- RHSC-04-029
- Item
- 1604
Part of Richard Hills Collection
Hayward's map showing location of mill.
Part of Richard Hills Collection
Hayward's map showing location of mill.
Abstract of title to three mills at Banbury
5 vellum sheets (30 cm x 20 cm) providing an abstract of Mr Darnelly's title to lands in Banbury traced back to: a lease by Queen Elizabeth I to Anthony Cope of two Banbury Mills dated 7 July 1587; a conveyance of a third mill "being a Windmill" from Thomas Hawtaine (son of Henry and Mary Hawtaine) to Richard Vivers dated 18 July 1632; a deed dated 6 October [1616] under which Henry Hawtaine made a "jointure of the premises" to his wife, Mary, being "the windmill the Ivy Close b[y] the Meadow....all part of Easington Farms" which he had purchased "from the king"; a conveyance of "the Fine yard Lands at Nethrop" from Richard Cope, John Churchill and Richard Hastings to Richard Vivers dated 27 April 1616; a conveyance of "the Barns" from Thomas and Edward Kirton to Robert Vivers dated 18 June 1652. The abstract is completed with Mr Darnelly obtaining judgement in Trinity Term 1662 for £900.
Taylor, Isaac (1730-1807), engraver
"The Windmill fixed on Newgate to work the Ventilators erected there April 17: 1752"
Gentleman's Magazine, The
Part of Rex Wailes Collection
Extract of the will of John Scarbrough, farmer and miller, Lincolnshire
2 sheets of paper measuring 25cm x 40cm and extracted from registry of the Archdeaconry of Stow showing the last will and testament of John Scarbrough of Ashby, Bottesford, Lincolnshire. Bequests include land in Ashby called "Mill Hill" and giving "to my son John Scarbrough all that my corn wind mill with mill stones, sails, tackle, apparel, going geer......situated on Mill Hill".
Mortgage of a windmill and a watermill at Bridlington
One vellum sheet (approximately 69 cm x 88 cm), signed and sealed by all four parties. The document records the grant of a mortgage by Thomas Bradley, miller, to Thomas Robinson, gentleman, as trustee for Rebecca Bradley, spinster and Thomas Smith, yeoman, relating to a "wind corn mill" at Bridlington and a "water corn mill" at Hilderthorp, both properties being "near the high road leading from Bridlington Quay to Bessingby on or towards the south".
Part of Rex Wailes Collection
Correspondence and notes on Kentish windmills.
Notes and photographs on UK wind and watermills.
Davis, Barry, mill enthusiast
Old Dock Mill (Society Mill), Portsmouth
Part of Rex Wailes Collection
Part of the Rex Wailes collection.
This print shows the Society Mill, also known as Old Dock Mill, Portsmouth. This was built in 1798 and demolished in 1867. In 1816 the Dock Mill was built to replace it while the structure remained. The old mill was topped by a 20 foot statue of the goddess Ceres and this may be seen in the picture.
Part of Barry Davis Collection
Miscellaneous photographic prints of English windmills, some by Barry Davis, others by Frank Farrow or collected from other sources.
Davis, Barry, mill enthusiast
Part of SPAB Mills Section Collection
Note written below photograph reads "Hodgson's Mills. near Blythe. Northumberland. (Crofton Corn Mills). Father or Grandfather of R. W. Hodgson. Blue Ridge. Co. Ltd. one time of North Farm. Blythe. Northumberland. (copied from back of photo.)." Photo stuck down so original note on reverse not visible.
Unknown photographer
Part of Frank W Gregory Collection
Unknown photographer
Fowlers Horizontal Air Mill, Battersea
Part of Rex Wailes Collection
Part of the Rex Wailes collection.
Notes on reverse:- Erected 1788 and dismantled 1825. It was 120 ft high.
A view of Wantage from the south-east
Part of Reading Central Library Images
The view is taken from higher ground, with the church in the centre and a windmill to the right (possibly East Challow mill?). The print is engraved by J. C. Varrall and is based on a drawing by G. Shepherd, for "The Antiquarian Itinerary."
Part of Rex Wailes Collection
Correspondence and research notes on Lancashire windmills.
Part of Rex Wailes Collection
Correspondence and notes relating to Essex windmills.
Part of Michael Harverson Collection
Material pertaining to TIMS Symposium Paper. Includes Windpower in Eastern Crete (1971-1972) by N G Calvert.
A surrender relating to a Corn Mill at Easthorpe, Bottesford
1 sheet of vellum measuring 69cm x 57cm comprising a surrender of a mortgage concerning an estate at Easthorpe, Bottesford and signed and sealed by The Reverend John Furniss Ogle and John Scrimshaw, miller. £417 and four shillings is paid in consideration for the surrender which includes a Corn Windmill at Easthorpe, "together with the Dressing Mill, Flour Mill, Mill Stones, Binns, Sails, Sail Clothes, Ropes, Tackle and all the other Materials, Utensils and Implements whatsoever..."
Photo of 1831 painting showing 14 windmills along the North Drain, Deeping [Fen], Lincolnshire
Part of Rex Wailes Collection
Stamped "Rex Wailes, 382 Euston Road, London, NW1". Note on reverse reads, "Ashley K Maples, The Gentlemen's Society, Spalding".
Unknown photographer