Archive Catalogue

Bell Mills, Driffield

RFMP-PHT-16-01
Item
1833 (copy)

Part of The Roller Flour Mill Project Collection

E B Bradshaw and Sons Ltd

The Soundy Family Collection

SNDY
Collection
1861- c 2010

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

SNDY-01
Item
18 May 1861

Part of The Soundy Family Collection

See attached PDF for details.

Slocombe, William, solicitor

Over Family Collection

OVER
Collection
1865-1977

Ledgers, photographs and documents relating to the Over family of millers. Includes items relating to Sandhurst, Sindlesham, Sonning and Sandford mills.

Over family, millers

Lease of Abbey Mills

SNDY-02
Item
24 June 1871

Part of The Soundy Family Collection

See attached PDF for details.

Slocombe, William, solicitor

Whitley Bridge Mill Collection

WBMC
Collection
Before 1898 (copy) - 2017

Items relating to the history of Whitley Bridge Mill, owned by John Croysdale and Sons and then by James Bowman and Sons Ltd. Includes ledgers, plans and drawings, correspondence and photos. Also a large number of digital images of the mill taken by Sharon Burton before its closure.

James Bowman and Sons Ltd

William McCorquodale as Head Miller at Northern Rollermills, in the Laboratory

SMDN-2021.0027-05
Item
1880s/90s (2021 copy)

Part of Small Donations

Unknown photographer

The Mill Crew at the Northern Rollermills, Auckland, New Zealand

SMDN-2021.0027-04
Item
1880s/90s (2021 copy)

Part of Small Donations

Showing Alexander McCorquodale as Mill Manager seated at the centre with William McCorquodale as Head Miller third from the right in the back row

Unknown photographer

The Mill Stream, Ponders End

WPAC-WAT-01436
Item
1905 or earlier

Part of Watlington Postcard and Art Collection

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

Ling Mills, Wortham

DOLM-16790
Item
c 1890

Part of Peter Dolman Collection

Souvenir of Sawbridgeworth

WPAC-WAT-01241
Item
1905 or earlier

Part of Watlington Postcard and Art 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

"Flour Mills and Insurance"

DUFF-SBK-001
Item
15 January 1885

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)

DUFF-SBK-002
Item
2 February 1885

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 which was written a month earlier, on 15 January 1885. This article is directly continued in DUFF-SBK-003, which is the next page of the article from this same circular.

The Finance Chronicle and Insurance Circular

"Flour Mills and Insurance" (continued)

DUFF-SBK-003
Item
2 February 1885

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

DUFF-SBK-054
Item
November 1885

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

Wegmann’s ‘Improved “Victoria” Porcelain Roller Mill’

MWAT-043
Item
1886

Part of Martin Watts Collection

Wegmann’s ‘Improved “Victoria” Porcelain Roller Mill’ (From: The Miller, 4 January 1886).

Watts, Martin, miller and millwright

Carr's Mills, Silloth

WPAC-WAT-00267
Item
1906 or earlier

Part of Watlington Postcard and Art Collection

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

Sawbridgeworth. The river

WPAC-WAT-01242
Item
1906 or earlier

Part of Watlington Postcard and Art Collection

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

Westminster Bridge Mill

MWAT-026
Item
c. 1886

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

The Insurance News and a report on Welsbach incandescent gas lighting system, as well as a description of a mill fire

DUFF-SBK-014
Item
1886-1890

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

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