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Putting Old Watermills Back to Work

November 15 2009 by Ron Cookson (1583 views)
Electricity Generation & Watermills | Leave a comment

GM Bartlett's letter in today's Sunday Telegraph bemoans the emphasis on wind turbines in Wales when there are so many watermill sites available.

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New!! Kent Mills Society

November 02 2009 by Rob Cumming & Geoff Holman (1337 views)
Kent & News of Mills & Watermills & Windmills | 1 comment

Following the earlier discussion on Mill Writing and and a very successful meeting at The Black Windmill, Whitstable, we have been encouraged to set up a new Kent Mills Society. The aims of the Society are to raise awareness and …

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Ladies please

November 01 2009 by William Hill (966 views)
Mill People & Family History & Mills outside the UK & Watermills & Windmills | 2 comments

Heage Gets a lady miller (though they seem to have forgotten Mildred Cookson...) and a US lady miller is also featured

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2012 Olympics and Heritage

October 22 2009 by Ron Cookson (731 views)
Watermills & Windmills | Leave a comment

Could Mills benefit from this latest HLF announcment? If you have a project in mind that could have an Olympic connection it is worth reading on!

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Greenwich – early Medieval Tide Mill

October 06 2009 by David Plunkett (789 views)
Watermills | Leave a comment

“Last summer digging through 3.5m of riverside mud at Greenwich in London, archaeologists uncovered the remains of a huge timber watermill of the 12th century. The wheel, part of which survived, would have been more than 5m across."

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Tide Mill Institute Conference 2009

September 20 2009 by Earl Taylor (1038 views)
Electricity Generation & Mills outside the UK & Watermills | Leave a comment

The Tide Mill Conference for 2009 is scheduled for Friday, Saturday November 6-7, 2009. The venue will be the Dorchester Historical Society's William Clapp House at 195 Boston Street, Dorchester (Boston), MA in the USA

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Coles-Finch Bargain?

August 07 2009 by Russell Jones (1097 views)
Publications & Watermills & Windmills | 1 comment

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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Weirs under threat from the Environment Agency

July 22 2009 by Ron Cookson (1130 views)
Watermills | 2 comments

The BBC reports that historic wooden weirs on the River Thames and River Kennet may be replaced under a new flood management scheme. The Environment Agency wants to replace weirs in Northmoor, Radcot and Mapledurham in Oxfordshire, Molesey in Surrey …

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Environment Agency plans for the River Wensum in Norfolk

July 13 2009 by Jonathan Neville (1012 views)
News of Mills & Watermills | Leave a comment

Readers might be interested in the far reaching plans the Environment Agency has for the River Waveney in Norfolk. From the Natural England report: "A survey in 2002 showed that the ecological condition of the river had declined, and the …

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Barry Mill to remain open

July 07 2009 by Ron Cookson (1099 views)
News of Mills & Watermills | 1 comment

Gareth Hughes has just passed on today's good news that Barry Mill will remain open. We highlighted the threat to this important Scottish mill in April. see http://www.millsarchivetrust.org/index.php/blogs/more/barry_mill_under_threat

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