Author: Elizabeth Trout

Robin and Simpkin: millers and thieves in the Canterbury Tales

Millers in medieval times were often stereotyped as rogues and thieves. Two vivid descriptions of contemporary medieval millers appear in...

Thomas Cogan (1545-1607): Brown bread is good for the digestion

Thomas Cogan (Coghan) observed in his book The Haven of Health (published in 1584) that: Browne bread made of the...

John Figgis Morton (1872-1958)

or Mr Hovis and the triumph of advertising brown bread Hovis is a distinctive brand of brown bread.  However, it...

Robert Stone (1852-1918)

Diaries of a Country Miller at Pangbourne, Berkshire Robert Stone was baptised on 28 February 1852 in High Wycombe, the...

International Women’s Day – Marjorie Isabel Batten 1903-1962

To celebrate International Women’s Day, today the 8th March, our Information Manager, Elizabeth, has been looking at the role of...

The mills built on bones delivered by a Wolf(e)

Last week, Tom, one of our dedicated volunteers, found amongst the press cuttings, a piece of card upon which were...

Word of the Day: FAN!

On the hottest day of the year ever recorded in the UK, we are doing our best to keep cool...

Nomination of the Mills Archive for the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service

The Mills Archive are thrilled to announce that we have been nominated for the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service. To...

Armistice 100: Armistice Day 11 November 1918 – a soldier’s view

“Dear Auntie, I escaped from Germany a few days ago and on crossing the frontier was told the very welcome...

World Book Day: Read a mill story and dress up as a miller

I well remember World Book Day from when my children were at primary school. Choosing a book to read and...

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