Bellows Mill

Hi,
Could anyone tell me if there are old photos of Bellows Mill, if so would it be possible to have a good copy of such. The reason for this is several generations of the Dyer family were born and bread at the Mill, and it would be nice to include an old photo of the mill. Colin

Hi Colin...
Beds Records Office maybe able to help.If you go to their web site & search Eaton Bray they have a list of 19 items including press cuttings to do with Bellows Mill.

Contact Bedfordshire & Luton Archives & Records Service
Bedfordshire and Luton Archives and Records Service
Riverside Building
Borough Hall
Bedford
MK42 9AP

Email: [email protected]

Tel: (01234) 228833
Fax: (01234) 228854

Opening hours:

Monday 0900-1900
Tuesday and Wednesday 0900-1700
Thursday - closed
Friday 0900 - 1700

Thanks Tom & Harry, for your help on Bellows Mill, most informative and a great help. Once again thank you. Colin.

I have recently become interested in Bellows Mill and have read various articles. In 1624 the house was owned by Thomas Johnson who set up the Lidlington charity and conveyed the house to Trustees.
The family currently occupying the house and running a wedding and self catering business there, can trace their occupation of the house back eight generations.
But my research has shown that the mill was sold in the early 1960s.
Is somebody able to provide a history of the mill and its inhabitants please?

This may help

http://www.bedfordshire.gov.uk/CommunityAndLiving/ArchivesAndRecordOffice/CommunityArchives/EatonBray/BellowsMillEatonBray.aspx

Dear Deborah,
I have quite a lot of information on the Dyer family who ran Bellows Mill for several generations before the Simmons family took over the lease. I am happy to share what I have. I think you can get hold of my email address by contacting the administrator.