Author: Mills Archive

Chris Viney Sonning Mill – Steam Traction Engine, 1890 (Mills Archive Collection,EIGH-SON-02-007) This photograph shows a steam wagon outside Sonning...

Find out more about the origins of roller mills in the articles below: History of Roller Milling: Farewell to the...

Phoebe Goldsmith One of the most recent additions to our collections is the archive of UK Flour Millers (previously NABIM)...

Rex Wailes Some time in the 1950s or 60s, Rex Wailes visited Spain and toured the mills of La Mancha,...

Michael Harverson Michael Harverson (1937-2017) was one of the founding trustees of the Mills Archives. A particular interest of his...

Alan Gifford (Founder Trustee) Heage Windmill, near to Belper in Derbyshire, was built in c 1795 and worked until 1919. It...

Elizabeth Trout To celebrate International Women’s Day this week (8 March) this newsletter features an interesting woman who played an...

Hannah Pomeroy  This week’s gem is the beautiful calligraphic certificate shown below, given to William Cornwell on the occasion of...

Agnes C Meeker This is a gem of a find located at Homestead Heritage site just outside the town of...

Michael Harverson Michael Harverson (1937-2017) was one of the founding trustees of the Mills Archives. A particular interest of his...