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- 25 March 1932 to 22 June 1934 (Creation)
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1 notebook
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A repurposed Army field message book labelled, "Bozeat, Kibworth Harcourt, Halnaker, Outwood" comprising research notes, drawings and measurements from visits to the following mills: Bozeat Mill on 25 March 1932 (8 pages); Moreton Mill on 20 June 1932 (8 pages); Kibworth Harcourt on 28 May 1933 (14 pages - including notes of old inscriptions, "Daniel Hutchinson Miller 1711" and "William Fellow 1794"); Halnaker Mill examined on 12 December 1933 with Sir William Bird (3 pages); The Old Mill, at Cornwall Road, Buxton on 22 June 1934 (7 pages and referencing Joshua Ashby & Sons); notes about Outwood post mill (4 pages); "Pure White Laundry, Toot[ing]" on 27 June 1934 (2 pages); further pages of assorted notes including an extract from an 1817 account of money expended at Halnaker Mill (13 pages).
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- United Kingdom » England » Northamptonshire » Post mill, Bozeat
- United Kingdom » England » Leicestershire » Post mill, Kibworth Harcourt
- United Kingdom » England » Surrey » Outwood Post Mill, Outwood
- United Kingdom » England » Essex » Post mill, Moreton
- United Kingdom » England » Sussex » Halnaker Mill, Halnaker