1811

A declaration by a Joseph Simpson on 19 June 1846 states that “The piece of land on which the Steam Mill now stands was the property of William Warren and afterwards of his nephew Thomas Whitaker according to the terms of Mr. Warren's will. The 1811 Census records a William Warren as living in Fen Street.

12/13 April 1820

Ownership was transferred to William Stammers. (From Conveyance 13 Oct 1846)

6 July 1821

First mention of the Steam Mill House in the “Nayland Town Books” show that Thomas & William Stammers had the property valued for rating purposes (from £160 to £220 par annum)

6 Nov

1839

‘Rent charge in lieu of tithes in the Parish of Nayland' describes the property as the Steam Flour Mill, owned & occupied by W. Stammers

13 Oct

1846

A Conveyance refers to The Steam Engine House with Steam Engine Boiler Furnaces machinery and fixtures.Also, “all that of a flour mill adjoining the House with all the machinery and gears, and yards, gardens and appurtenances belonging to Engine House and Mill.” South – premises belonged to a Thomas Whitaker, garden ground- perpetual curacy of Nayland East – cottages belonged to Thomas Carrington West – Engine House and Mill – 3 tenements, occupied by a Mary Firmin, widow

26 Dec

1854

House and Mill mortgaged to Jeremiah Stannard and Hannah Green

15 Dec

1894

Hannah Green died on 27 Jan 1876 leaving her estate to her son William Stannard Green, but also gave notice that Jeremiah Stannard still owed the total amount of the mortgage plus a further sum borrowed on a promissory note. As a result, the property was conveyed to auctioneer and land agent Henry Grimwade for a sum which was less than the amount owed.

17 March

1897

Henry Grimwade sold 1 Fen Street to Carl Cetti Bendixen who was a leather merchant in Nayland from the late 1890s until the first world war. Carl died in the first world war in June 1915.

22 Jan

1920

1 Fen Street was held in trust by Carl's solicitors until letters of administration were granted to his unmarried daughter May Bendixen in Nov 1915

Sold to Bernard Walsh. The Conveyance records ‘ all that warehouse and premises

known as The Warehouse' and the plan shows no sign of the former Engine House in the garden but shows on the north side a building which at various times was a boiler house, a men's club, a guitar workshop and now a private house over the mill stream.

Nov 1921

Mr. Bernard Walsh sold the property to Mrs. Harriet Sidney-Wilmot

15 April

1930

Mrs. Harriet Sidney-Wilmot sold the property to Joseph Raymond Shakespear Wickham, a Lieutenant-Commander in the navy. The property was known as The Warehouse.

21 May

1930

1 Fen Street was let on an annual basis to Mary Dorothea Moore

1932

The property was leased by Mr. Macbeth's parents who rented it from Mr. J.R.S. Wickham

7 Dec

1964

Mr. Macbeth bought the property from Mr. Wickham but he was unable to purchase the plot of land where the garages now stand. Mr. Macbeth's parents at one time used to have a chicken run and vegetable plot on this piece of land which was rented separately.

5 th Nov

1991

Gerry Toplis and Brenda Assing bought the property from Mr. & Mrs. Macbeth who then emigrated to Australia.