Mill Writing

Should you belong to a Mills Group?

April 20 2009 by Ron Cookson (770 views)
Watermills &Windmills | 5 Comments

Even in my short acquaintance with mills, I have seen Groups come and go, so is there any point to them? Recently the group in Kent (of all places!) folded because no-one would continue the good work carried on for …

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New Issue of Wind and Water Mills

April 15 2009 by Ron Cookson (598 views)
Mill People & Family History &Publications &Watermills | Leave a comment

The latest issue (number 28) of the Journal of the Midland Wind and Water Mills Group has just been published. It contains four articles up to the usual high standard of this well-regarded journal.

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Mystery Watermill

April 12 2009 by Peter Durham (467 views)
Watermills | 2 Comments

Please could you identify this mill?

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Come and See Behind the Scenes on National Mills Weekend

April 08 2009 by Sheila Viner (506 views)
Archive | 1 Comment

As part of the 2009 National Mills Weekend we are opening our Archives and Library and would be delighted if you and any of your friends come to see us.

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Shipley Windmill Set to Close

April 05 2009 by William Hill (667 views)
News of Mills &Windmills | 1 Comment

Jim Woodward-Nutt is reported in the Sussex Express as stating that the Shipley Windmill Trust will have to hand back the mill to their landlord

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Wolverton Watermill Stony Stratford Buckinghamshire

March 18 2009 by Helen Armstrong-Smith (771 views)
Research &Watermills | 1 Comment

I have written a summary of our findings which include a list of millers with tenancy dates, and details of the various alterations and extensions over the years.

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The East Anglian Mill Society has a Facebook page

March 16 2009 by Bob Patterson (672 views)
Watermills &Windmills | Leave a comment

I thought creating a group on Facebook for TEAMS (The East Anglian Mills Society) may be an easier way to let people know of special events and dates of work-ins at windmills & watermills that are part of the TEAMS …

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Can you help identify some windmills?

March 04 2009 by Peter Brabham (618 views)
Windmills | 2 Comments

I know this is Chesterton! I am a geology lecturer at Cardiff University and a keen photographer of industrial scenes (mines, steam engines etc.). For many years from 1992 on various holidays I took many photographs of Windmills but unfortunately …

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Medieval London water mill found

March 04 2009 by Ron Cookson (1374 views)
Electricity Generation &News of Mills &Mills outside the UK &Watermills | Leave a comment

William Hill's latest list of news links includes the BBC News item from mid February http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7894524.stm describing the 12th century tide mill at Greenwich.

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Developments at Cann Mills

March 02 2009 by Mark Berry (570 views)
News of Mills &Watermills &Windmills | Leave a comment

Michael Stoate, a fifth generation miller milling at a 1000 year old mill site, recently had a difficult decision to make, concerning the quirky windmill his father had constructed in 1970 on the flat roof of the family watermill at …

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