The map produced by Faden's in 1797[2] records a mill at "Glanford" on the river Glaven.

The present mill is constructed with Norfolk red brick and flints that had been taken from a local gravel pit on the eastern side of the Glaven valley above Glandford.

[2] A letter written by him in 1824 records that the tides running up the Glaven from the nearby coast would pass through the water wheel into the mill dam beyond.

When the present mill was first built in 1907, it was owned by Sir Alfred Jodrell who lived at Bayfield Hall.

The mill finally ceased operation some time around the Second World War.