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…
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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…
Medieval London water mill found
William Hill’s latest list of news links includes the BBC News item from mid February http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7894524.stm describing the 12th century tide mill at Greenwich. Other links from William are below:http://www.myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=2062 The water mill revolutionary http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1146285/Uncovered-Archaeologists-unearth-remnants-giant-medieval-watermill.htmlMedieval Mill in Greenwich & http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7894524.stm & http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/Yorkshire-team-preserves-medieval-mill.5013216.jp (7 several others) Mills for sale (lots of money!) http://www.property.org.uk/unique/mills.html & http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-18570841.html/svr/1012;jsessionid=FD93FEAF65E58A094B25B11D6525FB4B http://www.myfoxhouston.com/dpp/news/weird/090227_windmill_homes A texan new miller? http://www.archwind.org/ Helping the local economy…
Can you help identify some windmills?
Author: Peter Brabham I know this is Chesterton! I am a geology lecturer at Cardiff University and a keen photographer of industrial scenes (mines, steam engines etc.). For many years from 1992 on various holidays I took many photographs of Windmills but unfortunately did not make many notes. I have now put all my mill…
Developments at Cann Mills
Author: Mark Berry Michael Stoate, a fifth-generation miller milling at a 1000 year old mill site, recently had a difficult decision to make, concerning the quirky windmill his father had constructed in 1970 on the flat roof of the family watermill at Cann, Dorset.The reduced scale windmill, to a Portuguese design, had deteriorated, with the…