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"Brueghel - view of a post mill"

RHSC-01-01-010
Item
1614

Part of Richard Hills Collection

Hills, Richard Leslie (1936-2019), historian and clergyman

Sale notice for Upwell tower mill

FHIS-10671
Item
Copy of original from January 1836

Part of Family History Communications

material on Shepherd's Mill Upwell Mill

Sale notice for Upwell tower mill

FHIS-10665
Item
Copy of original from September 1836

Part of Family History Communications

material on Shepherd's Mill Upwell Mill

"The Port of Wisbech Cambridgeshire"

REXW-IMG-01-144
Item
1840

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

Mills at Wisbech

REXW-IMG-01-284
Item
Before 1846

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.

"Hunt's Day Book"

REXW-MIL-04-01
File
1836 - 1846

Part of Rex Wailes Collection

Transcripts of John Hunt's day book containing prices for work on various mills.

Yaxley Stone tower mill, Hunts

DUNN-01-09-35
Item
1856

Part of Michael Dunn Collection

Heathcote, John Moyer (1800-1892), painter

Yaxley Stone tower mill, Hunts

DUNN-01-09-36
Item
1864

Part of Michael Dunn Collection

Heathcote, John Moyer (1800-1892), painter

Sale notice for Barnes's Mill

FHIS-10670
Item
Copy of original from 1871

Part of Family History Communications

material on Shepherd's Mill Upwell Mill

Leach's eight-sailed tower mill, Wisbech

REXW-IMG-05-264
Item
Before 1896

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

DUNN-04669
Item
c 1880

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

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Item
2 November 1885

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

FREN-26027
Item
4 July 1894

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

FREN-26038
Item
16 July 1894

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

FREN-26041
Item
17 July 1894

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

Leach's Mill

FHIS-1129227-07
Item
Before 1895

Part of Family History Communications

Unknown photographer

Leach's Mill, Wisbech

WPAC-WIN-00085
Item
Before 1895

Part of Watlington Postcard and Art Collection

A description on the front of the postcard indicates that the photograph was taken before 1895.

Unknown photographer

Leach's Mill, Wisbech

SMDN-2021.0039-01
Item
Before 1895 (copy)

Part of Small Donations

Unknown photographer

Farm Account Book 1887

FREN-1115981
Item
1887-1895

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

FREN-26152
Item
9 February 1897

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

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