Information on industrial windmills. Includes references to copper mill, Alderley Edge; brass mill, Macclesfield; Stockport cotton mills; E Lancaster Burne's electricity generating windmill, Newent, Gloucestershire; sawmill, Lamberhurst, Kent; Arundel cement mill.

A Reporters' Notebook containing:
Northants: notes taken from 'Northants Notes & Queries, New Series, Vol.4, 1912-1920' relating to: a 1609 grant by James 1 of a post mill at Kettering; the history of an unindexed tower mill (located on the site of a former post mill on Rockingham Road, Kettering) which was demolished in 1893; 18th c. maps of Kettering showing the location of various mills and a 19th c. print showing a post mill at Peterborough; also notes about the post mill at Seaton, Rutland which was demolished in 1917 as well as the nearby watermill, Henry Royce being said to have worked at both mills as a boy.
Suffolk: research notes relating to Suffolk windmills including construction dates, operational status in 1926,1939 and 1955 and including the notable features listed in 'Subject access points' below.
Windmill restoration: eight pages of draft narrative rehearsing the demise of wind and watermills since the late 19th c. and extolling the efforts of John Russell to restore and preserve Union Mill, Cranbrook. The narrative rehearses the preservation efforts made by a number of local authorities (counties listed in 'Place access points' below) arguing that it should be essential for such work to be their responsibility.
Windmills still in operation: notes running from back-to-front in the notebook listing, 'How many still in use', which are 'Workable' and 'When used and why'.

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.

Whilst the album includes photographs of windmills, castles, churches, and other interests, additional photographs of importance to Stephen include his childhood home, himself and his brother Francis as children, his father Charles Buckland, his mother Jessie Hatch Flemming, and maternal grandfather Percy Flemming.
Non-mill photographs include: Cuddeson church; Appleton, Berkshire; Tenterden, Kent; Icklesham, Sussex; Appledore, Kent; Rye, Sussex; Cranbrook, Kent; Pevensey Castle, Sussex; Bodham Castle, Sussex; New Romney; Tonbridge Castle; Farnham Castle; Guildford Castle; Castle Motte, Ongar; Thaxted, Sussex; St Vulfran Church, Abbeville; St-Valery-sur-Somme; Rue, Somme; Saint-Riquier, Somme; Boulogne; Bruges; Ghent; Hampstead; Abbey Gate, Bury St Edmunds; Canterbury Cathedral; Washington Street, Hastings; Rye, Sussex; Westminster Bridge; Embankment; dismantled Dome and Skylon from Embankment.

Note on the envelope: "Negs Charing Willesboro' (2) Penn Fm Shell Mex Usc Skylon Belgium 1950 Rolvendon (silhouette) Witt. Stocks Houses at ?Silverhill Ch Row Loondon tram (4) ?Temple ch & 1 unidentified Ham psh. ch Hoads mill Bexhill (2) Silverhill (2) Cant. vath int & ext Rye ch int Jack Straws castle Skylon & Sh. mex Lawn rd Hse flats".

A repurposed pocket diary for August 1931 measuring 6.5 cm x 9 cm and marked "Kent" with brief notes on, and/or references to, the mills listed at "Place access points" below. The notebook is only partially complete.

Thingwall, Crowfield, Gwendarr Mill, Overy Mill, Tidworth, Shabden Park, Earls Colne, Brickfield Pump, Caudwell's Mill, Lustleigh, Dullelog.

Slides of Tower mill, Over, Cattell's Mill, Willingham, Smock mill, West Blatchington, and other subjects.

Slides of New Mill, Cross in Hand, Oldland Mill, Keymer, King's Mill, Shipley, and a wind generator in a garden between Argos Hill and Cross in Hand.
Note in the box: "Sx, 1979 Cross-in-Hand Oldland Mill, Keymer Wind generator between Argos Hill & Cross-in-Hand Shipley".

Slides of High Salvington Windmill; West Blatchington Windmill; King's Mill, Shipley, additionally The British Engineerium, Hove.
Note in the box: "High Salvington (trestle) W. Blatchington Engineerium, Brighton Shipley (striking gear, fan) } latter 1970s".

Album of negative strips in various sizes, of windmills and watermills, views of London, and the 1968 SPAB Spring Mill Tour. The following mills are listed: Post mill, Bourn; Cattell's Mill, WiIllingham; Tower mill, Over; King's Mill, Shipley; Wicken Fen Mill, Wicken Fen; Watermill, Wroughton; Abbey Mill, Reading; Smock mill, Willesborough; Lower Mill, Woodchurch; Shepherd Wheel, Porter, Sheffield; Abbeydale Hamlet, Sheffield; Post mill, Ramsey; Outwood Post Mill, Outwood; Ashton Mill, Chapel Allerton; Stratford Mill, Blaise Castle Estate, Henbury.

Album of negative strips in various sizes, of windmills and watermills, views of London, and Stephen's trip to Abidjan and Ghana in January and April 1966. The following mills are listed: Ovenden's Mill, Willingdon; Wimbledon Windmill, Wimbledon Common; Grove's Mill, Coleshill; Smock mill, Meopham; Shiremark Mill, Capel; Stembridge Mill, High Ham; Lower Mill, Woodchurch; Lacey Green Windmill, Lacey Green; Duck End Mill, Finchingfield; Littleworth Mill, Wheatley; Tower mill, New Bradwell; Church Street Windmill, Bocking; Downs Mill, Bexhill; Alderford Mill, Sible Hedingham.