Exploring Kent's Past

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Monument details

Summary

Mill on Horn Street, Cheriton, Folkestone George Paine operated a seed crushing mill on Horn Street in 1829. It was operated in partnership as Paine & Quare by 1845. The mill subsequently became a corn and paper mill (by 1872) and a corn mill only by 1900. The mill was demolished in the 1960s. Only a single millstone remains, beside cottages by the mill site.

Monument Types

• CORN MILL (Demolished 1960, Post Medieval to Modern - 1829 AD? to 1960 AD?)
• PAPER MILL (Demolished 1960, Post Medieval - 1829 AD? to 1900 AD?)

Full description

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George Paine operated a seed crushing mill on Horn Street in 1829. It was operated in partnership as Paine & Quare by 1845.(1)

The mill subsequently became a corn and paper mill (by 1872) and a corn mill only by 1900.(2)

Edge runner millstones and bedstone reported as surviving in a 'nearby' orchard.(3)

The mill was demolished in the 1960s. Only a single millstone remains, beside cottages by the mill site. It does not appear to be an edge runner.(4)

<1> Kelly's Directory of Kent, Kelly's Directory of Kent (Monograph). SKE7973.

<2> Not applicable, SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry, OS 1st and 2nd ed 25" (Miscellaneous Material). SKE6440.

<3> Brace, H. W., 1960, History of Seed Crushing in Great Britain, p.104 (Monograph). SKE7972.

<4> Eve, D. C., 1997, DC EVE, Kent SMR 1997, DC EVE, Kent SMR 1997 (Miscellaneous Material). SKE7974.

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