St James Mill is an English

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mill in

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. It was built between 1836 and 1839 as part of an attempt by the Norwich Yarn Company (established 1833 by

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) to prevent the collapse of the local textile trade. The architect was John Brown. The site was occupied by the White Friars (

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) in the 13th century, and an original arch and

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survive. When the local textile trade went into further decline, St James Mill was bought by Jarrold & Sons Ltd for use by its printing department in 1902. The building was subsequently leased to Caley's, the chocolate manufacturer, and sold to the government as a training factory for war veterans in 1920.

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bought back the mill in 1933 and today it is a private office complex. Among the organisations based there are Virgin Wines and Norfolk Community Foundation. Norwich 12 Leaflet, Norwich HEART, 2010Norwich 12 Guidebook, Norwich HEART, 2008. The mill is part of the

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John Jarrold Printing Museum
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