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East Rudham postmill
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c.1900 |
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East Rudham postmill stood to the southwest of the village on the Common within a few hundred yards of the source of the River Wensum. The mill had a two storey roundhouse and four patent sails. A bakehouse was also run from the mill site and by 1896 wind power was being supplemented by steam power. |
Robert Kerrison was recorded as journeyman miller in the 1851 census, was the nephew of Adam Kerrison, the owner of Lt_Snoring_open_trestle_postmill. In the 1841 census Robert Kerrison was working as a baker in Gt Snoring. |
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O.S.
Map 1891
Image produced from the www.old-maps.co.uk service with permission of Landmark Information Group Ltd. and Ordnance Survey |
Cebsus 1841:
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James Kerrison (40) journeyman millwright Elizabeth Kerrison (35) Susan Kerrison (9) |
White's 1836: J. Raven, miller & baker White's 1845: J. Raven, miller & baker
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