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- c 1900 - 2015
Items created or collected by the Cornwell family relating to their work as millers.
Cornwell, Guy (d 2016)
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Items created or collected by the Cornwell family relating to their work as millers.
Cornwell, Guy (d 2016)
Part of Press Cuttings Collection
Cutting from 'West Sussex Gazette' describing the contribution of two photographs by Mr. Osborne Hedger of his father, Mr. Robert Hedger, who had been the millwright at the old mill at Rowner Lock. The article also gives a brief history of the mill and other people who worked there.
"Old mill picture now his trademark"
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Cutting from an unknown source outlining the submission of a photograph of Holgate Mill in York by Mr. Alfred Foster. The article also gives a brief history of the Foster family.
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Cutting from an unknown source of a submission by Leonard Ford containing details of his family's involvement at Rowner Mill in Sussex. The cutting also includes Mr. Ford's regret of the West Sussex River Board's decision to demolish the mill.
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Cutting from 'West Sussex Gazette' of a submission by A. F. Woolridge detailing his grandfather George Baverstock's involvement as a miller at Rowner Mill.
Obituary for miller Gordon Gwillim
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Cutting from 'West Sussex Gazette' of an obituary for Mr. Gordon Maxfield Gwillim, the miller of Coultershaw Mill in Petworth. The obituary includes some details of Mr. Gwillim's life, and his work at the mill after taking it over from his father, John Gwillim.
"Bygone days recalled by miller's daughter"
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Cutting from 'West Sussex Gazette' of an article by Phyllis Catt, daughter of John Gwillim, a miller at North Mill at Midhurst. The article goes over Mrs. Catt's memories of growing up at the mill and her father's role as a miller there.
Submissions on Ifield Mill and Rackham Mill
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Cutting from an unknown source containing submissions with information about various mills. The first is from Margaret Holt describing the conversion of Ifield Mill into a youth club, and the transfer of its engine to the Science Museum in South Kensington. The second is from Mrs. I. Cartwright, referring to an earlier submission by Leonard Ford, supplying more information about her family's involvement with Rackham Mill.
"Family photograph comes to light"
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Cutting from 'West Sussex Gazette' of a submission by Mrs. M. Stanbridge enclosing a photograph of Luck's Mill, with her grandparents Edwin and Ann Gent in the picture, as well as her aunt Winnifred, and uncles Albert, George and Jack, She also mentions her father Ernest Gent.
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Cutting from 'Argus' describing the dwindling of members of the Godsen family, who were heavily involved in the baking industry in Worthing. The article gives a brief history of the family's business, including their origin at Broadwater Mill in 1817.
"Was Lewes engineer, millwright"
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Cutting from 'Sussex Express' of an obituary for Mr. David Wells, head of Bishop and Wells, Millwrights and Engineers. The obituary provides details of his work as a millwright and some of the projects carried out on various mills by his firm.
"Brought up among windmills and corn-milling"
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Cutting from 'Brighton and Hove Herald' of a profile of Miss Elsie M. Rice written by Nancy Gray. The article contains details about Miss Rice's life growing up near windmills, and mentions her grandfather, Charles Cutress, as the owner of several mills.
"A long way from that old windmill"
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Cutting from 'Evening Argus' describing the opening of a new branch of Forfars bakery in Imperial Arcade by owner Mr. Charles Cutress. The article gives a brief history of the bakery, and mentions that Mr. Cutress worked in a mill used for grinding flour for the bakery, which was owned by his grandfather.
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Cutting from 'Essex Countryside' of a submission by S. C. Brooks detailing the ownership of the mill under the Brooks family.
"There was a jolly (hard-working) miller, and what wheels he set moving!"
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Cutting from 'Newcastle Journal' describing Rank's flour mills in Gateshead. The article contains historical details about the Rank family, and the running of the business under Joseph Rank. It also contains details on the mill's technical operation.
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Cutting from 'Illustrated' of a photograph of Mr. L. M. Norton and his father, the millers at Meopham Mill.
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Cutting from 'The People' describing the reunion planned by John Oliver at Highdown Hill Mill, where his ancestor by the same name was the miller until his death in 1793. The article provides a detailed profile of the miller and his eccentricities, as well as a brief background of the surrounding Olivers.
"How Methodism reached Thrusthorpe"
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Cutting from 'The Standard' of a detailed history of an old post mill that was built in Thrusthorpe by religious miller Mr. John Foster, who relocated there from Halton Halgate. The article goes over the transfer of the mill within the family, and details its eventual purchase by a Mr. Whitton.
"A family of millers in the Isle of Axholme"
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Cutting from 'Doncaster Chronicle' describing the history of Burnham Mill under the Wilkinson family. The article outlines the start of the milling business under Jabez Wilkinson, and details the mill's consequent operation under various members of the m#family. It also contains a profile on Fred Wilkinson, a miller, and his regret about the diminishing number of mills in the local area. It also explains that Fred Wilkinson had to remove the sails and operate the mill by an oil engine due to lack of demand.
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Article in 'The Farmers Weekly' about Cenarth watermill and its miller Mr. J. Allun Williams, who works on the borders of Cardiganshire and Carmarthenshire.