It is with great sadness that I must inform you that Niall passed away on Thursday 13th May after a long illness. The following notice has been circulated to family and friends William Niall Thomas Roberts (1922 – 2010)passed away on Thursday 13th May Memorial Service to be held atSt Margaret’s RC Church130 St Margaret’s Road,…
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Stodmarsh Rescue – urgent!
Author: Rob Cumming Following yesterday’s Kent Mills Sociey inaugural meeting, I popped down to Stodmarsh windpump today, to find it in the final throes of collapse The cap/body with windshaft etc has fallen into the river, leaving the trestle hanging onto the riverbank precariously.Guy Blythman has contacted the owner, who has agreed to a work-in…
Millers and Methodists
“Millers and Methodists” is a new book by Chris Mesley on milling in Leighton Buzzard in Bedfordshire which has been published by Leighton Buzzard and District Archaeological and Historical Society. The book looks at the history of Leighton’s mills and the families who ran them, most of whom were leading Methodists in the town starting…
Loix Tide Mill threatened with being demolished
Author: Cláudia Silveira and others Portuguese and French mill people are hoping to raise international concern about the proposed destruction of the only tide mill in Ile de Ré. Please make your comments on their blog at http://sauvezlemoulinamaree.over-blog.org/ Dear Friends, We’ve received information about the decision of demolishing the Loix tide mill, the only one that…
National Monuments Record archives catalogues now online
The National Monuments Record’s archives catalogues, with some images, describing over a million photographs and other archives, are now online at http://www.englishheritagearchives.org.uk. This is a useful step forward and they say “We’d welcome feedback, so please use (and encourage your searchers to use) the site feedback link to let us know how we can improve it!”…
Inaugural Meeting of Kent Mills Society: Programme Announced!
Author: Geoff Holman and Rob Cumming Our first meeting will be at Cranbrook Windmill on Saturday 22 May at 2pm. All are welcome – Put it in your diary! Now that we have our first newsletter published – see http://www.millsarchivetrust.org/index.php/blogs/more/cant_post/ ; we are organising our first public meeting, so please come! There will be 3 speakers. Wynn…
Free! Large number of Newcomen Transactions
The Mills Archive Library has about 50 volumes of the Newcomen Transactions dating from the 1940s. They are available free of charge to the first comer. The volumes contain an amazing amount of mill-related material – just think; all those articles by Rex Wailes for a start! No catches – apart from the fact they…
Irish Photographs
The National Library of Ireland has recently released 34,000 of its 630,000 original Irish photographs on its website. They are available free to view as low resolution images, with the opportunity to order higher resolution images for a fee.The photographs, which relate to 1860-1954, include a large number of churches and other religious subjects.See: http://digital.nli.ie/cdm4/index_glassplates.php?CISOROOT=/glassplates Searching…
Cant Post
Author: Geoff Holman and Rob Cumming The Kent Mills Society has just published the first issue of its newsletter. Full of photos and news; it is certainly worth a look! THE KENT MILLS SOCIETY HAS BEEN LAUNCHED WITH THE PUBLICATION OF ITS FIRST NEWSLETTER, WHICH HAS NOW BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO THE 50 MEMBERS OF THE…
Mill Named Brewery of the Year
Donnington Brewery in the Cotswolds has been named the UK’s Brewery of the Year by the Good Pub Guide. According to the guide’s editors, Alisdair Aird and Fiona Stapley, the 145-year old brewery near Stow on the Wold merits special praise. “… based at a picturesque ancient watermill, which operates in Gloucestershire”. The brewery, hidden…