Shipdham
West End
postmill


West End mill c.1900
West End mill c.1900

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

West End mill c.1910
West End mill c.1910

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

Faden's map 1797: Mill (Shipdham Green)

Bryant's map 1826: Mill

Census 1841:

William Fendick (28) miller
Sarah Fendick (28)

John Rumble (30) journeyman miller

Hannah Rumble (25)

James Rumble (6); Mary Rumble (4); James Rumble (3); Charlotte Rumble (1)

Address: Little Hale

George Bee (25) journeyman miller
Harriet Bee (20)
Martha Bee (1)

Census 1851:

William Stringer (52) b.Garveston, miller

Hannah Stringer (42) b.Houghton, Suffolk, miller wife

William Stringer (21) b.Garveston, miller son

Robert Stringer Son b.Garveston, miller son

Address: Little Hale


Kelly's 1854: William Stringer, miller

White's 1883: Thomas Lincoln, farmer & landowner, Mill Farm

O.S. map 1891: Windmill (corn)


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