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Wheatley windmill files

Envelopes of material on Wheatley windmill:

  1. Wheatley Windmill. Application to move the cap to Wheatley, 2000, with calculation of weight.

  2. Wheatley Windmill SPAB. Invitation to go on a one day tour with Wind & Watermills Section, 1975. (CLW saw the Mill for the first time, Thanks). Flyers for National Mills Weekend 2000 – 2002

  3. Wheatley Windmill. Letter file. 1976, 1984. 1994 – 2004.

  4. Wheatley Windmill. Invoices & timesheets from CLW & DE to the Society, 1994, 1996 – 2005.

  5. Wheatley Windmill. Invoices for goods supplied & work done by others for CLW, 1995 – 2005.

  6. Wheatley Windmill. Draft calculations & drawings. n.d.

  7. Wheatley Windmill. Fire protection of windmills, n.d.

  8. Wheatley Windmill. Various papers of the WWRS, 1977, 1995 – 2002. 2004

  9. Wheatley Windmill Photographs: a few copies of early 20th Century photographs: most of them illustrate phases in restoration, 1995 and 1997 – 2003.

  10. Wheatley Windmill. Drawings to scale, 1995 & n.d.

  11. Wheatley Windmill. Visual material other than photographs, 1976 and n.d.

  12. Wheatley Windmill. Job lists and price lists, 2000 & n.d.

  13. Wheatley Windmill. Photocopy of volunteers’ log book, 1977 – 1986, 1989, 1998

  14. Wheatley Windmill Reports, 1986, 1996, 2001, 2002

  15. Wheatley Windmill, Press cuttings, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003

  16. Wheatley Windmill, two drawings, n.d.

Photographs of Skidby Mill

Includes photographs from News of the World, The Yorkshire Post, Hull Daily Mail; photos with "Wm Jackson, 105 Park Grove, Hull" written on reverse; photos of unknown origin.

Thompson family, millers

Miscellaneous UK mill material

The box contains two cross-sectional drawings of North Leverton Windmill; newspaper cutting of Mapledurham Mill's 1977 restoration; 5 reprints of the Transactions of the Newcomen Society by Rex Wailes; copy of "Eksperimentel Arkaeologi" article on Iron Age rotary querns by Anne Bloch Jorgensen; material relating to the Quern Study Group; material on gunpowder mills including "Explosives in History" by Norman Wilkinson (1975) for The Hagley Museum, The Hagley Museum Guide (1976), "Gunpowder Mills Gazetteer" by Glenys Crocker (1988) and "Chilworth Gunpowder" by Glenys Crocker (1984); photocopy from Les Moulins No. 7 "Les Pierres A Moulins etc"; Lincolnshire History and Archaeology Group information; file of SPAB Mills Section members information.

Sass, Jon A (b. 1942), miller and millwright

Bedfordshire mills

Correspondence, notes, photocopies and photographs collected by Hugh Howes in writing his book 'Windmills and watermills of Bedfordshire' (2009).

  1. Assorted Mills and Bedfordshire Mills
  2. Astwick, Bromham, Cobham and Doolittle Mills
  3. Stotfold, Upper Dean, Holme, Newbridge and Stevington Mills.

Extra donation 12/04/2012 - copy of article on Bolnhurst Post Mill Beds with copies of photographs.

Howes, Hugh

Digital files

Digital files of Geoff Holman's draft chapters for his book on the history of the Holman family and the Holman Brothers firm. There is a folder for each chapter, containing a word file with the draft of that chapter, and in many cases other word files with notes. Many contain image files, mostly poor quality copies of old postcards and photographs. Some are scans of images in HOLM/4

Of note is a word file containing an interview with Chris Richardson, former Holman employee, remembering his working life; this can be found under chapter 2, 'The Holmans'. There are also numerous images, plans and documents relating to the restoration of Montefiore Mill, Jerusalem

Holman, Geoffrey Richard (1937-2011), photographer and mill enthusiast

Miscellaneous

Miscellany documents that do not state which mill they relate to, but are connected with the mills owned by the French family.

French, Michael, mill owner

Family and Employees

Photographs of members of the French family and employees and documents relating to some of these individuals.

French, Michael, mill owner