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Monument details
HER Number: | TQ 57 SW 206 |
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Type of record: | Monument |
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Name: | Phoenix Mill, Dartford |
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Summary
Phoenix Mill, Dartford
Grid Reference: | TQ 5426 7468 |
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Map Sheet: | TQ57SW |
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Parish: | DARTFORD, DARTFORD, KENT |
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Monument Types
- OIL MILL (OIL MILL, Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Full description
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Phoenix Mill, established by Matthias Wilks in 1796 as a seed crushing and cake manufacturing plant. Burnt down in 1852 but rebuilt as a paper mill although C. Edney & Co. operated a seed milling business at the mill until 1859.(1) The Riverside Paper Mills (TQ 57 SW 1012) were subsequitly built adjacent and Phoenix Mill became a chemical works (TQ 57 SW 1013). The site is situated on the west bank of Dartford Creek at Phoenix Wharf. The site has now been built upon by modern industrial buildings. Site photographs (2-7).
<1> Not applicable, SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry, Brace, HW 1960 'History of Seed Crushing in Great Britain' (London: Land Books)p104 (Miscellaneous Material). SKE6440.
<2> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9411.
<3> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9412.
<4> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9679.
<5> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9683.
<6> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9792.
<7> 1944, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10033.
Sources and further reading
Cross-ref.
| Source description | <1> | Miscellaneous Material: Not applicable. SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry. Brace, HW 1960 'History of Seed Crushing in Great Britain' (London: Land Books)p104. |
<2> | Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 3077. print. |
<3> | Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 3079. print. |
<4> | Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 5041. print. |
<5> | Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 5085. print. |
<6> | Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 5142. print. |
<7> | Photograph (Print): 1944. Photograph. 4013. print. |