Archive Catalogue

UNIO-01-28-02
Item
c 2010

Part of Union Windmill Cranbrook Collection

Reference to Willesborough Watermill probably relates to Sevington Mill, Ashford. Reference to Shorncliffe Watermill probably relates to Seabrook Mill, Cheriton.

Tremenheere, Wynn (1923-2015), chairman of Cranbrook Windmill Association

"A city's windmill"

CUTT-01245
Item
23 April 1936

Part of Press Cuttings Collection

Cutting from 'Daily Mail' of a photograph of a windmill in Rochester. The caption also identifies the owner as Mr. W. J. Glover.

"A description of the celebrated miller's tomb on Highdown Hill, near Worthing"

CUTT-00886
Item
No date

Part of Press Cuttings Collection

Cutting from an unknown source describing the bizarre funeral arrangements of miller John Olliver. The article gives some details of his life as the miller at Highdown Hill Mill, and also speculates as to the reasons for his various decisions in the event of his death.

"A family of millers in the Isle of Axholme"

CUTT-01547
Item
31 October 1935

Part of Press Cuttings Collection

Cutting from 'Doncaster Chronicle' describing the history of Burnham Mill under the Wilkinson family. The article outlines the start of the milling business under Jabez Wilkinson, and details the mill's consequent operation under various members of the m#family. It also contains a profile on Fred Wilkinson, a miller, and his regret about the diminishing number of mills in the local area. It also explains that Fred Wilkinson had to remove the sails and operate the mill by an oil engine due to lack of demand.

"A lonely fight for survival was waged here"

CUTT-01191
Item
14 March 1978

Part of Press Cuttings Collection

Cutting from 'Southern Echo' describing the history of Upper Calbourne Mill under the ownership of Mrs. Emma Weeks and her family. The article elaborates on Mrs. Weeks' struggle to run the mill as a woman in 1903, and the subsequent successes the family has enjoyed at the mill.

"A Mill and its Millers"

CUTT-02713
Item
17 May 1949

Part of Press Cuttings Collection

Article in the 'East Anglian Daily Times', by R. D. Clover, about his ancestors who were millers at Drinkstone from 1775 onwards.

"A Remarkable Enterprise in the North. Messrs. John Pattinson and Sin's (Limited) Beacon Mills, Whitehaven"

DUFF-SBK-165
Item
nd

Part of Duffield Family Collection

Cutting article regarding Beacon Mills, Whitehaven.

Milling

"A strong wind can mean 5 tons of grain in a day"

CUTT-01504
Item
05 March 1955

Part of Press Cuttings Collection

Cutting from 'Lincolnshire Chronicle and Leader' describing the operation of Grimsby mill by brothers Alec and Alan Kennedy. The article also provides a detailed history of the mill and a description of its structure.

"A Volunteer for the North's Last Working Windmill"

CUTT-02538
Item
1956

Part of Press Cuttings Collection

Text , possibly from the 'Manchester Guardian', about the appointment of a replacement for the late Mr. George Foster, who had operated the Subscription Mill at North Leverton for 35 years.

Albert Nixey

VENN-IMG-01-194
Item
? 1936

Part of James Venn Collection

Name "Albert Nixey" written on envelope containing this and other negatives; presumably refers to this image. "36", presumably date, written on edge of negative.

Freese, Stanley (1902-1972), town planner and artist

Alfred Abraham with wife Anne, and their daughter Grace.

FUWA-00830
Item
1920s

Part of Friends of Upminster Windmill Archive

Alfred and Anne had two daughters, Grace (eldest) and Emily. They lived in the large Mill House

Altering the grain flow using the crook string, Mapledurham Mill, Mapledurham

MCFC-1122134-12
Item
1986

Part of Mildred Cookson Foundation Collection

Cookson, Mildred M, miller

"An atom-powered Crosby Mill!"

CUTT-01309
Item
17 December 1960

Part of Press Cuttings Collection

Cutting from 'Southport Visitor' of an article by Frank Tyrer of a detailed history of the introduction of auxiliary power sources at Moor Lane Mill in Crosby under the ownership of the Waterhouse family. The article gives an explanation of different energy sources used to supplement the wind from the steam engine to electricity, and also details the changing ownership of the mill within the Waterhouse family.