Archive Catalogue

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

Arthur Pratt French, Funeral notice of

FREN-1116033
Item
Copy of original from 1923

Part of Michael French Collection

A digital image of a newspaper cutting reporting on the funeral of Arthur Pratt French on 26 April 1923.

French, Michael, mill owner

Prewett’s Mill, Horsham

EMGC-05-01-63
Item
1940s - 1950s

Part of E M Gardner Collection

Showing three workers and two cats outside mill.

Gardner, Emilie Montgomery (1882-1959)

Edmund John French biography

FREN-01-002
Item
17 November 2014

Part of Michael French Collection

Biography of Edmond (Edmund) John French, 1853 to 1901, brother of Arthur Pratt, son of William French. Edmund ran Chesterton Mill from 1881 to around 1886.

French, Michael, mill owner

Chesterton Mill and Edwin and Maud French with Major

FREN-1123668
Item
c 1910

Part of Michael French Collection

Black and white image of Chesterton Mill viewed from the front of the Mill House with Edwin and Edith French with their dog, Major. The Mill Office and Granary are on the left.

French, Michael, mill owner

Edwin French and Major

FREN-1116117
Item
c 1910

Part of Michael French Collection

Sepia photograph of Edwin French and his dog, Major, on French's Road leading to Chesterton Mills.

French, Michael, mill owner

Edwin French in his office

FREN-1116114
Item
c 1950

Part of Michael French Collection

Black and white digital image of Edwin French in his office at Chesterton Mills. The image is out of focus.

French, Michael, mill owner

Arthur Pratt French and Edwin French

FREN-1116103
Item
c 1920

Part of Michael French Collection

Sepia photograph of Arthur Pratt French and Edwin French at French's Mill, Chesterton.

French, Michael, mill owner

Vic Rowse, Felicity French and Bill Mead

FREN-1116036
Item
c 1953

Part of Michael French Collection

Black and white digital image of Vic Rowse, Felicity French and Bill Mead at Chesterton Mills sitting on the cold frame at the end of the engine house.

French, Michael, mill owner

Harold, William and Edwin French

FREN-1115994
Item
c 1905

Part of Michael French Collection

Harold, William and Edwin French posing on the railing of a wooden footbridge.

French, Michael, mill owner

W. R. Voller 'The Miller'

GJON-IMG-60
Item
c1900?

Part of Glyn Jones Collection

The packet in which this negative was presented is labelled 'Reynolds' Mill, Gloucester[;] Voller - extreme right', but this image is in fact an extract from 'The Miller' containing a portrait of W. R. Voller. The article is about Gloucester milling, where Reynolds Mill is located. Another identical copy of this negative can be seen GJON-IMG-60A, this negative was found in a different packet simply labeled "W.R. Voller, The Miller"

The Miller

Employees of the Reynold's Mill, Gloucester, featuring William R Voller

GJON-IMG-61
Item
c1900?

Part of Glyn Jones Collection

The packet in which this negative was presented is labelled 'Reynolds' Mill, Gloucester[;] Voller - extreme right'. Presumably of the employees at Reynolds' Mill, Gloucester, with W. R. Voller on the extreme right. Another copy of this negative was found in a packet simply labeled "W.R. Voller, The Miller", seen in GJON-IMG-61A. The 3 identical photographs can be seen in GJON-IMG-61B, GJON-IMG-61C, and GJON-IMG-61D.

The Miller

James Waterfield in doorway of buck of restored post mill

FWGC-1114289
Item
May 1980

Part of Frank W Gregory Collection

Gregory, Frank William (1917-1998), mill researcher

Miller and assistant, Terwick Mill, Rogate

FWGC-1113891
Item
No date

Part of Frank W Gregory Collection

Ayling brothers, sons of the miller.

Gregory, Frank William (1917-1998), mill researcher

Miller and assistant, Terwick Mill, Rogate

FWGC-1113890
Item
No date

Part of Frank W Gregory Collection

Ayling brothers, sons of the miller.

Gregory, Frank William (1917-1998), mill researcher

Unidentified watermill, (Shillington, Bedfordshire?)

EMGC-05-03-13
Item
1940s - 1950s

Part of E M Gardner Collection

E M Gardner's handwritten note stored with the negative reads 'Shillingford Beds'. However there is no Shillingford in Bedfordshire. Perhaps an error for Shillington?

Gardner, Emilie Montgomery (1882-1959)