The archives of Oldland Windmill, Keymer, have now been made available online. Oldland’s archive collection has been sorted, listed and digitised by mill archivist Peter Sheppard and is now housed at the Mills Archive. Minutes of the mill committee from the 1920s-30s and 1980s-90s and correspondence and documents from the 1970s-1990s are available to view on…
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Union Mill, Cranbrook archive online
The archives of Union Mill in Cranbrook, Kent, collected by the late Wynn Tremenheere, are now available online. The smock mill in Cranbrook was built in 1814 and was owned and worked by the Russell family from 1832 to 1958. It is now a grade I listed visitor attraction maintained by the Cranbrook Windmill Association.…
The 4 top adventures of Arthur C Smith
Author: Hannah Pearce A tale from the Archive… You fall head first into a 6ft deep ditch, full of muddy water, with the bike that you had just been riding crashing down on top of you. Your shins are grazed, your forehead is bruised, and you are feeling a little bit wobbly. But you still…
We need your Welsh mill information!
The Great British Mill Race: Send us your Welsh mill pictures. The Great British Mill Race – a competition where you can help us update our Mills Database by sending us your pictures and information – is now up and running. Send us information and pictures for any mill or mill site, from anywhere in the…
Sacrewell Mill wins Project of the Year at regional awards
A £1.8m restoration of an 18th century grade II* listed watermill near Peterborough won Project of the Year at the East of England Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) awards last week. The photo shows Mill Project Officer Jane Harrison and Learning & Interpretation Officer Nikki Cherry with their awards outside Sacrewell Mill. Sacrewell Mill…
Garden Party 2016
Author: Hannah Pearce A note from Chairman of the Trust, Dr Ron Cookson: “From 2002, I have invested my skills, time and passion into this charity. I am constantly impressed by the work of our staff and volunteers, and it is amazing to get such positive feedback from the Friends at our summer Garden Party.…
And the winner is…
As you know, the Great British Mill Race launched at the SPAB National Mills Weekend 2016 and continues over the summer. Read on to discover the winner of the prize for judges favourite mill image submitted over National Mills Weekend… Since the Great British Mill Race launched in May 2016 – all of us here at MAT…
From Uni to Work
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…
Scottish mill fans: we need you to help us save a record of our milling heritage
The Great British Mill Race: Send us your Scottish mill pictures. The Great British Mill Race – a competition where you can help us update our Mills Database by sending us your pictures and information – is now up and running. Send us information and pictures for any mill or mill site, from anywhere in…
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…