Wooden block with corroded copper plate showing Sonning Mill and the mill stream. 11.5 x 10.0 cms, 4.5 x 4.0 ins. Item is wrapped in brown paper addressed to C.H.Witherington & Over Bros Ltd. and stamped with 11d worth of stamps, postmarked 8 May 1958. Sender's name Scrowe Publications, 4, The Drive, Hove, Sussex.

2 70lb paper flour bags printed Witherington & Over Bros Ltd, Sindlesham and Sonning Mills 70lbs Nett. Dated after 1954 when the Sindlesham and Sonning mills amalgamated.

Folder marked 'Sonning Power Sundry Electrification Papers'. Contains unsigned notes on river flow, power usage per machine and estimate of power required. Report on 'Power Requirements at Sonning Mill' dated 22 January 1963 prepared by Mark Jennings, Sons and Partners of Conduit Street, London. Notes on periods of engine usage from August 1935 to February 1954. 2 letters from Thames Conservancy Board dated 30 July and 13 August 1954 giving historic average flows of River Thames at Teddington Weir.

Folder containing production records and notes, including records through May 1969 to 7pm on 19 May 1969 when the mill closed. Also: letter from Flour Advisory Bureau about design of bags; production figures for Sept 1961 to July 1962 (36,855 sacks of flour, 1,629 of middles, 342 of bran and 25 of pollard); copy of questionnaire from ABF returned 16 August 1962.

Particulars of sale of 'The Sonning Mills Property' from estate of late Iltid E. Witherington to be sold at auction on 29th May 1913 as 13 lots - plan missing. Note this document is referred to in EIGH-SON-37 suggesting that this present collection is the original 'Glory Box' given to Brian Eighteen by Dennis Over in 2007. BE has annotated it with postit notes including mention of one John Eighteen as tenant of Lot 13, The Barracks. Also noted that the solicitor was D.H.Witherington Esq., and that the mill output was 36,000 sacks per annum (750 per week).

Copy of Act of Parliament: Anno vicesimo non & tricesimo Victoriae Reginae C.A.P LXXXIX An Act for vesting in the Conservators of the Thames and Isis from Staines in the County of Middlesex to Cricklade in the County of Wilts, and for other purposes connected therewith. [6th August 1866]. Headed 29th & 30th Victoriae, Cap 89. Includes para 48 on the power of the Conservators to regulate the drawing down of water marked in pencil.

Press cutting from Reading Mercury 21 July 1982 'Historic mill takes on role of theatre' reporting on the opening night of the new theatre. Includes a photograph of Frank and Tim Richards, the owners, who bought the mill in 1977.

Plastic envelope with single sheet 'A Brief History of the Mill at Sonning' produced by St. John Ambulance, with a Brian Eighteen hand written note 'one of about 30 mills bought by ABF'.

Printed particulars of sale for Sonning Mill and Other Properties to be sold by auction on 23 October 1969 by Nicholas. Pencilled in are the prices raised - Lot 1, The Mill and Lodge £35,000 (actually £36,525, see EIGH-SON-42), Lot 2, The Mill Farm Buildings and Cottages £13,500, Lot 3 Furleigh Cottages £12,700, Lot 4 Barrack Cottages £17,250. Details of accommodation and room sizes are included.

Folder containing miscellaneous paper work: headed paper for Joseph Fuller and Witherington & Over Bros; staff list undated; card from owner of Long Gardens, Sonning Eye dated 5 December 1990; register of wheat due in; letter sent to all contacts informing closure of Sonning and Sindlesham Mills dated 6 May 1966, 200 copies to be made; letter regarding proposal to convert Sonning mill to an Arts Centre/Museum dated 21 July 1969; register of wheat due in 11 April 1964; signed letter informing customers of amalgamation of Sonning and Sindlesham Mills dated 9 March 1954; notes on sale of Mill House, Sonning for £36,525 completed 3 March 1967; typed copy of Director's Report for AGM of March 1948.

Production records showing amounts produced and output types for March to July 1968.

Correspondence in reply to enquiries about the mill history. Enquirers were J.N.Pomfret, Nov 1962, F.J.Malpas,Sept 1965, Mary Ffinch, Nov 1966.

Cardboard folder containing email correspondence between Brian Eighteen and Sally Hughes (MD of the Mill Theatre) regarding Heritage Day 9 September 2007, mentioning a 'Glory Box' brought by Denis Over (former miller) apparently including rare documents eg sale particulars from 1913 (see EIGH-SON-47) and various milling flow charts (see EIGH-SON-08 and EIGH-SON-09).

A foolscap notebook containing maintenance records for equipments at Sonning Mill from 1948, including advice and delivery notes for spares and records of water levels interleaved.

A bound document titled 'Sonning Mill - a Brief Historical and Technical Survey' by S.G.R.Smith C.Eng. M.I MECH.E November 1981, containing a section on the mill history and a section on technical details, including copies of the mill plans, traced from the plans of Henry Simon; also correspondence between Ken Major and Dennis Over regarding his recording of the mill by photographic record, and between Stan Smith and Dennis Over regarding his researches which resulted in the document.

Printout from Wokingham Borough Council web page about the history of Dinton Pastures, mentioning Sandford mill.

Folder entitled 'History of Sonning Mill'. Contains: a 6 page summary of Mill history form 10th/11th century to present using evidence from Victoria County History etc; a 2 page handwritten copy of an extract from'The Thames Highway: Locks and Weirs' by Fred S. Thacker, 1920, concerning liability of the mill to pay tithes; a 3 page copy of an order of Oxfrodshire County Council as to the repair of the long Bridge, Sonning, dated 10 February 1892; correspondence on queries before sale; correspondence responding to requests for information about the mill or asking to visit, dating between 1965 and 1971.