Alastair Wilson Collection

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 3132 WILS
  • Dates of Creation
      Late 20th century
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
      English
  • Physical Description
      3 boxes
  • Location
      Upper Heyford - BX0000001517781
      Upper Heyford - BX0000001517780
      Upper Heyford - BX0000000425975

Scope and Content

Photographs of mills in the UK. Also some of mills in France, Barbados, Belgium, Spain and Greece.

Administrative / Biographical History

A surgeon who worked most of his life in Birmingham and the midlands. As a trainee in the 1940s he spent 12 months in Amsterdam and Zwolle and visited working mills there. In his retirement he assisted the miller of Danzey Green post mill at the Avoncroft Museum. He also went on numerous overseas trips with the Midlands Mills group, as well as searching for mills when abroad on other business

Access Information

This collection may be consulted free of charge at the Mills Archive; please email visitors@millsarchive.org to arrange an appointment.

Note

A surgeon who worked most of his life in Birmingham and the midlands. As a trainee in the 1940s he spent 12 months in Amsterdam and Zwolle and visited working mills there. In his retirement he assisted the miller of Danzey Green post mill at the Avoncroft Museum. He also went on numerous overseas trips with the Midlands Mills group, as well as searching for mills when abroad on other business

Archivist's Note

Collection level description by Nathanael Hodge, May 2015; revised May 2019.

Custodial History

Donated to the archive 2006-2012, 2019.

Additional Information

Published