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Dale Abbey Mnill, near Stanton Ironworks, Notts

Note on reverse reads: "The great sails of the ancient Dale Abbey Mill have started turning again to grind the corn of George Smedley, fourth of a farming family to use this mill. Claimed as the second oldest mill in England, this well preserved ancient monument to England's past is a dominant feature in the landscape."

Topical Press

Research material on various mill subjects

Typed research notes from Stephen's notebooks of excerpts from The Times on mill accidents and deaths, and excerpts from London Magazine on Stephen Hooper's patent water-drawing engines.

Buckland, John Stephen Percy (1935-2006), mill researcher

Research material on various mill subjects

Includes offprints of Bulletin Peak District Mines Historical Society volumes 6/6 and 8/2 on "Wind, Water and Steam Power on Derbyshire Lead Mines" and "The Development of Mining and Drainage in the Wensley, Winster and Elton areas"; an original drawing by Stephen of a mill in Malta drawn from a map; photocopy of "Origin and Development of the Windmill" by N M Ponmomarev in English and Russian); maps of Constantinople and other Turkish mills; photocopy of an article "Heron's Windmill" by A G Drachmann.

Buckland, John Stephen Percy (1935-2006), mill researcher

Scrapbook of etchings and photographs

Scrapbook of etchings of mills in England and Europe from encyclopedias and books, including pages from "The Illustrated Exhibitor and Magazine of Art". Two photographs by the Folkestone Herald and Gazette of Horn Street Mill being demolished. Stephen Buckland's scrapbook number 55.

Buckland, John Stephen Percy (1935-2006), mill researcher

The Insurance News 1886

The first cutting is an article in The Insurance News showing correspondence to the editor regarding corn mill fires, detailing the costs of damages and the most common times and causes for fires. The second cutting details the success of the burial fund business Prudential Assurance Company Limited.

The Insurance News

"Flour Mills and Insurance"

Cutting from 'The Finance Chronicle and Insurance Circular', discussing the impact of the new roller milling technology on fire risks and insurance costs. This article is continued in DUFF-SBK-002, which contains the follow-up written a month later, 2 February 1885.

The Finance Chronicle and Insurance Circular

Heage

Includes correspondence with John Boucher, copy of VP report 2015, copy of Boucher and Sons drawing of cap, copies of leaflets and guidebook.

Pargeter, Vincent G (1943-2015), millwright

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Mill trip 15/5/99; Kirton End Mill, Lincs 19/1/94; Ockham, York; Brampton mill work; Isington, Fishers Farm; Cowley Mill 20/1/93; Crabble and Dover; Churchill Forge, Church St etc; Christchurch, Chazey, Sacrewell; Eccleshall; Stainsby, Gelli Groes; Michelham 11/5/97; Titt dwgs; Crux Easton; N Leverton; Sacrewell; Ford End Watermill; Kingsley Mill; Carmarthen Bay; Poughill; Rowley Park Fm; Michelham 1/4/98; Windsor, Eddington; Stanford End 18/09/1993; Silchester Stone Spindle; Town Mill, Salisbury; Flitwick; Lamarsh Wind Engine; Oxon water pumps; Postford Mill; Brimpton Mill; Switzerland 6/96; Buda flour mill; Rufford Abbey; Cheshire 5/97; Norwich bosses, Bridewell Museum, Eddington Mill; Beetham, Churchill.

"Child photos"

Photos of the grave of William Child, Whitkirk nr. Leeds; Sturston Mill, Ashbourne, Derbys; Trafford Mill, Mickle Trafford, Cheshire.

Clarke, Robin

Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire Windmills

Notes, sketches and correspondence. In two folders, "post mills" and "tower mills". These seem to relate to papers presented at the Newcomen Society in 1961-2. Adverts for these are included in a third folder. Information on Newton and Dale Abbey windmills is in separate folders (REXW-11860 and 11861).

Baker, Paul H J

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