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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 57 SW 1013 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Chemical Works at Phoenix Mill, Dartford |
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Summary
Chemical Works at Phoenix Mill, Dartford
| Grid Reference: | TQ 542 746 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ57SW |
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| Parish: | DARTFORD, DARTFORD, KENT |
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Monument Types
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 were subsequitly built adjacent and Phoenix Mill became a chemical works. 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. Additional 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
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| 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. |
