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Helen Major RIP 1927 – 2013

Helen Major passed away peacefully on the evening of Sunday March 24th. RIP Helen was well known in the mill...

Watermill for BBC2 programme

Author: Emma Randle-Caprez Please help! Calling all watermills needing restoration! I am looking for a disused watermill which we can...

Hot off the press!

An important and unusual book, “Mapping the windmill” represents a new approach to the literature of mills and the sheer...

Millstones

Author: Charles Rowntree Whilst excavating to build a new house attached to Beckside mill we found a millstone with what...

Water courses and water power

The Association for Industrial Archaeology is holding an interesting meeting on the weekend of 13th-14th April. FROM THE AIA WEBSITE:...

Windsor Castle hydro power passes test and ready to start

BBC Berkshire has just announced that cable tests, which caused delays, have now been successfully completed, Two giant water turbines...

Millstone thefts in Sussex

Author: Sussex Miller These thieves stole five millstones from one Sussex Windmill. It would appear that they are using a...

Sack scales

Author: David Friend for Oldland Mill Trust Oldland Windmill of Keymer Sussex, rebuilt to working order, now wishes to make...

Mills Archive new accessions

Each year we shall be providing the National Archives with a list of material that we have received. The latest...

Researching watermill in East Leake

Author: Paul Cooper I am working on a project with my ten-year-old adopted granddaughter to discover the origins of a...

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