Interesting Articles

This page will give you an easy way to catch up on interesting articles on mills. If you have any yourself that you would like to see uploaded, please send them to friends@millsarchivetrust.org

! Kent Mills Society Membership

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Please download and return this form if you wish to join the Kent Mills Society

2009 Tide Mill Institute Conference Programme

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Summary of the programme for the 2009 Tide Mill Conference in the USA

Case to secure opt-out for wind and water mills from proposed legislation

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Without an opt out from the proposed legislation, the future of commercial & volunteer run wind and water mills is put in serious jepardy as they are prevented from selling traditional stoneground flour

Directions to the Mills Archive

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Directions to the Archive for people on foot or travelling by car

Foston Mill by Jon Sass

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Jon Sass's short history of Foston Windmill was previously published in the Lincolnshire Mills Group Magazine. You can join the Group at http://www.lincolnshiremillsgroup.org.uk/

Ken Major Biography

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Ken's autobiography written in 2002 at the request of the Mills Archive

Kent Millers’ Tales

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This is a summary of Luke Bonwick's presentation at the SPAB Mills Section Conference November 2008.

Luke summarised the results of the Kent Millers’ Tales Project, which began in 2005 and was launched at Cranbrook Windmill in September 2007. The project was a collaborative venture,
managed by the Mills Archive in partnership with Kent County Council and the Heritage Lottery
Fund

Kent Outrage

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1830 news cutting describing the destruction of agricultural machinery by bands of men roaming the county

Mill News for June 2009 from William Hill

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Various Internet llinks to mill stories both in the UK and overseas. Well worth a browse!

Mills Archive Opens its Doors

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The Archive will be open on Saturday 9 May to allow people to see behind the scenes. This is part of the celebration of National Mills Weekend. The full details and directions may be found in this document

Morse Wind Engine Farm

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General view of several wind engines

Payments Council Expressions of Interest

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The Payments Council has taken the decision to set a target date of 31st October 2018 - in nine year’s time - to close the UK’s central cheque clearing, effectively bringing an end to the cheque as we know it. Make your comments on this form!!

Payments Council Workshop Announcement

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To help us make sure we fully understand the issues for this sector, I would like to
invite you to attend a special workshop. We want to hear direct from the people who know
why your charity, club or society uses cheques and why you don't use other payment
methods. These sessions are being arranged to understand how we can help the
charitable sector administer the payments they need.

Star windmill Chatham

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a sadly damaged photograph of Star Windmill Chatham: in much need of TLC

Stotfold Watermill volunteers recognised by The Queen

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Stotfold Watermill has been announced as one of 103 UK volunteering groups to win this year’s The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service, the MBE for volunteer groups.

Water-power in Medieval Greenwich

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Extract from Current Archaeology, November 2009, Issue 236. News extracted by David Plunkett

Windmill Surprise by Peter Cobley

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An Icelandic encounter published in Mill News in October 2008. Peter unexpectedly found an intersting windmill on Iceland.

It was built in 1840 and was last used in 1917 for grinding imported wheat from Denmark. It is a post mill, sitting directly on rock with doubled crosstrees held down with a stone wall and discarded millstones.

Wolverton Mill History

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A nice summary of research to date on this Buckinghamshire watermill