Thorrington Millhouse and farm buildings
- THOR-01-23
- Item
- 1930s/40s
Part of Thorrington Tide Mill Collection
View looking up the slope from near the creek.
Unknown photographer
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Thorrington Millhouse and farm buildings
Part of Thorrington Tide Mill Collection
View looking up the slope from near the creek.
Unknown photographer
Thorrington Mill and buildings nearby
Part of Thorrington Tide Mill Collection
Winter scene of mill and surroundings up the hill.
Unknown photographer
Thorrington Mill from the lane down to creek.
Part of Thorrington Tide Mill Collection
Replicate of picture -12, with a rowing boat on the water and mother with two children walking beside the mill.
Unknown photographer
Thorrington Mill showing waterwheels
Part of Thorrington Tide Mill Collection
Side-on view showing the windows and first-floor stable-type door, before repair.
Unknown photographer
Thorrington Mill from the waterside with yacht
Part of Thorrington Tide Mill Collection
2 1/4 sq" contact print, unmarked on back
Unknown photographer
Thorrington Mill after repairs (landscape view)
Part of Thorrington Tide Mill Collection
Note on back reads "Warm greetings and good wishes to Mr Glover from C.B. Christmas 1948". Picture presumably taken the previous summer by C B Poulman.
Poulman, C B
Thorrington Mill across Arlesford Creek
Part of Thorrington Tide Mill Collection
13 x 8 mm print, showing mill and surroounding buildings.
Unknown photographer
Beans under tarpaulins, beside Thorrington Mill
Part of Thorrington Tide Mill Collection
Half-plate print on sepia paper. Probably by Douglas Went.
Went, Douglas, photographer
Thorrington Mill after repairs (portrait view)
Part of Thorrington Tide Mill Collection
Note on back reads "Warm greetings and good wishes to Mr Glover from C.B. Christmas 1948". Picture presumably taken the previous summer by C B Poulman.
Poulman, C B
Thorrington Mill across Arlesford Creek
Part of Thorrington Tide Mill Collection
16 X 11 mm repeat of -16 but slightly better in focus.
Unknown photographer
Repeat of -24 but on full-plate b/w paper
Part of Thorrington Tide Mill Collection
Full plate print with much better contrast in shadows. Probably by Douglas Went.
Went, Douglas, photographer
Thorrington Mill from the lane, with 2 children
Part of Thorrington Tide Mill Collection
Note on back reads "The Little White Mill. Built in 1818 this charming watermill on Alresford Creek, Essex, fell into disuse but fortunately it recently was bought by Mr Glover who has thoroughly repaired it & uses it to dry seeds of flowers & vegetables which he grows on the surrounding land."
Unknown photographer
Part of E M Gardner Collection
The one hundred and forty seventh item is the first photograph of the Tide Mill of the Essex village of Thorrington. The photograph was taken on 14th August 1946.
Gardner, Emilie Montgomery (1882-1959)
Part of E M Gardner Collection
The one hundred and forty eighth item is the second photograph of the Tide Mill of the Essex village of Thorrington. The photograph was taken on 14th August 1946.
Gardner, Emilie Montgomery (1882-1959)
Thorrington Mill standing beside estuary
Part of Thorrington Tide Mill Collection
Unobstructed view across estuary showing luccombe on mill. Photograph by 'CGH'.
Unknown photographer
Thorrington Mill seen through chestnut in bud
Part of Thorrington Tide Mill Collection
Same tree as that seen in flower in picture -04. Photograph by 'CGH'.
Unknown photographer
Thorrington Mill seen through trees
Part of Thorrington Tide Mill Collection
Index calls it "A hidden gem".
Unknown photographer
Thorrington Mill with chestnut in flower
Part of Thorrington Tide Mill Collection
Notes on rear read "Chestnut & May in blossom over Thorrington (Essex) Valley". "Thorrington Mill & Backwater[?]"
Went, Douglas, photographer
Thorrington Mill with Hawthorn in flower
Part of Thorrington Tide Mill Collection
Note on back reads "Hawthorne blossoming on the meadows near the tidal mill at Thorrington, Essex". Someone earlier called the hawthorn "May" but this was corrected.
Went, Douglas, photographer
Pocket notebook - focus on tide mills
Part of Rex Wailes Collection
A repurposed Lett's diary for 1936 measuring 7.5 cm x 11.5 cm, containing measurements, notes, calculations and drawings on a variety of engineering and milling matters including the mills listed at 'Place access points' below.
Reference is made to a number of sea or tide meals including unidentified ones at Denham, Wadebridge and St Austell, Cornwall and also to 'Butshead Tide Mill' [Budshead?] at St Budeaux. There are also 8 pages of notes under the headings 'Beech' and 'Stock' detailing the equipment/set-up within two unidentified mills. A further unidentified mill mentioned is 'Little Bentley Mill'.
Further notes on tide mills record that, 'porpoises came up at Barrow Hill Tide Mill, Abridge [Heybridge?], Maldon Essex'. A record is also made of '7 Tide Mills on North coast of Norfolk in the Burnhams'.
Wailes, Reginald (1901-1986), engineer, known as Rex