Derelict tower of windmill, Ketton, Leicestershire
- TYC-0357
- Item
- June 1990
Part of Tony Yoward Collection
Yoward, Tony, industrial archaeologist
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Derelict tower of windmill, Ketton, Leicestershire
Part of Tony Yoward Collection
Yoward, Tony, industrial archaeologist
Part of Karl Wood Windmill Sketches
Pen and ink drawing, M211 Greetham "Loosecoat Field" tower mill, 6 miles NE Oakham, Loosecoat Field is SE of Greetham.
Wood, Karl Salsbury (1888-1958), artist
Part of Press Cuttings Collection
Photo and caption from the 'Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph about the conversion of Morcott tower mill into a home.
Part of Karl Wood Windmill Sketches
Pen and ink drawing, M213 Ketton tower mill, 3.25 miles SW of Stanford.
Wood, Karl Salsbury (1888-1958), artist
Part of E M Gardner Collection
Gardner, Emilie Montgomery (1882-1959)
Part of SPAB Mills Section Collection
Copies of maps, including Whissendine, Hackcombe (Haccombe), Beaconsfield, Castle Donington. Photo of unidentified mill.
"Meet the modern 'getaway' family
Part of Press Cuttings Collection
Full article from the 'Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph' about the Wheatcroft family's weekend home in Morcott windmill.
Part of SPAB Mills Section Collection
Part of Karl Wood Windmill Sketches
Pen and ink drawing with wash, M215 Morcott tower mill, 4 miles NE of Uppingham.
Wood, Karl Salsbury (1888-1958), artist
Part of James Venn Collection
Venn, James (1921-2014)
"Repairs to mill win countryside award"
Part of Press Cuttings Collection
Cutting from the 'Peterborough Evening Telegraph' about the award from The Countryside Commission to the restorers of Morcott tower mill.
Research notebook - Northamptonshire and Suffolk
Part of Rex Wailes Collection
A Reporters' Notebook containing:
Northants: notes taken from 'Northants Notes & Queries, New Series, Vol.4, 1912-1920' relating to: a 1609 grant by James 1 of a post mill at Kettering; the history of an unindexed tower mill (located on the site of a former post mill on Rockingham Road, Kettering) which was demolished in 1893; 18th c. maps of Kettering showing the location of various mills and a 19th c. print showing a post mill at Peterborough; also notes about the post mill at Seaton, Rutland which was demolished in 1917 as well as the nearby watermill, Henry Royce being said to have worked at both mills as a boy.
Suffolk: research notes relating to Suffolk windmills including construction dates, operational status in 1926,1939 and 1955 and including the notable features listed in 'Subject access points' below.
Windmill restoration: eight pages of draft narrative rehearsing the demise of wind and watermills since the late 19th c. and extolling the efforts of John Russell to restore and preserve Union Mill, Cranbrook. The narrative rehearses the preservation efforts made by a number of local authorities (counties listed in 'Place access points' below) arguing that it should be essential for such work to be their responsibility.
Windmills still in operation: notes running from back-to-front in the notebook listing, 'How many still in use', which are 'Workable' and 'When used and why'.
Wailes, Reginald (1901-1986), engineer, known as Rex
Part of Owen Ward Collection
Notes, photocopies and correspondence.
Ward, Owen
Part of Rex Wailes Collection
T. B. Paisley's notes on Rutland windmills; Note on Seaton's mills, 1955.
Paisley, Thomas Brownlee (1916-1980)
Part of E M Gardner Collection
Gardner, Emilie Montgomery (1882-1959)
Part of E M Gardner Collection
Gardner, Emilie Montgomery (1882-1959)
Part of Vincent Pargeter Collection
Notes, sketches, correspondence, photographs.
Pargeter, Vincent G (1943-2015), millwright
Part of James Waterfield Collection
Waterfield, James, miller and millwright
Part of Karl Wood Windmill Sketches
Pen and ink drawing with wash, M214 South Luffenham tower mill, 7.5 miles SE of Oakham.
Wood, Karl Salsbury (1888-1958), artist