Author: Nathanael Hodge

Industrial Grace: Reimagining the Mill in Modern Art

In the 1800s, there was an influx of artists developing new ways to capture landscapes. Impressionism was a 19th century...

The Sacred Wheel: Mills in Medieval Art

Medieval manuscripts from the 13th and 14th centuries provide vivid and revealing portrayals of the milling world. Illustrated with remarkable...

Caring for your Collection Webinars

Do you have a collection of old newspaper cuttings, photos, drawings, manuscripts or letters? What about emails and digital files?...

Funding Awarded for Millwrighting Collections

We are pleased to announce that the Mills Archive Trust has been successful in acquiring funding from the National Archives...

The Research Association of British Flour Millers

The Research Association of British Flour Millers was founded in 1923 to carry out scientific research that would benefit the...

The History of Hydropower

Hydropower can be generated in many different ways. It can come from tides, waves, and rivers, all of which have...

The History of Wind Turbines

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

The Letters of Millwright Robert Summers

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

Peter Musgrove Receives CBE

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

Ventnor Mill

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

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