Use our new interactive resources to discover the history of flour milling, from quern to computer.

Do you want to explore the story of our flour milling history?
Explore our new interactive resources below.

Timelines

From grain, to flour to our daily bread, access our From Quern to Computer timelines which demonstrate how the stories of technological changes to flour milling, and the development of our society, are closely intertwined.

Extended article 

If the images and snippets of description on our From Quern to Computer timelines have caught your interest, you can find out more via these extended articles.  

Written and illustrated by milling experts Martin and Sue Watts, use these articles to discover about changes to corn milling technology, from animal, wind and water power to the modern day roller flour milling industry.  

Printed book

Our timelines and extended From Quern to Computer articles have been drawn together in a printed booklet, featuring illustrations by graphic designer Ioulia Zoukova.

From Quern to Computer: A History of Flour Milling is an accessible and interesting beginners’ guide to flour milling history. You can buy it from our online bookshop (buy ten and you get a discounted rate).  

Your flour milling history

We want to hear from you – what do you think of our new flour milling history resources? Have we missed something?  What do you think were the key developments in flour milling history?  Tell us!

Thank you to the Heritage Lottery Fund for supporting the From Quern to Computer project.