Roman mill at the Museum of London
- GBMR-0676
- Item
- September 2016
Part of Great British Mill Race
Berry, Mark
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Roman mill at the Museum of London
Part of Great British Mill Race
Berry, Mark
Pompeiian mill (animal powered)
Part of Sue Watts Collection
Animals were first used to turn millstones in Greece and Italy in the 4th century BC. The ‘hour-glass’ or Pompeiian mill, turned by a donkey or horse, was probably the earliest form of powered mill to be used in Britain, introduced by the Romans in the 1st century AD.
"The Horse Mill, Henley on Thames"
Part of Small Donations
Research notes on the history of the mill and location plan.
Cottingham, Ann
FWG 03592 Foreign Mills of Australia, New Zealand and Africa
Part of Frank W Gregory Collection
Notes, lists, reports and general information. Indexed during stage 2 of Frank Gregory Online.
Gregory, Frank William (1917-1998), mill researcher
Animal-driven millstones in a bakery at Ostia near Rome
Part of Sue Watts Collection
Research material on non-mill related topics
Part of Stephen Buckland Collection
A piece of paper with typed notes on animal powered ferry boats inserted in a folder of non-mill material.
Buckland, John Stephen Percy (1935-2006), mill researcher
Part of Roy Gregory Collection
Gregory, Roy (d 2013) author and mill researcher
Background: Classification of Waterwheels
Islamic and Roman designs of water-lifting equipment
Oxen Powered Portable Mill, North Carolina
Part of Derek Ogden Collection
Correspondence relating to work done on the mill for Mr. James Latorre.
Ogden, Derek, millwright
Buckland in the Moor roundhouse
Part of Martin Bodman Collection
Bodman, Martin
Buckland-in-the-Moor 3-horse gear
Part of Martin Bodman Collection
Bodman, Martin
Trebarwith Farm, water-powered barn - Tintagel
Part of Martin Bodman Collection
There are two mills in Trebarwith listed in the database that this photograph could depict
Bodman, Martin
"5 - Reconstruction /Restoration of 2 storey horse mill La Pagerie Martinique"
Part of Niall Roberts Collection
Letter and four photographs from Clare Byrne
Part of Niall Roberts Collection
Letter from Clare Byrne to Niall Roberts enclosing four photographs of an animal powered three-roll vertical crusher sugar mill in Buena Vista, Santa Cruz, Bolivia.
(All photographs are of the same three-roll vertical crusher).
Part of Roy Gregory Collection
Part of Roy Gregory Collection
Part of Roy Gregory Collection
Part of Roy Gregory Collection
Part of Roy Gregory Collection
Part of Roy Gregory Collection