Archive Catalogue

EIGH-11-37
Item
No date

Brief detail of millers 1791-2. Also refers to The Witherington family connected to Chamberhouse Mill, Thatcham; Tyre Mill, Sulhamstead; Abbey Mills, Reading, Sonning Mill, Sonning.

Invoice

EIGH-ATL-214
Item
4 March 1886

Part of Brian Eighteen Mill Collection

Receipted invoice for bran.

Waterloo Flour Mills, Waterloo Bridge

Delivery note

EIGH-ATL-207
Item
18 October 1900

Part of Brian Eighteen Mill Collection

Fine middlings.

Waterloo Flour Mills, Waterloo Bridge

Mr and Mrs Kidd's Account with H.B. Bell

EIGH-15-01
Item
1902

Part of Brian Eighteen Mill Collection

Barley, crushed oats, plus? Receipt (with 1d stamp) for bill of

Bell, H B, miller and corn merchant

"The River Lea - London's second river"

EIGH-18-066
Item
August 1995

Part of Brian Eighteen Mill Collection

This resume gives historical context of the River Lea and its tributaries on its way to the River Thames. The navigation of the River Lea via canal and river were improved to enable barges to carry larger cargoes to and from London. Many mills wee established along the length of between Hertford and Bow, milling flour, malt and barley etc.

Turner, Alan

Headed paper from Roller Flour Mills, Peterborough

EIGH-26-03
Item
1930s

Part of Brian Eighteen Mill Collection

Cadge and Colman Ltd

"Memories of the many mills on the Kennet and Thames"

EIGH-03-002
Item
No date

Part of Brian Eighteen Mill Collection

Article includes photo of Burghfield Mill.

Wise, Joe

"The tumbling bay, Burghfield Mill A965"

EIGH-03-034
Item
No date

Part of Brian Eighteen Mill Collection

View of weir on Kennet and Avon Canal by Burghfield Mill.

Unknown publisher

Traction engine loaded with sacks outside Dewe's Mill

EIGH-03-042
Item
Early 20th century

Part of Brian Eighteen Mill Collection

Copies of a photograph of a loaded traction engine outside the mill with mill workers and James Dewe (?). Engine is marked "James Dewe - Burghfield Mills Reading".

Dewe, Cicily

"Burghfield Mill and Weir, nr. Reading"

EIGH-03-040a
Item
Before 1935; posted 20 August 1934 from Reading to Bulmershe

Part of Brian Eighteen Mill Collection

Burghfield Mill and Weir, nr. Reading (see EIGH-03-038a).

Unknown publisher

"Burghfeld Mill and Weir, nr. Reading 1054"

EIGH-03-038a
Item
1934 or earlier

Part of Brian Eighteen Mill Collection

Sepia p/c of mill and weir. Slide 582. Posted 29 May 1943 from Reading to Swindon, but image is the same as EIGH-03-040a posted 1934.

Invoice

EIGH-ATL-247
Item
21 April 1898

Part of Brian Eighteen Mill Collection

Receipted invoice for bran.

R Simmons and Son, millers, Aldershot

Delivery note

EIGH-ATL-229
Item
4 May 1898

Part of Brian Eighteen Mill Collection

Bran, plain sacks.

R Simmons and Son, millers, Aldershot

Delivery note

EIGH-ATL-228
Item
9 May 1898

Part of Brian Eighteen Mill Collection

Bran, plain sacks.

R Simmons and Son, millers, Aldershot

"Roller Mills"

EIGH-17-029
Item
No date

Part of Brian Eighteen Mill Collection

For display (2 copies) - photocopy of photograph from a book showing inside the modern roller mill at Rowsley, together wih an advertising postcard of "Robinson's Patent Double Roller Mill Type JE".

Eighteen, Brian (1930-2015), local historian

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