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Ludham Bridge Beaumont's drainage pump River Ant |
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c.1905
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Ludham Bridge Beaumont's drainage mill stood just to the southeast of Ludham bridge on the north bank of the river. The mill was known as Beaumont's Mill as it was run by Charles Beaumont in its latter years. At one point the tower was heightened. The mill had an Norfolk boat shaped cap and a fantail. The two pairs of odd patent sails were struck via a chain pole.
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Charles Beaumont, wife Algar, and son Randell - c.1905 |
Charles Beaumont's wife Algar's father was the landlord of the Dog Inn at Ludham. |
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c.1925 |
Site of a much-photographed brick tower drainage windmill. It was built in 1800-1802 in association with the enclosure of Ludham marshes. It drained land on both north and south sides of Ludham Bridge, although it was supported from circa 1877 by the small mill built to the north of the bridge and the addition of a steam engine plant built on a site closer to the bridge, to the north west, during the 1890s. It was still working in the mid 1930s but stood as a derelict brick tower only during the 1940s and 1950s. The remains are believed to have been cleared away in the 1960s. Alison Yardy (HES) - 11 August 2011 |
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11th September 1934 |
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c.1930 |
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c.1960 |
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O. S. Map 1905 Courtesy of NLS map images |
1800-1802: Mill built in association with the enclosure of Ludham Marshes |
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