Mill Writing

A much awaited new edition

August 05 2010 by RF Cookson (98 views)
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The original version of Guise and Lees' book on Anglesey was so successful, the authors wished they had published a longer print run. When they discovered a copy of the book, secondhand on the Internet for £100, they thought the …

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Brill Windmill - major new book

July 30 2010 by RF Cookson (111 views)
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Luke Bonwick's new book published this month looks to be a winner! Subtitled "The History, Technology, Conservation and Repair of a 17th-Century Post Mill with a report on the dendrochronology by Martin Bridge" and with 100 A4 pages, packed with …

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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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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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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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Free! Large Number of Newcomen Transactions

April 07 2010 by RF Cookson (409 views)
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The Mills Archive Library has about 50 volumes of the Newcomen Transactions dating from the 1940s. They are available free of charge to the first comer.

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Cant Post

March 16 2010 by Geoff Holman and Rob Cumming (495 views)
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The Kent Mills Society has just published the first issue of its newsletter. Full of photos and news; it is certainly worth a look!

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TIMS has updated its website

September 23 2009 by Wiard Beek (528 views)
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We have updated our Mills & More page to include advice for Europeans see: All about mills....Mill related merchandise) http://www.timsmills.info/Merchandise/Merchandize.htm

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A Google Book on Mills

September 01 2009 by David Plunkett (795 views)
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This information on a 'Mill book' published in USA seems to have excited Bud Warren in the State of Maine, so it may do the same for us in UK. Search it out and see for yourself here in the …

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Coles-Finch Bargain?

August 07 2009 by Russell Jones (698 views)
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Windmill and Watermill enthusiasts may be interested to see that there is reprinted copy of Watermills and Windmills by William Coles Finch for sale on Ebay

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