Author: Ron Cookson

Norse Mills of Lewis – A New Book

Finlay Macleod has completed his book on the Norse mills of Lewis and the publishers hope to have it available...

What about setting up a Kent Mills Group?

Kent has an amazing milling heritage and various Kent mills-related events and research interests have surfaced recently. Surely the time...

Barry Mill under Threat

The National Trust for Scotland is threatening to close this attractive mill, one of the last working in Scotland, unless...

Should you belong to a Mills Group?

Even in my short acquaintance with mills, I have seen Groups come and go, so is there any point to...

New Issue of Wind and Water Mills

The latest issue (number 28) of the Journal of the Midland Wind and Water Mills Group has just been published....

Medieval London water mill found

William Hill’s latest list of news links includes the BBC News item from mid February http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7894524.stm describing the 12th century tide mill...

National Mills Weekend 2009

We are thinking of opening on National Mills Weekend this year. It is on May 9-10 2009. If we do,...

So, what would you pay?

Did anyone else see the phenomenal amount of money spent on one windmill postcard on eBay this week? Fortunately there...

Anger over ‘green’ plans to harness energy from UK rivers

Anglers have attacked plans to build hundreds of “environmentally-friendly” water mills in British rivers. Jasper Copping in the Sunday Telegraph...

Preston Mill near Faversham

Vincent Pargeter has commented on the curious sweeps on the smock mill near Faversham shown in the Mills Archive’s new...

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