- SPAB
- Collection
- 1920s onwards
Records of the work of the SPAB Mills Section preserving windmills and watermills. Wind and watermill related items donated to the Society.
Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings Mills Section
Records of the work of the SPAB Mills Section preserving windmills and watermills. Wind and watermill related items donated to the Society.
Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings Mills Section
Bodley Foundry Workshop Drawings
Workshop drawings, sketches and pattern shop instructions for waterwheels gearing and associated matters.
Bodley Brothers and Company
Images and correspondence regarding UK windmills, with an emphasis on East Anglia.
Dunn, Michael (1916-1993)
Very large collection of documents and images, including original handwritten notes and drawings, relating to wind & water mills from many countries (mainly UK).
Gregory, Frank William (1917-1998), mill researcher
Prints, negatives and 35mm slides of Kent windmills relating to Peter Cobley's time as conservation architect for Kent County Council. Drawings of Herne mill.
Cobley, Peter
Files of reports, correspondence and other documents relating to UK millwrighting projects between 1965 and 1980 and US millwrighting projects between 1976 and 2012. Includes working drawings and photographs
Ogden, Derek, millwright
Images of Surrey and Sussex watermills, many of which have appeared in books by Derek Stidder, research on UK mills.
Stidder, Derek (1950-2017)
Records of Holman Brothers Ltd, including ledgers, wage books, photographs, trade catalogues, correspondence, plans and other documents dating from the 19th century to 1975. These relate largely to ploughing and threshing, but also to millwrighting. To this Geoff Holman has added material he created or collected from the late 20th century to the 2000s relating to his research into the firm and his wider interest in wind and water mills. This includes photographs of mills, digital and paper drafts of a book on Holman Brothers and related research, and digital files on mills, mainly those in Kent.
Holman, Geoffrey Richard (1937-2011), photographer and mill enthusiast
Brian Eighteen Mill Collection
Material on watermills in the Reading area, on the Thames, Kennet and Loddon rivers.
Eighteen, Brian (1930-2015), local historian
Albums of UK windmill photos. Photo of Ken Preece and short biography.
Preece, Ken, photographer
Heage Windmill Society photographic archive
Photographs relating to the history of Heage Windmill, mainly relating to the restoration carried out in 2000-2002.
Gifford, Alan
Items created or collected by the Cornwell family relating to their work as millers.
Cornwell, Guy (d 2016)
Items relating to Hovis and the careers of managing director John Figgins Morton and his family.
Morton, Robert
Documents and photographs on mills throughout the world.
Roberts, Niall (1922-2010), mill enthusiast
Photographs of UK windmills and watermills on postcards.
Research notes on mills, both originals and photocopies produced by the Science Museum.
Simmons, Herbert Edward Sydney (1901-1973), mill researcher
Manuscripts, research notes, documents and photographs relating to UK wind and watermills, principally Buckinghamshire. Incorporates the collection of Stanley Freese, which was bequeathed to James Venn and added to by him.
Venn, James (1921-2014)
Whitley Bridge Mill Collection
Items relating to the history of Whitley Bridge Mill, owned by John Croysdale and Sons and then by James Bowman and Sons Ltd. Includes ledgers, plans and drawings, correspondence and photos. Also a large number of digital images of the mill taken by Sharon Burton before its closure.
James Bowman and Sons Ltd
Union Windmill Cranbrook Collection
Items relating to the history of Union Mill.
Cranbrook Windmill Association
Photographs of UK mills. Drawings of Higher Bebington Windmill. Two spindles from cotton mills.
Dufau, Michael
Mildred Cookson Foundation Collection
UK and foreign Mills. Emphasis on wind-powered sites in the UK, Europe and North America.
Cookson, Mildred M, miller