Margery Kempe: Mystic and Medieval Miller

For International Women’s Day we have reproduced below one of the biographies of women millers from our online exhibition where...

Roll out the Barrel

Flour packaging has always been important for millers, and has changed greatly over time – had it not progressed alongside...

The Mill Architect

I first met architect John Reynolds when I was editing the Mills and Millers of Hampshire set of books for...

Caring for an Icon

Hardley Mill in need of repair in 1950, Karl Wood Windmill Sketches—WOOD-M1378. Repairs began on Hardley Mill in 2008. Half...

The Story of Wind Energy in Europe

Introducing a new project, and how you can help tell the story Wind power has a rich history, shaping Europe’s...

100,000 Records

At the end of 2024 we hit a significant milestone – the 100,000th item to be catalogued from our archive. And...

A Wind Power Pioneer

My journey began over coffee and biscuits at the dining table of Dr Peter J Musgrove......

The Staff of Life

“If thou tastest a crust of bread, thou tastest all the stars and all the heavens. Bread is the king...

A deathbed confession

This Gem, an article from the 11th January 1899 edition of the Northwestern Miller, describes a hermit miller....

Thomas R Allinson (1858-1918)

Doctor, Healthy Eating Activist and Miller Thomas R Allinson was a British doctor, dietetic reformer, vegetarian activist and a miller. ...

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