Cringleford postmill
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This windmill was marked on the 1797 map. |
All Persons having any legal Claims of Demand on the Estate and Effects of Mr. PHILIP PEDDER, of Cringleford in the County of Norfolk, Flour Merchant, deceased, are hereby requested to deliver in an Account of the same immediately to the widow of the deceased, at her now Dwelling-house in Cringleford aforesaid; and all Persons who are in any ways indebted to the Estate and Effects as above, are requested to pay in the same to the said Mr. Pedder, in order to prevent further trouble. |
There was a storm in Norfolk on the 5th November 1795 and the mill suffered heavily |
The following melancholy accident happened during the late high wind; Mr. John Greef, of Cranworth, being in his mill at the time it was blown down, was unfortunately killed by its fall. |
The above newspaper report was the last known mention of the windmill. |
DIED |
Wednesday died, Mrs. Elizabeth Pedder, of Cringleford, aged 76. |
The Poll Book of 1802, listed Laurence Candler as miller of Cringleford but it is unclear if he ran the windmill or the watermill. |
DIED |
Yesterday se’nnight, at Cringleford, Mrs. S. Pedder, relict of the late Mr. Philip Pedder |
It would seem that the windmill was so badly damaged that it was demolished soon after the storm in 1795, with nearby Cringleford watermill taking the trade. |
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Nat Grid Ref TG19450600 |
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