Category: Features & Articles

Early medieval Irish watermills

Introduction An examination of the role of watermill technology in the economic intensification of Early Medieval Ireland, with reference to...

Holman Bros., Millwrights of Canterbury: A history

Authors: Guy Boocock, Elizabeth Trout, Mildred Cookson Overview After Geoff Holman died in December 2011, his widow, Lynn and his children, donated his...

Detective work at the Archive

To work in an archive you sometimes need to be a detective. This is especially true for the tangled web...

Women in milling

Women in milling: A social history She is a Jolly Miller – and she lives by herself (Daily Mail article...

Kent Millers’ Tales

Authors: Luke Bonwick & Alan Stoyel Kent Millers’ Tales was a Heritage Lottery funded project carried out in 2005 with the aim of...

Historical introduction to mills and milling

Author: Luke Bonwick Overview Traditionally, a mill powered by wind, water or animals would have served every community. The study...

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