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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 54 SW 363
Type of record:Monument
Name:Chafford Paper Mills, Penshurst

Summary

Former Chafford Paper Mills, Penshurst


Grid Reference:TQ 5179 4049
Map Sheet:TQ54SW
Parish:PENSHURST, SEVENOAKS, KENT

Monument Types

  • PAPER MILL (Post Medieval to Modern - 1750 AD? to 1914 AD?)

Full description

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Former Chafford Paper Mills, Penshurst as shown on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Edition O/S maps. There was a wheat mill and a malt mill on the site in 1700. By 1750 there was also a paper mill. The site was finally sold by Auction in 1914. The 4thEdition O/S map just shows the main house, Chafford House. The is now a commercial concern(Wedding venue).


Landmark, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 1st edition 1862-1875): Landmark Epoch 1 (Map). SKE30964.

Landmark, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 2nd Edition, 1897-1900): Landmark Epoch 2 (Map). SKE30965.

Landmark, 1907-1923, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 3rd Edition, 1907-1923) (Map). SKE30966.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
---Map: Landmark. Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 1st edition 1862-1875): Landmark Epoch 1.
---Map: Landmark. Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 2nd Edition, 1897-1900): Landmark Epoch 2.
---Map: Landmark. 1907-1923. Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 3rd Edition, 1907-1923).