Month: November 2008

Millwrighting Tradition

Mike Beacham writes about traditional millwrighting practices and how they vary to meet specific regional needs. Examples from Schleswig-Holstein, Eire,...

Green Power is not so simple!

Frans Bouwers from Belgium responded to William Hill’s news item on watermills and green power (see the thread “Anyone interested...

Chislet Mill anyone?

Author: Virginia Silvester I have done a lot of research on the early millers at Chislet and this is detailed...

Sussex Industrial History Online

Don Cox has emailed to announce the annual periodical of the Sussex Industrial Archaeology Society, which includes the Sussex Mills...

The only English village with two working post mills?

Author: Sussex Mill On Thursday 23rd October 2008, Oldland Windmill ground flour for the first time in around 100 years....

Frank Gregory and his model of Nutley Mill

The photograph was probably taken in about 1970. Frank displays his model of Nutley post mill which shows the mill...

Maud Foster windmill has lost a sail

Author: Peter King In the high winds of last weekend, 8th-9th November, Maud Foster mill in Boston had one of...

Anyone Interested in Mill News?

William Hill regularly circulates a list of links to current media reports on windmills and watermills. I have copied his...

What has happened to Mill Research?

Although we get a steady stream of enquiries at the Mills Archive, most originate from family historians or owners of...

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