Rodmell Works was founded as a cement works with a rotary kiln in 1932, adjacent to Asham Quarry, using a narrow-gauge tramway. Cement was carried to Asham Wharf on the Ouse by an aerial ropeway and there loaded into boats piloted up and down the Ouse by tugs. Clay from Piddinghoe and coal for the kilns were shipped in. The works closed in 1975.
