Windmills

Taxonomy

Code

Scope note(s)

Source note(s)

  • Glossary

Display note(s)

Equivalent terms

Windmills

  • UF Windmill

Associated terms

Windmills

1266 Archival description results for Windmills

Only results directly related

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.

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".

Barry Davis Collection

  • DAVI
  • Collection
  • 19th -20th century

Notes and photographs on UK wind and watermills.

Davis, Barry, mill enthusiast

Old Dock Mill (Society Mill), Portsmouth

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.

Windmill photographs

Miscellaneous photographic prints of English windmills, some by Barry Davis, others by Frank Farrow or collected from other sources.

Davis, Barry, mill enthusiast

"Hodgson's Mills"

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

A view of Wantage from the south-east

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."

"Lancs"

Correspondence and research notes on Lancashire windmills.

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..."

Results 1 to 20 of 1266