Durham

Probate of the will of Thomas Ellerby, miller and baker, Bishopwearmouth, Sunderland

MCFC-IND-006
Item
11 December 1817

Part of Mildred Cookson Foundation Collection

2 sheets of vellum measuring approx. 63 x 54 cm (with seal), comprising probate documents reproducing the will of Thomas Ellerby, miller and baker of Bishopwearmouth, County Durham. The will and codacils included the bequest of "the steam mill and appurtenances thereto......used in the concern of Miller & Baker" as well as a foundry and numerous dwellings in the area around Bishopwearmouth and Sunderland. The will was dated 10th February 1815, with two codacils dated 16th and 18th October 1817.

Durham Cathedral and Fulling Mill, from the River

WPAC-WAT-00365
Item
1883

Part of Watlington Postcard and Art Collection

Valentine's

Middleton in Teesdale, Rose Terrace & the Mill

WPAC-WAT-00366
Item
1904 or earlier

Part of Watlington Postcard and Art Collection

This image is undated; however it cannot be later than 1904 as this copy of the postcard bears a postmark of that date.

Unknown publisher

Watermill, Shotton

WPAC-WAT-00368
Item
1904 or earlier

Part of Watlington Postcard and Art Collection

This image is undated; however it cannot be later than 1904 as this copy of the postcard bears a postmark of that date.

Unknown publisher

Stick Mill, Ebchester

WPAC-WAT-00801
Item
1905 or earlier

Part of Watlington Postcard and Art Collection

This image is undated; however it cannot be later than 1905 as this copy of the postcard bears a postmark of that date.

Unknown publisher

"Flour Mills and Insurance"

DUFF-SBK-001
Item
15 January 1885

Part of Duffield Family Collection

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

Durham Fulling Mill, from Prebend's Bridge

WPAC-WAT-00362
Item
Before 1886

Part of Watlington Postcard and Art Collection

The name of G. Bailes & Son, Durham, is also printed on this Frith's Series postcard.

Francis Frith and Co

Near Hounslow. - The Old Water Mill at Whitton

WPAC-WAT-01446
Item
1906 or earlier

Part of Watlington Postcard and Art Collection

This image is undated; however it cannot be later than 1906 as this copy of the postcard bears a postmark of that date.

Mercury Series

Watermill, Heworth

WPAC-WAT-00998
Item
1907 or earlier

Part of Watlington Postcard and Art Collection

This image is undated; however it cannot be later than 1907 as this copy of the postcard bears a postmark of that date.

Unknown publisher

Poss Stick Mill, Ebchester

WPAC-WAT-00802
Item
1908 or earlier

Part of Watlington Postcard and Art Collection

This image is undated; however it cannot be later than 1908 as this copy of the postcard bears a postmark of that date.

Unknown publisher

Printer's proofs of mills in Darlington and Stockton

EIGH-15-21
Item
? 1890

Part of Brian Eighteen Mill Collection

BE note:- 'Printer's proofs for letters/invoices, suggested 1890'. Image of Priestgate Mills shows four storey mill and its yard. Image of Tees Mills shows mill of at least five storeys with a chimney, the River Tees and a vessel in the foreground. Obtained by BE on 6/2/93.

Unknown creator

Financial News and Echo Articles 1890

DUFF-SBK-026
Item
28 February 1890

Part of Duffield Family Collection

Two cuttings, one from the Financial News, the other from the Echo, both discussing the creation of a syndicate, "Appleton, French, and Scrafton Limited", to amalgamate the principal flour mills of the North-Eastern Counties into a single joint-stock undertaking.

Financial News

Durham Cathedral and Fulling Mill

WPAC-WAT-00364
Item
1892

Part of Watlington Postcard and Art Collection

Francis Frith and Co

Durham Cathedral and Fulling Mill, from the River

WPAC-WAT-00363
Item
1892

Part of Watlington Postcard and Art Collection

Francis Frith and Co

West Mill, West Boldon, with two sails and fantail blades missing

MCFC-1103025
Item
c 1900

Part of Mildred Cookson Foundation Collection

Shows a pair of unusual sails with shuttered leading sides and canvas-spread driving sides.

Unknown photographer

Demesnes Mill, Barnard Castle

WPAC-WAT-00355
Item
1918 or earlier

Part of Watlington Postcard and Art Collection

This copy of the postcard indicates that a 1/2d stamp is required. The postage rate for postcards rose to 1d in 1918, so the image presumably does not date from later than that year.

Unknown publisher

Durham windmills

GOAT-01-09
File
20th century - 2015

Part of Edgar Goatcher Collection

Handwritten notes, photographs, postcards, press cuttings and ephemera relating to Durham windmills

Goatcher, Edgar F (d 2015), local historian

Durham

SPAB-PHT-01-11
File
20th century

Part of SPAB Mills Section Collection

Windmill and watermill photographs.

Ruined corn mill on left and paper mill

ASFC-17285
Item
Copy of original from c 1906

Part of Alan Stoyel Foundation Collection

Copy of old postcard in possession of Miss Egglestone
Negative no. 34/12

Stoyel, Alan (1939 – 2021), watermill researcher

Beamish Mill

WPAC-WAT-00356
Item
1922 or earlier

Part of Watlington Postcard and Art Collection

This copy of the postcard bears a three halfpenny stamp. The postage rate for postcards was three halfpennies from 1921-1922, so the image presumably does not date from later than 1922. Multi-image postcard, that also contains a photograph of Beamish Hall itself.

Unknown publisher

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