These other resources and databases are provided by external organisations related to mills, milling or industrial heritage worldwide.
The Mills Archive is not responsible for the maintenance of these resources or the accuracy of the information that they contain. Please let us know if any of the links cease to function.
| Title |
Description |
| Friends of Norfolk Mills |
The Friends were established in 1977 and aim to support and encourage interest in Norfolk’s many mills. |
| Hampshire Mills Group |
Regional mills group based in Hampshire, England, interested in mills of all types; many members own mills and welcome the opportunity to share their enthusiasm. |
| Midland Wind and Water Mills Group |
Sometimes known as the Midland Mills Group, or MMG, covering the UK Midlands area. |
| Suffolk Mills Group |
A voluntary association founded in 1977 for those helping to care for Suffolk's Heritage of old windmills and watermills. |
| Sussex Mills Group |
Promotes the study and the restoration of mills and associated artefacts within the counties of East and West Sussex in the United Kingdom. |
| Welsh Mills Society |
The Society studies, records, interprets and publicises the wind and water mills of Wales, encouraging general interest and advising on their preservation and use. |
| Wessex Mills Group |
The Group was formed in 2003 as a centre for the milling heritage of Devon, Dorset, Somerset and Wiltshire. |
| Title |
Description |
| Allemolens |
Detailed database of Dutch mills with links to archival items. |
| Historic England Archive |
The Historic England (formerly English Heritage) Archive holds large numbers of photographs of mills, many of which can be viewed on its website. |
| Museum of English Rural Life |
The museum includes many archival collections on all aspects of rural life, including milling. |
| Museum of the History of Science |
The Museum of the History of Science holds H M J Underhill's photograph album containing photos of windmills around 1907. |
| SCAN Catalogue |
Online catalogue describing historical records in more than fifty Scottish archives. The word mill provides more than 600 entries for mills in Scotland |
| Science Museum archive |
The Science Museum holds mill-related material in its archives including the H E S Simmons and Denis Sanders collections. |
| Sunny Bank Mills Archive |
The Archive represents a unique look at 180 years of cloth produced at the Sunny Bank Mills, founded in 1829. |
| The Alan Caston Collection |
Photographs of English windmills. |
| The National Archives |
The United Kingdom's principal national archive, formerly the Public Record Office. Material relating to mills in their archives can be found in their online catalogue: discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
| University of Kent Special Collections |
The University of Kent Special Collections at the Templeman Library hold wind and watermill material from William and Donald Muggeridge, John Holman, C P Davies and Don Filmer. |
| University of Manchester Special Collections |
The University of Manchester library holds a collection of 47 albums of wind and watermill photographs by E Mitford Abraham. |
| Title |
Description |
| Allemolens |
Detailed database of Dutch mills with links to archival items. |
| Belgisch Molenbestand |
Database of Belgian mills. |
| Danske Møller |
Database of existing Danish wind and water mills. |
| De Nederlandse Molendatabase |
Database of Dutch mills, English version. |
| Dorset windmills |
Site with gazetteer of windmills in Dorset. |
| Early Engine Database |
Database of steam engines in the UK constructed before 1800, including many mills. |
| Essex mills |
A site about Essex watermills with gazetteers arranged by river system. |
| Illinois windmills |
A website dedicated to the history, preservation, and continuing story of windmills in Illinois. |
| Jonathan Neville's Norfolk Mills |
One of the best UK sites containing a considerable amount of historical and genealogical data along with over 1,400 photographs. There are individual pages for over 600 water, wind and steam mills. |
| La Fédération des Moulins de France |
Organisation which preserves French mills. Includes list of existing French mills, browsable by department. |
| Les moulins à vent en France |
Website with basic information and pictures of French windmills, browsable by region and department. |
| Lietuvos malūnai |
Detailed database of Lithuanian mills. |
| Mark Berry's Windmill World |
A UK site dealing with windmills around the world, together with some information about watermills. |
| Milldrawings |
John Brandrick's detailed technical drawings of the structure and internal workings of mills in the UK and elsewhere. |
| Mills in Alto Aragón |
Site about old mills in Alto Aragón (prov. Huesca) in Spain. |
| Mills of Britain |
The Mills of Britain database provides an interactive resource displaying mill locations compiled from select digitised eighteenth and nineteenth century maps. |
| Mills of Northern Ireland |
Database of Northern Irish mills with data from Valuation Records and Ordinance Survey Map Records, and photos of remains. |
| Molendatabase |
Portal linking to several databases of Dutch mills including working mills, disappeared mills, wind engines and meadow mills. |
| Molenecho's |
Detailed databases on existing and disappeared Belgian mills. |
| Moulins de France |
Website with pages for existing French mills, browsable by region. |
| Mühlen in Deutschland |
Website with pages for existing German mills, browsable by region. |
| National Inventory of Architectural Heritage Building Survey |
Database of Irish architectural heritage including entries for mills. |
| Schweizerischer Mühlenfreunde |
Organisation dedicated to the study and preservation of Swiss mills. Site includes a database of existing mills. |
| Scottish water mills website |
Old Ordnance Survey maps with watermills shown. |
| South Lanarkshire Mills Web Map |
Map produced by Jim Ness of the Clydesdale Mills Society showing mills in south Lanarkshire. |
| Tide Mill Database |
A worldwide database of tide mills from the Tide Mill Institute. |
| UK Flour Millers map |
Map of large commercial flour milling businesses currently operating in the UK. |
| UK Paper Mills |
Website with information on c 100 UK paper mills. |
| Underground histories |
Website of Huddersfield historian with lists of textile mills in the area. |
| Visit a Mill |
Database of existing UK wind and water mills which are open to visitors, maintained by the SPAB Mills Section. |
| Vodnimlyny |
Database aiming to map all water-powered flour mills in Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia (Czech Republic). |
| Watermolens in Nederland |
Website devoted to watermills in the Netherlands. |
| Windmills of St Croix |
Website with database of wind powered sugar mills and animal mills on the island of St Croix, United States Virgin Islands. |
| Title |
Description |
| British Association of Paper Historians |
A national association which aims to bring together individuals, companies and institutions with an interest in the history of paper making. |
| Engineering timelines |
A site covering engineering in the UK, including mills. |
| I A Recordings Video Archive |
I A Recordings is dedicated to recording past and present industry using high definition video and photography. They have a number of films and recordings about mills and industries that were powered by them. |
| Morawa District Historical Society |
Website with information on Australian mills, including The Windmill Journal of Australia and New Zealand. |
| Panel for historical engineering works |
PHEW was established to promote an understanding amongst civil engineers, and the broader public, of our rich engineering heritage. Includes a database of reports, some of which relate to mills. |
| Richardson paintings |
Windmill paintings by Caroline Beatrice Richardson (1873-1959). |
| Scottish Printing Archival Trust |
Includes a list of archives which have survived for a number of papermaking firms, and gives some idea of the geographical spread of the industry throughout Scotland: |
| UK Paper Mills |
Website with information on c 100 UK paper mills. |
