Brill Windmill, Brill

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Brill Windmill, Brill

Brill Windmill, Brill

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Brill Windmill, Brill

  • UF Nixey's Mill

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Brill Windmill, Brill

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Archaeological Buildings Survey Report

Detailed report containing sections relating to the history, structure and working parts of this post mill. Illustrated with drawings and photographs. Includes a reporoduction of the dendrochronological survey.

Bonwick, Luke, millwright

"Mill gets new sails"

"Mill gets new sails"

Cutting from 'Bucks Herald' describing the installation of new sails on Brill Windmill after the old ones were damaged in a gale in 1973. The article mentions the Bucks County Council and the Chiltern Society as responsible for the project, and also provides a list of individuals who were involved in the restoration.

"Prompt action saves windmill"

"Prompt action saves windmill"

Cutting from 'Bucks Herald' describing how Mr. D. Rolfe and Mr. R. Southgate managed to save Brill windmill from collapsing after stong winds by replacing the main shaft.

"Further repairs needed to Brill windmill"

"Further repairs needed to Brill windmill"

Cutting from 'Bucks Herald' describing the concern voiced over the unsafe conditions at Brill windmill because of the incomplete restoration work there. The article also includes details about other beautification projects in the area.

"Landmark at Brill"

"Landmark at Brill"

Cutting from 'Oxford Mail' describing the contribution of Brill Mill to the County Council in 1948 and restoration work done to it thereafter.

"Windmills young and old"

"Windmills young and old"

Article [probably] in 'The Daily Telegraph' in 1963 marking the 70th birthday of the windmill on Wimbledon Common and mentioning other mills. The author was J. D. U. Ward.

"Windmills"

"Windmills"

Quotation in 'Public Opinion' from a writer in the 'Woman's Magazine' about how long windmills have been a part of our heritage, with examples cited at Chesterton in Warks, Outwood in Surrey and Brill [wrongly attributed to Essex instead of Bucks]: also an illustration in the Luttrell Psalter and on a brass in St. Margaret's Church at King's Lynn.

"Repair Work"

"Repair Work"

Letter to the Editor of 'Cycling' Magazine from Stanley Freese, asking if "R.W." (= Rex Wailes) can idenetify an alleged law preventing later buildings from being erected around windmills: he thinks this only applies in the case of the water rights for water mills.

"Brill Mill in the sunset"

Illustration from a travel article in 'The Daily Mail', that discusses nice places in the country north of the Middle Thames, that shows Nixey's Mill at Brill which Luke Bonwick helped to restore.

"The Winds of Change Blow By"

"The Winds of Change Blow By"

Article in 'The Illustrated Carpenter and Builder' by Reece Winstone A.R.P.S., F.R.S.A. on the theme of the variety of windmills and the arrival of the new wind turbine being put up at St.Albans that should generate 100 kW in a 30 mile per hou. wind.

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