Frost's Mill, Halstead

EMGC-04-23-95
Item
c. 1890

The ninety fifth item is a photograph featuring Frost's mill in the town of Halstead in the county of Essex. We are informed by a handwritten note on the back of the photograph that the image was taken in around the year 1890.

Gardner, Emilie Montgomery (1882-1959)

Frost's Mill, Halstead

REXW-ESS-40-01
Item
[?]1913

Part of Rex Wailes Collection

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

"Concerning windmills"

CUTT-04810
Item
1 August 1928

Part of Press Cuttings Collection

Cutting from "Hertford Mercury" with an appeal to preserve the windmills of Essex, noting some which have already been destroyed and others which are still preserved.

Essex windmills

CUTT-04802
Item
24 August 1928

Part of Press Cuttings Collection

Cutting from "East Anglian Daily Times" about an effort to photograph Essex's windmills before they all disappear.

Bocking windmill presentation

CUTT-04887
Item
6 March 1929

Part of Press Cuttings Collection

Cutting from "The Times" about the upcoming handing-over of Bocking windmill to the Parish Council. The article mentions that a Halstead windmill is considered the prettiest in England.

Halstead smock mill

WOOD-M272
Item
31 July 1932

Part of Karl Wood Windmill Sketches

Pen and ink drawing with wash, m272 Frost's Mill, Halstead, 16 miles NW of Colchester, 31/07/1932

Wood, Karl Salsbury (1888-1958), artist

Frost's Mill, Halstead, derelict, capless smockmill

HESS-0181
Item
September 1935

Part of H E S Simmons Collection

Simmons #181

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

"After 200 years the frosts take down their mill"

CUTT-01002
Item
31 October 1947

Part of Press Cuttings Collection

Cutting from 'Essex County Standard' describing the demolition of Frost's Mill in Halstead. The article mentions the decision of John and Alan Frost to take down the mill due to safety issues. It also gives a detailed description of the mill's structure as well as its history inder the ownership of the Frost family.