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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 75 NW 171 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Pratling Street Paper Mill, Aylesford |
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Summary
Site of a white paper mill dating from c1816 to the 1870s.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 74169 59318 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ75NW |
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| Parish: | AYLESFORD, TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT |
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Monument Types
Full description
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A white paper mill established c1816. By 1846 it was producing mill board using one beating machine. It continued making mill board and patent panels for railway carriages until the 1870s. The building was demolished post WW II.
(1) Alfred Shorter, Papermills in the Maidstone District, 'The Paper Maker and British Paper Journal', 1960
Jim Preston Personal Communication (Verbal communication). SKE13236.
Jim Preston Personal Communication (Verbal communication). Ske13236.
Sources and further reading
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| Source description | | --- | Verbal communication: Jim Preston Personal Communication. |
