Journals

No.43, pub 2024

Soulton Forge, Wem, Shropshire – Peter King
Gloucestershire Windpumps – M.J.A.Beacham
Corn Mills on the River Dove near Ashbourne, Derbyshire – Tony Bonson

No.42, pub 2023

Alfred Summers, Millwright of Tanworth-in-Arden, at work in the 1890s and beyond – Tim Booth
Welford – the History of a Village Corn mill – Victoria Johnson & Linda Johnson
‘Country grinding and desperate diversity’ Robert Sly, Miller of Chedworth – M. J. A. Beacham
Listed Mills in Cheshire – Stuart Mousdale

No.41, pub 2022

Keeping going through changing times: Robert & Alfred Summers, Millwrights of Tanworth-in-Arden, at work in the 1880s – Tim Booth
Crag Works, an Update – Tony Bonson
The Baker family as Corn Millers at Twissell’s Mill, Chalford, Gloucestershire – M J A Beacham

No.40, Published 2021

John Rennie’s 1797 Visit to Cheddleton Flint Mill – Rowan Patel
Mildenham Mill and the Bill Family of Millers – Mary Tucker & Tony Bonson
Claypole Mill: A Lincolnshire Flax and Corn Mill – Jon Sass
A Year’s Work in a Victorian Steam Mill – M.J.A. Beacham

No.39, Published 2020

Middlecale Pumping Wheel – David Kitching
More Light under a Bushel – Weights and Measures in Traditional English Corn Mills – M.J.A.Beacham
‘All in a Strong, Substantial and Most Workmanlike Manner’: Robert and Alfred Summers, Millwrights of Tanworth-in-Arden at work in the 1870s – Tim Booth

No.38, Published 2019

A History and Description of Worston Mill, Staffordshire – Tony Bonson
The Lampitts, Carpenters and Millwrights in Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Warwickshire – Tim Booth
Watermills in West Gloucestershire – Corn Mills on Tributaries to the River Severn, Part 1 – M.J.A.Beacham

No.37, Published 2018

The Trials, Tribulations and Occasional  Triumphs of a Country Millwright: Robert Summers in the 1850s and 1860s – Tim Booth
Legbourne Mills, Lincolnshire – Jon Sass
A Dispute over Water Mills at Hartshorne, Derbyshire, in  1679 – Janet Spavold and Sue Brown

No.36, Published 2017

The Development and Demise of Corn and Bone Milling at Bishopbridge – Colin Moore
A Survey of Corn Mills in the Leadon Valley of Gloucestershire – M.J.A.Beacham

No.35, Published 2016

Benjamin Cartwright of Wombourne, Staffordshire, An 18th Century Millwright; Part 2. Water, Steam and Animal Powered Mills – Booth, Tim
Swettenham Mill: An Update – Bonson, Tony
West Gloucestershire Corn Mills – Beacham, M.J.A.

No.34, Published 2015

Long Compton Mill, A Study of a South Warwickshire Watermill – Bedington, John
The Corn Mills of Redbrook, Gloucestershire – Beacham, M.J.A.
Benjamin Cartwright of Wombourne, Staffs, An 18th Century Millwright; Pt 1. Windmill Work – Booth, Tim

No.33, Published 2014

Textile Mills in North Worcestershire – King, Peter
Some Modern Flour Mills in 1909 – Jones, Anthea
The Mills of the Hopton Brook; an Update – Poyner, David
Bradcar Watermill, Chaddesden, Derbyshire – Cholerton, Peter
Corn Mills Worked in Tandem – Beacham, M.J.A.

No.32, Published 2013

Corn Milling in Market Rasen – Moore, Colin
The Mills on Dowles Brook and its Tributaries – Booth, Tim

No.31, Published 2012

Hampton Mill, Chelmarsh – Poyner, David
Grist to the Mill: Some Early 19th Century Problems – Beacham, M.J.A.
Summers of Tanworth-in-Arden, Millwrights: the Early Years, 1814-1854 – Booth, Tim
The Struggle for Water Supply to the Mills of Stockport – Bonson, Tony

No.30, Published 2011

Granite Millstones of Shropshire and adjoining counties – Langford, Ian
Scries that do not jog – Bedington, John
Middleton Scriven Mill – Poyner, David
Millstone Makers in La Ferte-sous-Jouarre and the Great Exhibition of 1851 – Ward, Owen

No.29, Published 2010

Wheatley Windmill, Back from the Brink – Dalton, Caroline
The Windmills of Edward Lancaster Burne – Booth, Tim
Anthony Fewster, Mealman of Nailsworth, Gloucester – Beacham, M.J.A.

No.28, Published 2009

Hampton Loade Forge Top Mill – Poyner, David
W.S.Barron & Son, Mill Engineers of Gloucester – Mills, Stephen
A Survey and Reconstruction of Oversley Mill – Johnson, Cyril
A History of Oversley Mill – Bonson, Tony

No.27, Published 2008

Cleobury Mill, Cleobury North, Shropshire – Booth, Tim
Transportation of Mill Stones from the Peak District of Derbyshire. – Gifford, Alan F.
Midlands-type Postmills – Beacham, M.J.A.
A List of Midlands-type Postmill Sites – Beacham, M.J.A.

No.26, Published 2007

Galton’s Mill, Belbroughton, Worcestershire – Booth, Tim & Jones, Madge
Corn Mill Workers in Census Returns, Gloucestershire, 1841-71 – Beacham, M.J.A.
Great Diurnal of Nicholas Blundell of Little Crosby, Lancashire, 1702-1728 – transcribed Clarke, Robin

No.25, Published 2006

Mills on Lea Brook, Derbyshire – Wigglesworth, George
Logwood Mill, Kinlet, its History & Archeology – Poyner, David
Multiple Sailed Windmills in England – Gifford, Alan
Terrible Machinery Accident at Blythe Marsh Mill, Staffordshire – Job, Barry

No.24, Published 2005

Clun Mill, Shropshire – Booth, Tim
Moddershall Valley Watermills – 40 years on – Helsby, Lawrence
Tansley Wood Mill, Matlock – a Derbyshire ‘Bump’ Mill – Giffford, Alan
Candlewick – Clarke, Robin
Mills on the Hopton Brook – Poyner, David

No.23, pub 2004

Mills of Alveley and Romsley, Shropshire – Poyner, David
Rectory Mill, Alvechurch – Hayes, Ian & Rachel
Macclesfield Mill, from Domesday to Global Trade Name – Bonson, Tony
Postscript to:Fatal and Distressing Motor-car Accident at Gt Haywood Mill – Job, Barry
From Fole to Liverpool and from Hanley to Ellesmere Port – Jones, Glyn

No.22, Published 2003

Tewksbury’s Flour Mills – Jones, Anthea
Millstone Quarries at Whittle Hills, Lancashire – Clarke, Robin
Emscote Mill, Warwick – Booth, Tim
Self-regulating Mill of Edmund Lee – Bonson, Tony
Great Haywood Mill, Staffordshire – Job, Barry
Fatal and Distressing Motor-car Accident at Gt Haywood Mill – Job, Barry

No.21, Published 2002

Croxton Windmill, Shropshire – Bonson, Tony & Job, Barry
Mills at Winshill, Burton on Trent – Gifford, Alan
Mill Explosion at Macclesfield, Cheshire – Job, Barry
What Happened to the Millstones? – Jones, Glyn
Some Unusual & Little Known Wind Engines – Cookson, Mildred

No.20, Published 2001

Walsokne Brass and its Windmill – Buckland, J.S.P.
Waterpowered Pump at Elvaston Castle, Derbyshire – Bonson, Tony;  Booth, Tim & Gifford, Alan
Leamington Mill, Warwickshire – Gibbons, W.G.
Elephant Tales – Job, Barry

No.19, Published 2000

Shepshed Mill, History & Survey – Booth, Tim; Boucher, John  & Job, Barry
Waterwheels used for Lead Mining in Central Wales – Stansfield, Colin
Caudwell’s Mill, Rowsley, Derbyshire – Walker, Graeme
Hydropower at Iles Mill, Gloucestershire – Hodkin, Richard

No.18, Published 1999

Swettenham Watermill, Cheshire – Introduction – Booth, Tim; Job, Barry & Bonson, Tony
Swettenham Watermill, Cheshire – History – Booth, Tim; Job, Barry & Bonson, Tony
Swettenham Watermill, Cheshire – Exterior – Booth, Tim;  Job, Barry & Bonson, Tony
Swettenham Watermill, Cheshire – Interior – Booth, Tim; Job, Barry & Bonson, Tony
Swettenham Watermill, Cheshire – Machinery – Booth, Tim; Job, Barry & Bonson, Tony

No.17, Published 1998

Mysterious Millstone found at Bishop’s Castle, Shrops – Gifford, Alan
New Hall Mill, Sutton Coldfield – History – Lea, Roger
New Hall Mill, Sutton Coldfield – Machinery – Booth, Tim
Bosley Works, Cheshire – Turbines – Bonson, Tony

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No.16, Published 1997

Dakeyne Mill and its Romping Lion – Wigfull, Phil
Controversial Windmill of Much Wenlock – Lawley, Jean
Chesterton Watermill, Part 1: Introduction – Job, Barry
Chesterton Watermill, Part 2: History – Clarke, Norman M. & Job, Barry
Chesterton Watermill, Part 3: Exterior Survey – Job, Barry
Chesterton Watermill, Part 4: Machinery – Booth, Tim
Chesterton Watermill, Part 5: Conclusions
Crete – Wind & Water Mills – Gifford, Alan

No.15, Published 1996

Carmountside Farm, Staffordshire – Job, Barry
Washford Mill, Buglawton – history – Bonson, Tony
Wind and Water Mills on Postcards – Yates, Michael
River Penk & its tributaries – Cooksley, Michael
Little Aston Watermill – Golder, George

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No.14, Published 1995

Ledwyche Brook & Corn Brook, Shrops. – watermills – Booth, Tim
Bosley Works, Cheshire – History – Bonson, Tony
Washford Mill, Buglawton – stone grinding – Bradley, Chris
Berton, Pierre-Theophile, and his windmill sails – Cussonneau, Christian; (tr. Gifford & Tucker)

No.13, Published 1994

Strutt’s Mills, Belper – Suspension Waterwheel – Gifford, Alan
Drying Kiln Clay Tiles – Job, Barry
Nepali Watermills – an update – Gregory, Roy
Vertical Axis Wind Powered Turbine Generators – Proposals – Davies, Kenneth M.
Medical Condition of makers of French Millstones – Peacock, Thomas B.

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No.12, Published 1993

Repton Brook watermills, Derbyshire – Gifford, Alan
Bishop of Lichfield’s Mills – Cooksley, Michael
Lanzarote Windmills – Hernandez, S. (trans. Coombes, A.)
Shifford’s Grange Farm Mill, Staffordshire – Job, Barry & Riley, George
Waterpowered Hoists – Castlefield – Boucher, Cyril T.G.

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No.11, Published 1992

Smelting Mill, Dimmingsdale, Staffordshire – Job, Barry
Anjou Windmills – Gifford, Alan F.
How does it work? Flyball Governor – Clarke, Norman N.
Dunham Massey Sawmill – Boucher, Dr. Cyril
Irish Watermills – Roberts, Niall

No.10, Published 1990

Shut Mill, Romsley, Worcestershire – Wills, E. Penissa.
Broome & Hurcott Estates – watermills – Brown, A.F.
Harbury Windmill – Pt.1: History – Seaby, Bill
Harbury Windmill – Pt.2: Survey – Job, Barry
Harbury Windmill – Pt.3: Description – Job, Barry
Harbury Windmill – Pt.4: Drawings – Job, Barry
A Scots Mill – Foreman, Wilf

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No.9, Published 1989

Vanishing Windmill – Gill, F.C.
Walk Mill, Eccleshall, Staffordshire – Howell, Charles
Tidal Power: Tide Mill to Severn Barrage – Tucker, Gordon
Two South African Windmills – Roberts, Niall
Tide Mill, Tintern – Coates, Stan

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No.8, Published 1988

Crag Works, Cheshire – Bonson, Tony
South African Watermills – Roberts, Niall
Fourteenth Century Millstone Transaction – Tucker, Gordon
Birkdale Old Mill, Lancashire – Roberts, Jo
From Mill to Megawatt – Tucker, Gordon

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No.7, pub 1986

Mills & Milling in Medieval England – Holt, Richard
R.Stour – Pt.5: Smestow Brook – Cooksley, S.M. & M.V.
Upper Arrow, Kington – mills – Tucker, Gordon
Blackford Mill = machinery – Booth, D.T.N.
Wheatley windmill – Foreman, Wilf

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No.6, Published 1985

Keele Hall – water supply – Job, Barry
Moulin de Billion, Morbihan, Brittany – Clarke, N.M.
R.Stour – Pt.3:Stourbridge, Lye, Cradley – Tucker, Gordon
Hurcott Paper Mill, Kidderminster – Gwilliam, H.W.
Hurcott Paper Mill – inventory – Brown, A.F.  (ed Clarke, R.V.)
R.Stour – Pt.4: Halesowen – Booth, D.T.N.
Rise & Fall of Fulling Stocks – Parkinson, A.J.
D.I.Y. Boulter – Wheatley windmill – Foreman, Wilf

No.5, Published 1984

Fladbury Mill, Worcestershire – Crabtree, J.A.
R.Stour – Pt.2:Wolverley & Kinver – Cooksley, Michael V.
Temple Farm Wheel, Temple Balsall – Pitkin, Mike
Dressing of Millstones – Corcoran, Bryan
Making & Dressing French-burr Millstones – Ward, Owen H. (trans)
Norse Watermills of Shetland – Bedington, John & Rhoda
Mallorca – windmills – Cooke, Tony
Nepal – watermills – Boucher, John K.G.

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No.4, Published 1983

Millers at Turn & Elmbridge Mills, Worcestershire – Brown, A.F.
R.Stour – Pt.1:Stourport & Kidderminster – Gwilliam, H.W. & Tucker, Gordon
Bedfordshire Windmills – Dolman, Peter
Hazara – horizontal mills – Boucher, John K.G.
Water Turbine – development – Crabtree, J.A.
Etruscan Bone & Flint Mill, Etruria – Job, Barry & Green, Tony

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No.3, Published 1982

R.Salwarpe – Pt.2:outside Bromsgrove – Tucker, Gordon.
Norton Lindsey Windmill, Warks – history – Chapman, K.F.
Norton Lindsey Windmill –  drawings – Foreman, Wilfred
Norton Lindsey Windmill – machinery – Seaby, W.A.
Millstone Making in France – Beauvois, J. (trans. Tucker, D.G.)
French Millstones – Ward, Owen H.
Everton Windmill, Nottinghamshire – Waterfield, James T.E.

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No.2, Published 1981

Belne Brook – more mills – Gwilliam, H.W.
R.Salwarpe – Pt.1:Bromsgrove – Briggs, J.D.
Governors –  windmills – Foreman, Wilf.
Wannerton Brook, N.Worcs – mills & forges – Gwilliam, H.W.
Summers, Robert, & Wolverton Mill – Booth, D.T.N.

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No.1, Published 1980

Rowington Green Windmill, Warks. – Seaby, W.A.
Rowington Tower Mill; the cap – Bedington, John.
Millstone Making in Anglesey – Tucker, Gordon.
Turtons of Kidderminster, millwrights – Booth, D.T.N.
Belne Brook – mills & watercourses – Briggs, Jonathan. & Tucker, Gordon.
Belne Brook – watermills & forges – Simmons, H.E.S.

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