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Blocks at Herne Windmill

September 25 2011 by Fred Atkins (536 views)
Kent & Windmills | 1 comment

Set in the inside wall of the ground floor at Herne Mill are a number of wooden blocks each the size of a brick. They are set in various positions.

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Irish Mills Under Threat?

September 16 2011 by Ron (246 views)
Mills outside the UK | Leave a comment

This disturbing news has been doing the rounds Below the Institute of Archaeologists of Ireland outlines the threat to post 1700 archaeology and heritage if their statutory protection is removed. Mills are obviously going to lose their protection so we …

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2011 Tide Mill Conference

September 11 2011 by John Goff; Earl Taylor; Bud Warren (651 views)
Events & Mills outside the UK & Watermills | Leave a comment

Last year the Tide Mill Institute conference was held in Arlington, rather than in Dorchester, Massachusetts, to take advantage of the opportunity to see the workings of a mill (even it is a fresh‐water mill). This year our conference will …

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Research Prize: Only 3 months to go

August 29 2011 by Ron (422 views)
Research & Watermills & Windmills | Leave a comment

The deadline to choose and submit your title for the first Mills Archive Research Competition is 1 December this year - but you don't need to wait! There are two competitions this year; one for £500 and one for £50 …

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Women millers?

August 16 2011 by Claire Wooldridge (465 views)
Archive & Mill People & Family History | 2 comments

As a volunteer at the Mills Archive, I am currently working on a social history project regarding the role of women in the milling industry. Do you have any information or comments?

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Knepp Windmill, Shipley, West Sussex

August 03 2011 by Richard Symonds (517 views)
Windmills | Leave a comment

Does anyone know anything about the history of Knepp Windmill, Shipley, West Sussex? Not to be confused with Shipley Mill of Hilaire Belloc fame.

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Yet another fire at Sion Mills

July 30 2011 by Elizabeth Trout (729 views)
News of Mills | Leave a comment

Avid readers of Mill Writing may reacall an item from Richard Mallett last October about a fire at Sion Mills. Well, now there has been another

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Important New Book from Hampshire Mills Group

July 18 2011 by Ron (416 views)
Mill Groups & Mill People & Family History & Watermills | Leave a comment

Anyone who knows of Tony and Mary Yoward's detailed research on the mills and millers of Hampshire, will be delighted by the appearance of this book, published this month and edited by Ashok Vaidya. Tony and Ashok between them have …

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Whirly Windmills

July 12 2011 by Sussex Miller (452 views)
Windmills | Leave a comment

A representative of a mill in Sussex has commented that they are having problems with the quality of the 'Whirly Windmills' obtained from a supplier based in London. Often they do not fit together, and do not rotate easily and …

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Mills and Roads

June 28 2011 by Lesley Candal (538 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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