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A quotation referring to Great Gransden Mill

Pocket No. 15 of Album No.1. A quotation from Folklore, Myths and Legends of Britain from Reader's Digest Association in 1973. The quotation describes the owner, William Webb, and how he discovered a book of black magic among his dead brother's belongings.

Short, Michael

Quotation from extract mentioning St. Leonard's Mill

Pocket No. 30 of Album No. 2. An extract taken from 'An old gate of England, by A.G. Bradley and R. Scott' - p.117. The extract tells how Thomas of Walsingham describes how King Edward (Short does not describe which one) survived an accident with his horse that was spooked by the windmill. He also describes how there was a crude painting of St. Leonard in the court hall. Quotation from 1917.

Short, Michael

Quotation from extract mentioning Old Mill at Wittersham

Pocket No. 31 of Album No. 2. An extract taken from 'An old gate of England, by A.G. Bradley and R. Scott' - p.238. It describes how that among the houses, a specific house had been restored, and a retired windmill was situated in the back garden. Quotation from 1917. (Short lists Wittersham as being in Sussex; it is however in Kent.)

Short, Michael

Quotation from extract mentioning New Romney Mill

Pocket No. 28 of Album No. 2. An extract taken from 'An old gate of England, by A.G. Bradley and R. Scott' - p.314. It describes how the Old Mill stikes a very effective note as one enters the town of New Romney. Quotation is from 1917. (Short lists New Romney as being in Sussex, but is actually in Kent.)

Short, Michael

Quotation from extract mentioning Udimore Mill

Pocket No. 29 of Album No. 2. An extract taken from 'An old gate of England, by A.G. Bradley and R. Scott' - p.200. The extract describes how the windmill at Udimore made a big impression on people entering the village, and how it was an important landmark. They also express fears about its future after it had been declared unsafe. Quotation from 1917.

Short, Michael

Morse's Mill

Pocket No. 45 of Album No.1. A Photograph of Morse's Mill at Thurne Dyke in Norfolk showing its four sweeps and fantail, situated by The Broads.

Short, Michael

Short list of references

Pocket No. 44 of Album No.1. Once more a few notes describing references from the book 'Seen from a windmill: a Norfolk Broads revue', by Drew Miller.

Short, Michael

Page reference referring to Mill Loke Mill

Pocket No. 43 of Album No.1. Notes describing a page reference in 'Life in a Norfolk Village: The story of Old Horning'. They describe how the Mill at Mill Loke, Horning, had great character and many people were saddened when it was demolished in 1879.

Short, Michael

Letter to Michael Short from H.E.S Simmons

Pocket No. 47 of Album No.1. A letter from H.E.S. Simmons to Michael Short regarding Sulgrave Mill in Northamptonshire. Simmons tells Short that he does not know too much about the history of Sulgrave mill, but he proceeds to give a detailed analysis of the history of the interior of the mill.

Simmons, Herbert Edward Sydney (1901-1973), mill researcher

Michael Short's tour of Cley Windmill

Pocket No. 42 of Album No.1. Michael Short describing, in note form, how he took a car to see Cley Windmill. There he met the son of the owner of the residence, who kindly showed Short and a friend around the mill, and provided a sort of 'guided tour'. Dated 20th August 1976.

Short, Michael

References to East Bergholt Mill

Pocket No. 51 of Album No.1. Notes containing a quote from the caption to a photo in 'The Suffolk Landscape' by Norman Scarfe. No specific date, but the date given for the book is 1972.

Short, Michael

Map descriptions of Sydenham Windmill

Pocket No. 23 of Album No.1. Handwritten notes in which Michael Short describes the various maps showing Sydenham Mill (However, he mentions that most of the maps do not show the mill) throughout the years from 1795 until 1863. (Note that for the purposes of the dates, Sydenham appears in Kent, but is now in London.)

Short, Michael

Description of Hanwell Windmill

Pocket No. 32 of Album No.1. Handwritten notes describing Hanwell Windmill that used to be situated close to the present day Asylum in Middlesex. Taken from the life of J.M.W. Turner, R.A., by Walter Thornbury, orignially by Chatto and Windus in 1877, reprint by Wandlock reprints in 1970.

Short, Michael

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