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David Elliott Collection

  • ELLI
  • Collection
  • Late 20th century - 2023

Papers on renewable energy and energy policy, slides of renewable energy technologies.

Elliott, David, renewable energy professor

John Bedington Collection

  • JBED
  • Collection
  • 1960s - 2023

Photographic material, notes and ephemera on windmills and watermills in Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire.

Bedington, John, mill enthusiast

Peter Musgrove Collection

  • MUSG
  • fonds
  • Late 20th century-2023

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.

Musgrove, Peter

Milling Oral Histories Collection

  • MOHC
  • Collection
  • 2023

Recordings and transcripts of recordings of interviews with individuals regarding their involvment with milling.

The Mills Archive

Mills Research Group Archive

  • MRGA
  • Collection
  • 1980s-2022

Minutes, correspondence and audio recordings of conferences.

Mills Research Group

Wilton Windmill Files

  • WILT
  • Collection
  • 1970s-2022

Photographs and documents relating to Wilton windmill.

The Wilton Windmill Society

Alan Stoyel Foundation Collection

  • ASFC
  • Collection
  • 16th century - 2021

Research notes and photographs on UK watermills and other milling related subjects.

Stoyel, Alan (1939 – 2021), watermill researcher

Nant Mill, Coedpoeth Collection

  • NMCC
  • Collection
  • 2017-2021

Digital copies of documents and old photographs relating to the history of Nant Mill.

Friends of Nant Mill

Great Chishill Windmill Collection

  • CHIS
  • Collection
  • 2016-2021 (and copies of older photos)

Photographs chronicling the restoration of Great Chishill Windmill. Copies of older photos. Document "Saving Chishill Windmill in the 21st Century" by David McKeown.

Great Chishill Windmill Trust

Anthony Edward Beare Collection

  • BEAR
  • Collection
  • 2014-2020

Photographs of wind and watermills in the UK and Europe.

Beare, Anthony Edward (1944 - c 2022)

Milling Ephemera

  • EPHE
  • Collection
  • 20th-21st centuries

Ephemera related to mills, mainly tourist guides and brochures. Mainly relating to the United Kingdom but also including other countries.

The Mills Archive

Martin Bodman Collection

  • MBRN
  • Collection
  • 1980s - 2020

Lists, maps showing location and photographs of watermills in Cornwall, Devon, Dorset and Somerset.

Bodman, Martin

Tadcaster Mill Files

  • TADC
  • Collection
  • 1870 (copy) - 2019

Text files and photos relating to the history of the mill.

Firth, John

Photographs of Mills in the Macclesfield Area

  • PMMA
  • Collection
  • 1960s (copies) - 2010s

Photographs of textile, corn and other mill buildings in the vicinity of Macclesfield. Notes on the history of the mills featured.

Cliffe, David, librarian

Jon Sass Collection

  • SASS
  • fonds
  • [20th century]-2019 (predominantly 1970-1989)

Records dating from the 20th century, predominantly the late 20th century (1960-1999), relating to windmills, watermills, and tide mills, millwrighting, and milling industries across the United States of America (predominantly Virginia, also Delaware, Maryland, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, West Virginia, New York, California, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey, Ohio, South Dakota, Tennessee, Vermont), Canada (Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec and Alberta) and the Caribbean (Antigua, Barbados, Martinque) as well as some material on UK mills (Lincolnshire, Kent, Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Suffolk, Cambridheshire, Essex, Norfolk, Bedfordshire, Sussex, and Surrey). The North American files contain largely published material in original or photocopied form, as well as ephemera from various mills, correspondence, and research notes. Files of particular interest include SASS-03-04 on Flowerdew Hundred Plantation, SASS-03-14 containing drawings of Hershey’s cocoa melangeurs, SASS-03-20 relating to Paul Flory’s millstone collection, and SASS-03-25 containing research used in writing “The Versatile Millstone etc”.

Photographs, negatives, 35mm slides and postcards of mills in North America and the Caribbean (predominantly the late 20th century (1960-1999)) with particular interest in SASS-04-81 containing photographs and slides of Paul Flory’s millstone collection. Additionally 35mm slides of mills in the UK covering the 1960s and 1970s.

Other records include plans of windmill, watermill and tide mills in Long Island, New York, North Carolina, and Virginia.

Business records in the form of daybooks and ledgers pertaining to Reeson's Combined Mill, Hibaldstow (1902-1971) and Tickencote Watermill (1879-1956). The Hibaldstow Mill records relate to the tenure of the Reeson family owning the mill, whilst the Tickencote Mill records are less intact. Both sets provide valuable historical information into the business dealings and working period of the mills.

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

Great British Mill Race

  • GBMR
  • Collection
  • 1982-2019

Photographs donated to the Mills Archive by members of the public as part of the 'Great British Mill Race' survey, 2016-2019. Dates may reflect date photograph submitted to the survey rather than date taken.

Mills Archive

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