Author: Nathanael Hodge

Toy Theatre

This week’s Gem is an unusual item from the Alan Stoyel Collection. It is a set of papers with images...

1552 Indenture

It’s time for the third in our series of 21 gems of the Mills Archive. In the last two newsletters...

Mills on the Chelmer

This week’s newsletter is another extract from the writings and sketchbooks of John Munnings (1916-1987), this time on the mills...

The Threshing Sledge

Two weeks ago our newsletter featured the oldest artefact held by the Mills Archive, the rotary quern from the iron...

Hettie Jones

The last Melin Bompren Miller The county of Ceredigion, corresponding largely with that of Cardiganshire in Wales, is considered a...

An ancient milling revolution

Nathanael Hodge  Happy New Year to all readers of our newsletter! 2023 is the Mills Archive’s 21st birthday, and in...

Roller flour mill collections

At the Mills Archive we have a wide range of interests covering a variety of subjects connected to mills and...

A typical country miller 

A few weeks ago, we featured some of the writing of John Munnings (1916-1987) with his memories about growing up...

Using our Mills Database

The database of mills on our website contains more than 12,000 entries, and can be searched in a variety of ways....

Holman Bros, millwrights of Canterbury

In the last few months this newsletter has featured several articles about the Montefiore Windmill in Jerusalem, which was built...

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