I became interested in wind and water mills in the early 1970’s and found that, although many other counties had books written on their milling heritage, there was not a single book which described those in Derbyshire . All I could find were various references in newspapers and magazines etc to individual mills and, for example, ‘disused mill’ marked on some maps. This led me to chasing all over the county seeking information on both wind and water powered corn mills and eventually to the publication of the above, which are still the definitive books for the county.
I became interested in wind and water mills in the early 1970’s and found that, although many other counties had books written on their milling heritage, there was not a single book which described those in Derbyshire . All I could find were various references in newspapers and magazines etc to individual mills and, for example, ‘disused mill’ marked on some maps. This led me to chasing all over the county seeking information on both wind and water powered corn mills and eventually to the publication of the above, which are still the definitive books for the county.