A correspondent has asked if anyone is aware of any windmill calendars available for 2012. It woud be even better if we could identify a charity calendar – but we would also be interested in any calendars on watermills – and they don’t need to be English language either. Any suggestions welcome!
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Cogglesford Mill, Sleaford
Author: Doug Plowman Comment: S. Pawley in ‘Grist to the Mill’ LHA Vol 23 1988 argues that Cogglesford Mill dates back to Mid-Saxon period because it was also known as ‘Shire Mill’ (see article for full argument). I tend to disagree. The landscape evidence does not support the idea and then there is the name.…
Yorkshire Windmills Through Time
Just published and available from the Mills Archive shop, this new book is attractive and well-produced. For more details see http://shop.millsarchivetrust.org/product.php?productid=1035&cat=0&page=1
Carlton le Moorland Post Mill
These two views of Carlton le Moorland post mill, Lincolnshire NGR SK 897 585 were taken on 26 June 1934 These are two of more than 1000 postcards in our Simmons Collection. Herbert Edward Sidney Simmons was a prolific recorder of mills in England before and during the Second World War. As well as Sid…
Detail of Brake Wheel
Recently uploaded to the Kenneth G Farries Collection. This lantern slide shows a detail from Shiremark Smock Mill, Capel, Surrey, NGR TQ173377 It is one of more than 600 items already catalogued in this collection at www.millsarchive.com Ken Farries and his windmills is a topic at the forthcoming SPAB Mills Section meeting – for more details…
Women in Milling
After spending the summer volunteering at The Mills Archive, I have now completed my project regarding the role of women in the milling industry. The pages are now available as part of the new Themes section on this site. I have produced a series of web pages from my research, which I hope will be…
Windmill postcard
Author: Stuart Mousdale I bought this postcard a little while back. Can anyone recognise the mill? This is a detail. The full image can be seen by clicking on the “related article” below
Pub sign
A fellow member of the Windmill Study Unit, Stan Darling, recently saw an interesting sign outside The Millstone Inn at Barnack, Stamford, Cambridgeshire. It shows a man and a pair of millstones, with the stones vat upended against the wall. I wonder if anyone knows whether the scene is related to the Barnack tower mill.…
Vote to help mill conservation in Kent
Author: Dennis Usmar The time has arrived to vote for the” Valley Conservation society” project on the Natwest Community Force site. If you haven’t already done so, please vote soon (26 days remaining) How to find the siteGoogle “Natwest Community Force” open site & register (only takes a moment) Then go to http://communityforce.natwest.com/project/3853 Tick the box…
Blocks at Herne Windmill
Set in the inside wall of the ground floor at Herne Mill are a number of wooden blocks each the size of a brick. They are set in various positions. We would like to know what they are there for. Suggestions so far have included “filled-in air bricks” and “to allow for expansion”. Has anyone…