« Reply #29 on: Wednesday 05 July 23 12:36 BST (UK) »
Hi delen,
Very late coming back to you, sorry.
No millers at Risby, and the Doomsday ref you talk about I think refers to either a water mill or and animal-driven mill (horse/oxen, etc). The fact that it only had a half suggests that it shared the mill (stones) with a nearby village. I believe that when a "mill" is mentioned in the Doomsday Book it refers to a pair of stones (being one mill), rather than a building as we understand a mill these days. Even powerful water mills in pre-1066 england would have only had 2 pairs of stones at best, and animal-driven mill mosdt likely only 1 pair.
Plots the villages with mills (stones) shows nearly all are by rivers, and those outside of a river catchment would be animal-driven. Certainly no windmills, as these did not arrive un UK till after the start of the Crusades, when soliders brought back the muslim technology.
I hope this helps,
Windy
Hi Windy Miller, I may have asked this before in regards to my Titshall family but have you got any info in my database on Richard Titshall miller? He was born 1728 in Barnham and died in 1807 in Framlingham. Or any Titshall's (and variants) listed in your database?
Researching:
LONDON, Coombs, Roberts, Auber, Helsdon, Fradine, Morin, Goodacre
DORSET Coombs, Munday
NORFOLK Helsdon, Riches, Harbord, Budery
KENT Roberts, Goodacre
SUSSEX Walder, Boniface, Dinnage, Standen, Lee, Botten, Wickham, Jupp
SUFFOLK Titshall, Frost, Fairweather, Mayhew, Archer, Eade, Scarfe
DURHAM Stewart, Musgrave, Wilson, Forster
SCOTLAND Stewart in Selkirk
USA Musgrave, Saix
ESSEX Cornwell, Stock, Quilter, Lawrence, Whale, Clift
OXON Edgington, Smith, Inkpen, Snell, Batten, Brain