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[email protected] SIMNS A guide to the Simmons Collection of research records relating to British windmills and watermills Compiled by H. E. S. Simmons (1901-1973) SIMNS A guide to the Simmons Collection of research records relating to British windmills and watermills List Contents BOX DESCRIPTION PAGE (original list) General note on the collection, I including access and copying Abbreviations used in the survey Iii notes SIMNS Survey notes: windmills 1 1 SIMNS Survey notes: watermills 4 2 SIMNS Miscellaneous notes 8 3 SIMNS Maps (Simmons own numbering) 9 4 SIMNS Maps (unnumbered by Simmons) 14 5 SIMNS Photographs: windmills 24 (note 6 p.23) SIMNS Photographs: watermills 47 (note 7 p.23) SIMNS General records and records of mill 54 8 photography Introduction Herbert Edward Sydney Simmons was born on 29th September 1901 in Washington, Sussex. He worked for many years as a civil servant in the Ministry of Defence; during the Second World War he served in the Royal Air Force, stationed in Warwickshire and East Anglia. He died on 26th October 1973 at his home in Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex. Simmons had a lifelong interest in windmills and watermills. During more than 40 years of private research, he visited many mill sites and consulted a wide range of documentary sources, including fire insurance records, local newspapers, directories and maps. He also exchanged information with other mill enthusiasts and thus gathered further information on those mills he was unable to visit.