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A government-supplied Shorthand Note Book dated 1966 and 1967 containing notes from visits to a variety of industrial buildings and works thoughout the UK, including breweries, refineries, founderies, brickyards, docks, pumping stations, tanneries and potteries. The contents are itemized on the front and back covers. Mills visited are listed at 'Place access points' below. There are several unindexed Staffordshire mills.

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

A J Thrower, Millwright, Belton, Suffolk

REXW-IMG-05-036
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1950

Part of Rex Wailes Collection

Written note behind the photograph reads, '' A. J. Thrower, Millwright Belton, Suffolk, 1950.''

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

A J Thrower, millwright, outside his house at Belton

ASHL-NEG-297
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September 1945

Part of Hallam Ashley Mill Photograph Collection

"The sails that turn no longer"

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16 August 1952

Part of Press Cuttings Collection

Photo and caption on former smock mill at Mulbarton, taken in 1910.

Tower mill, Mulbarton, derelict

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13 September 1934

Part of H E S Simmons Collection

Simmons, Herbert Edward Sydney (1901-1973), mill researcher

Old Swardeston Mill

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24 April 1933

Part of Karl Wood Windmill Sketches

Pen and ink drawing with wash, M474 ols Swardeston Mill, Mulbarton, 4 miles SW of Norwich, 24/04/1933

Wood, Karl Salsbury (1888-1958), artist

"Six Mile House Bure. S. Bank"

ASHL-NEG-221
Item
4 October 1964

Part of Hallam Ashley Mill Photograph Collection

"Six Mile House Bure. S. Bank"

ASHL-NEG-222
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4 October 1964

Part of Hallam Ashley Mill Photograph Collection

Tower mill, Carleton Rode

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No date

Part of Arthur Lowe Collection

Lowe, Arthur

Brown's Hill Mill, Irstead

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No date

Part of Rex Wailes Collection

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

Warrant of Attorney to act in a legal action concerning two windmills in Ringland, Norfolk

MCFC-IND-064
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25 October 1834

Part of Mildred Cookson Foundation Collection

One sheet of paper measuring 41 cm x 33 cm and folded in two. This warrant of attorney appoints two members of the King's Bench to act on William Christmas Rivett's behalf "in an action of Trespass and Ejectment of Farm" concerning various land and properties, including two windmills, at Ringland owned by Edward Palmer Clarke of Wymondham, Norfolk.

Pocket notebook - Cambridgeshire windmills -1925

REXW-NOT-026
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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

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