The East Anglian Mill Society have produced a big publicity boost in time for Heritage Open Days this week. Steve Temple at Impington features in a detailed article in Cambridge News underlining how TEAMS is keen to preserve mills and discusses Impington in some detail. The full article can be found here. Six mills are listed…
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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…
Wanted: new owner for mill
Author: Chris Hullcoop Great Whelnetham tower mill, listed Grade II, near Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk, is on the market. This mill, along with its small group of buildings, is a rare survival of a small country milling business. Both the windmill and the later oil engine driven mill are in a substantially compete condition…
Moulton Windmill on Facebook
Neil Everitt has just created a Facebook page for Moulton Windmill. Well worth visiting: click here.
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…
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…
Looking after your mill, 19th October 2012
Interest in the forthcoming one day course in popular maintenance series run by the Mills Section is such that we have decided to extend the period for discounted booking by two weeks. If you are interested in attending, you need to reserve your place by August 15th to save £25. Full details may be found here and…
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…
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…
Whitchurch Silk Mill
Author: Sheila Viner A meeting is being organised in Whitchurch to talk about the future of the silk mill. All are welcome! The Hampshire Mills Group is publicising a meeting that is being organised in Whitchurch to talk about the future of the silk mill. It will be at 7.30pm in the Parish Hall…