Mill Writing

New Book on the arrival of a steam mill

June 24 2010 by RF Cookson (226 views)
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An interesting new approach to a mill book is taken by Chris Mesely in Millers and Methodists

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Amazing Price for a piece of paper

June 19 2010 by RF Cookson (287 views)
Windmills | 2 Comments

An eBay auction has just finished fo a Carte de Visite fetching £265. Can anyone identify it? It was captioned "Victorian SUSSEX MILL FARM + Windmill c.1860s" and a fuller description mentions a couple of possibel sites

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KMS in action

June 18 2010 by Geoff Holman (198 views)
Kent &Mill Groups &News of Mills &Windmills | Leave a comment

On 30 May 2010, a working party from the Kent Mills Society, with permission from the owner, went to the site of the Stodmarsh windpump and managed to extract some remains from the dyke.

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Mills and Milling in the Herne Bay Area

June 04 2010 by RF Cookson (259 views)
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The Friends of Herne Mill and the Herne Bay Historical Society have just published an impressive update of Harold Gough's 1986 book on the mills of Herne Bay.

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Stotfold Watermill volunteers recognised

June 02 2010 by Paul Redwood (202 views)
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Our volunteer team have been honoured by the Queen for the work done in restoring the Mill from a derelict shell to a fully working watermill that is open to the public.

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Niall Roberts RIP

May 27 2010 by TIMS Lady (250 views)
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It is with great sadness that I must inform you that Niall passed away on Thursday 13th May after a long illness. The following notice has been circulated to family and friends

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Stodmarsh Rescue - Urgent!!

May 24 2010 by Rob Cumming (248 views)
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Following yesterday's Kent Mills Sociey inaugural meeting, I popped down to Stodmarsh windpump today, to find it in the final throes of collapse

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Millers and Methodists

May 11 2010 by Chris Mesley (228 views)
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"Millers and Methodists" is a new book by Chris Mesley on milling in Leighton Buzzard in Bedfordshire which has been published by Leighton Buzzard and District Archaeological and Historical Society.

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Loix Tide Mill threatened with being demolished

May 06 2010 by Cláudia Silveira and others (226 views)
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Portuguese and French mill people are hoping to raise international concern about the proposed destruction of the only tide mill in Ile de Ré. Please make your comments on their blog at http://sauvezlemoulinamaree.over-blog.org/

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National Monuments Record archives catalogues now online

April 28 2010 by RF Cookson (256 views)
Archive &Research &Watermills &Windmills | Leave a comment

The National Monuments Record's archives catalogues, with some images, describing over a million photographs and other archives, are now online at http://www.englishheritagearchives.org.uk.

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