A Reporters' Notebook containing: Northants: notes taken from 'Northants Notes & Queries, New Series, Vol.4, 1912-1920' relating to: a 1609 grant by James 1 of a post mill at Kettering; the history of an unindexed tower mill (located on the site of a former post mill on Rockingham Road, Kettering) which was demolished in 1893; 18th c. maps of Kettering showing the location of various mills and a 19th c. print showing a post mill at Peterborough; also notes about the post mill at Seaton, Rutland which was demolished in 1917 as well as the nearby watermill, Henry Royce being said to have worked at both mills as a boy. Suffolk: research notes relating to Suffolk windmills including construction dates, operational status in 1926,1939 and 1955 and including the notable features listed in 'Subject access points' below. Windmill restoration: eight pages of draft narrative rehearsing the demise of wind and watermills since the late 19th c. and extolling the efforts of John Russell to restore and preserve Union Mill, Cranbrook. The narrative rehearses the preservation efforts made by a number of local authorities (counties listed in 'Place access points' below) arguing that it should be essential for such work to be their responsibility. Windmills still in operation: notes running from back-to-front in the notebook listing, 'How many still in use', which are 'Workable' and 'When used and why'.
Wailes, Reginald (1901-1986), engineer, known as Rex
Dismantling for the removal Thorpeness Mill at Aldringham cum Thorpe being taken down 1922/23 [on reverse] Copy by P Dolman Being re-erected at Thorpeness [note added by PD next to the photo' ]
E.A.M 7- 1957 caption by J. E. Robinson, Harleston Norfolk. Copy by P Dolman of a cutting showing the post mill with its sails and fantail at the rear.
Copy by P Dolman of a photograph of the Front 3/4 of Bredfield windmill. The photograph shows the tower mill with all four sails and a chimney next to it. The handwritten notes on the back state: "Bredfield. August 1903. Mr Abraham."
This folder contains all the chapters on "The Tower Mill" and the first chapter - upto section 3 - on "The Smock Mill". The Text Contents Page should be used in conjunction with this folder.
Buckland, John Stephen Percy (1935-2006), mill researcher