Shipdham
Mill Road
postmill


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Shipdham had three windmills, a post mill in Mill Road, another in Market Street and West End postmill in Little Hale Road at the opposite side of the village. All three mills were shown on the 1891 O.S. map.

James Littleproud, married Mary Jarrold and she continued as miller after James died in 1850.


O.S. Map 1891
Image produced from the www.old-maps.co.uk service with permission of Landmark Information Group Ltd. and Ordnance Survey

My grandfather occupied this mill from 1904 - 1908. He was Frederick Ketteringham (August. 1861 - March 1942) He was a brother of Albert Ketteringham (b. Sept. 1858) who operated the Wramplingham_mill. Their mother was a Maria Littleproud (1826-1903), her father was born at Cranworth in 1800 but I do not know if they were connected to any of the Littleprouds that were millers.
 
Family legend has it that my grandfather could not make it pay because of the struggle to get payment from the farmers. Unfortunately I do not have any photographs or paper work to confirm the above information. My mother (she was born in 1900) lived at the mill in Shipdham and we paid a visit to the Mill House in Mill Road shortly before she died in 1993. She spent some time at Wramplingham Mill after 1908 and she often spoke of visiting  Cranworth.

After the mill her parents had a Laundry in the Barford area, then took on the village shop in Marlingford for 30 years from about 1920.
Brenton A. Howard - 11th June 2007

Faden's map 1797: Mill

Bryant's map 1826: Mill

Census 1841:

James Littleproud (75) miller
Mary Littleproud (65)
Sophia Littleproud (30)

Thomas Littleproud (20)

Address: Long Lane


John Baker (35) miller
Rebecca Baker (35)
Richardson Baker (10)

Address: Mill Street


16th March 1850: James Littleproud died

Census 1851:

Mary Littleproud (76) b.Market Weston, Suffolk, miller

Thomas Littleproud (36) b.Cranworth, miller manager

Susan Lingwood (25) b.Shipdham, general servant

William Littleproud (15) b.Cranworth, miller's servant (grandson)

Address: The Mill, Long Lane


John Barker (14) b.Shipdham, miller's apprentice (living at home, father a baker)

Address: Mill Street

Kelly's 1854: Thomas Littleproud, miller

Census 1861: Robert Littleproud, miller

Kelly's 1879: Robert Littleproud, miller

Census 1881: Robert Littleproud, miller & corn dealer

White's 1883: Robert Littleproud, miller, corn and coal merchant, mail contractor

O.S. map 1891: Windmill (corn)

Kelly's 1904: Frederick Ketteringham, miller (wind)

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