The Mills Archive

The Mills Archive contains a wealth of knowledge on millwrighting, particularly in our library. The millwrighting books in our collection...

The flat cap can be traced back to the 14th century in Northern England, when it was more likely to...

In the golden age of roller milling, a few exceptional country mills stood out not only for their technical advancement...

Early mill engineers were concerned with converting the kinetic energy of wind and water into motive power for turning wheels...

The Summers letters are a unique collection of documents salvaged when a millwright’s workshops were converted into a garage in...

Dr Peter Musgrove has been made a CBE, “for services to renewable energy” in the King's Birthday Honours List. CBE...

During my research at the Mills Archive, I often encounter records of successful country mills from the early 20th century....

Ventnor Mill was the oldest building in Ventnor on the Isle of Wight, which was, in about 1760, described as...

A guest post from Grant M. Campbell, Professor of Chemical Engineering, School of Applied Sciences, University of Huddersfield “In these...

The Second Anglo-Boer War began on 11 October 1899. The war between the British Empire and the Boer republics was...