c.1900
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Upper Sheringham postmill
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c.1900
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Upper Sheringham
postmill was first built in 1575 and probably rebuilt on more than one occasion
during its working life. Steam power was apparently added in 1912 before
the mill ceased working in the 1920s. Early
maps show the mill as Sheringham Mill.
The mill house to the right of the mill still stands but the mill has long gone. The mill stood beside the present A148 close to the junction with Holway Road that leads down to Sheringham and occupied the second highest site of any windmill in Norfolk. It was only a few feet lower than Briningham Smockmill. |
Tenement, windmill and lands in Sheringham and East Beckham leased by Ashe Windham to William Tower for 21 yrs in 1710; with articles of agreement, 1709, and schedule of mill gear. |
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Henry Bright's painting c.1850 |
Henry Bright (1810-1873) of the Norwich School, used this postmill as the subject for his oil painting Windmill at Sheringham, which is in the Norwich Castle Museum collection. Bright's view contained a considerable amount of artistic licence as the mill was never on the spot that Bright suggested it was. |
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Ordnance Survey Map 1890 Image produced from the www.old-maps.co.uk service with permission of Landmark Information Group Ltd. and Ordnance Survey |
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c.1904 |
The Critoph milling family of Sheringham and Upper Sheringham were probably related to Robert Critoph of Gresham who in turn was probably related to William Critoph, who built Yaxham towermill. |
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c.1912 |
Mathew Arthur Slipper, listed as journeyman miller in the 1841 census was the illegitimate son of Charlott Tipple. He was born 18 June 1839 at Itteringham and was apprenticed as a miller at Itteringham_Mill before moving to work at Upper Sheringham. Later still he became the publican of the Lobster Inn at Sheringham. In 1861, he married Susan Cooper, who was born on 22nd December 1843 in Sheringham and they went on to have 10 children. Mathew Arthur Slipper died on 4th November 1919. |
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c.1920 |
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O.S. Map 2006 Image reproduced under licence from Ordnance Survey |
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1575: Mill
built
Kelly's 1854: Samuel Critoph, corn miller Kelly's 1854: John Ward, corn miller
Kelly's 1879: Robert Critoph, corn miller
1895: Mill Cottage extended
1912: Steam power added to supplement wind power |
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