer and a corn & flour merchant. <br /> When Edward Dyball died in 1933, his will decreed that the steam mill should be managed by his executors for the financial benefit of his wife Rachel for the natural term of her life and that his son, Thomas should be the paid manager, if he so wished. Thomas took up this option and the mill then commenced trading under the name of <span class="style7">E. A. Dyball, Exors</span>. When Rachel died on 23rd November 1953, Thomas Dyball<em> </em>took up the option, provided by the terms of his father’s Will, to purchase the mill and run the business under his own name. Thomas continued to run the business until he died on 13th March 1961.</font> </div></td> </tr> </table> <br /> <table width="293" align="center"> <tr> <td><img src="../images-steam/Martham-Steam-interior-c.1955.jpg" alt="c.1955" width="600" height="374" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td><div align="center" class="style28">Mill interior c.1955</div></td> </tr> </table> <br /> <table width="800" border="1" align="center"> <tr> <td><img src="../Maps/Martham-steam-map-1946.jpg" alt="1946" width="800" height="450" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td><div align="center"> <p><font face="Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, san-serif" size="2">O. S. Map 1946<br /> Steam mill buildings marked in red with <a href="../Windmills/martham-hemsby-rd-towermill.html">Martham Hemsby Rd towermill</a> to the east <br /> </font><font face="Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, san-serif" size="1">Courtesy of NLS map images</font></p> </div></td> </tr> </table> <br /> <table width="640" align="center" bgcolor="#FFE6E6"> <tr> <td><font face="Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, san-serif" size="2">c.1896: Mill built by Thomas Dyball <br /> <br /> Kelly's 1904: Edward Dyball, miller (son of Thomas Dyball) <br /> <br /> 1933: Edward Arthur Dyball died <br /> <br /> 1934: E. A. Dyball, Exors., millers <br /> <br /> 13th March 1961: Thomas Arthur Dyball died <br /> <br /> 1961: Wm. Bracey & Co. farmers & feed merchants<br /> <br /> c.1975: Mill machinery dismantled<br /> <br /> 1976: Smith & Sales joinery leased the mill building<br /> <br /> c.2004: Paul Dickinson bought mill buildings for IT business <br /> <br /> July 2007: Paul Dickinson obtained Planning Permission to convert mill into 7 flats and maisonettes</font></td> </tr> </table> <br /> <table width="577" align="center" bgcolor="#FFE6E6"> <tr> <td><div align="justify"><font face="Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, san-serif" size="2">If you have any memories, anecdotes or photos please let us know and we may be able to use them to update the site. 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