The Mills Archive in ‘Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine!’
The June issue of Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine contains a double-page spread featuring an item from the Michael French Collection ‘Gem from the Archive’
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The Eling Experience comes to the Mills Archive
Last week we enjoyed a visit from a group based at The Eling Experience in Hampshire, who were looking for an introduction to archiving to
Sacrewell Mill nominated for two regional awards
Author: Megan Allen The £1.8m restoration of an 18th century grade II* watermill near Peterborough has been nominated for two regional awards. Sacrewell Mill reopened
Sacrewell hits the small screen in Victorian Bakers
Author: Megan Allen See Sacrewell Mill like you’ve never seen it before in a new series that hits BBC Two on 5 January. In the
A Boxing Day poem
Thought we’d share this somewhat gloomy take on Boxing Day from our archives. The poem was published in the journal ‘Milling’, 28 Dec 1895. The
Image identified as Partney Watermill
Thank you to Guy Boocock, James Wheeler and Leo van der Drift all of whom got in touch to let us know that the mill
Can you help us identify the mill in this postcard?
One of our regular volunteers, Tom Hine, spotted this postcard and we are having trouble deciphering the spidery handwriting! Could you decipher the name of
Cement mills anyone?
The winning entry in the second biennial Mills Archive Research Competition is now available. The 54 page A4 book,written by Edwin Trout, covers the use
Mystery mill identified – but do you know more?
Someone recently got in touch with us about a photograph from his great grandfather’s collection. It shows what was – until yesterday – an unidentified
Have you seen our new Bookshop?
Nigel Harris’s new book is well worth considering as your next purchase. It leads the way in our featured book selection and we have selected