Archive Catalogue

CUTT-01828
Item
26 January 1937

Cutting with photo from 'The Daily Telegraph' mentioning Miss Marion Marshall who had inherited the Brixton Hill windmill from the late Joshua Ashby and who wished to preserve it.

"A Facelift for the old Windmill"

CUTT-01823
Item
6 January 1978

Part of Press Cuttings Collection

Photo and caption from the 'South London Press' showing scaffolding around Brixton Windmill in Blenheim Gardens as it has its first redecoration since the Council took it over.

"1816 windmill in Brixton"

CUTT-02310
Item
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Part of Press Cuttings Collection

Scruffy cutting from 'The Times' about plans by the L. C. C. and the SPAB to preserve the tower mill in Blenheim Gardens, Brixton in an open space.

"WINDMILL PRESERVED"

CUTT-01833
Item
11 November 1958

Part of Press Cuttings Collection

Picture and caption in 'The Daily Telegraph' about the intentions of London County Council to go ahead with the preservation of the windmill in Blenheim Gardens on Brixton Hill.

A LONDON WINDMILL

CUTT-01777
Item
10 November 1934

Part of Press Cuttings Collection

Outcry about plans to demolish the windmill in Cornwall Road, Brixton, which is regarded as still sound.

"Spick and span"

CUTT-02106
Item
30 January 1978

Part of Press Cuttings Collection

Cutting from the Peterborough column in 'The Daily Telegraph' about the completion of the programme to repaint the exterior and replace some of the windows in the windmill on Brixton Hill, Lambeth.

"BRIXTON HILL"

CUTT-02105
Item
17 July 1964

Part of Press Cuttings Collection

Picture with caption from 'The Daily Telegraph' showing restoration work in progress on Brixton Hill tower mill.

"Death of Mr Joshua John Ashby, retired miller of Brixton."

CUTT-01831
Item
23 June 1935

Part of Press Cuttings Collection

Cutting from 'The People' recording the death of Mr J. J. Ashby, on 5 May, 1935, and his legacies to his housekeeper Miss Marion Marshall.

"BRIXTON'S WINDMILL"

CUTT-01830
Item
12 October 1934

Part of Press Cuttings Collection

Cutting from 'The Times' about efforts by Joshua Ashby, grandson of the original builder, to get Brixton Hill windmill preserved after his death.

"A Mill in the Metropolis"

CUTT-01829
Item
27 February 1937

Part of Press Cuttings Collection

Cutting from the'Sunday Companion' about S.P.A.B.'s efforts to preserve Brixton Hill windmill.

"A Windmill Preserved"

CUTT-01832
Item
12 March 1938

Part of Press Cuttings Collection

Note in 'The Guardian' that, as well as the stump of a windmill in Brixton, a windmill with a full set of sails is preserved in Upminster.

"Brixton's mill"

CUTT-01827
Item
20 October 1945

Part of Press Cuttings Collection

Note in the 'Evening Standard' about the problems the heirs of Joshua Ashby, builder of the Brixton Hill windmill in 1816, now have finding someone to look after it in this post-War period.

"Brixton windmill to be preserved"

CUTT-01826
Item
5 October 1945

Part of Press Cuttings Collection

Cutting from 'South London Press' saying that Miss Marshall had decided to preserve the old windmill on Brixton Hill which had been used as a store in recent years.