Author: Guy Boocock

Paine’s mills of St Neots

My family roots hail from Huntingdonshire and in particular St Neots which sits right on the boundary of old Bedfordshire...

The Staff of Holmans of Canterbury

A few weeks ago we featured the history of the firm Holman Brothers of Canterbury in our newsletter. In this...

Montefiore Windmill, Jerusalem

The Montefiore Windmill is a landmark in Jerusalem. Built in 1857, it was funded by British Jewish banker and philanthropist...

County Day Series: Huntingdonshire – the Paine’s mills of St Neots

Huntingdonshire was an historic county until it was merged with Cambridgeshire in 1974. However, in 1984, the district was reinstated...

County Day Series: Shropshire – Chipnall Mill

Of the 91 counties and shires of England, Wales and Scotland, several are recognised each year celebrating the cultural heritage...

“The Oldest Bread in the World: the earliest-known evidence of bread-making”

Recent findings at a 14,000-year-old archaeological site in Amman, Jordan have rewritten the history of bread-making by 5,000 years! Rebecca...

Round-up of Explore Your Archive Week 2018

“Explore Your Archive Week 2018”, organised by the Archives and Records Association, has drawn to a close, and we’ve enjoyed...

Armistice 100: The Great War and the Holmans

Like many companies in the milling industry, Holmans Millwrights of Canterbury had men enlist in the First World War. Those...

Michael’s Middle Eastern Adventures

In 2016 when Michael Harverson passed away, his collection of mill material was left to us. We knew his collection...

Be a Mills Detective: May edition

Can you help us identify these archive photos of watermill sites? Unfortunately, many of these are left unidentified or misidentified...

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