This Sub - Series is comprised of 88 photographs of a wide range of watermills located across the length and breadth of England and Wales. The photographs have been arranged into the alphabetical order of the respective name of the county in which they are located.
This Sub - Series is comprised of seventy four photographs which are mainly of watermills situated in the Welsh historic counties of Anglesey , Caenarvon and Montgomeryshire. There are also photographs of watermills from the other Welsh counties. The majority of the photographs have been arranged by the alphabetical order of the name of the mill. However, in the case of the mills situated in the historic county of Montgomeryshire, the decision was made to place the photographs of these mills together under the letter "M" for "Montgomeryshire". This is an attempt to recognise and respect the fact that it was Gardner's wish for these photographs to remain together in sequence. Gardner grouped these photographs together and on the back of each photograph she provided the heading of "Mont", an abbreviation of "Montgomeryshire", for this purpose.
The eighty third image is a photograph of Nant - Y - Coy Mill just outside the small village of Treffgarne in Pembrokeshire. The photographic print is undated.
The eighty second item is a photograph of the Prendergast Paper Mill in the town of Haverford West in the county of Pembrokeshire. We are not given a specific date of production. However, we are given the information on the back of the photograph that this image was produced during the reign of Edward VII (1901 - 1910).
The first item is a photograph featuring the so called "Little Mill" of a Welsh farmyard; the location of which is unidentified. Gardner has written a handwritten note on the back of the photograph which reads " a private water wheel in a Welsh farm yard - at work until a year ago when its water trough was destroyed in a storm." The photograph is undated.
The one hundred and twenty first item is a photograph of a mill in the historic county of Merionethshire (modern day Gwynedd); the precise location of which and name are unidentified. The item is undated.
The seventy third item is the first photograph featuring Llewyn watermill near the town of Dolgellau (Dolgelley) in the historic county of Merionethshire (modern day Gwynedd). The photograph is undated.
Like the preceding photograph, the one hundred and twenty second item is a photograph of a mill in the historic county of Merionethshire (modern day Gwynedd); the precise location of which and name are unidentified. Once again, the item is undated.
The tenth photograph features the watermill of the village of Rossett in the county of Flintshire. As Gardner notes on the back of the image, Rossett is located near to the city of Chester. Gardner has not written the date of production.
The fourteenth photograph features a watermill in Welshpool. The name of the mill is unclear as Gardner's handwriting is difficult to decipher. It appears to say "Pnuali Mill". Gardner has written a note of "Water Carrier gone" on the back of the photograph.
The eleventh photograph features a watermill referred to by Gardner in this instance as "Farm Mill Near Harlech." However, this is clearly the same watermill as featured in the twelfth photograph of this Sub - Series which is described by Gardner as "Farm Mill Near Dyffryn, Merioneth". Of course, there are a number of places in Wales called Dyffryn. The Dyffryn in question appears to be Dyffryn Ardudwy of the ancient county of Gwynedd which is not only situated near Harlech but also relatively close to the Gwynedd and Merionethshire border.
The twelfth image clearly features the same mill as in the previous photograph. The fact that Gardner labelled the previous photograph as featuring a mill from "Near Harlech" whilst referring to this image as "Farm Mill near Dyffryn, Merioneth" indicates that this mill is the one that was located near to Dyffryn Ardudwy in Gwynedd.
The photograph was contained within a greetings card sent to E. M. Gardner by Charles, John and Thomas Osmond. Both the photograph and card are undated.
The ninth photograph features the watermill of the village of Erbistock situated along the bank of the River Dee in the Welsh county of Flintshire. There was clearly a degree of uncertainty on Gardner's part as to whether Erbistock mill was situated in English Cheshire or Welsh Flintshire as she has written "Erbistock Mill, River Dee. Cheshire or Flintshire." Gardner has recorded the name of the miller of Erbistock mill as "Mr John Rogues" and the fact that the mill was operational. However, Gardner has not written the date of production.
The eightieth photograph is of the tide mill at the village of Carew in Milford Haven. The village of Carew is situated in the Naberth region of Pembrokeshire and is 7km east of Pembroke. The image is undated. The photographer was Arthur Williamson of Haverford West in Pembrokeshire and subject to copyright. For this reason, the photograph has not been added as a Digital Object file. The reference number given for this photograph is 5020/ 3.