Material relating to the relocation of West Mill, Brighton to Preston, Sussex. Material includes a copy of Hawkhurst Parish Magazine (November 1996) with a small piece by Stephen on the mill; The Fine Art Society Spting '92 catalogue with an image of the painting of the mill being moved; a copy of Preston Manor's guidebook showing the copy of the painting at the manor; correspondence with David Beevers of Brighton Borough Council regarding the paintings; photograph of Frank Gregory's photograph of the painting; copious typed research notes relating to the mill.
Buckland, John Stephen Percy (1935-2006), mill researcher
Research material, correspondence, photographs on Bembridge Windmill; Samuel Lambert's waterwheel patent 1819, and pages from an encyclopaedia on 'windmill'; slide of Ambleside Old Mill; photocopied pages from "Mechanick Powers" 1696; pages from "New Scientist" 29 March 1973 on Ironbridge Gorge Museum; photographs of John Thorp's models of London Bridge waterworks; photographs of Australian windpumps, Brisbane tower mill, Kinderdijk, Jack and Jill Mills, Clayton; copy of "Walker's Monthly" February 1930 with article on Sussex windmills by G M Fowell; an other miscellaneous mill material.
Buckland, John Stephen Percy (1935-2006), mill researcher
Letter to the Guildhall Library librarian complaining about the new computer catalogue in 1993 (typical letter of Stephen's); reprint of his article "The Denis Sanders Mill Collection (Part I)" with some handwritten notes; two transcriptions from his mill research notebook 1995/13 of The Times reports on mill accidents; crude pen drawing of Over Mill, Cambridgeshire.
Buckland, John Stephen Percy (1935-2006), mill researcher
Photocopied pages from the Isle of Thanet Steam Flour Mill Company Limited Annual Report 1865, and correspondence from Peter Davies regarding the flour mill.
Buckland, John Stephen Percy (1935-2006), mill researcher
Published typescript, by Stephen Buckland, entitled "John Smeaton's Windmill Designs", includes research material and correspondence. The paper was published in the Proceedings of the 2nd Mill Research Conference, by the Mills Research Group in 1984 and is available in the Mills Archive Library.
Buckland, John Stephen Percy (1935-2006), mill researcher
Folder containing research material on John Smeaton, including photocopies of pages from John Smeaton's Reports Volumes 1 and 2, and other publications containing information on John Smeaton. Also includes correspondence and Stephen's typed notes.
Buckland, John Stephen Percy (1935-2006), mill researcher
Black and white photograph of the tower mill base at New River Head, London. "Fig...New River Head, Rosebery Avenue, N17, Sorocold's base, Summer 1961".
Buckland, John Stephen Percy (1935-2006), mill researcher
Black and white photograph of a view of the tower mill base at New River Head, London, during the time the site was occupied by the Metropolitan Water Board. (Small duplicate of A). "Fig...[As above. 19th century engine house, behind]".
Buckland, John Stephen Percy (1935-2006), mill researcher
Black and white photograph showing the great spur and stone nut in Shiremark Windmill, Capel, Surrey. "Fig Shiremark, Capel, Surrey, 196(0)?. Great spur and stone nut".
Buckland, John Stephen Percy (1935-2006), mill researcher
Black and white photograph of Watts Cross smock mill, Hildenborough, Kent after being struck by lightening. (Smaller duplicate of 1a). "Fig...Demolition of Hildenborough Watts Cross smock mill, Kent (1814), September 1961)".
Buckland, John Stephen Percy (1935-2006), mill researcher
