The first two volumes, published in 18 respectively, covered what was then known of the history and development of corn milling from, as their titles imply, handstones, slave and cattle mills to watermills and windmills. Ltd, based in Liverpool, and secretary of the Corn Trade Guild, and John Elton, a journalist, wrote their four volume classic ‘ History of Corn Milling’. Nearly 120 years ago Richard Bennett, director of the United Grain Elevator Co. The highly decorated quernstone is from Clonmacnoise, Ireland, and dates to the early medieval period (Bennett and Elton, 1898) Introduction The title page from the first volume of Bennett and Elton’s History of Corn Milling. 2: Cereals and cultivation: Prehistory to the Romansģ: Cereals and cultivation: The early medieval period, c.AD500 to the present dayĥ: The application of animal and water power: From the Mediterranean to BritainĨ: Post-medieval mills and milling, 1540-1750ĩ: Into the Industrial Age: Developments in wind and water power, 1750-1850ġ3: Cereal products: Prehistory to the Romansġ4: Cereal products: The early medieval period, c.AD500 to the present dayġ5: Windmills and watermills: Preservation and restoration
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