The station was planned to have passed through their private land at Howick Hall.

Charles, Earl Grey protested to the engineer, because he did not want the family's private land to be violated.

By then, Earl Grey had died and so his son, Henry, was the one to enjoy the privileges of the private station.

Little Mill was one of the stations that closed due to the second world war on 5 May 1941.

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