Information is received from many sources and
William Hill is a champion gatherer and imparter of
items garnered from all types of media which may
include links to videos on YouTube or television
programmes; he distributes to a long list of mill
people via email. If you would like to be copied on
William’s electronic batches of news, please let me
know and I’ll pass them on to you. From William’s
latest list I viewed:
http://www.wpri.com/dpp/rhode_show/the-rhode-less-traveled-prescott-farm Video
inside Rhode Island American corn mill “Have
you always wanted to see the inside of the 1812
Prescott Farm windmill? Explore how this amazing
machine works and learn about the importance of
grist milling on
Aquidneck Island.
Please note: Windmill
will not be in full operation due to safety and
preservation concerns.“
and elsewhere in New England: “There
hadn’t been a gristmill on Conanicut Island
since about 1750. Before the Revolution, however,
the farmers weren’t concerned about a mill and
concentrated on growing crops for export. Now, with
money short, they had to find a way. The first
requirement was land on which to build the mill. The
farm that had been confiscated from Tory Col. Joseph
Wanton included one of the highest points on the
island. The town petitioned the state to grant it
that part of the Wanton property.
The entrance to the windmill grounds passed in front
of the miller’s cottage, and the mill was still an
operating business when this picture was taken in
1889”. Read
more on:
http://www.jamestownpress.com/news/2012-06-14/Legals/JHS_100_years_A_new_mill_for_Conanicut_Island.html
Lowfield Heath Windmill open days:
The mid-18th century post mill with a
brick roundhouse, which originally stood at Lowfield
Heath before the building of Gatwick Airport, will
be opening on Heritage Open Days of Saturday,
September 8, and Sunday, September 9, from 10am to
5pm both days.
Brixton Windmill
has been shortlisted for a Museums
and Heritage Award for Excellence 2012.
London must have had hundreds of wind and watermills
and it’s so surprising, but delightfully so, to find
the windmill restored in that densely populated
area. Residents are very ‘hands on’ with this
community centered fixture.
Over in Norfolk
Great
Witchingham Watermill
:
50 firecrew members were recently
sent to the isolated Eade’s Mill complex of
buildings close to the boundary between Great
Witchingham and Whitwell. The alarm was raised at
Eade’s Mill House, one of two adjoining homes
overlooking the old mill pond on a tributary of the
River Wensum. The firefighters were praised for
saving this historic Norfolk building and preventing
fire spreading to other properties. 
The Smiths
family established their commercial Smiths Flour
Mills at Langley and Walsall In the 1820s and
later acquired the Worksop site as head office in
1906; they also have a mill at Holbeach. A financial
crisis has caused a sell-out of Smiths - recgonised
as one of the largest independent flour millers in
the UK - to Whitworth Brothers. The 130+ jobs are
said to be secure with the company which provides
ingredients for a wide variety of bakery,
convenience food, breakfast cereals and
confectionery. Acknowledgement to
www.WorksopGuardian.co.uk.
The Tide Mills of
Western Europe Exhibition,
returns to Hampshire in mid September to Ashlett
Tide Mill and hopefully a second venue at
Beaulieu if negotiations are fruitful.
Don’t forget that you can see other regional mill
websites by using the links within our own
www.hampshiremills.org website for
The Mills Archive
Hampshire Industrial
Archaeology Society;
Lincolnshire Mills
Group;
Midland Mills Group;
Norfolk Mills;
Sussex Mills Group;
Wessex Mills Group;
and
Hantsweb.
And you can revisit abridged copies of previous HMG
Newsletters in the website. There are other website
links in
www.millsarchive.com too.
Also, if you
are a Friend of the Mills Archive, you can have your
say on their blog site, either adding comments or
raising new subjects. Have
you got mill news for the rest of us? Send it to
Sheila – now!
