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Notebook

Nicholl's foolscap notebook containing:
(1) 56 double-sided pages of dated notes, drawings, and measurements of the wind and watermills listed at "Place access points below".
(2) A newspaper clipping from the mid 1980s reporting on Millwrights International Limited's work on the restoration and removal of a Chiseldon tower mill to Windmill Hill Business Centre, Swindon.
(3) A photocopied newspaper clipping from [the Telegraph] reporting on the restoration of Mapledurham Watermill, also referencing Nicholl's concern about the future milling machinery at Rhydlydan Watermill, Wales.
(3) Further notes, contacts, addresses and potential suppliers of materials are listed on the last 6 pages of the notebook.

Nicholls, David, (1938 - 2020) millwright

Glamorgan

Negatives of windmills and watermills in Glamorgan and Cardiganshire, Wales. Incoudes an image of an overshot waterwheel at Ystrad Fflur, location unknown.

Meyer, Henry Smith "Harry" (1900-1982), carpenter and mill photographer

Anglesey

Negatives of windmills in Anglesey.

Meyer, Henry Smith "Harry" (1900-1982), carpenter and mill photographer

"Bucks"

A scrapbook-style album containing photographs, newspaper cuttings and ephemera on mills in Buckinghamshire.

Meyer, Henry Smith "Harry" (1900-1982), carpenter and mill photographer

"Beds"

A scrapbook-style album containing photographs, newspaper cuttings and ephemera on mills in Bedfordshire.

Meyer, Henry Smith "Harry" (1900-1982), carpenter and mill photographer

"Anglesey"

A scrapbook-style album containing photographs, newspaper cuttings and ephemera on mills in Anglesey, Wales.

Meyer, Henry Smith "Harry" (1900-1982), carpenter and mill photographer

Watermill, Gyrn-goch, Clynnog

The seventy third item is a photograph featuring Watermill, Gyrn-goch, Clynnog. This mill was located on the road south of Conway. The image is undated.

Gardner, Emilie Montgomery (1882-1959)

Watermills of England and Wales

This Sub - Series is comprised of 88 photographs of a wide range of watermills located across the length and breadth of England and Wales. The photographs have been arranged into the alphabetical order of the respective name of the county in which they are located.

Gardner, Emilie Montgomery (1882-1959)

Report - Felin Geri Watermill

Report entitled, "Felin Geri. A twin water wheel driven corn and saw mill at Cwm Cou, Newcastle Emlyn, Wales. Owner: Duncan L. Fitzwilliam Esq." The report gives a general description of the mill, its history and location then summarises the findings of an inspection carried out by John Fairbanks, millwright, in 1973. Fairbanks asked David Nicholls (then working for F. Ingram Smith Ltd) to write the survey and report in December 1973. This identified "very serious defects" in the building, the total cost of the recommended restoration scheme being £12,500 with the work being completed over a period of 4 months.

Nicholls, David, (1938 - 2020) millwright

Notebook - May to August 1967

A government-supplied Shorthand Notebook dated May to August 1967, containing notes from visits to a variety of industrial buildings and works throughout the UK but particularly in Somerset, Westmorland and Wales. Sites visited include breweries, foundries, rope-walks, collieries, quarries and slate, brick and granite-works. The contents are itemized on the front cover. Mills visited are listed at 'Place access points' below. Unindexed mills at Bovey Tracey, Pontlliw (referencing Penallt millstones) and Felindre, Swansea were also visited, as was the millstone quarry at Penallt, Monmouthshire.

Wailes, Reginald (1901-1986), engineer, known as Rex

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