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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 57 SE 124 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Hawley Mill (site of) |
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Summary
Late Medieval- Post Medieval mill.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 5522 7185 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ57SE |
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| Parish: | SUTTON-AT-HONE AND HAWLEY, DARTFORD, KENT |
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Monument Types
- MILL (Demolished 1978, Medieval to Modern - 1450 AD? to 1978 AD)
- OIL MILL (Post Medieval - 1750 AD? to 1799 AD?)
Full description
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Site of former mill located here, demolished February 1978. Building originally a single storey timber-framed structure of mid-16th century date, with a later two storey extension built onto its west end. It later formed part of a large mill structure equiped with water wheels. Used for various processes including paper manufacture (late 18th - late 19th centuries, extraction of seed oil late 18th century and for the dyeing and finishing of leather products in the 20th century. In the late 18th century the mill house served as manorial residence of the owner. (1)
<1> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 1994 Jan, A2/A282 Dartford - Historic Environmental Assessment, A2/A282 Dartford improvements: Historic environment assessment, CAT, 1994. (Unpublished document). SWX6767.
Sources and further reading
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| Source description | | <1> | Unpublished document: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. 1994 Jan. A2/A282 Dartford - Historic Environmental Assessment. A2/A282 Dartford improvements: Historic environment assessment, CAT, 1994.. |
