Archive Catalogue

Six roller mills and their sacks per hour

DUFF-SBK-120
Item
nd

Two cuttings depicting Victoria Flour Mills, Grimsby, Ridgway Flour Mills, Hanley, Marsh Mills, Plympton, Burschough Mills, Burscough, Junction Mills, Leith, and Harston Mill, Harston and stating their number of sacks per hour.

Unknown publisher

Correspondence regarding proposed new Roller Plant at Hildersham Mills

FREN-26027
Item
4 July 1894

Part of Michael French Collection

A letter from William Gardner to Mr A P French enclosing a Specification and Tender for a proposed new Roller Plant at Hildersham Mills. The letter is on Wm Gardner headed paper and includes illustrations of Gardner's Dressing Machines.

French, Michael, mill owner

Antiquarian Research Notebook 36

JSPB-1125462
Item
23 May - 30 August 1965

Part of Stephen Buckland Collection

Red hardback notebook. Contains correspondence, transcriptions, sketches and notes on windmills and various antiquary interests.

Buckland, John Stephen Percy (1935-2006), mill researcher

Collection of Newspaper Cuttings

FREN-1116102
Item
1964-2003

Part of Michael French Collection

A collection of 10 newspaper cuttings. 8 are related to Chesterton Mills and the French family. One is related to the restoration of Bourn Windmill and a second is related to Turner's Milling Engineers of Ipswich.

French, Michael, mill owner

Correspondence relating to a Whitmore and Binyon Roller Mill at Hildersham Mills

FREN-26038
Item
16 July 1894

Part of Michael French Collection

A letter from Whitmore and Binyon to Mr French, enclosing and Specification and Estimate, relating to a Complete Automatic Roller Mill Plant for One Sack at the Hildersham Mills. The documents are on Whitmore and Binyon headed paper.

French, Michael, mill owner

Miscellaneous Mill Expenses - 2

FREN-26094
Item
1896-1899

Part of Michael French Collection

A record of miscellaneous expenses for Hildersham Mills for the years 1896 to 1899, including the 1896 Christmas Box.

French, Michael, mill owner

Miscellaneous Mill Expenses - 1

FREN-26095
Item
1895-1898

Part of Michael French Collection

A record of miscellaneous expenses for Hildersham Mills for the years 1895 to 1898, including the 1895 Christmas Box.

French, Michael, mill owner

History of Chesterton Mill, aka French's Mill

FREN-1125210
Item
2006

Part of Michael French Collection

A short history of Chesterton Mill from 1847 through to 2003.

French, Michael, mill owner

Biographies of the millers of the French family

FREN-1116095
Item
No date

Part of Michael French Collection

Brief biographies of Thomas, William, Arthur Pratt, Edwin, Roger and Alfred French and Bill Mead.

French, Michael, mill owner

Nancy French's Memories

FREN-1116034
Item
No date

Part of Michael French Collection

Nancy French's memories of her father and uncle's accounts of their youth at Hildersham Mills as recorded in her notebook.

French, Michael, mill owner

Front Sail: general layout

DLPC-01-Fig-1.11c
Item
2014

Part of David L Pearce Collection

"Wicken Corn Windmill Milling Manual"

DLPC-04
Item
7 February 2014

Part of David L Pearce Collection

Pearce, David L, engineer

"Soham Northfield Windmill: A Summary of its Millwrighting History"

DLPC-03-05
Item
27 December 2011

Part of David L Pearce Collection

Pearce, David L, engineer

Wicken Windmill: Old Meal Bin: Taken from Alan Wallis drawing

DLPC-01-Fig-3.44
Item
2014

Part of David L Pearce Collection

Wicken Windmill: Bin Floor Layout

DLPC-01-Fig-2.30
Item
2014

Part of David L Pearce Collection

"Reader family of Fordham"

SMDN-2015.0017-04
Item
February 2009 (includes copies of older images)

Part of Small Donations

Images of the Reader family and of Fordham watermill.

Browne, Michael

Daily Payment Records Book 1903

FREN-1116000
Item
1 September 1903 - 28 January 1904

Part of Michael French Collection

A small, leather-bound account book, belonging to Arthur Pratt French, containing records of daily payments for the period Tuesday 1 September 1903 to Thursday 28 January 1904.

Farm Account Book 1887

FREN-1115981
Item
1887-1895

Part of Michael French Collection

A hardback accounts book entitled Farm Accounts 1887, for the period 1887-1895, recording the various accounts for labour, hay, food, cereal, credit, tradesmen etc. A page, dated 1895, lists 8 traction engines, presumably used on the farm.

French, Arthur Pratt (d 1923), miller