The folder contains field notes on 28 mills positioned along the course of the river Stour in Essex. In addition, the folder also holds mills on tithe maps, navigation and catchment board correspondence as well as 3 postcards (two with notes on reverse). The postcards have been moved to the postcard folder. The Supplementary information PDF document produced by Michael Harverson has been attached to this catalogue entry as a Digital Object.
The folder contains handwritten field notes on 30 mills in Wiltshire. This folder used to contain 3 postcards ; two of which have notes on reverse and information on the auction of Wylye Mill. The postcards are now in the postcard folder. The supplementary information PDF document produced by Michael Harverson has been attached to this catalogue entry as a Digital Object.
The folder contains handwritten field notes on 20 mills in Somerset as well as miscellaneous notes from academic papers and a newspaper clipping from The Times concerning Stratford Mill. The supplementary information PDF document produced by Michael Harverson has been attached to this catalogue entry as a Digital Object.
The folder contains handwritten field notes on 15 mills in Oxfordshire, a letter addressed to Miss Gardner from the technical officer of the rural industries bureau and a plastic wallet which used to store 3 photographs. The photographs have been moved to the folder "EMGC-04" and are catalogued as " EMGC-04-11 : Mills of Oxfordshire". The supplementary information PDF document produced by Michael Harverson has been attached as a Digital Object to this catalogue entry.
The folder contains handwritten field notes on Norfolk Mills, miscellaneous notes on historical sources and a newspaper article concerning C. W. Byford & Sons Ltd. The detailed supplementary information compiled by Michael Harverson on a PDF document has been attached to this catalogue entry as the Digital Object.
The folder contains handwritten notes on Gloucestershire mills, 3 postcards, 1 newspaper advertisement concerning the purchase of a working watermill in west Gloucestershire and 2 letters from Gwladys Davies concerning the recording of local mills. The postcards are now in the postcard collection. A more detailed spreadsheet of information was produced by Michael Harverson and has been attached to this catalogue entry as the Digital Object.
The final folder of the collection on watermills in Devon comprises handwritten notes, one handwritten letter and two typed letters. The first typed letter is from the Devonshire Association while the other is from GM Engineering Ltd. The more detailed spreadsheet regarding the items of this folder written by Michael Harverson has been attached as a Digital Object to this catalogue entry.
References on Sussex a number of other locations scattered around the county for which there is no clear discernible pattern. Subjects of general historical interest, many relating to mills but also the local areas in which they were situated and the communities that they served.