Archive Catalogue

Tower mill, Poulter's Drove, Christchurch

SPAB-WIS-CAMBS-24-01
Item
1928

Part of SPAB Mills Section Collection

Wailes, Reginald (1901-1986), engineer, known as Rex

Stevens' Mill, Burwell

SPAB-WIS-CAMBS-17-02
Item
1926

Part of SPAB Mills Section Collection

Wailes, Reginald (1901-1986), engineer, known as Rex

Bluntisham Mill, Bluntisham

SPAB-WIS-CAMBS-13-01
Item
1926

Part of SPAB Mills Section Collection

Wailes, Reginald (1901-1986), engineer, known as Rex

Orwell Mill, Barrington

SPAB-WIS-CAMBS-09-02
Item
1926

Part of SPAB Mills Section Collection

Wailes, Reginald (1901-1986), engineer, known as Rex

Tower mill, Arrington

SPAB-WIS-CAMBS-05-01
Item
1926

Part of SPAB Mills Section Collection

Wailes, Reginald (1901-1986), engineer, known as Rex

'Notes Watermills'

REXW-NOT-035
Item
1972

Part of Rex Wailes Collection

Notebook measuring approx. 10.5 cm x 16.5 cm and marked on the inside cover 'c.1972' containing a list of mills (one page per mill), at varying levels of detail (those with more content being listed at 'Place access points' below). The first half of the notebook is devoted to watermills but the second half features windmills (mostly smock and post mills). Notes on several of the windmills reference the work of JM Heathcote. Cross references to maps/page numbers of books occur throughout.

Wailes, Reginald (1901-1986), engineer, known as Rex

Pocket notebook - Cambridgeshire windmills -1925

REXW-NOT-026
Item
June 1925

Part of Rex Wailes Collection

A repurposed Seandar diary for 1925 measuring 9.5 cm x 15 cm recording an 8 day tour of windmills, most of which located in Cambridgeshire. Planning notes for the trip list mills to be visited each day (as well as recommended inns in which to dine/stay).
Notes are made for the mills listed in 'Place access points' below, occasionally accompanied with dimensions and drawings. Mills which have been demolished are also recorded. A list of those mills not visited is given at the back.
Unindexed mills visited include Polton Mill, Shepreth End post mill, a tower mill at Bradley and the remains of tower mills at Chesterton, Boxworth and March.
Mills at Histon, Waterbeach, Yelling, Fen Drayton, Somersham, Warboys, Susards Farm, Madingley and St John's Highway are marked 'non-est'.

Wailes, Reginald (1901-1986), engineer, known as Rex

Pocket notebook - Suffolk windmills -1930 or later

REXW-NOT-023
Item
Undated

Part of Rex Wailes Collection

A repurposed Lett's diary for 1930 measuring 7.5 cm x 10 cm, most of the pages being blank, but containing a list of the Suffolk mills itemised at 'Place access points' below, with brief descriptions for each one. These include details of the current mill owner (where applicable) and their condition (or date of demolition, if applicable).

Wailes, Reginald (1901-1986), engineer, known as Rex

Haddenham Tower Mill, Cambridgeshire

REXW-IMG-05-251
Item
Undated

Part of Rex Wailes Collection

"Haddenham Tower Mill, Cambridgeshire. The Brakewheel, windshaft and Wallower looking up towards the breast of the cap. A.1725/8".

Wailes, Reginald (1901-1986), engineer, known as Rex

"Steven's Mill, Burwell; Cambs"

REXW-IMG-02-012
Item
20 August 1932

Part of Rex Wailes Collection

Wailes, Reginald (1901-1986), engineer, known as Rex

"The Big Mill, Burwell; Cambs"

REXW-IMG-02-011
Item
20 August 1932

Part of Rex Wailes Collection

Wailes, Reginald (1901-1986), engineer, known as Rex

"Sheldrick's Mill, Soham, Cambs"

REXW-IMG-02-007
Item
13 September 1931

Part of Rex Wailes Collection

Wailes, Reginald (1901-1986), engineer, known as Rex

Haddenham Tower Mill, Cambridgeshire, interior

REXW-IMG-01-122
Item
No date

Part of Rex Wailes Collection

Part of the Rex Wailes collection.
Labelled on reverse
'Haddenham Tower Mill, Cambs
The Brakewheel windshaft and Wallower looking up towards the breast of the cap'

Wailes, Reginald (1901-1986), engineer, known as Rex