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Kent windmills & watermills

Artist Tom Burnham and local author Gregory Holyoake have collaborated and jointly published a special edition art book featuring sixteen Kent mills. The book can be bought here and features: Sandwich White MillMargate Draper’s MillSarre Smock MillCrabble Corn MillChillenden Post MillCanterbury St Martin’s MillWillesborough Smock MillWestwell WindmillWoodchurch White MillWittersham Smock MillSandhurst New MillChilham WatermillCranbrook Union MillMeopham Killick’s…

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Eighth Annual Tide Mill Conference

Author: Bud Warren Tidal power was a key element of the industrial scene from medieval London to 19th-century New England and it’s being harnessed again in 21st century Maine. Historians, an archaeologist, environmentalists and a 6th generation Maine sawyer will share how they explore and plan to implement this technology. Join other participants on a…

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Jerusalem Mill turns after 140 years

The Dutch millwrights from Friesland who have been restoring the Holman “Montefiore” mill in Jerusalem have now got it turning. A very encouraging video shows the mill on its first day of turning since the 19th century – 6th August 2012 – almost 150 years since it last worked. The project, a gem of international cooperation involving…

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Holgate history wins research prize

Author: Michael Harverson and Alan Stoyel The first winners of the Mills Archive Research Prize Competition were Anna Cook, who wins The Mills Archive Research Prize of £500 for her paper “The Millers of Holgate : a social history of milling at Holgate Windmill”, and Dave King, who wins The Mills Archive Research Award of…

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Burwell Museum and Windmill wins Heritage Lottery Fund support

Burwell Windmill has announced that “Burwell Museum in East Cambridgeshire has been awarded £417,300 from the Heritage Lottery Fund towards their exciting Fresh Wind in Our Sails project”. The project aims to restore the Grade II* listed Stevens’ Windmill and integrate and improve the displays across the mill and museum as a whole. Work will…

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