Author: Earl Taylor 7th ANNUAL CONFERENCE A HIT: More than fifty tide mill aficionados gathered at Kennebunkport Conservation Trust’s headquarters November 18th and 19th for Tide Mill Institute’s 7th annual conference to explore the past and future of tide mills. The illustration is of delegates inspecting the archaeology of the 1746 Perkins grist mill at…
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Horizontal Wind-powered Tannery in Sandwich, Kent (?)
Author: Rob Cumming I’ve recently been looking through a newish website called British Newspapers Online which has a wealth of national and regional newspapers from 1750-1950. It is searchable by string (although the search engine doesn’t work too well). I’ve found some fascinating advertisements placed. The following one intrigues me, as it appears to be…
Cogglesford Mill, Sleaford
Author: Doug Plowman Comment: S. Pawley in ‘Grist to the Mill’ LHA Vol 23 1988 argues that Cogglesford Mill dates back to Mid-Saxon period because it was also known as ‘Shire Mill’ (see article for full argument). I tend to disagree. The landscape evidence does not support the idea and then there is the name.…
Windmill postcard
Author: Stuart Mousdale I bought this postcard a little while back. Can anyone recognise the mill? This is a detail. The full image can be seen by clicking on the “related article” below
Vote to help mill conservation in Kent
Author: Dennis Usmar The time has arrived to vote for the” Valley Conservation society” project on the Natwest Community Force site. If you haven’t already done so, please vote soon (26 days remaining) How to find the siteGoogle “Natwest Community Force” open site & register (only takes a moment) Then go to http://communityforce.natwest.com/project/3853 Tick the box…
2011 Tide Mill Conference
Author: John Goff; Earl Taylor; Bud Warren Last year the Tide Mill Institute conference was held in Arlington, rather than in Dorchester, Massachusetts, to take advantage of the opportunity to see the workings of a mill (even it is a fresh?water mill). This year our conference will be held in Maine! For a number of…
Knepp Windmill, Shipley, West Sussex
Author: Richard Symonds Does anyone know anything about the history of Knepp Windmill, Shipley, West Sussex? Not to be confused with Shipley Mill of Hilaire Belloc fame. In 1754, John Wicker bought Knepp and immediately commissioned James Crow to prepare a detailed survey of the estate. This invaluable map still hangs in the Estate Office…
Whirly Windmills
Author: Sussex Miller A representative of a mill in Sussex has commented that they are having problems with the quality of the ‘Whirly Windmills’ obtained from a supplier based in London. Often they do not fit together, and do not rotate easily and they are finding that about two out of a box of twelve…
Mills and Roads
Author: Lesley Candal I gather that “in the 1600’s it was an offence to build mills next to roads.” I wonder if anyone can help me identify where this information comes from? Hello, I have just found your wonderful website while I was researching 2 windmills from Lympsham in Somerset. We are a small local…
Village pumps anyone?
Author: Dick Williams Whitmore and Binyon may have made their local village pump in Wickham Market (image) – but there are serious doubts. There is nothing in the extensive archive recently catalogued by Chris Wheeler at the Mills Archive. Does anyone have any comment? My interest is village pumps, and I’ve been told that a…