Norfolk Mills - North Elmham post windmill

North Elmham
postmill

North Elmham postmill stood just to the northwest of Worthing_watermill. The postmill used one pair of five foot stones and one pair of four foot stones and a flour mill. A bake office was being run on the site in 1843. Production was modest with five sacks of flour being produced per week.

Norfolk Chronicle - 10th May 1783

Norwich Mercury - 9th September 1843

Norwich Mercury - 29th June 1844

1772: Henry Jacob, miller

1783: Henry Jacob died

Faden's map 1797: Windmill

White's 1836: Augustin Dewing, corn miller

Pigot's 1839: Joshua Mayston, miller

September 1843: Mill advretised to be let

June 1844: Mill advertised for sale and to be removed

White's 1845: Joshua Mayston, corn miller

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Nat Grid Ref TF99652015

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