Month: January 2018

Treasures hidden in binbags

To celebrate #GivingTuesday, each week we will highlight a collection available for adoption. This week we are featuring the Armfield...

John Silman RIP

Author: Sheila Viner Well known to many hundreds of mill and industrial history enthusiasts in Britain and the Continent, John...

Meg O’ The Mill

It was Burns Night last night, so it seemed appropriate to start this week’s blog with a poem by Robert...

Building windmills on top of watermills: The Derek Ogden Collection

To celebrate #GivingTuesday, we are highlighting a collection available for adoption. Today’s collection is the Derek Ogden Collection. A millwright...

Unusual places to find a mill

If asked to picture a mill where roller machinery has been installed, I imagine most people would think either of...

Is there a hole in the Domesday Book?

A recent provocative paper entitled “Why are so few Domesday mills recorded in Devon and Cornwall? A new Thesis” suggests...

Why are so few Domesday mills recorded in Cornwall and Devon? A new thesis

Author: Simon Keith Summary It has been frequently noted by those analysing the 1086 Domesday survey that there are fewer...

The treasure trove that is our Antiquarian Book Collection

To celebrate #GivingTuesday, each week we are highlighting a collection available for adoption. Today’s collection is the Antiquarian Book Collection....

Detective work from the UK to New Zealand

This week has seen me draw from one resource that the Archive houses in large numbers for our roller mill...

Rescue of one of the most important millwright collections

To celebrate #GivingTuesday, each week we will highlight a collection available for adoption. Collection adopters help secure the safety and...

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