Author: Leo van der Drift This picture, from a glass plate negative, shows a relatively small smock mill with a boat shaped cap, vertical boarding and fantail support. Does anyone recognise this smock mill, or could anyone tell in which area this picture was taken? Any help is greatly appreciated. RegardsLeoemail lvddrift@telfort.nl
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Hillsborough disaster archive underlines the value of archives
Author: Ron Cookson, Janice Tullock, Gary Brannan and many others The distressing story behind the Hillsborough disaster is now revealed and underlines the importance of properly maintained archives. The Mills Archive echoes the tributes paid by many to the Panel and its disclosure of the 450,000 documents now published online. The full details are to…
Wanted: new owner for mill
Author: Chris Hullcoop Great Whelnetham tower mill, listed Grade II, near Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk, is on the market. This mill, along with its small group of buildings, is a rare survival of a small country milling business. Both the windmill and the later oil engine driven mill are in a substantially compete condition…
Eighth Annual Tide Mill Conference
Author: Bud Warren Tidal power was a key element of the industrial scene from medieval London to 19th-century New England and it’s being harnessed again in 21st century Maine. Historians, an archaeologist, environmentalists and a 6th generation Maine sawyer will share how they explore and plan to implement this technology. Join other participants on a…
Holgate history wins research prize
Author: Michael Harverson and Alan Stoyel The first winners of the Mills Archive Research Prize Competition were Anna Cook, who wins The Mills Archive Research Prize of £500 for her paper “The Millers of Holgate : a social history of milling at Holgate Windmill”, and Dave King, who wins The Mills Archive Research Award of…
Whitchurch Silk Mill
Author: Sheila Viner A meeting is being organised in Whitchurch to talk about the future of the silk mill. All are welcome! The Hampshire Mills Group is publicising a meeting that is being organised in Whitchurch to talk about the future of the silk mill. It will be at 7.30pm in the Parish Hall…
Ron Cookson MBE
Author: Peter King I am pleased to report that Dr Ron Cookson, founding chairman of the Mills Archive Trust, has been awarded an MBE in the Queen’s birthday honours list, “for services to heritage”. I know that Ron was astonished and gratified by the news. He has asked me to say that he regards the…
Brixton Windmill shortlisted for prestigious award
Author: Friends of Windmill Gardens Brixton Windmill has been shortlisted for a Museums and Heritage Award for Excellence 2012. The awards celebrate best practice within museums, galleries and heritage visitor attractions, and Brixton Windmill has been shortlisted in the Restoration or Conservation category. Other attractions shortlisted in this category are the Dean Heritage Centre in the Forest…
Kent Mills Society – Notice of Closure
Author: KMS Committee As already announced to our membership, we are closing the Kent Mills Society with immediate effect. Although we were prepared to carry on after the recent death of our Chairman, Geoff Holman, we could not attract any local people to lead the Society. This is a huge disappointment to us; in the…
E M Gardner (d. 1959)
Author: A C Yoward (revised by Nathanael Hodge) E M Gardner was the driving force behind the inclusion of watermills in the remit of the Windmill Section of the SPAB, which became the Wind and Watermill Section in 1946. She served on the Committee of the Section from 1951 to 1959. Gardner traveled extensively through…