Victoria Millers were made by the Victoria Machine Tool Company Ltd., of Victoria Road, London N.W.10, England and marketed in later years by the Elliott group as part of their range. Heavily built and very reliable they were widely exported and are to be found all over the world. Despite a range of more modern machines being developed the factory closed in 1972. The millers were all sturdily built machines, of workshop rather than toolroom quality, and their  use has now largely passed down into the hands small professional workshops, repair organisations and enthusiastic amateurs lucky enough to have larger and better equipped premises. 
Although over many years, Victoria made a wide variety of machines these were often based on a common column and with parts shared across the ranges - it not being unusual to find a miller with its castings marked with different numbers. The machines illustrated on these pages are from the 'M1' range which consisted of the 'U1', 'V1' and P1 types but the larger versions, in sizes U2, V2, P2, U3, V3, P3 and U4, V4 and P4 were all very similar. The Universal Model "U"  had swivelling table, which often included as standard a power-driven 3.5" or 3.75" centre height Universal Dividing Head, The "P" was a plain horizontal machine (usually with non-swivel table) and the "V" a vertical-only model.
The 34" x 8.5" table on all three machines from the U1, V1 P1 range had three T slots, a travel of 21" and was arranged on "Universal" model to swivel 45 degrees in each direction. Automatic stops were fitted to trip the 6 power feeds which could be varied between travel rates of 0.300 and 6.25 inches per minute. The vertical travel was 14" - by hand only.
Six spindle speeds were provided (with the option of a two-speed motor to double them) from 30 to 500 rpm; a 2 hp motor was standard - and all three millers weighed approximately 23 cwt.