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St Benedict's Abbey

Part of the Rex Wailes collection.
A print used for a calendar of an etching in the British Museum, described in the catalogue as 'Sunset view of the remains of St Benet's Abbey, with windmill behind; cattle resting on a bank and wading in a stretch of water in foreground; haywagon drawn by a horse approaching in middle ground from right; Plate 6; after Stark; proof. c 1834'.

Unknown

Old Dock Mill (Society Mill), Portsmouth

Part of the Rex Wailes collection.
This print shows the Society Mill, also known as Old Dock Mill, Portsmouth. This was built in 1798 and demolished in 1867. In 1816 the Dock Mill was built to replace it while the structure remained. The old mill was topped by a 20 foot statue of the goddess Ceres and this may be seen in the picture.

"The Port of Wisbech Cambridgeshire"

Part of the Rex Wailes collection.
A view of the port of Wisbech showing ships in a wide canal, two post mills and one tower mill. Drawn by J.P.Hunter. Published by J.P.Hunter,Wisbech, February 1840. Sent as a calendar to Enid and Rex Wailes, Christmas 1947.
The white post mill is Webster’s mill and the black mill is Bell’s mill, both in Leverington Road.

Hunter, J P

Mills at Wisbech

Part of the Rex Wailes collection.
Photograph of an oval painting showing a river and townscape and a number of mills and churches. Signed JC Sargeant? 1848.
The white post mill is Webster’s mill (demolished between 1887 and 1895) and the black open trestle mill without sails is Bell’s mill (last known to be standing in 1846), both in Leverington Road.

Burton Lane, York

Part of the Rex Wailes collection.
Photograph of the mill in 1870, copied from a paper negative in the City of York Art Gallery, dated 24-vi-36.

Unknown

Dismantling Regent's Place mill

Copy of old photograph. The smock mill at Regent's Place, Ashford, was dismantled and re-erected at Badlesmere where it became Boundgate Mill. The photograph shows the mill - in its original white-painted form - being dismantled at Ashford. At Badlesmere it was tarred (LB 2006).

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

Irby, Wirral

Part of the Rex Wailes collection.
Dated on reverse.
Demolished 1898.

Unknown photographer

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