- REXW-ESS-26
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Part of Rex Wailes Collection
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Part of Rex Wailes Collection
Detailed notes on mills in the UK and abroad
Part of Rex Wailes Collection
"English Windmills & Windmilling"
Part of Niall Roberts Collection
The Conference Folder for the Avoncroft Museum of Buildings Annual Weekend Conference 1977. Contains information on millwrights including biographical information on Vincent Pargeter and Rex Wailes, Ken Major, Bill Heathershaw of North Leverton Mill, and information on Danzey Green Mill, Norton Lindsey Mill, Chestern Mill, Harbury Mill, Berkswell Mill and Saxon Mill, Guy's Cliffe.
Gibraltar Mill, Great Bardfield
Part of Rex Wailes Collection
Miscellaneous reports, some with pages missing. Includes biography of Rex Wailes and report on the wind engines of John Wallis Titt. Negative copies of mill illustrations.
Part of Rex Wailes Collection
File entry's REXW-ESS-20 and REXW-ESS-21 are of the same mill, but were filed in different envelopes by Rex Wailes
(1) One page report by Rex Wailes on Little Hadham smock mill (18 June 1979) referencing "good photographs of the mill herself and a close up of her sails" . The report supports the restoration of the mill as a piece of history "in the solid" as well as advocating for the need for public access to it. Ongoing maintenance is advised, Wailes offering to assist further on the fitting of lightening conductors, "if Mr Nicholls has not already advised on this matter".
(2) Two black and white photographs of the mill (undated, but possibly those referred to by Wailes at (1) above).
(3) Nicholl's draft report (9 pages, double-sided manuscript notes and measurements).
(4) Photocopied pages from "English Windmills, Vol.2", Smith, D. (1932), Architectural Press, pp. 110-114.
(5) Nicholl's 13 page report for Millwrights International Limited to the mill's owner, A.H. Edwards, marked "Confidential". Contains a detailed report on the mill's condition together with a four-stage repair proposal and costings totalling approx. £115,000 (Nicholls adding that even a modified programme of works could not restore the mill for less than £70,000). Help with applications for grant aid is offered, Nicholls commenting that the mill, "is far too important a building to lose".
Nicholls, David, (1938 - 2020) millwright
Part of Rex Wailes Collection
Part of Rex Wailes Collection
The attached PDF contains a list of the letters from the SPAB, followed by transcripts of those from the CWA.
Saunderson's, Millwrights of Louth, Lincolnshire (unpublished) Vol 1
Part of Stephen Buckland Collection
Album of research notes and raw material compiled by Stephen Buckland.
Buckland, John Stephen Percy (1935-2006), mill researcher
Saunderson's, Millwrights of Louth, Lincolnshire (unpublished) Vol 2
Part of Stephen Buckland Collection
Album of research notes and raw material compiled by Stephen Buckland.
Buckland, John Stephen Percy (1935-2006), mill researcher
Part of Stephen Buckland Collection
Scrapbook of photographs of Sussex and Kent mills. Stephen Buckland's scrapbook number 66.
Buckland, John Stephen Percy (1935-2006), mill researcher
Scrapbook of postcards and photographs
Part of Stephen Buckland Collection
Scrapbook of postcards and photographs. Includes 12 Liebig cards, postcards of UK and foreign mills, photographs of mills in Bedfordshire, Kent, Middlesex, Buckinghamshire, and USA. Stephen Buckland's scrapbook number 53.
Buckland, John Stephen Percy (1935-2006), mill researcher