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

International Women’s Day –Marjorie Isabel Batten 1903-1962
Elizabeth Trout To celebrate International Women’s Day this week (8 March) this newsletter features an interesting woman who played an...

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

Milling in 19th century Norway
This article first appeared on our blog in May 2020. While sat in a meeting in our Founders’ Room, my...
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