Watermills and Windmills of Middlesex (Second Edition)
Introduction Originally this book was to be about windmills only. They had long held a certain fascination for me, and it seemed appropriate I should
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Mills of Finland
Overview Rex Wailes’ Finnish Mills collection has been catalogued and digitised as part of the Reading Internship Scheme run by The Mills Archive in collaboration with the
Early medieval Irish watermills
Introduction An examination of the role of watermill technology in the economic intensification of Early Medieval Ireland, with reference to recent advances in archaeologists’ understanding
Holman Bros., Millwrights of Canterbury: A history
Authors: Guy Boocock, Elizabeth Trout, Mildred Cookson Overview After Geoff Holman died in December 2011, his widow, Lynn and his children, donated his collection of the remaining Holman Bros.
Detective work at the Archive
To work in an archive you sometimes need to be a detective. This is especially true for the tangled web of the mill world, where
Women in milling
Women in milling: A social history She is a Jolly Miller – and she lives by herself (Daily Mail article relating to a Mrs H. Dickinson,
Kent Millers’ Tales
Authors: Luke Bonwick & Alan Stoyel Kent Millers’ Tales was a Heritage Lottery funded project carried out in 2005 with the aim of cataloguing the Mills Archive’s Kent
Historical introduction to mills and milling
Author: Luke Bonwick Overview Traditionally, a mill powered by wind, water or animals would have served every community. The study of milling from ancient querns