The Mills Archive was originally set up to care for four
historically important Foundation Collections.
Three Foundation Collections are still in private hands, the
fourth has been donated to us by the Mills Section of the
Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings. Since establishment
in early 2002, we have been given more than 40 collections,
both great and small.
| Title | Description | Items |
| 1881 Census Returns | Census data about millers, millwrights and their families. Published originally by HMSO/PRO, extracted by NT Stobbs and donated to the Mills Archive | 263 |
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| Alan Stoyel Foundation Coll'n | Images and documents amassed over a lifetime of research and recording. Emphasis on water-powered sites in the UK and Europe. A Foundation Collection | 1075 |
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| Arthur C Smith Collection | Images of windmills in 17 UK counties. Books and correspondence reflecting a vigorous publication history | 138 |
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| Bernard R Billings Collection | High quality glass plates providing views of Kentish windmills | 294 |
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| Bodley Foundry Workshop Drawings | High quality copies of several hundred working drawings showing waterwheel designs, rescued from the derelict Bodley Foundry by Cyril McCombe. | 632 |
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| Derek Ogden Collection | Collection of working drawings, correspondence and images amassed by millwright Derek Ogden during his period of work in the UK and USA. | 61 |
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| Derek Stidder Collection | Images of Surrey and Sussex watermills, many of which have appeared in books by Derek Stidder. | 525 |
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| Development of the Mills Archive Collection | | 18 |
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| Digital Research Notes | Series of computerised notes on specific mills or people, generated by various researchers. | 1069 |
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| Don Paterson Collection | Major collection of notes, images and drawings, with emphasis on North West England and North Wales. | 321 |
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| Donald W Muggeridge Collection | Part of the large holding in the Special Collections Library at the University of Kent. Includes windmills of Dorset, Nottinghamshire and other UK counties together with images of millers. | 414 |
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| E M Gardner Collection | Images and documents of English watermills. Part of the SPAB Mills Section Foundation Collection. | 176 |
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| Education Pack Collection | Collections of educational material generated by individual mills. | 25 |
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| Family History Holdings | Short communications sent by Family History Researchers to the Mills Archive. | 62 |
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| Frank W Gregory Collection | Left by Frank to the Open Air Museum. No wbeing progressively catlaogue by the Mills Archive | 236 |
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| Gordon Ankorn Collection | Professional photographs of UK windmills, with an emphasis on Norfolk. | 75 |
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| Hallam Ashley Collection | Originally donated to the Mills Section of the SPAB and on transfer to the Archive, Kaye signed a copyright assignment in our favour | 1 |
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| Harry Meyer Collection | Major collection of images and cuttings covering most UK counties, with an emphasis on windmills. Part of the Arthur C Smith Collection. | 267 |
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| J Kenneth Major Foundation Collection | Images and documents amassed over a lifetime of research and recording. Emphasis on water-powered sites in the UK. A Foundation Collection | 633 |
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| Jenny West Collection | Donated to the Archive 2005 | 255 |
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| Jim Woodward-Nutt Collection | Major collection of slides of mills in Scotland, with an emphasis on water power. | 832 |
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| John P Mullett Collection | Photographs of English windmills. Part of the Alan Stoyel and SPAB Mills Section Foundation Collections. | 57 |
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| Kenneth G Farries Collection | Donated by Penelope Farries. Some returned by Guy Blythman having been borrowed from Penelope. | 401 |
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| Kent County Council Collection | | 729 |
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| Kent Mills Group Collection | Formerly East Kent Mills Group collection. Major donors were Jean Weir and Jack Hodges. Donated to the Mills Archive when the Mills Group was wound up. | 1120 |
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| Michael Dunn Collection | Images and correspondence regarding UK windmills, with an emphasis on East Anglia. | 152 |
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| Mick Fuller Collection | | 56 |
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| Mildred Cookson Foundation Collection | Images and documents amassed over a lifetime of research and recording. Emphasis on wind-powered sites in the UK, Europe and North America. A Foundation Collection | 326 |
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| Mill Personalities | Material from various sources and collections brought together for ease of reference | 79 |
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| NMR Collection | Part of the large holding in the National Monuments Record, based on the Rex Wailes Collection. Mainly images of Dorset and Nottinghamshire windmills and watermills. | 1361 |
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| P N Wilson Collection | Collection of images and documents on UK and US water-powered sites. Part of the J Kenneth Major Foundation Collection. | 4 |
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| Peter Dolman Collection | Major collection of photographs, negatives, slides, working drawings and documents, with a particular emphasis on Suffolk and Lincolnshire windmills. | 2966 |
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| Regional Mills Collections | Booklets on individual windmills and watermills, regions of the UK and Europe, and other milling topics. | 1074 |
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| Rex Wailes Collection | Images and documents on windmills and watermills in the UK, Europe and the USA. Part of the SPAB Mills Section Foundation Collection, together with elements from other Mills Archive Collections. | 730 |
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| SPAB Mills Section Collection | Material from various sources donated to the Mills Section and subsequently passed to the care of the Mills Archive. An emphasis on UK windmills and watermills. A Foundation Collection. | 1822 |
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| Special Collections | Individual, usually one-off donations of individual items or small collections. | 1554 |
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| Stephen Buckland Collection | | 191 |
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| Walter Minchinton Collection | Passed to Alan Stoyel, transferred to Mills Archive March 2006 | 1 |
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