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Part of Rex Wailes Collection
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Part of Rex Wailes Collection
Part of Roy Gregory Collection
Information on industrial windmills. Includes references to copper mill, Alderley Edge; brass mill, Macclesfield; Stockport cotton mills; E Lancaster Burne's electricity generating windmill, Newent, Gloucestershire; sawmill, Lamberhurst, Kent; Arundel cement mill.
Research notebook on various mills, 1932 and 1937
Part of Rex Wailes Collection
A repurposed Army field message book labelled, "Tide [and] Cider Mills, Woad Cart, Sprowston" containing research notes, drawings and measurements taken from visits in 1932 to the identifiable post and tower mills listed at "Place access points" below.
The notebook also contains: 5 pages of notes extracted from "The Miller's Guide", R.R. Smith, London, William Butcher, 1875; 4 pages of notes following a visit to a cider mill at St Keynes, Cornwall, 2 July 1937; 24 pages of notes and drawings labelled, "Woad Farm, Boston, 2 August 1937"; in the rear pocket, two postcards addressed to Wailes, one of which is from H.W. Dickinson, Honorary Secretary of The Newcomen Society , referencing tide and cider mills.
Wailes, Reginald (1901-1986), engineer, known as Rex
Research notebook - Northamptonshire and Suffolk
Part of Rex Wailes Collection
A Reporters' Notebook containing:
Northants: notes taken from 'Northants Notes & Queries, New Series, Vol.4, 1912-1920' relating to: a 1609 grant by James 1 of a post mill at Kettering; the history of an unindexed tower mill (located on the site of a former post mill on Rockingham Road, Kettering) which was demolished in 1893; 18th c. maps of Kettering showing the location of various mills and a 19th c. print showing a post mill at Peterborough; also notes about the post mill at Seaton, Rutland which was demolished in 1917 as well as the nearby watermill, Henry Royce being said to have worked at both mills as a boy.
Suffolk: research notes relating to Suffolk windmills including construction dates, operational status in 1926,1939 and 1955 and including the notable features listed in 'Subject access points' below.
Windmill restoration: eight pages of draft narrative rehearsing the demise of wind and watermills since the late 19th c. and extolling the efforts of John Russell to restore and preserve Union Mill, Cranbrook. The narrative rehearses the preservation efforts made by a number of local authorities (counties listed in 'Place access points' below) arguing that it should be essential for such work to be their responsibility.
Windmills still in operation: notes running from back-to-front in the notebook listing, 'How many still in use', which are 'Workable' and 'When used and why'.
Wailes, Reginald (1901-1986), engineer, known as Rex
Photographs of three Sussex mills
Part of Stephen Buckland Collection
Photographs of Manor Mill, Poynings, Saddlescombe Farm donkey wheel, and Stone Cross Mill, Westham, taken on a visit with Frank Gregory.
Development number 0947.
Buckland, John Stephen Percy (1935-2006), mill researcher
Photographs of Stone Cross Mill, Westham
Part of Stephen Buckland Collection
Stephen Buckland and Frank Gregory visiting Stone Cross Mill, Westham.
Development number 0947.
Buckland, John Stephen Percy (1935-2006), mill researcher
Part of Rex Wailes Collection
Notebook measuring approx. 10.5 cm x 16.5 cm and marked on the inside cover 'c.1972' containing a list of mills (one page per mill), at varying levels of detail (those with more content being listed at 'Place access points' below). The first half of the notebook is devoted to watermills but the second half features windmills (mostly smock and post mills). Notes on several of the windmills reference the work of JM Heathcote. Cross references to maps/page numbers of books occur throughout.
Wailes, Reginald (1901-1986), engineer, known as Rex
Part of Stephen Buckland Collection
Collector-Windmills by Pamlin Prints, Croydon.
Ref:C6107
Pamlin Prints, postcard publishers
Album of photographs including the Buckland family
Part of Stephen Buckland Collection
Whilst the album includes photographs of windmills, castles, churches, and other interests, additional photographs of importance to Stephen include his childhood home, himself and his brother Francis as children, his father Charles Buckland, his mother Jessie Hatch Flemming, and maternal grandfather Percy Flemming.
Non-mill photographs include: Cuddeson church; Appleton, Berkshire; Tenterden, Kent; Icklesham, Sussex; Appledore, Kent; Rye, Sussex; Cranbrook, Kent; Pevensey Castle, Sussex; Bodham Castle, Sussex; New Romney; Tonbridge Castle; Farnham Castle; Guildford Castle; Castle Motte, Ongar; Thaxted, Sussex; St Vulfran Church, Abbeville; St-Valery-sur-Somme; Rue, Somme; Saint-Riquier, Somme; Boulogne; Bruges; Ghent; Hampstead; Abbey Gate, Bury St Edmunds; Canterbury Cathedral; Washington Street, Hastings; Rye, Sussex; Westminster Bridge; Embankment; dismantled Dome and Skylon from Embankment.
Buckland, John Stephen Percy (1935-2006), mill researcher
Negatives of Charing, Willesborough, Rolvenden, Wittersham, Bexhill, Hastings
Part of Stephen Buckland Collection
Note on the envelope: "Negs Charing Willesboro' (2) Penn Fm Shell Mex Usc Skylon Belgium 1950 Rolvendon (silhouette) Witt. Stocks Houses at ?Silverhill Ch Row Loondon tram (4) ?Temple ch & 1 unidentified Ham psh. ch Hoads mill Bexhill (2) Silverhill (2) Cant. vath int & ext Rye ch int Jack Straws castle Skylon & Sh. mex Lawn rd Hse flats".
Buckland, John Stephen Percy (1935-2006), mill researcher
Part of Stephen Buckland Collection
Postcard of Waterhall Mill, Patcham, from Stephen Buckland's father, Charles, thanking Stephen for two drawings he sent him.
Photochrom Co Ltd
Research notebook for various mills, 1932 to 1934
Part of Rex Wailes Collection
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).
Wailes, Reginald (1901-1986), engineer, known as Rex
This image is undated; however it cannot be later than 1936 as the message on this copy of the postcard is dated to that year.
Unknown publisher
Part of Stephen Buckland Collection
Buckland, John Stephen Percy (1935-2006), mill researcher
Thingwall, Crowfield, Gwendarr Mill, Overy Mill, Tidworth, Shabden Park, Earls Colne, Brickfield Pump, Caudwell's Mill, Lustleigh, Dullelog.
Slides of Tower mill, Over, Cattell's Mill, Willingham, Smock mill, West Blatchington
Part of Stephen Buckland Collection
Slides of Tower mill, Over, Cattell's Mill, Willingham, Smock mill, West Blatchington, and other subjects.
Buckland, John Stephen Percy (1935-2006), mill researcher
Part of Stephen Buckland Collection
Album of negative strips in various sizes, of windmills and watermills, views of London, and the 1968 SPAB Spring Mill Tour. The following mills are listed: Post mill, Bourn; Cattell's Mill, WiIllingham; Tower mill, Over; King's Mill, Shipley; Wicken Fen Mill, Wicken Fen; Watermill, Wroughton; Abbey Mill, Reading; Smock mill, Willesborough; Lower Mill, Woodchurch; Shepherd Wheel, Porter, Sheffield; Abbeydale Hamlet, Sheffield; Post mill, Ramsey; Outwood Post Mill, Outwood; Ashton Mill, Chapel Allerton; Stratford Mill, Blaise Castle Estate, Henbury.
Buckland, John Stephen Percy (1935-2006), mill researcher
Part of Stephen Buckland Collection
Album of negative strips in various sizes, of windmills and watermills, views of London, and Stephen's trip to Abidjan and Ghana in January and April 1966. The following mills are listed: Ovenden's Mill, Willingdon; Wimbledon Windmill, Wimbledon Common; Grove's Mill, Coleshill; Smock mill, Meopham; Shiremark Mill, Capel; Stembridge Mill, High Ham; Lower Mill, Woodchurch; Lacey Green Windmill, Lacey Green; Duck End Mill, Finchingfield; Littleworth Mill, Wheatley; Tower mill, New Bradwell; Church Street Windmill, Bocking; Downs Mill, Bexhill; Alderford Mill, Sible Hedingham.
Buckland, John Stephen Percy (1935-2006), mill researcher
Part of Stephen Buckland Collection
Negatives of smock, tower and post mills and watermills in Sussex, Wiltshire, Kent. The negative sleeves have been removed from their album, which is missing.
Buckland, John Stephen Percy (1935-2006), mill researcher
Part of Stephen Buckland Collection
Negatives of smock, tower and post mills and watermills in Cambridgeshire, Sussex, Middlesex, Berkshire, Surrey, Kent, Essex, Hertfordshire.
Buckland, John Stephen Percy (1935-2006), mill researcher