Author: Luke Bonwick Restoration work to this 17th-century windmill began with the removal of the sails in December 2008, and is on target for completion this summer. The mill, which is owned by Buckinghamshire County Council, is undergoing major repair to improve its appearance as a local landmark as well as to safeguard its historic…
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What about setting up a Kent Mills Group?
Kent has an amazing milling heritage and various Kent mills-related events and research interests have surfaced recently. Surely the time is ripe to consider (re)forming a regional mill group to cover Kent? Certainly the Mills Archive would offer tangible support to such a new group. Although the previous Kent group was dissolved, the thinking behind…
Barry Mill under Threat
The National Trust for Scotland is threatening to close this attractive mill, one of the last working in Scotland, unless it improves its finances. William Hill’s latest set of Internet news (see related article) highlights the recent announcement. http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/1168694?UserKey&UserKey= Friend of the Mills Archive and Barry Mill property manager, Peter Ellis urged people to seize the…
Should you belong to a Mills Group?
Even in my short acquaintance with mills, I have seen Groups come and go, so is there any point to them? Recently the group in Kent (of all places!) folded because no-one would continue the good work carried on for many years by Paul Jarvis and his contemporaries. I think that we need these Groups…
New Issue of Wind and Water Mills
The latest issue (number 28) of the Journal of the Midland Wind and Water Mills Group has just been published. It contains four articles up to the usual high standard of this well-regarded journal.The following counties are featured: Gloucestershire, Warwickshire and Shropshire Contents:Hampton Loade Forge Top Mill (David Poyner)WS Barron & Son, Mill Engineers of…
Mystery watermill
Author: Peter Durham Please could you identify this mill? I have a painting which I think must be a copy of the same by A.R.Quinton entitled River Gissing. I have contacted the Norfolk Mills site and they have suggested that I contact you.Thank you for any help you can give.Peter Durham. petedrums@btinternet.com
Come and See Behind the Scenes on National Mills Weekend
Author: Sheila Viner As part of the 2009 National Mills Weekend we are opening our Archives and Library and would be delighted if you and any of your friends come to see us. Watlington House houses over a million items relating to wind/water/animal powered mills and milling families. As well as our comprehensive website http://www.millsarchive.com we provide…
Shipley Windmill Set to Close
Jim Woodward-Nutt is reported in the Sussex Express as stating that the Shipley Windmill Trust will have to hand back the mill to their landlord The recent need for repairs has highlighted the difficulty in getting grants as there are only 3 years left on the lease. This maenas that the mill may not be…
Wolverton Watermill Stony Stratford Buckinghamshire
Author: Helen Armstrong-Smith I have written a summary of our findings which include a list of millers with tenancy dates, and details of the various alterations and extensions over the years. For our research we have mainly used local libraries, and an article in “The Watermills of Buckinghamshire” . The details are in the atttached…
The East Anglian Mill Society has a Facebook page
Author: Bob Paterson I thought creating a group on Facebook for TEAMS (The East Anglian Mills Society) may be an easier way to let people know of special events and dates of work-ins at windmills & watermills that are part of the TEAMS family. You can find the group at http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=75622895210why not take a look and…