- RFMP-PHT-16-01
- Item
- 1833 (copy)
E B Bradshaw and Sons Ltd
E B Bradshaw and Sons Ltd
Legal deeds and other items relating to the Soundy family of millers and The Abbey Mills, Reading.
Soundy family, millers
Deed of Partnership between Eisdell and Soundy
Part of The Soundy Family Collection
See attached PDF for details.
Slocombe, William, solicitor
Part of The Soundy Family Collection
See attached PDF for details.
Slocombe, William, solicitor
This image is undated; however it cannot be later than 1905 as this copy of the postcard bears a postmark of that date.
Cooler Bros
Part of Peter Dolman Collection
This image is undated; however it cannot be later than 1905 as this copy of the postcard bears a postmark of that date.
Truswell, W
Part of Duffield Family Collection
Cutting from 'The Finance Chronicle and Insurance Circular', discussing the impact of the new roller milling technology on fire risks and insurance costs. This article is continued in DUFF-SBK-002, which contains the follow-up written a month later, 2 February 1885.
The Finance Chronicle and Insurance Circular
"Flour Mills and Insurance" (continued)
Part of Duffield Family Collection
Cutting from 'The Finance Chronicle and Insurance Circular', discussing the layout, machinery and processes of roller mills and their associated fire risks. This article is a continuation of DUFF-SBK-001 and DUFF-SBK-002.
The Finance Chronicle and Insurance Circular
St Saviour's, Tooley Street Fire
Part of Duffield Family Collection
Cuttings are from a news article detailing a fire at St Saviours Flour Mills, on Tooley Street near St Saviour's Docks, and some lucky escapes by firefighters tackling the blaze.
The Daily Graphic
This image is undated; however it cannot be later than 1906 as this copy of the postcard bears a postmark of that date.
Martin, J J
This image is undated; however it cannot be later than 1906 as this copy of the postcard bears a postmark of that date.
Mardon's Series
Part of Martin Watts Collection
Westminster Bridge Mill, 1885, showing the arrangement of the roller mill with the different sets of machinery on each floor (The Miller, 5 April 1886 (insert)).
Watts, Martin, miller and millwright
Part of Duffield Family Collection
Various sets of cuttings. The first cutting is a continuation of the article discussing the difficulties in insuring against fire in corn mills in DUFF-SBK-012 and DUFF-SBK-013. The next cutting describes a new Welsbach incandescent gas lighting system. There is then a cutting detailing a fire at Star Mills, Oldham. Next is a series of cuttings discussing a new mutual insurance to be set-up by a conglomerate of millers in the UK, as well as a new sprinkler system for mills, and also discussion of a new company secretary for the Association of British and Irish Millers.
The Insurance News
Various mill fire reports 1886-1887
Part of Duffield Family Collection
5 cuttings reporting mill fires. The articles are from The Standard, The Citizen, and Soulby's Ulverston Advertiser and General Intelligencer, describing mill fires, their costs and causes.
The Standard
Part of Brian Eighteen Mill Collection
Receipted invoice for bran.
Waterloo Flour Mills, Waterloo Bridge
Part of Duffield Family Collection
The first cutting is an article in The Insurance News showing correspondence to the editor regarding corn mill fires, detailing the costs of damages and the most common times and causes for fires. The second cutting details the success of the burial fund business Prudential Assurance Company Limited.
The Insurance News
Rossett Mill and The Insurance News "The Corn Millers in Council - I"
Part of Duffield Family Collection
The first cutting is a picture of Rossett Mill. The second cutting features the end of one article discussing insurance fraud in a cigar shop and the start of another article discussing difficulty in insuring corn millers. This article is continued in DUFF-SBK-013 and DUFF-SBK-014.
The Insurance News
Construction of Solway Mills, Silloth, view from North East
Carr's Flour Mills
This image is undated; however it cannot be later than 1908 as this copy of the postcard bears a postmark of that date.
Truswell, W