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A light-pink brick house with a green door, a festive wreath, and decorative white wooden trim on the eaves and porch.

32 Mill Lane, Linton

32 Mill Lane, The Mill House, Linton

History of The Mill House

Listed Building:

House, formerly the mill house. Mid to late C19, possibly an addition to an C18 house.

Two-story white painted brick house with decorative bargeboards on gables and a teal double door entrance under a small porch.

Mill House, Linton


1881 2 Mill Cottage

George Grayston, 38, miller, b Castle Camps

Cecilia,

Charles H, 14, employed in kitchen, b Essex

William, 13, employed in corn miller, b Essex

Kate, 8,

James, 6,

Annie E, 5,

Ada, 2,

Harry P, 1,

In 1851 John Grayston was a journeyman miller at the Mill House in Castle Camps.

In 1861 the family were at the mill in Wicken, Essex

In 1871 the family were at the mill in Little Linton


1891 Mill Lane, 1 Nicholls Cottages

George Grayston, 48, miller, b Castle Camps

Cecilia, 50, b Suffolk

Kate, 18, b Essex

Harry, 11, b Essex

Cecilia, 3, b Essex

Walter, 8 mos, b Essex


1901

George Grayston, 58, foreman in flour mill, b Castle Camps

Cecilia, 60, b Suffolk

Ada, 22, dressmaker, b Linton

Cecilia, 13, b Linton

Walter George, 11, b Linton

Kate Flowerdem, daughter, 28, b Linton

Dorothy Flowerdem, 3, b Eaton Socon

Ellen Flowerdem, 1, b Eaton Socon

In 1911 George and Cecilia were living in Eaton Socon.

Walter would go on to train as a gardener and after WWI became head gardener at Anglesey Abbey. He died in 1957 and is buried with his wife at Lode.

Building dates

  • Built 1830–1899
Sources for this date
  • Built by 1899: EPC construction age band: before 1900
  • Built 1830–1899: Listed building: Mid to late C19

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