Substantial photographic, technical, and newspaper information on windmills in Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire. The material appears have been collated by P J H Baker and then passed to Rex Wailes. Photographs were taken by several people, including Rex Wailes, Sid Simmons, and Richard Neville.
Includes introduction not present in first draft. This is a complete version of the partial text given as Appendix I in the 2007 printed volume. Part three (Thames tributaries south of the Chilterns) is loose in the front of the ring binder along with correspondence from H E S Simmons, R S Rothwell, Buckinghamshire County Museum (1967, re. deposit of manuscript) and Lorna Cassidy, as well as notes and sketches.
Freese, Stanley (1902-1972), town planner and artist
This image is undated; however it cannot be later than 1933 as this copy of the postcard bears a postmark of that date.
Message on reverse from Stanley Freese to H E S Simmons reads "Dear Mr Simmons, I started a little trip to the north on Tuesday, and am now at Carlisle. Went over v interesting mill (motor-driven now) at Upton Pk Chester, and sketched several in the Wirral and north of Liverpool. Have found a derelict mill near here. Didn't know there were any in Cumberland. Weather fine, except Tuesday and Thursday. Yrs Sincerley, Stanley Freese."
Black and white postcard taken by H.E.S Simmons, showing the mill before restoration, with cap but no sails. Postcard inscribed on reverse 'Catchems Corner 30-6-34'.
Simmons, Herbert Edward Sydney (1901-1973), mill researcher
Black and white photograph of Yaxley tower mill, Huntingdonshire shown here with no sails. "Fig (35). Yaxley, Hunts. (H E S Simmons photograph, 25 June 1932)".
Buckland, John Stephen Percy (1935-2006), mill researcher