Photographs of English windmills. Drawings of Chesterton Mill. Copy of MA thesis examining the role of windmills as heritage attractions by Kirsten Holmes.
Material relating to the history of Oldland Mill, Keymer. Includes: Electronic copy of 1927-33 minute book of Oldland Mill Committee Minutes and agendas of the Oldland Mill Committee of the Hassocks Amenity Association, 1980-2000, and digital copies Architectural drawings of mill (2 rolls, 1 A3 vol) Copy of 1934 issue of 'Sussex County Magazine' with article on the mill. Digital copy of 1980 report on mill by Vincent Pargeter DVDs showing mill refurbishment Correspondence files 1976-1990 Copies of 1897 and 1957 deeds Press cuttings Copies of magazines with articles relating to Oldland Mill Digitised photographs
Ledgers, photographs and documents relating to the Over family of millers. Includes items relating to Sandhurst, Sindlesham, Sonning and Sandford mills.
Material gathered in researching millstones, in the UK and elsewhere. Includes handwritten notes, ephemera, press cuttings, photocopied material and photographs.
Millwrighting drawings and other records relating to work on wind and watermills by Owlsworth IJP (previously Millwrights International and then the Chiltern Partnership).
Photographs, correspondence, documents and architectural drawings relating to UK mills, mainly in Kent. Includes Paul Jarvis's 35mm slide collection, the casework files for his work for the SPAB Mills Section, material relating to the Kent Mills Group and drafts of his books.
Prints, negatives and 35mm slides of Kent windmills relating to Peter Cobley's time as conservation architect for Kent County Council. Drawings of Herne mill.
Collection of windmill and watermill photographs, drawings, research notes, correspondence and other documents relating to UK mills, with particular emphasis on the regions of Bedfordshire, Suffolk and Lincolnshire. Includes research on Whitmore and Binyon Ltd, millwrights and engineers.
The fonds contains a variety of media, including correspondence, publicity materials, press cuttings and press releases, photographs and reports. Most of the material covers the 1970s -1990s and includes information about wind technology for electricity generation in the UK as well as in other countries, particularly Denmark and the USA, as well as smaller amounts relating to other countries around the world. The records provide important insight into a number of organisations such as the British Wind Energy Association, National Windpower, the Wind Energy Group, the Intermediate Technology Development Group and the Central Electricity Generating Board, as well as information about projects and individuals interested in renewable energy in different universities, mainly in the UK.
