Heage Windmill Goes to Bed for the Winter
With the onset of November, some chilly frosty mornings and the dark nights creeping in, a lot of us are starting to feel like hedgehogs
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Visit to Upminster Windmill
On Friday 20th July, Liz, Nathanael, Paul and I went on an exciting visit to one of the Mills Archive’s valued Heritage Partners: Upminster Windmill
John Silman RIP
Author: Sheila Viner Well known to many hundreds of mill and industrial history enthusiasts in Britain and the Continent, John Silman died last week. He
Celebrating with the Hampshire Mills Group
On Friday the Hampshire Mills Group paid us a visit. The Group has helped the Archive in a number of ways over the years and
A welcome visit from the London & South East Milling Society
This week has seen some different events take place in the Archive so I thought I’d provide a round-up of the week’s activities to give
Restoration moves apace at Upminster Windmill
Author: Liz Bartram & Dennis Coombs What follows is an update on restoration progress at Upminster Windmill from the Chairman of the Friends of Upminster
Insurance for Lowfield Heath Windmill
Author: Jennifer Smith I wonder if you can help us. We need an insurance quotation for our windmill, a postmill in Charlwood, Surrey and are
Heage Windmill urgent repairs – can you help?
There has been a lot of behind the scenes action by Heage Windmill Society since the discovery, just over a month ago, of wet rot
Oldland Windmill grinds again, with a little help from Jess
Gordon King, volunteer at Oldland Windmill, filmed an important event at the mill when it was powered once again to grind corn, but this time
On this day, 217 years ago
Author: Alex Miller Whilst cataloguing a volume from the Kent Mills Group, I found the reproduction of a drawing showing 86 oxen pulling a post