Category: Blog

A welcome education in 18th and 19th century millwrighting

Last week we were visited by Dr Jim Moher, author of a new publication about millwrights who were working in...

My introduction to archives as a cataloguing volunteer

Author: Orla Taylor-Davies I first heard of the Mills Archive when my mum sent me a photo of an article...

Be a Mills Detective

Can you help us identify these archive photos of Welsh mill sites? We have 10s of thousands of mill images...

Archives and Air Hangars

Our project – Archives & Air Hangars – has benefitted significantly from £10,000 we received from the Pilgrim Trust last...

International Women’s Day: Women on War Work

Today is International Women’s Day. We thought it fitting to highlight one example of the contribution that women have made...

World Book Day: Read a mill story and dress up as a miller

I well remember World Book Day from when my children were at primary school. Choosing a book to read and...

My final blog…

I have come to the final day of my internship. Little did I think when I started back in the...

Threat to Painshill Park

Painshill Park is threatened by Highways England plans to improve the M25 junction with the A3. You can help the...

Milling Families

Those of you who follow The Mills Archive on social media will know that we have recently started highlighting different...

The Mills Archive Trust wins National Lottery support

I am delighted to announce that the Archive has received £95,300 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for an exciting...

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