Drawings, photographs and other items relating to work carried out on this mill by Purcell, Miller, Tritton & Partners in 1994-1995. Includes drawings by Peter Robert Stenning, 1993.
Pen-and-ink sketches of UK windmills. These correspond to the watercolour paintings now held by Lincolnshire Museums - each sketch has an M number, and the corresponding painting can be found by consulting 'A Check List of Windmill Paintings by Karl Wood'. The dates written on each sketch, and used in the date field on this catalogue are the same as those given for the paintings in the check list - these are the dates of Karl Wood's visits to the mills. Notes written on some of these sketches, however, suggest that they were produced at a later time (see for example M112). This suggests that the sketches were copied from the paintings. It is also noteworthy that where the check list lists two paintings of the same mill, there is only ever one sketch. When Wood painted a mill twice he used the same number, differentiating with a letter (e.g. M21a and M21b) in all such cases only one painting has been used as the basis for a sketch, although sometimes the number written on it still includes a letter (e.g. sketch M21a). M1171 and M1171a in this collection are different - they are two sketches based on the same painting, and are both labelled only M1171- the 'a' has been added to ID of the catalogue entry to differentiate the two. Taking these facts into account it is possible that the sketches were intended for Karl Wood's book 'The Twilight of the Mills' which, according to the circular letter reproduced in the check list was to have included mainly black and white images.
Files of handwritten and typescript research notes on mills on the River Wandle, with related photocopies, correspondence, press cuttings and ephemera.
Photographs of Kent windmills taken by Jenny and her husband Richard, and other research material. Copy of BA dissertation 'The Watermills of the Hogsmill River', 1982.
Items relating to the history of Whitley Bridge Mill, owned by John Croysdale and Sons and then by James Bowman and Sons Ltd. Includes ledgers, plans and drawings, correspondence and photos. Also a large number of digital images of the mill taken by Sharon Burton before its closure.
Material gathered in researching millstones, in the UK and elsewhere. Includes handwritten notes, ephemera, press cuttings, photocopied material and photographs.
Manuscripts, research notes, documents and photographs relating to UK wind and watermills, principally Buckinghamshire. Incorporates the collection of Stanley Freese, which was bequeathed to James Venn and added to by him.