Gibraltar Mill, Great Bardfield

The first section of the notebook begins with a schedule of windmills to be visited in Cambridgeshire noting whether a photo is required and who is to be met. Notes, measurements and drawings are taken at each of the identifiable windmills listed at "Place access points" below.
The middle section of the notebook, written in a brown-coloured ink, plots co-ordinates/directions for various places (possibly mill locations) throughout Middlesex, Hertfordshire and Essex. This section of the notebook also contains a copy of a 1902 letter from Press Bros. of Great Yarmouth to Sidney Russell of Windmill Hill, Cranbrook, Kent, giving details as to a particular mill's construction/workings.
The next section of the notebook features 56 pages of notes from Wailes' four day trip to Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex in June 1927. Notes, measurements and drawings were taken at each of the identifiable windmills listed at "Place access points" below. Amongst the notes are two sections of narrative diary entries from the trip (including an interlude involving a hedge and a ripped pair of breeches). Noting the recent (1926) loss of Fressingfield, Wailes observes that, "working mills must occupy my time. Derelicts must be content with photograph only".
The penultimate section comprises 15 pages of lists of windmills in Sussex, Suffolk, Surrey, Essex and Kent.
The last section is a detailed account of a visit to Thurston, Rougham Common and Pakenham mills on 15 December 1934. Wailes' notes for Thurston Mill are marked, "Examined with Paisley", recording that the mill had been moved from about 1.5 miles nearer Pakenham about 200 years ago and that a mill had been on that site in James II's reign.

Wailes, Reginald (1901-1986), engineer, known as Rex

"Old Mill, G. Bardfield"

MEYE-01496
Item
Before 1938

Part of Harry Meyer Collection

Note on the reverse reads: "Doris & I to Bardfield 21.5.38".
Farmer ploughing the fields with a pair of shire horses.

Unknown photographer

"Essex mills and dove cotes"

CUTT-04824
Item
7 March 1929

Part of Press Cuttings Collection

Cutting from "Southend Standard" about the history of mills, including a list of windmills which existed there in 1922.

Gibraltar Mill, Great Bardfield

DOLM-1122313
Item
c 1935

Part of Peter Dolman Collection

Photograph by Henry Charles Cross of the eight-sided tower mill, known as Gibraltar Mill, at Great Bardfield in Essex. The photograph shows the mill in a declining state.

Dolman, Peter C J (1955-2002), miller

Great Bardfield, Essex

KELL-20
Item
1930s

Part of Kelly Collection

Unknown photographer

"Local windmills"

CUTT-04823
Item
30 May 1930

Part of Press Cuttings Collection

Cutting from "Halstead Gazette" summarising information about Essex windmills from the 'Essex Review'.

Great Bardfield Tower Mill, Great Bardfield

LOWE-0179
Item
1931

Part of Arthur Lowe Collection

Lowe, Arthur

Great Bardfield, Essex. Bk 21, No.5

FREE-1126543
Item
Photocopy of sketch made 4 April 1931

Part of James Venn Collection

Drawing made on Easter Saturday, 1931 from a closer angle looking up [compared to our 1126542].

Freese, Stanley (1902-1972), town planner and artist

Great Bardfield, Essex. Bk 21, No.4

FREE-1126542
Item
Photocopy of sketch made 4 April 1931

Part of James Venn Collection

Exterior view on hill-top, made on Easter Saturday, 1931.

Freese, Stanley (1902-1972), town planner and artist

Gibraltar Mill

WOOD-M250
Item
27 July 1932

Part of Karl Wood Windmill Sketches

Pen and ink drawing with wash, M250 Gibraltar Mill, Great Bardfield, 6 miles N E of Dunmow, 27/07/1932

Wood, Karl Salsbury (1888-1958), artist

Great Bardfield mill

REXW-ESS-31-04
Item
1933

Part of Rex Wailes Collection

Williamson, Nicholas V P Eyre

"Windmill at Great Bardfield, Essex"

VENN-IMG-02-037
Item
c 1935 - 1938

Part of James Venn Collection

Freese, Stanley (1902-1972), town planner and artist

"Great Bardfield"

CUTT-00936
Item
07 March 1935

Part of Press Cuttings Collection

Cutting from 'East Anglian Daily Times ' of a photograph of Gibraltar Mill in Great Bardfield. The caption mentions the mill's unique structure and that it is kept in a state of preservation.

Gibraltar Mill, Great Bardfield, in working order

HESS-0172
Item
September 1935

Part of H E S Simmons Collection

Simmons #172

Simmons, Herbert Edward Sydney (1901-1973), mill researcher

"Efforts to Preserve Ancient Windmills"

CUTT-04955
Item
7 July 1937

Part of Press Cuttings Collection

Cutting from the 'Evening Standard' describing the efforts of Essex County Council to preserve the 40 remaining windmills in Essex, most notably Upminster Mill and Bardfield Tower Mill.

"Essex Windmills - interesting report to County Council - The Upminster Mill"

CUTT-04982
Item
10 July 1937

Part of Press Cuttings Collection

Cutting from "Grays and Tilbury Gazette". It was revealed in a special report at a Planning committee meeting that only two windmills out of 112 in Essex were in working order. Discussions considered the viability of restoring and preserving of windmills in Essex. The report was adopted by the Town and Country Planning Committee.

"An Essex Windmill to be Saved - Noted landmarks threatened"

CUTT-04968
Item
14 July 1937

Part of Press Cuttings Collection

Cutting from "The Times" reporting that "Essex County Council has decided to take steps to save windmills in Essex from possible demolition". This was precipitated by a letter received from the Society of the Protection of Ancient Buildings expressing "concern at the rapid disappearance of windmills in Essex".

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