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File of handwritten notes on Mills of the River Stour, Essex

The folder contains field notes on 28 mills positioned along the course of the river Stour in Essex. In addition, the folder also holds mills on tithe maps, navigation and catchment board correspondence as well as 3 postcards (two with notes on reverse). The postcards have been moved to the postcard folder. The Supplementary information PDF document produced by Michael Harverson has been attached to this catalogue entry as a Digital Object.

Gardner, Emilie Montgomery (1882-1959)

"Essex antiquities"

Cutting from "Essex Chronicle" about the County Council's decision to spend £500 a year on the upkeep of windmills, and the recommendation to pull down derelict ones.

"Saving old windmills"

Cutting from "Essex County Telegraph" about the recommendations of the Essex County Council and the SPAB for the preservation of windmills.

"Our windmills"

Cutting from an "Southend Standard" about Mr Donald Smith's call for information about Essex windmills so that he can write a book for the SPAB.

Essex post mill

Cutting from "Autocar" picturing a post mill in Essex with a man who says he was the last one to work in it, 64 years ago.

"Our windmills"

Cutting from "West Lancashire Evening Gazette" about Essex County Council's efforts to preserve local windmills, and the hope that this will create interest in preserving Little Marton mill.

"Windmills"

Cutting from "Essex County Standard" reporting a donation of £500 per year to preserve windmills in Essex by the SPAB and how it will be allocated.

"Bocking windmill"

Cutting from an "Essex Chronicle" about an appeal to the Essex Archaeological Society to take over Bocking Windmill, mentioning similar schemes in Ditchling, Norfolk and Nottinghamshire. It includes a mil at Aldeburgh which was moved in order to pump the town's water supply.

Index Cards on Watermills in Essex

This Sub - Series comprises the index cards recording Gardner's notes on the wide array of watermills located across the county of Essex. The photographs which used to belong to this box have been transferred to the photograph collection and can now be found in the new folder numbered "EMGC-04-23".

Gardner, Emilie Montgomery (1882-1959)

Miscellaneous collection of Index cards

This file contains handwritten index cards which can be best described as a miscellaneous series of documents. There are several groups in one box relating to different topics.

The first section of index cards concerns general subject matter and is organised alphabetically. The second section of handwritten index cards are divided into the following subsections of place names: Cocking ; Cockingforge ; Birdham ; Bishopstone ; Fishbourne ; Nutbourne ; Pagham ; Sidlesham ; Shipley ; Chethurst ; Ipling ; Linch ; Trotton and Stedham.

The third group is a collection of index cards held together by elastic band entitled Merioneth. The fourth group of handwritten index cards and notes are arranged by alphabetical order following directly on from the Merioneth collection. The fifth group is a collection of alphabetised handwritten index cards on Sussex. This collection used to include 3 photographs.

The sixth category is a collection of handwritten notes and index cards on Heyshott. The seventh group consists of handwritten index cards which used to contain 5 illustrated postcards.

The seventh group is organised into the following subsections: Cornwall ; Cheshire ; Durham ; Essex; Hampshire; Kent; Oxford ; Norfolk ; Lincolnshire ; Salop ; Staffordshire ; Suffolk ; Surrey ; Warwick ; Yorkshire ; Wales ; Lewisham, Shetland Orkney and W. ham.

The eighth group is entitled “Calico Printers. Four Mills. R. Lee” comprising of handwritten notes on index cards arranged in alphabetical order while the ninth group is a collection of handwritten index cards entitled Shetland Orkney. In addition, there is also a book of handwritten notes starting with Barony Mill Birsay. There are two pages of folded up handwritten notes on Scotland Highlands islands, a note from Mr David Davidson addressed to Miss Gardner, a copy of article entitled “Orkney's changing agriculture” by Alexander Calder, a loose page of handwritten notes, handwritten note from W. Jacobson addressed to Miss Gardner as well as two handwritten postcards (not illustrated).

Gardner, Emilie Montgomery (1882-1959)

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