Archive Catalogue

SPAB
Collection
1920s onwards

Records of the work of the SPAB Mills Section preserving windmills and watermills. Wind and watermill related items donated to the Society.

Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings Mills Section

Bodley Foundry Workshop Drawings

BFWD
Collection
2003 (originals mid 19th - mid 20th centuries)

Workshop drawings, sketches and pattern shop instructions for waterwheels gearing and associated matters.

Bodley Brothers and Company

Michael Dunn Collection

DUNN
Collection
1930s to 1970s

Images and correspondence regarding UK windmills, with an emphasis on East Anglia.

Dunn, Michael (1916-1993)

Frank W Gregory Collection

FWGC
Collection
c 1800 - 1998

Very large collection of documents and images, including original handwritten notes and drawings, relating to wind & water mills from many countries (mainly UK).

Gregory, Frank William (1917-1998), mill researcher

Ripple Mill Collection

RIPP
Collection
20th century

Photographs and documents relating to Ripple Mill.

Atkinson, Keith

Peter Cobley Collection

PCOB
Collection
Late 20th century - 2016

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.

Cobley, Peter

Vincent Pargeter Collection

PARG
Collection
20th century - 2015

Drawings, documents and images from Vincent Pargeter's millwrighting career.

Pargeter, Vincent G (1943-2015), millwright

Reports on Scottish bobbin mills

RSBM
Collection
2018

Digital reports.

Gilliatt, Joanna

Michael Dudley Collection

DUDL
Collection
1994-2004

Photographs of 597 English windmills (with digital copies), 23 Scottish windmills and mills elsewhere in the world. Digital files relating to Broad Eye Windmill, Stafford.

Dudley, Michael

Padley Mill Material

PBJC
Collection
c 2008 (including copies of older images)

Images and text relating to Padley Mill, Derbyshire - early history and reconstruction, 1992-2004. The attached list details the digital files.

Blundell-Jones, Peter

Derek Ogden Collection

OGDE
Collection
1932-2012

Files of reports, correspondence and other documents relating to UK millwrighting projects between 1965 and 1980 and US millwrighting projects between 1976 and 2012. Includes working drawings and photographs

Ogden, Derek, millwright

Don Paterson Collection

DONP
Collection
c 1900 - 2002

Extensive collection of notes, images and drawings relating to wind and water, with emphasis on North West England and North Wales. Some parts have been given individual catalogue entries, the remainder is listed in the attached PDF.

Paterson, Don (d 2002)

Derek Stidder Collection

STID
Collection
20th century

Images of Surrey and Sussex watermills, many of which have appeared in books by Derek Stidder, research on UK mills.

Stidder, Derek (1950-2017)

Geoff Holman Collection

HOLM
Collection
19th century - 2014

Records of Holman Brothers Ltd, including ledgers, wage books, photographs, trade catalogues, correspondence, plans and other documents dating from the 19th century to 1975. These relate largely to ploughing and threshing, but also to millwrighting. To this Geoff Holman has added material he created or collected from the late 20th century to the 2000s relating to his research into the firm and his wider interest in wind and water mills. This includes photographs of mills, digital and paper drafts of a book on Holman Brothers and related research, and digital files on mills, mainly those in Kent.

Holman, Geoffrey Richard (1937-2011), photographer and mill enthusiast

Brian Eighteen Mill Collection

EIGH
Collection
1834-2015

Material on watermills in the Reading area, on the Thames, Kennet and Loddon rivers.

Eighteen, Brian (1930-2015), local historian

H S Ronald Hawksley Collection

HSRH
Collection
1930s - 1990s

Photographs of mills in the UK and elsewhere in the world; correspondence, notes and other material.

Hawksley, Harry Stephen Ronald (1918-2005), mill enthusiast

John Pelling Collection

PELL
Collection
Late 19th century - 2006

Mill photographs taken on SPAB, TIMS and other mill tours. Other mill photographs and material (UK and elsewhere).

Pelling, John Tritton, mill enthusiast

Paul Jarvis Collection

JARV
Collection
Late 20th century

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.

Jarvis, Paul S (1926-2014)