The Watermills of Suffolk
The list of Suffolk watermills below is as near as possible a definitive list of known watermill sites in the county. Where possible we have created a link to an old photograph of the watermill that occupied (or occupies) the site.
Please note that this is a work in progress. We shall be developing this list over time with the intention of it becoming a definitive list of mill sites. We shall be creating a similar list for known windmill sites as well and it is hoped that we shall soon have a resource as exhaustive as our neighbours in Norfolk.
Names are set to the spelling of their full title – e.g. Great Thurlow is under G; Little Thurlow is under L, etc. Those entries bolded refer to mill sites that are still occupied by substantial remains.
Index of Suffolk Watermills
Aldham Mill on the River Brett
Alpheton Mill on the River Stour, trib. River Chad
Ashen Mill on the River Stour (Essex)
Assington Mill on the River Stour, trib. un-named
Badley Mill on the River Gipping
Bardwell Mill on the River Ouse, trib. River Blackbourne
Bardwell Old Mill on the River Ouse, trib. River Blackbourne
Barking Mill on the River Gipping
Barnham Mill on the River Ouse
Barton Mills on the River Lark
Baylham Mill on the River Gipping
Baylham Green Mill on the River Gipping
Baythorn Mill on the River Stour (Essex)
Bentley Mill on the River Stour, trib. Hol Brook
Blythburgh Mill on the River Blyth
Borley Mill on the River Stour (Essex)
Boxford Mill on the River Stour, trib. River Box
Bramford Mill on the River Gipping
Bramford Old Paper Mill on the River Gipping
Brundon Mill on the River Stour
Bucklesham Mill on the River Deben, trib. Kirton Creek
Bungay, Bardolphs Watermill on the River Waveney
Bungay, Wainford Mill on the River Waveney (Norfolk)
Bungay, Watermill on the River Waveney
Bures Mill on the River Stour
Butley Mill on the River Alde, Butley River
Campsea, Ash Mill on the River Deben
Cavendish Mill on the River Stour
Cavendish, Puddock Mill on the River Stour
Cavenham Mill on the River Lark, trib. Cavenham Brook
Chelmondiston Pin Mill on the River Gipping, trib. Belstead Brook
Clare Mill on the River Stour
Conard, Bakers Mill on the River Stour
Copdock Mill, on the River Gipping, trib. Belstead Brook
Creeting All Saints, Bosmere Mill on the River Gipping
Creeting Saint Mary, Hawke Mill on the River Gipping
Culford Mill on the River Lark
Ditchingham Mill, on the River Waveney (NORFOLK)
Earsham Mill, on the River Waveney (NORFOLK)
East Bergholt, Flatford Mill, on the River Stour
Ellingham Mill, on the River Waveney (NORFOLK)
Erwarton Mill, on the River Stour
Euston, Crosswater Mill , on the River Ouse, trib. River Blackbourne
Exning Mill, on the River Lark
Eyke Mill, on the River Deben
Flempton Mill, on the River Lark, trib. Flempton Brook
Fornham Saint Martin Mill, on the River Lark
Glemsford Mill, on the River Stour, trib. River Glem
Glemsford, Silk Mill, on the River Stour, trib. River Glem
Glemsford, Weston Mill, on the River Stour
Great Blakenham Mill, on the River Gipping
Hacheston, Glevering Mill, on the River Deben
Hadleigh, Bridge Street Mill, on the River Brett
Hadleigh, Toppesfield Mill, on the River Brett
Hengrave Mill, on the River Lark
Henny Mill, on the River Stour (ESSEX)
Higham, Oil Mills, on the River Brett
Holbrook Mill, on the River Stour, trib. Hol Brook
Homersfield Mill, on the River Waveney
Homersfield, Wortwell (Limbourne) Mill, on the River Waveney
Hoxne Mill, on the River Waveney
Icklingham Mill, on the River Lark
Icklingham All Saints Mill, on the River Lark
Ipswich, Anglesey Paper Mills, on the River Gipping
Ipswich, Handford Mill, on the River Gipping
Ipswich, Horswade Mill, on the River Gipping
Ipswich, Stoke Mill, on the River Gipping
Ixworth, Abbey Mill, on the River Ouse, trib. River Blackbourne
Ixworth, Ixworth Mill, on the River Ouse, trib. River Blackbourne
Keddington Mill, on the River Stour
Kersey Mill, on the River Brett
Kettleburgh Mill, on the River Deben
Lakenheath Mill, on the River Ouse, trib. Eriswell Lode
Laxfield Mill, on the River Blyth
Layham Mill, on the River Brett
Letheringham Mill, on the River Deben
Liston Mill, on the River Stour (ESSEX)
Little Glemham/Blaxhall Mill, on the River Alde
Long Melford Mill, on the River Stour
Long Melford, Corn Mill, on the River Stour, trib. River Chad
Long Melford, Paper Mill, on the River Stour
Melton Mill, on the River Deben
Mendham Mill, on the River Waveney
Mildenhall, Larks Mill, on the River Lark
Monks Eleigh, Lower Mill, on the River Brett
Monks Eleigh, Upper Mill, on the River Brett
Nayland, Lower Mill, on the River Stour
Nayland, Middle Mill, on the River Stour
Nayland, Upper Mill, on the River Stour
Nedging Mill, on the River Brett
Oakley Mill, on the River Waveney
Pakenham Mill, on the River Ouse, trib. River Blackbourne
Pentlow Mill, on the River Stour (ESSEX)
Pettistree Mill, on the River Deben
Playford Mill, on the River Deben, trib.
Polstead Mill, on the River Stour, trib. River Box, Polstead Stream
Raydon Mill, on the River Brett
Sapiston Mill, on the River Ouse, trib. River Blackbourne
Sapiston, Old Mill, on the River Ouse, trib. River Blackbourne
Semer, Hocking Mill, on the River Brett
Semer, Semer Mill, Ash Street Mill, on the River Brett
Shottisham Mill, on the River Deben, trib. Shottisham Creek
Sproughton Mill, on the River Gipping
Stoke by Clare, Stoke Mill, on the River Stour
Stoke by Nayland Mill, on the River Stour
Stowmarket, Ford or Combs Mill, on the River Gipping
Stowmarket, Rufford’s Mill, on the River Gipping
Stowmarket, Stow Mill, on the River Gipping
Stowupland Mill, on the River Gipping
Stratford Saint Mary Mill, on the River Stour
Stutton Mill, on the River Stour, trib. Hol Brook
Stutton – New Mills, on the River Stour
Sudbury Mill, on the River Stour
Syleham Mill, on the River Waveney
Thorp-Morieux Mill, on the River Brett
Thurston Mill, on the River Ouse, trib. River Blackbourne
Thorington Street, Oil Mill, on the River Stour, trib. River Box
Tuddenham Mill, on the River Lark, trib. Tuddenham Mill Stream
Ufford Mill, on the River Deben
Washbrook Mill, on the River Gipping, trib. Belstead Brook
Wenhaston/Mells Mill, on the River Blyth
West Stow, Chimney Mill, on the River Lark
Weybread, Lucks Mill, on the River Waveney
Weybread, Middle Mill, on the River Waveney
Weybread, Upper Mill, on the River Waveney
Wickham Market Mill, on the River Deben
Wissington, Wiston Mill, on the River Stour
Withendale Mill, on the River Stour
Wixoe Mill, on the River Stour
Woodbridge, Tide Mill, on the River Deben
Wormingford Mill, on the River Stour (ESSEX)