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Windmills At Work In East Sussex compiled by Brigid Chapman from the research material of Maurice Lawson Finch	A Sussex Watermill Sketchbook by Frank Gregory and Ron Martin	Sussex Windmills and their Restoration a 1970s perspective by R. C. Pinney	The Windmills And Millers Of Brighton by H. T. Dawes

ISSN	Size	Binding	Extent
0263 — 5151	A4 portrait	Paperback	28 pages

The earliest known mills in Brighton are depicted in a coloured drawing of the French attacking the town. The drawing is dated 1545, but probably based on the events of 1514 when the invaders landed and burnt down every dwelling. This publication covers the early windmills, windmills near the sea, windmills near Dyke Road, east Brighton mills, north Brighton mills and the steam flour mills.

The Brighton windmills featured in this book include :-
Lashmar's (or Hove) Mill	East End Mill	Rottingdean Mill	Beacon Hill Mill
Patcham (or Ballard's) Mill	Port Hall Mill	Preston Mill	Waterhall Mill
West Blatchington Mill	West Mill	Clifton Mill	Race Hill Mill
East End (or Taylor's) Mill	Bear Mill	Falmer Mill	Vine's Mill
Round Hill (or Cutress's) Mill	Hodson's Mill	Butcher's (or Park) Mill	Hanover Mill

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ISBN	Size	Binding	Extent
185770 293X	A5 portrait	Paperback	96 pages

Published by S.B. Publications 19 Grove Road, Seaford East Sussex. BN25 1TP

Tel: 01323 893498 Fax: 01323 893860 E-mail : sbpublications@tiscali.co.uk

This book is compiled from material about the windmills of Sussex collected by the late Maurice Lawson Finch over some fifty years, to which he added every picture postcard showing a windmill that he could find. He was a most assiduous collector of information and there can be few references to mills in newspapers, magazines and estate agents' property sales details that escaped his eagle eye from the end of the Second World War until his death in April 2000 at the age of seventy five.

Maurice worked initially from maps dating from 1579 to the 1900s and he recorded all relevant information in respect of every mill there had been on the sites on the forms he designed for the purpose.

With each form he filed photocopies of all published references he obtained in respect of each mill together with all correspondence relating to her; often his own site plan, photographs, postcards and engravings. The material covering the mills of East Sussex filled seven box files, and he amassed almost the same amount of material about the mills of West Sussex.

At the beginning of the 19th century nearly every town and village had one or more windmills to grind corn. Today only a very few remain and can be visited and perhaps even seen working. However the sites are still there - some with the remains of the windmills that stood on them converted to country houses, some in process of restoration, some offering just foundation marks in the soil and a wonderful view.

This book, which is packed with pictures of East Sussex mill sites then and now, lists them in alphabetical order with map references. It also details the fires, storms and odd & unusual things that happened to the individual mills and their owners.

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ISSN	Size	Binding	Extent
0263 — 5151	A4 portrait	Paperback	40 pages

This book was written in the 1970s. but remained unpublished until 1999. It contains much of interest to the lover of windmills. This work shows the state of things in the 1970s and as the author saw it at the time. It also shows the restoration and methods used at that time. The text has been presented unchanged, and is updated in the references provided at the end.

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Published by S.B. Publications 19 Grove Road, Seaford East Sussex. BN25 1TP

Tel: 01323 893498 Fax: 01323 893860 E-mail : sbpublications@tiscali.co.uk

From early beginnings in the 1930s Frank Gregory explored the more local mills on his push bike, making sketches and completing them at home. At weekends the Gregory family visited the more distant highways and byways of Sussex by car and young Frank always took along sketching equipment.

During the period of Frank's watermill survey, many were still turning and earning an honest living, but those mills that had become idle were being allowed to decay. Frank kept records of the state of each mill and helped wherever possible by encouraging and involving himself in restoration work. He was a regular visitor to many mills while they were still working, and knew the millers personally.

Frank was a recognised authority not only on Sussex but at national and international levels.

This presentation is a tribute to Frank, who was dedicated to the well being of Sussex mills for more than 60 years. Ordering information

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Title	Price	Order address	Cheques made payable to
The Windmills And Millers Of Brighton by H. T. Dawes    (2nd edition)	£ 5.50	R. G. Martin "Windrush" 42 Falmer Avenue Saltdean Brighton East Sussex. BN2 8FG	Sussex Industrial Archaeology Society
Windmills At Work In East Sussex compiled by Brigid Chapman from the research material of Maurice Lawson Finch	£ 8.50 £ 7.50 to SIAS members	Peter Hill "Hillcroft" 97 Holmes Avenue Hove East Sussex. BN3 7LE.	P. J. Hill
Sussex Windmills and their Restoration a 1970s perspective by R. C. Pinney	£ 4.60	R. G. Martin "Windrush" 42 Falmer Avenue Saltdean Brighton East Sussex. BN2 8FG	Sussex Industrial Archaeology Society
A Sussex Watermill Sketchbook by Frank Gregory & Ron Martin	£ 6.95	R. G. Martin "Windrush" 42 Falmer Avenue Saltdean Brighton East Sussex. BN2 8FG	Sussex Industrial Archaeology Society

"Sussex Industrial History", the journal of Sussex Industrial Archaeology Society includes many articles on Sussex mills. Click here for details.

Sussex Mills Group and Sussex Industrial Archaeology Society both publish four newsletters each year