"Argos Hill Windmill Restoration Notes"
- SMDN-2022.0013
- Item
- 2022
Part of Small Donations
Bates, Martin
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"Argos Hill Windmill Restoration Notes"
Part of Small Donations
Bates, Martin
Great Chishill Windmill Collection
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
"When flames swept through Horstead Mill"
Part of Press Cuttings Collection
Cutting from 'Eastern Daily Press' of an article by Rosemary Dixon describing a fire at Horstead Mill in January 1963. The article also mentions that the mill had been restored by Mr. L. Hector Read the previous year, and that there were plans to build a hotel and recreational facility on the site.
"Fortunes turned for once-derelict windmill"
Part of Press Cuttings Collection
Cutting from 'Eastern Daily Press' of an article by Rosemary Dixon describing the restoration of a windmill at Wicklewood. The article also contains details of the mill's history and ownership.
"Mill began its working life making fine Worstead cloth"
Part of Press Cuttings Collection
Cutting from 'Eastern Daily Press' of an article by Rosemary Dixon briefly describing the history of Oxnead Mill. The article also mentions that the mill was used for producing cloth, and that it was restored by Mr. and Mrs. Crampton in 1986, as well as detailing the damages done to the mill over the years.
"Much to admire about this restored water mill"
Part of Press Cuttings Collection
Cutting from 'Eastern Daily Press' of an article by Rosemary Dixon describing the restoration of a watermill in Burnham Overy after it was damaged in a fire in 1959. The article also gives a brief history of the mill, and mentions that the mill was acquired by the National Trust when it ceased production in 1939.
"Photographs chart the changing fortunes of a post mill"
Part of Press Cuttings Collection
Cutting from 'Eastern Daily Press' of an article by Rosemary Dixon briefly describing the restoration of Garboldisham post mill by Adrian Colman.
"Windpump was the last of its kind in Britain"
Part of Press Cuttings Collection
Cutting from 'Eastern Daily Press' of an article by Rosemary Dixon describing the history of St. Olaves Mill, including its ownership over the years and restoration work done to it in 1974.
Part of Press Cuttings Collection
Cutting from 'North Norfolk News' outlining efforts of the North Norfolk District Council to track down the owner of Briggate Mill in order to have repairs to the mill carried out.
"New team to tackle windmill refurbishment"
Part of Press Cuttings Collection
Cutting from 'Eastern Daily Press' announcing a new board of trustees for a windmill in Dereham. The article also describes efforts by the board, led by chairman Brian Webb, to restore the mill.
Part 1 (pp 4-6) covers 1920s and 1930s. Part 2 (pp 8-16) covers the restoration by Dutch Millwrights 1958 - 1960. Part 3 (pp 21-70) covers the major restoration 2001 - 2003 by IJP Building Conservation of Henley, Oxon.
Tremenheere, Wynn (1923-2015), chairman of Cranbrook Windmill Association
"How we rescued out old mill by the stream"
Part of Press Cuttings Collection
Article in 'The Mail on Sunday' about how Terry and Nep Aubrey have transformed the derelict Steppingstones Mill near Marshfield in Gloucestershire into a £M1.5 home.
Part of Press Cuttings Collection
Piece in 'Cornerstone' about the people who raised funds - largely anonymously - for SPAB's restoration projects.
"Mill reveals its workings to public for first time"
Part of Press Cuttings Collection
Cutting from an unknown source of an article by Jeannie Knight describing the reopening of Brewhurst Mill in Loxwood in aid of the Wey and Arun Canal Trust. The article also provides a brief history of the mill and details of its operation.
"It's a mill wind that blows in Chillenden"
Part of Press Cuttings Collection
Cutting from 'Kent News' of an article by Neil Clements describing restoration efforts at Chillenden Windmill in Kent. The article mentions that the mill had been knocked down by a gale in 2003, just after it had been restored through contributions from the Heritage Lottery fund, and its conversion from a flour mill to one producing animal feed. It also provides a brief history of the mill, and efforts to preserve the windmill over the years.
Part of Press Cuttings Collection
Cutting from 'The Argus' of an article by Adrian Kwintner describing the restoration effort at Cobbs Mill near Burgess Hill by haemophilia-survivor Les Thorpe. The article provides details of the restoration process and Thorpe's personal life, as well as a brief history of the mill and Thorpe's plan to turn it into a museum.
Part of Press Cuttings Collection
Cutting from 'Kent Messenger Extra' describing the efforts to restore Chillenden Windmill in Kent. The mentions that the mill was blown down in a gale in 2003, and also gives details of the restoration effort, led by mill manager Paul Allen.
Research notes and correspondence on Kent and Essex
Part of Kenneth G Farries Collection
Album containing research notes by Denis Sanders; correspondence between Sanders and J S P Buckland; Farries' research notes and correspondence with Vincent Pargeter.
Farries, Kenneth G, author
"Heage Windmill: An important painting uncovered"
Part of Small Donations
Article and detailed explanatory image of the only know representaton of the windmill with four sails.
Gifford, Alan
Ashe Abbey Watermill, Campsey Ash
Part of Peter Dolman Collection
Dolman, Peter C J (1955-2002), miller