Salthouse postmill


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1649 map by John Hunt
1649 map by John Hunt; redrawn by Val Fiddian - mill bottom right of centre
Image section reproduced from www.salthousehistory.co.uk

Salthouse postmill was shown on John Hunt's map of 1648-1649.


The Description of Salthouse and Kelling Marishes in the County of Norff: as they were Imbanked and Divided into Common and Severall inclosures, Anno Dom. 1648 and 1649.

This is a nineteenth-century facsimile of an original, which was surveyed by John Hunt in 1648-1649. Names enclosures, giving acreages, and hills and banks. Buildings are shown in perspective, including Salthouse church and a post mill. Salthouse main channel is also depicted, and creeks leading into it are named. Two ships are drawn off the coast. With decorated cartouche and scale compasses. Coloured. Scale 1 inch: 20 perches.
Norfolk Record Office - 2007



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