Millers in medieval times were often stereotyped as rogues and thieves. Two vivid descriptions of contemporary medieval millers appear in...
Thomas Cogan (Coghan) observed in his book The Haven of Health (published in 1584) that: Browne bread made of the...
or Mr Hovis and the triumph of advertising brown bread Hovis is a distinctive brand of brown bread. However, it...
Hannah Wilkinson Slater (15-12-1774 – 02-10-1812) Hannah Wilkinson Slater was an early American pioneer and inventor. She grew up in...
Sybilla Righton Masters can lay claim to being the first person living in the American colonies to be awarded an...
An interesting candidate for this archive – her links to milling are somewhat tenuous – the link being green energy...
Diaries of a Country Miller at Pangbourne, Berkshire Robert Stone was baptised on 28 February 1852 in High Wycombe, the...
During the lockdown I have been reading through past issues of Milling and Grain, a monthly magazine by Perendale publishers...
By Hayden Francis-Legg, Mildred Cookson and Nathanael Hodge Introduction The milling industry has been pivotal to many historical events. The...
Maria Christina Bruhn was Sweden’s first female inventor in the field of military technology. Born in Stockholm in 1732, she...
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