Category: Features & Articles

Muscle matters

Authors: Christopher Viney and Lydia Smith Before wind and water were harnessed, the strength of people and animals was used...

Early photography

by Lydia Smith and Christopher Viney Fundamental changes in the ways mills worked and the effects they had on people’s...

Disasters

Mills are fabulous buildings; however, they are also incredibly fragile, and unfortunately they sometimes suffer huge disasters. See the items...

Why are so few Domesday mills recorded in Cornwall and Devon? A new thesis

Author: Simon Keith Summary It has been frequently noted by those analysing the 1086 Domesday survey that there are fewer...

The Advent of Modern Milling

From the end of the 19th century, the traditional technique of using stones to grind wheat into flour was superseded...

The Great Fire of Emmbrook

The Mill Sometime between 11.00pm and 1.00am on Thursday 3rd July 1884, flames were seen coming from windows of the...

From Quern to Computer: The history of flour milling

Authors: Martin and Sue Watts Introduction Nearly 120 years ago Richard Bennett, director of the United Grain Elevator Co. Ltd,...

The Decline of Wind and Water Mills

Overview There was a time when every village had its wind or watermill; when mills were everywhere – an essential...

Watermills and Windmills of Middlesex (Second Edition)

Introduction Originally this book was to be about windmills only. They had long held a certain fascination for me, and...

Mills of Finland

Overview Rex Wailes’ Finnish Mills collection has been catalogued and digitised as part of the Reading Internship Scheme run by The Mills...

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