Category: Traditional Mill Research and Preservation

E Lancaster Burne (1869-1946)

As the inventor of a windmill system, E. Lancaster Burne has a place in the development of the windmill. Edward...

E M Gardner (d. 1959)

Author: A C Yoward (revised by Nathanael Hodge) E M Gardner was the driving force behind the inclusion of watermills...

Stephen Buckland (1935-2006)

Stephen was born in Hampstead, North London to Charles Stephen Buckland Buckland, an assistant keeper at the Public Records Office,...

Stanley Freese (1902-1972)

Stanley Harman Freese was born in 1902. He first became interested in mills when on holiday at Darsham, Suffolk in...

H E S Simmons (1901-1973)

Herbert Edward Sydney Simmons, known to his friends as Syd, was born at Washington, Sussex in 1901. As a young...

Hallam Ashley (1900-1987)

Hallam Ashley was born on 9 July 1900, and spent his early years in Nottinghamshire. His father and grandfather were...

Arthur Carlton Smith (d. 2013)

Author: Michael Harverson Arthur Smith worked at the cutting edge of modern technology in the aircraft industry, but has always...

Evelyn ‘Eve’ Logan (1950-2000)

The following biography was written by Eve Logan’s husband, Bari M Logan, in 2002: Evelyn Logan (née Elkin) was born...

J Kenneth Major (1928-2009)

J Kenneth Major was born on 21 October 1928. In November 2002 he wrote the following account of his life:...

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