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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. |
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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 |
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
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| Faden's map 1797: Mill Draught O.S. Map 1814-1818: Mill Bryant's map 1826: Mill
16th March 1850: James Littleproud died
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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