This intriguing missive was found by volunteer Tom Hine. The picturesque windmill captured on the front of the postcard carries...
Can you help us identify these archive photos of watermill sites? Unfortunately, many of these are left unidentified or misidentified...
“Some of the work in a flour mill requires a good deal of muscular strength, and in peace days such...
The experience of a national suffrage campaigner which led to the saving of the nation’s watermills. Miss Emilie Montgomery Gardner,...
Stereographic images allowed the Victorians to explore the world from the comfort of their own home. This amusing Gem, a...
Last week we were visited by Dr Jim Moher, author of a new publication about millwrights who were working in...
Author: Orla Taylor-Davies I first heard of the Mills Archive when my mum sent me a photo of an article...
A supposed French invasion craft designed to cross the channel during the Napoleonic Wars. In the late 1790s, Britain was...
A token used when the country was short of money. In the 18th century, a shortage of coins consistently caused...
A pre-war note which became worthless is now an expensive collector’s item. This paper note is an old form of...
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