"Brueghel - view of a post mill"
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Part of Richard Hills Collection
Hills, Richard Leslie (1936-2019), historian and clergyman
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"Brueghel - view of a post mill"
Part of Richard Hills Collection
Hills, Richard Leslie (1936-2019), historian and clergyman
Sale notice for Upwell tower mill
Part of Family History Communications
material on Shepherd's Mill Upwell Mill
Sale notice for Upwell tower mill
Part of Family History Communications
material on Shepherd's Mill Upwell Mill
"The Port of Wisbech Cambridgeshire"
Part of Rex Wailes Collection
Part of the Rex Wailes collection.
A view of the port of Wisbech showing ships in a wide canal, two post mills and one tower mill. Drawn by J.P.Hunter. Published by J.P.Hunter,Wisbech, February 1840. Sent as a calendar to Enid and Rex Wailes, Christmas 1947.
The white post mill is Webster’s mill and the black mill is Bell’s mill, both in Leverington Road.
Hunter, J P
Part of Rex Wailes Collection
Part of the Rex Wailes collection.
Photograph of an oval painting showing a river and townscape and a number of mills and churches. Signed JC Sargeant? 1848.
The white post mill is Webster’s mill (demolished between 1887 and 1895) and the black open trestle mill without sails is Bell’s mill (last known to be standing in 1846), both in Leverington Road.
Part of Rex Wailes Collection
Transcripts of John Hunt's day book containing prices for work on various mills.
Yaxley Stone tower mill, Hunts
Part of Michael Dunn Collection
Heathcote, John Moyer (1800-1892), painter
Yaxley Stone tower mill, Hunts
Part of Michael Dunn Collection
Heathcote, John Moyer (1800-1892), painter
Part of Family History Communications
material on Shepherd's Mill Upwell Mill
Leach's eight-sailed tower mill, Wisbech
Part of Rex Wailes Collection
Two sets of handwriting on the reverse. Rex Wailes' note reads, "Leach's Eight Sailed mill, Lynn Road, Wisbech. This [corn] mill was built on an old post mill mound. The sails were removed in 1896. It had originally 4 sails but by 1840 it had 8. When this change was made is not certain. Copy photo from A.A. Oldham, Mount Drive, Wisbech". The second set of handwriting is in pencil (underneath Rex Wailes' notes) and reads, "The Eight Sail Mill, Lynn Road, Wisbech. Taken before removal of sails in 1896. (Copy of original photo of course). Cap of mill demolished in summer of 1947".
Oldham, Arthur Artis
Tower mill, Trumpington, in working order
Part of Michael Dunn Collection
Detail from larger, more detailed print
See Major and Watts 'Victorian and Edwardian Windmills and Watermills'
Kings Flour Mill, Great Chesterford
Part of Glyn Jones Collection
Photograph of an illustration of Kings Flour Mill, Great Chesterford, Essex found in "The Miller" Volume 11, dated to 2nd November 1885.
The Miller
Correspondence regarding proposed new Roller Plant at Hildersham Mills
Part of Michael French Collection
A letter from William Gardner to Mr A P French enclosing a Specification and Tender for a proposed new Roller Plant at Hildersham Mills. The letter is on Wm Gardner headed paper and includes illustrations of Gardner's Dressing Machines.
French, Michael, mill owner
Correspondence relating to a Whitmore and Binyon Roller Mill at Hildersham Mills
Part of Michael French Collection
A letter from Whitmore and Binyon to Mr French, enclosing and Specification and Estimate, relating to a Complete Automatic Roller Mill Plant for One Sack at the Hildersham Mills. The documents are on Whitmore and Binyon headed paper.
French, Michael, mill owner
Correspondence regarding Mr Whitmore requesting discussion of Roller Plant
Part of Michael French Collection
A letter from Whitmore and Binyon to Mr French requesting an interview to dicuss the proposed new Roller Plant at Hildersham Mills. The letter is on Whitmore and Binyon, Wickham Market headed paper. The envelope is included.
French, Michael, mill owner
Part of Family History Communications
Unknown photographer
A description on the front of the postcard indicates that the photograph was taken before 1895.
Unknown photographer
Part of Small Donations
Unknown photographer
Part of Michael French Collection
A hardback accounts book entitled Farm Accounts 1887, for the period 1887-1895, recording the various accounts for labour, hay, food, cereal, credit, tradesmen etc. A page, dated 1895, lists 8 traction engines, presumably used on the farm.
French, Arthur Pratt (d 1923), miller
Engineers Drawing for Roller Mill Platform
Part of Michael French Collection
The original engineers drawing for 'Platform, Foundations etc for Rolls and Roller Shaft' for Messrs W French and Son, Chesterton Mills. The engineers were E R and F Turner, Ipswich.
French, Michael, mill owner