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Drainage Mills and patents

Author: Mike Beacham Suggestions appreciated! I have done some research which has pulled up a number of early patents and...

Windmills in Westerham, Kent, and horizontal mills

Author: Rob Cumming I have for a while been researching the windmills of Westerham in Kent, as part of a...

So, what would you pay?

Did anyone else see the phenomenal amount of money spent on one windmill postcard on eBay this week? Fortunately there...

Foston Windmill

Author: Jon Sass I remember Foston Windmill very derelict in the early 1960s and still a noble landmark on the...

Pembrokeshire Mills

Author: Mike Bennett Can you help with a research project on an interesting area of Wales? I am compiling a...

Anger over ‘green’ plans to harness energy from UK rivers

Anglers have attacked plans to build hundreds of “environmentally-friendly” water mills in British rivers. Jasper Copping in the Sunday Telegraph...

Millers in Broughton by Brigg Lincolnshire

I’ve had another look at all the census records I have for Broughton mill and have put together a chronology...

News of Mills January 2009

Holgate Windmil, Brill Windmill Fulwell Windmill and Rye Windmill all feature with items on the US wind farm industry and...

Sails from telegraph poles

Author: Adam Marriott The Mills Archive picture of Foston windmill in their newly relased Flickr page at http://www.flickr.com/photos/millsarchive/ shows a...

Old Glory

Author: Jim Woodward-Nutt There is a good article in the January edition of ‘Old Glory’ magazine on Polkey’s Drainage Mill,...

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