Archive Catalogue

Hull - Humber Bank tower mill

ROYG-IMG-01-205
Item
1770

Part of Roy Gregory Collection

Drawing of Humber Bank Mill with the town and church in the background.

Union mill, Beverley

ROYG-IMG-01-177
Item
After 1799

Part of Roy Gregory Collection

Subscription Mill, Kingston-upon-Hull

ROYG-IMG-01-172
Item
1800

Part of Roy Gregory Collection

An illustration of the New Subscription Mill at Kingston-upon-Hull from 1800

"Iron Manufacture. Rolling and Slitting Mill, at Messrs Walker's Iron Works, Rotherham"

MCFC-ENG-129
Item
1812

Part of Mildred Cookson Foundation Collection

Farey, John (1791-1851), mechanical engineering, consulting engineer, patent agent and illustrator

Bell Mills, Driffield

RFMP-PHT-16-01
Item
1833 (copy)

Part of The Roller Flour Mill Project Collection

E B Bradshaw and Sons Ltd

Lease of a watermill at North Cave, Yorkshire

MCFC-IND-061
Item
9 June 1859

Part of Mildred Cookson Foundation Collection

2 sheets of paper measuring 27 cm x 46 cm comprising a lease from the Governors of the Edward VI Grammer School, Giggleswick to Elizabeth Cade (widow) and Richard Tindall Cade, corn miller (both of North Cave), of a broad variety of premises and land at North Cave including: a water corn mill at North Cave, together with the water wheel, pit wheel, [whallow] wheel, the spur wheel (frame and upright) and associated ironwork. Also a manuscript note to Robert Cade about the drafting of the Lease from his solicitor, Mr Robinson dated 3 June 1859.

Kingston-upon-Hull, general view

ROYG-IMG-01-175
Item
Mid 19th century

Part of Roy Gregory Collection

Overhead drawing of the city showing numerous factories

Burton Lane, York

REXW-IMG-01-155
Item
1870

Part of Rex Wailes Collection

Part of the Rex Wailes collection.
Photograph of the mill in 1870, copied from a paper negative in the City of York Art Gallery, dated 24-vi-36.

Unknown

Tadcaster Mill

TADC-02-01
Item
Between 1864 and 1875

Part of Tadcaster Mill Files

Unknown photographer

Scalby Mills, Scarborough

WPAC-WAT-00933
Item
1882

Part of Watlington Postcard and Art Collection

Valentine's

Selby Soke Mill

HART-001
Item
1884

Part of Ken Hartley Collection

Note on reverse reads: "Selby Soke Mill, situated alongside The Dam, in Millgate. Photo believed taken in 1884. The mill was demolished in 1886/7. Mr Wrage [address given], Selby, has the glass negative of this photograph, and kindly supplied this print."

Unknown photographer

"Flour Mills and Insurance"

DUFF-SBK-001
Item
15 January 1885

Part of Duffield Family Collection

Cutting from 'The Finance Chronicle and Insurance Circular', discussing the impact of the new roller milling technology on fire risks and insurance costs. This article is continued in DUFF-SBK-002, which contains the follow-up written a month later, 2 February 1885.

The Finance Chronicle and Insurance Circular

"Flour Mills and Insurance" (continued)

DUFF-SBK-003
Item
2 February 1885

Part of Duffield Family Collection

Cutting from 'The Finance Chronicle and Insurance Circular', discussing the layout, machinery and processes of roller mills and their associated fire risks. This article is a continuation of DUFF-SBK-001 and DUFF-SBK-002.

The Finance Chronicle and Insurance Circular

Billhead receipt of Ullathorne and Co, Barnard Castle, Spinners and Manufacturers of Shoe Threads

MCFC-BIL-009
Item
25 August 1885

Part of Mildred Cookson Foundation Collection

Ullathorne and Co, spinners and manufacturers of shoe threads

Rigg Mill

WPAC-WAT-00988
Item
c 1880

Part of Watlington Postcard and Art Collection

Francis Frith and Co

Rigg Mill, near Whitby

WPAC-WAT-00987
Item
c 1880

Part of Watlington Postcard and Art Collection

Francis Frith and Co

The Insurance News 1886

DUFF-SBK-011
Item
15 May 1886

Part of Duffield Family Collection

The first cutting is an article in The Insurance News showing correspondence to the editor regarding corn mill fires, detailing the costs of damages and the most common times and causes for fires. The second cutting details the success of the burial fund business Prudential Assurance Company Limited.

The Insurance News