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Corn Watermills of the National Trust
in England (2019)
ISBN 9780955150166
This 75 page hardcover book measures
210mm x 210mm.
It has 25 John Brandrick drawings and 120 colour
photos.
Due to radical technological changes
in the way flour was produced at the end of the 19th
century; traditional corn watermills could not
compete and very quickly fell into serious decline.
An enormous number were lost to decay or converted
into residential properties; others were put to
other uses. Very few working mills remain.
Luckily, the National Trust had the
foresight to protect and preserve 19 English
water-powered corn mills which are regularly open to
the public. Many are working and producing
stoneground flour.
The aim of this book is firstly to
overview the basics of flour production using water
power and millstones. It then goes on to describe
the history and main features of interest of each of
the 19 English corn watermills in the National Trust
collection. It is hoped that the reader will be
encouraged to visit some or all of the mills, when
they are open, and gain an insight into our past
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Corn Mill Drawings of John Brandrick
(2018)
ISBN
9780955150159
This 106 page hardcover book measures
210mm x 210mm and has over 200 colour & 20 b&w
illustrations of watermills and windmills.
On retirement John Brandrick decided,
as a hobby, that he would put his architectural and
mechanical draughting skills to use by carrying out
surveys and preparing digital drawings of historical
structures, mainly corn mills. Some of the mills
John has drawn no longer exist. To be able to draw
these John researched various archives to obtain
data regarding building size, its layout and
equipment.
John is now internationally renowned
for the documentation and production of precision
technical illustrations of historic corn mills. This
book celebrates his work and illustrates examples of
buildings and equipment of traditional water powered
corn mills. |
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Wheat Flour Milling from Millstones
to Rollers (2017)
ISBN 9780955150142
This 174 page hardcover A4 book has
over 600 colour and black & white images.
Flour milling underwent a radical
change during the 25 year period from 1875 to 1900.
The drive for the change came from continental
Europe and the United States, where new flour mills
had been built containing sophisticated machinery
developed in an attempt to extract as much flour as
possible from the wheat grain.
For a period the UK flour industry
was resistant to change and unable to compete with
the foreign competition. In the new mills metal
rollers replaced traditional millstones which had
been in use for more than 2000 years. Wind and water
powered mills gave way to steam and eventually
electricity as the mill's energy source. Traditional
water and wind powered millstone mills could not
compete and very quickly fell into serious decline.
This book charts the roller mill revolution. |
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Traditional Corn Milling
Watermills (2015)
ISBN 9780955150135
This 40 page A5 colour and black
&white image paperback booklet consists of extracts
from the more comprehensive
and detailed 211 page A4 hardcover book by the same
author entitled: "Watermills and Stoneground Flour
Milling"
This
booklet is the introduction every watermill novice
needs. It aims to explain how watermills used for
stoneground flour milling worked. Using numerous
drawings and photographs, it guides
the reader through the various elements that go to
make up a working watermill, including a brief
discussion on the layout of a typical mill building.
Having explained how the machinery in the mill
operated it then describes how wheat is ground into
meal and how that meal is processed further to make
white flour.
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Watermills and Stoneground Flour
Milling (2014)
ISBN
978095515012866
This 211 page A4 hardcover book has
95 high quality line drawings + more than 465 colour
pictures and around twenty 3D colour drawings.
This book is the in-depth
introduction to watermills and stoneground flour
milling that an inquisitive novice needs. It is a
book that aims to give in a simple way, a thorough
understanding of stoneground milling terminology,
mill technology and mill practices. Using
easy-to-follow text plus numerous drawings and
photographs, it guides the reader through the
various elements that go to make up a working
watermill. From explaining the different types of
cereals that are likely to have been processed in
millstone mills, through the history of watermills,
to the building design and layout. It continues by
explaining the need for the various machinery
components found in watermills and how they work.
Only then does it describe how wheat is ground into
meal and how that meal is processed further to make
white flour.
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Gomshall Mill, the Harris Millers &
their Shere Connection
(2005)
ISBN 9780955150104
This 28 page A5 black & white image
paperback booklet describes the use, history and
owners of Gomshall Mill, Surrey.
In particular it reviews the Harris
family of millers, who were associated with the mill
from around 1750 until 1806. It is illustrated
throughout and contains images not previously
published elsewhere.
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