Kilham : Farm Mills

Kilham Mill Pond

(including information supplied by the North East Mills Group)

Site Name: Kilham Mill

Grid Reference : NT885325
First recorded C13
Last recorded 1900

There had been at least one corn mill at Kilham from the 13th century onwards. Indeed there is evidence for three or four distinct structures though they were not all necessarily working at the same time. However the later farm mill at Kilham probably did not occupy the same site as any of these. The farm mill is thought to have had a waterwheel of about 20ft diameter, made of iron. This is said to have been in use until about 1900 and was broken up for scrap in the 1970s (Griffith 1974).

Site Name: Thompson’s Walls

Grid Reference : NT867304
First recorded 1860
Last recorded 1950?

A small dam fed by a long race is clearly shown behind the farm building on Ordnance Survey maps from the 1860s through to the 1950s. This is assumed to have been a small farm mill.