Archive Catalogue

CORN-13
Item
c 1900

Blueprint of flow chart for "20 sack plant". This was found loose in the Milling scrapbook (CORN-11). 'Flow Sheet - Bow Mill' written on reverse.

Unknown creator

Cornwell Family Collection

CORN
Collection
c 1900 - 2015

Items created or collected by the Cornwell family relating to their work as millers.

Cornwell, Guy (d 2016)

William King Flour Mill, Uxbridge

CORN-07
Item
Early 20th century

Part of Cornwell Family Collection

Unknown photographer

Sun Flour Mills, Bromley by Bow

CORN-11-01
Item
c 1910

Part of Cornwell Family Collection

Photograph pasted into William Cornwell's scrapbook.

Unknown photographer

Milling scrapbook

CORN-11
Item
1909-1918

Part of Cornwell Family Collection

Scrapbook of newspaper cuttings, mainly giving news and tables of statistics of wheat and flour production, prices, imports and exports etc, taken from magazines such as Corn Trade News, The Miller and Milling. Also includes price lists of the Sun Flour Mills Company, photograph of Sun Flour Mills, notice from Milling of Ernest Cornwell's marriage, articles on the history of milling (wind, animal and hand powered) and other items.

Cornwell, William (1851-1933,) miller

Sun Flour Mills, Bromley-by-Bow

CORN-17
Item
February 1909

Part of Cornwell Family Collection

Postcard of Sun Flour mills, sent to Mr Cornwell, Mereby, Sylvan Road, Snaresbrook, Feb 1909, with message "How is this, yours, WHH"

Unknown photographer

Letters from the Ministry of Food to Sun Flour Mills

CORN-12
File
24 January 1920 - 31 January 1921

Part of Cornwell Family Collection

Letters from the Ministry of Food Flour Mills Control Committee to Sun Flour Mills detailing changes to regulations for milling. These were found loose in the Milling scrapbook (CORN-11).

Ministry of Food Flour Mills Control Committee

Photocopied pages from William Cornwell's ledger

CORN-21
File
2015 (photocopies of originals from 1921-1933)

Part of Cornwell Family Collection

Photocopies of pages relating to milling from William Cornwell's ledger.

Cornwell, Guy (d 2016)

"A short survey of the Sun Company"

CORN-08
Item
January - March 1926

Part of Cornwell Family Collection

Typescript document, recounting the history of Sun Flour Mills Co. Ltd.

Cornwell, William (1851-1933,) miller

Certificate of appreciation on retirement for William Cornwell

CORN-10
Item
31 March 1926

Part of Cornwell Family Collection

Calligraphic certificate given to William Cornwell on his retirement, expressing appreciation for his work for the company since its foundation in 1887. Contained in presentation folder and box.

The Sun Flour Mills Company Ltd

Mill flow chart

CORN-15
Item
6 August 1943

Part of Cornwell Family Collection

Flow chart of machinery at the William King Flour Mill.

Henry Simon Ltd, milling engineers

Mill flow chart

CORN-16
Item
30 November 1943

Part of Cornwell Family Collection

Flow chart of machinery at the William King Flour Mill.

Henry Simon Ltd, milling engineers