Mill writing

Mills and Roads

June 28 2011 by Lesley Candal (880 views)
Research | 3 comments

I gather that "in the 1600's it was an offence to build mills next to roads." I wonder if anyone can help me identify where this information comes from?

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Windmills on stamps

June 23 2011 by Fred Atkins (1118 views)
Collectors & Research & Windmills | 1 comment

As you probably know, people out there are attempting to augment their income by printing spurious stamps (known as cinderellas) purporting to be issued by various Russian and African states on a variety of subjects, for example windmills and watermills. …

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SPAB November Meeting on Mill Memories

June 16 2011 by Ron (754 views)
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The next "autumn" meeting of the SPAB Mills Section is being held on Saturday 26 November outside London to reduce the cost. The venue is the Mills Archive in Reading and the theme (appropriately) is Mill Memories

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Village pumps anyone?

June 11 2011 by Dick Williams (1191 views)
Archive & Research | Leave a comment

Whitmore and Binyon may have made thier local village pump in Wickham Market (image) - but there are serious doubts. There is nothing in the extensive archive recently catalogued by Chris Wheeler at the Mills Archive. Does anyone have any …

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Mill Memories is on its way!

June 02 2011 by Ron (819 views)
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Mill Memories is packed with interesting articles and has now gone to printers. Issue 8 focuses on the work of some of our regular volunteers: David Neaves on Mills in Art, Talbot Green on the 1930s/1940s photographs of HES ‘Sid’ …

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