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Mills at Wisbech

Mills at Wisbech

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.

"The Port of Wisbech Cambridgeshire"

"The Port of Wisbech Cambridgeshire"

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

Miscellaneous

Miscellany documents that do not state which mill they relate to, but are connected with the mills owned by the French family.

French, Michael, mill owner

Farm Account Book 1887

Farm Account Book 1887

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

Post mill, Madingley

Post mill, Madingley

Photograph from a box of Hallam Ashley prints labelled 'Assorted UK windmill photos - not Norfolk'. Shows the original mill at Madingley which collapsed in 1909.

Ashley, Hallam (1900-1987), photographer

Alfred Hone at City Mills, Ely

Alfred Hone at City Mills, Ely

Donated by Lyn Cottrell. Believed taken in the 1890s at City mills, Ely, Cambridgeshire, where Alfred Hone is listed as miller in 1892 and 1900. The photograph shows Alfred's second wife Emily, his daughters from his first marriage, Maude and Nellie, and his stepson William. Alfred's first wife died in 1892.

Unknown photographer

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