Research Publications

This page celebrates our long-standing tradition of scholarly publications, providing an overview of the various volumes we’ve published over the years. Readers are encouraged to explore these works: physical copies are available for purchase through our website, while all volumes except the two aforementioned are freely downloadable from our Academia page at https://independent.academia.edu/TheMillsArchiveTrust.

Firstly, in any review of our publications, we should acknowledge Guy Blythman: our most prolific contributor. He has written or contributed to 4 out of our 21 total published books, not including the many things he has written and self-published. Guy has an incredibly observant eye for windmills: his publications with the Trust are Nottinghamshire Windmills (2024), Buckinghamshire Windmills (2020), Windmills of Berkshire and Oxfordshire (2020) and the Windmills of Hampshire and Isle of Wight (2016).

Blythman’s aforementioned volumes all consist of detailed descriptions of defining characteristics of the mills in their counties; a general technical description of the mills; a historical survey of the county; information about the county’s social history (including millwrights); and finally a very detailed gazetteer of each of the mills in the county, some of which remain unidentified. For the budding mill enthusiast to the seasoned molinologist, Blythman’s books are some of the most detailed surveys available – and filled with depth and colour. We would recommend them wholeheartedly.

Other notable mentions include Mills at War (2019) by Dr. Ron and Mildred Cookson, a riveting social history on the effects of war on mills, food supply, culture and arms manufacture. Peter Sinclair’s Corn and Flour Milling in Newry (2022), our most popular read on Academia, is another social history detailing the 19^th Century’s Irish Famine and the impact of American importation on the country. It discusses each of the Newry Town (and surrounding area’s) mills, offering a history of the millers and owners that maintained them. This brilliant history of 1930s America is a must read for all historians. Finally, The London Millwrights: Masters and Journeymen in the Late 18^th and Early 19^th Centuries is another fascinating social, economic and political history on the relationship between London’s millwrights and their masters.

If you are interested in publishing with us, please email outreach@millsarchive.org. We are in the process of expanding our academic output and would love to hear from you.