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Millwrighting exhibition

Millwrighting has been on the Heritage Craft Association Red List of Endangered Crafts since 2019.  Without increased opportunities and interest...

Millwrighting in the Holy Land:The Restoration of Montefiore Windmill, Jerusalem

   Vincent Pargeter In a recent newsletter we shared the history of the Montefiore Windmill which was built by the Holmans...

‘Mill people’ images and Website survey

‘Mill people’ images Mills have often been a popular theme for artworks, ranging from realistic depictions to some of the...

Feeding the World. Cereal products: Prehistory to the Romans  

From Quern to Computer; a history of flour milling by Martin and Sue Watts covers a wide range of topics and...

Alan Stoyel Collection arrives

The Alan Stoyel Foundation Collection is one of the four foundation collections of the Mills Archive Trust. Alan played an...

Montefiore Windmill, Jerusalem

The Montefiore Windmill is a landmark in Jerusalem. Built in 1857, it was funded by British Jewish banker and philanthropist...

Iron in Mills and Millwrighting

Though the use of iron in millwrighting is not as traditional as that of wood, iron has firmly cemented its place...

Feeding the World. Stone milling: Survival and revival

From Quern to Computer; a history of flour milling by Martin and Sue Watts covers a wide range of topics and...

Mike Newland:a millwrighting obituary

   Dave Pearce                                   ...

John Torr Foulds 1742-1815 – millwright and engineer at the London Bridge Waterworks

Dr James G. Moher Many are familiar with this historic but long-gone structure, which forded the mighty river Thames, but...

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