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It’s time for the third in our series of 21 gems of the Mills Archive. In the last two newsletters...

This week’s newsletter is another extract from the writings and sketchbooks of John Munnings (1916-1987), this time on the mills...

Two weeks ago our newsletter featured the oldest artefact held by the Mills Archive, the rotary quern from the iron...

Agnes C Meeker This is a gem of a find located at Homestead Heritage site just outside the town of...

Nathanael Hodge  Happy New Year to all readers of our newsletter! 2023 is the Mills Archive’s 21st birthday, and in...

Susan Ing One of our regular volunteers, Susan Ing, has been sorting through the many books that were donated to...

Michael Harverson Michael Harverson (1937-2017) was one of the founding trustees of the Mills Archives. A particular interest of his...

Stephen Buckland This is an abridged version of an unpublished typescript by Stephen Buckland (1935-2006) which is held in the...

A version of this article originally appeared as two posts on the Mills Archive blog in 2019. Mills have often...

From Quern to Computer; a history of flour milling by Martin and Sue Watts covers a wide range of topics and  Chapter 15 is the...