Martin Walton Slides Ludham Bridge and the River Ant

Welcome to the Martin Walton slide show of Ludham Bridge and the River Ant. We don't have a recording of Martin giving this presentation, but we have added our own notes to the slides.

Old Ludham Bridge


The Old Bridge was very tight for boats and was known as "The Bung Hole".


Mrs Lombards old cottage south of the bridge.


The cottage once operated as a shop.


Back of the old cottage


Looking downstream (south) from the bridge.


The Old Bridge was damaged in the 1912 floods and was replaced by this one.


Second Bridge in colour 1950s


There were two mills downstream of the Bridge. The large one is Beaumont's Mill on the Ludham Bank, and the skeleton mill was on the Horning Bank.


Beaumonts Mill on the left.


A trading wherry passing the mills


Skeleton Mill


Moorings at Ludham Bridge


Loaded wherry moored at Ludham Bridge


Parkinsons shop and yacht station. This was on the Ludham Bank north of the bridge. It was demolished during WWII for safety reasons.

There is more information about the Ludham Bridges on This Page

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