Aerial view after bungalow was built
- THOR-01-30
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- After 1960s
Part of Thorrington Tide Mill Collection
Seemingly a separate family lived in the bungalow.
Unknown photographer
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Aerial view after bungalow was built
Part of Thorrington Tide Mill Collection
Seemingly a separate family lived in the bungalow.
Unknown photographer
Aerial view of farm and mill at Thorrington
Part of Thorrington Tide Mill Collection
View is from approximately the south-east.
Unknown photographer
Beans under tarpaulins, beside Thorrington Mill
Part of Thorrington Tide Mill Collection
Half-plate print on sepia paper. Probably by Douglas Went.
Went, Douglas, photographer
Creekside view of Thorrington Mill
Part of Thorrington Tide Mill Collection
Car in background is a Triumph Dolomite, which dates this picture. The waterwheel is well shown here but some tiles are missing from the edge of the roof. The two gentlemen have not been identified.
Unknown photographer
Down the lane to Thorrington Mill, after repairs
Part of Thorrington Tide Mill Collection
The garden wall has been added, as well as the shed on the left.
Unknown photographer
Enlargement of postcard, showing mill
Part of Thorrington Tide Mill Collection
Went, Douglas, photographer
John Simons [?] stacking bundles of harvested reeds beside the repaired mill
Part of Thorrington Tide Mill Collection
Note on back reads "See 1961 C. L. Article which has a similar picture. Probably Douglas Went". "Harvesting reeds - ?John Simons 1950s".
Went, Douglas, photographer
Mill Farm house, near Thorrington Mill
Part of Thorrington Tide Mill Collection
Taken from the driveway up to the bungalow
Matthews, Jane
Mill Farm with Thorrington Mill, after bungalow had been built, from silted-up former creek.
Part of Thorrington Tide Mill Collection
This was taken in the summer, after the spring flowers had faded off the trees, and probably coincides with the second of the air photos.
Matthews, Jane
Part of Rex Wailes Collection
Notebook measuring approx. 10.5 cm x 16.5 cm and marked on the inside cover 'c.1972' containing a list of mills (one page per mill), at varying levels of detail (those with more content being listed at 'Place access points' below). The first half of the notebook is devoted to watermills but the second half features windmills (mostly smock and post mills). Notes on several of the windmills reference the work of JM Heathcote. Cross references to maps/page numbers of books occur throughout.
Wailes, Reginald (1901-1986), engineer, known as Rex
Percy Lancaster, worker at Thorrington Mill
Part of Thorrington Tide Mill Collection
Mr Percy Lancaster of 'Benster', Dead Lane, Ardleigh Heath, Colchester, who worked in the mill as a lad between 1898 and 1906.
Gulliver, Neil
Plans for proposed new counting house, Thorrington Mill, Essex
Part of Vincent Pargeter Collection
With notes by Vincent Pargeter and marked "superceded".
Pocket notebook - focus on tide mills
Part of Rex Wailes Collection
A repurposed Lett's diary for 1936 measuring 7.5 cm x 11.5 cm, containing measurements, notes, calculations and drawings on a variety of engineering and milling matters including the mills listed at 'Place access points' below.
Reference is made to a number of sea or tide meals including unidentified ones at Denham, Wadebridge and St Austell, Cornwall and also to 'Butshead Tide Mill' [Budshead?] at St Budeaux. There are also 8 pages of notes under the headings 'Beech' and 'Stock' detailing the equipment/set-up within two unidentified mills. A further unidentified mill mentioned is 'Little Bentley Mill'.
Further notes on tide mills record that, 'porpoises came up at Barrow Hill Tide Mill, Abridge [Heybridge?], Maldon Essex'. A record is also made of '7 Tide Mills on North coast of Norfolk in the Burnhams'.
Wailes, Reginald (1901-1986), engineer, known as Rex
Repeat of -24 but on full-plate b/w paper
Part of Thorrington Tide Mill Collection
Full plate print with much better contrast in shadows. Probably by Douglas Went.
Went, Douglas, photographer
Restoration of Thorrington Mill's waterwheel - 1
Part of Thorrington Tide Mill Collection
Essex CC staff starting to remove cast iron wheel shaft. Probably by Jane Matthews.
Matthews, Jane
Restoration of Thorrington Mill's waterwheel - 10
Part of Thorrington Tide Mill Collection
Removing the inner rim and arms of the waterwheel. Probably by Jane Matthews.
Matthews, Jane
Restoration of Thorrington Mill's waterwheel - 2
Part of Thorrington Tide Mill Collection
Taking out the cast iron wheel shaft. Probably by Jane Matthews.
Matthews, Jane
Restoration of Thorrington Mill's waterwheel - 3
Part of Thorrington Tide Mill Collection
Hoisting the wheel shaft onto the flatbed lorry hired from Blundells. Probably by Jane Matthews.
Matthews, Jane
Restoration of Thorrington Mill's waterwheel - 4
Part of Thorrington Tide Mill Collection
Hoisting out the waterwheel's outer rim, including the arms. Probably by Jane Matthews.
Matthews, Jane
Restoration of Thorrington Mill's waterwheel - 5
Part of Thorrington Tide Mill Collection
One side of the cast iron wheel rim and arms, suspended over the shaft on the back of the lorry. Probably by Jane Matthews.
Matthews, Jane