Although teeming with watermills, with nearly 300 listed in the Doomsday Book, windmills have featured on Bristol and Gloucestershire’s skyline since at least the mid-thirteenth century.
Our latest research publication, The Windmills of Bristol and Gloucestershire by M. J. A. Beacham and Guy Blythman, delves into this underexplored
part of the region’s history: from the mills that fed its people to pillars of its industry. Click here to view The Windmills of Bristol and Gloucestershire in our store.
Contained within our catalogue, ancestor database, shop and library is the history of wind, watermills and the people that kept them turning. Follow the links below to find out more.
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The types of mills in Gloucestershire and Bristol
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The British Engineering Works of William Gardner and Sons: https://new.millsarchive.org/2021/10/04/the-british-engineering-works-of-william-gardner-and-sons/