To Millers
To Let with possession at Michaelmas next
A POST WINDMILL with good roundhouse, driving two pairs of stones, with 3 acres of Arable Land, situate at Moulton near Acle.
Apply to J. Youngs Wickhampton.
Norfolk News - 3rd October 1863

TO BE LET with Immediate Possession
A MESSUAGE, WINDMILL and 3a. 0r. 32p. of LAND at Moulton in Norfolk, now in the occupation of John Youngs.
For further particulars apply to Mr. Jas. Youngs of Wickhampton in Norfolk, Farmer.
Norfolk News - 3rd & 10th October & 9th December 1863

To be Let
A MESSUAGE. WINDMILL and 3a. and 32p. of Land at Moulton in Norfolk, now in the occupation of John Youngs.
For further particulars apply to Mr. R. H. Reeve, Solicitor, Lowestoft or to Mr. James Youngs of Wickhampton in Norfolk, Farmer.
Norfolk News - 10th September 1864

For a few years now I have been writing a history of my old company Messrs Broom and Wade Ltd of High Wycombe (now defunct) 1898 - 2006. One of the founders, Harry Skeet Broom was born at Moulton St Mary and his grandfather was John Broom 1807 - 1873 the miller at the post mill. Harry Broom 1875 - 1967 never knew his grandfather, and he lost his own father (also named John Broom 1836 - 1881 ) at the age  of 5/6. The father was farmer of 609 acres.
The 1841 census captures John Broom and noted as a miller at Moulton, and in 1851 he is noted as a farmer. This marries in  line with your references for the post mill.  John Broom aged 34  in 1841 appears to have an assistant miller - Thomas Napp, who in 1851 census is a journeyman miller over at Loddon.
In 1938 40 years after the founding of the company the first recall of the how the company started get to be noted down by Harry Brown. One of the things mentioned was that his grandfather was a 'constructor and repairer of windmills'.
Until I saw your website on the post mill I had taken the construction / miller aspect as being one of the water pumping mills that abound the area.
My question to you is how assured can I be that John Broom was a constructor of windmills ?? Where did the division of the constructor of the mill and the operator of the mill occur. Were there masons and carpenters specialising in mill construction, and the millers were the users only.
Peter Tozer - 8th October 2012
Millwrights - JJN