Working 28 years, until about 1918, for Joseph C. Chaplin, owner of Ridgewell Essex.

William Cornwell was born in Littlebury, Essex, in 1851. He was employed as a pupil of Joseph Wisely, a miller at Ickenham, and married Mary Ann Lofts, the miller’s niece. He moved to St Albans, Hertfordshire, as a 'working miller', and then to Bow, London, where his son Ernest, twins Archie and Arthur and a daughter were born. William was employed as manager, director and then managing director at the Sun Flour Mills Company. Ernest also joined the company and was an active member of the Corn Exchange, Mark Lane. He married Perpetua Hambridge in 1913. Sun Flour Mills became a part of the Associated London Flour Mills in 1921.

William then bought the smaller William King Flour Mill at Uxbridge, Middlesex, of which Archie and Arthur became directors, joined later by Ernest after the closure of Sun Flour Mills. William had retired to Wanstead, Essex, in 1926; he died there in 1933. Ernest died suddenly in 1935, aged 56. The William King Flour Mill remained the property of the family until 1955, when it passed to Allied Bakeries, giving its name to the Kingsmill brand of bread.

Burnt Mill, Harlow, Essex.

Last miller at post mill, Thorpe le Soken.

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The firm was founded with the construction of Victoria Mills, Wellingborough, by John Batham Whitworth. Frank George took over the firm in 1933 and 1936 became a director of Weetabix Ltd; the firm continued to own shares in Weetabix until 2003. In 1997 under Martin George the firm became the Whitworth Holdings Group and Whitworth Ltd, purveyors of dried fruits, was sold. The firm constructed new mills in Wellingborough and Peterborough from 2000 to 2009. In 2012 they purchased mills in Worksop, Langley and Holbeach from Smith's Flour Mills. In June 2016 they took over the assets of Whitley Bridge (excluding the flour mill) from Jas Bowman. In September 2016 they became the owners of Carr's Milling. In 2018 they purchased mills in Manchester and Selby from Hovis Ltd. In 2020 they began construction of a new mill at Whitley Bridge.