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Water powered grain milling in southern and eastern England between the 5th and 11th centuries

The use of water powered grain mills can be linked with the evolution of a flexible low capital input cereal...

Coronavirus and the Milling Industry

By Hayden Francis-Legg, Mildred Cookson and Nathanael Hodge Introduction The milling industry has been pivotal to many historical events. The...

Mills make the world go round

By Mildred Cookson and Nathanael Hodge Mills are most well known for grinding corn into flour. However, over the centuries...

Technical descriptions of English windmills

THE TECHNICAL INFORMATION PROJECT These technical descriptions were compiled over a period of twenty-five years both from other writers’ research...

Healthy heart

Flour has played a crucial role in society for thousands of years. As a staple part of our diets it...

Advertising and symbolism

Mills have been critical to the development of civilisation and play a central role in our culture. Not surprisingly, artists,...

Mills at war

If an army marches on its stomach it is unsurprising that mills have played a crucial role in all manner...

Art and artists

Mills occupy a hugely significant place in the landscape. It is no wonder then they have inspired numerous artists. See...

Made to measure

From measuring the amount of grain in a sack to making sure a windmill’s sails are the correct length, without...

Women at work

Whilst the role of women in milling has often been underappreciated they have been crucial to its development. From its...

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