Author: Hannah Pearce Hi everyone. My name is Hannah and I am this year’s intern from the University of Reading. I started work at the Mills Archive just under a week ago, 3 days after the end of my first year exams. You may already be familiar with this charity and perhaps you are a…
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The Mysterious Miss Pearce?
Author: Alex Keane My name is Alex and I’ve been volunteering in the library for over a year now. I have recently finished re-classifying the books on the shelves and now have the exciting job of adding new accessions. This week I have looked through two boxes of books donated by Keith Sutherland. The books…
Restoration moves apace at Upminster Windmill
Author: Liz Bartram & Dennis Coombs What follows is an update on restoration progress at Upminster Windmill from the Chairman of the Friends of Upminster Windmill, Dennis Coombs. While the mill itself will remain closed to the public until 2018 while the restoration work takes place to bring it to full working order (the Visitor…
Sacrewell Mill nominated for two regional awards
Author: Megan Allen The £1.8m restoration of an 18th century grade II* watermill near Peterborough has been nominated for two regional awards. Sacrewell Mill reopened last July after a 12 month project joint funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund and the William Scott Abbott Trust, which owns Sacrewell Farm. The mill project has been nominated…
Sacrewell hits the small screen in Victorian Bakers
Author: Megan Allen See Sacrewell Mill like you’ve never seen it before in a new series that hits BBC Two on 5 January. In the first episode of Victorian Bakers, which was filmed at Sacrewell Mill near Peterborough, four professional bakers leave their businesses behind to find out how the early Victorians got their daily…
Insurance for Lowfield Heath Windmill
Author: Jennifer Smith I wonder if you can help us. We need an insurance quotation for our windmill, a postmill in Charlwood, Surrey and are having difficulty! Can anyone recommend an insurer or broker? Thank you very muchJennifer SmithHon Treasurer, Lowfield Heath Windmill Trustjennifer.oakcroft [ AT ] gmail.com (Photo by Allen Davis)
Volunteering experience at The Mills Archive Trust where I never thought that I could be of help!
Author: Ioulia Zoukova This blog post comes from one of our newest volunteers, Ioulia. Ioulia is working on a stunning visual project as a contribution to our Heritage Lottery Funded From Quern to Computer project. Read about her experiences below… I first came across The Mills Archive in my first year of university in 2013,…
A Sussex Windmill with Six Sweeps
Author: Sussex Miller Ashcombe Windmill on Kingston Hill, Lewes, in East Sussex now boasts six new sweeps. James Tasker, owner of the mill, commissioned millwrights to fabricate and fit the sweeps using a mobile crane and a cherry picker. This six sweep post mill was built in 1828 and destroyed during a gale in 1916,…
Help to save Cross-in-Hand Windmill
Author: Doug Cairns, Rob Cumming, Peter Frazer, Bob Paterson and Adam Marriott New Mill, Cross-in-Hand is a Grade II listed windmill in East Sussex, England. Built in the early 19th Century she was the last windmill working by wind commercially in Sussex, ceasing in 1969. Since then her condition has deteriorated to the point where…
UK’s last two working tide mills collaborate
Author: Helen Robinson Teams from the two remaining working tide mills in Britain, Eling Tide Mill and Woodbridge Tide Mill in Suffolk met recently in Woodbridge to share their knowledge. The Eling Experience, which encompasses the 18th century tide mill and a visitor centre is about to undergo a £1.3million Heritage Lottery Fund supported restoration…