Gur Beck

Gur Beck
River
Country	England
State	Norfolk
Region	East of England
District	North Norfolk
Source
- location	Near the Village of West Beckham, East of England, England
- elevation	262 ft (80 m)
Mouth	Merges with the Scarrow Beck
- coordinates	52°52′23.5″N 1°15′19.6″E / 52.873194°N 1.255444°E / 52.873194; 1.255444
Length	4.2 mi (7 km)
Gur Beck Source within North Norfolk
watermills Gresham

Gur Beck is a minor watercourse which rises in the north of the English county of Norfolk.^[1] It is a tributary of the Scarrow Beck. Its spring is a little east of the North Norfolk village of West Beckham. It eventually merges after 4.2 miles (6.8 km) with the Scarrow Beck at Sustead. There is one watermill on the beck. This can be found in the village of Gresham, but is no longer in working order.

Gresham Castle moat

Just south of the village of Gresham are the remains of Gresham Castle, a moated fortified manor house that was once the property of the Paston family. The waters of the moat were once supplied from Gur beck which now has been re-directed and runs approximately 50 meters adjacent to the remains of the castle.

Gresham Watermill

Gresham Watermill was only a small mill and today all that remains is the mill house with the watercourse channel and a small part of the foundations lying to the west side of the mill house.^[2] The site later became known as Old Watermill Farm and is in Lower Gresham. In 1819 the mill was powering two pairs of French burr stones, which were used to ground local wheat to produce flour.

References

v t e Rivers and watercourses of Norfolk River Ainse (or Eyn) River Ant River Babingley Beeston Beck River Bure River Burn River Chet River Cong River Gadder Gaywood River River Glaven River Great Ouse Gur Beck Hagon Beck River Heacham River Hor River Hun River Ingol River Little Ouse River Mun River Nar River Nene North Walsham & Dilham Canal Panford Beck Penny Spot Beck Scarrow Beck Spring Beck River Stiffkey River Tas River Tat River Thet River Thurne River Tiffey River Tud River Waveney River Wensum Wisbech Canal River Wissey River Yare

v t e Watermills of Norfolk Aldborough Watermill Bolwick Hall Watermill Bintry Watermill Buxton Watermill Congham Oil Mill Eade’s Watermill Gimingham Watermill Glandford Watermill Gresham Watermill Gunton Park Sawmill Heacham Watermill Hempstead Watermill Kettle Watermill Lenwade Watermill Letheringsett Watermill Letheringsett Brewery watermill Mundesley Watermill Narborough Bone Mill Narborough Watermill Sheringham Watermill Snettisham Watermill Weybourne Watermill