EAW013497 ENGLAND (1948). St Neots Paper Mills, Little Paxton, 1948. This image was marked by Aerofilms Ltd for photo editing.
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Title | [EAW013497] St Neots Paper Mills, Little Paxton, 1948. This image was marked by Aerofilms Ltd for photo editing. |
Reference | EAW013497 |
Date | 9-March-1948 |
Link | |
Place name | LITTLE PAXTON |
Parish | LITTLE PAXTON |
District | |
Country | ENGLAND |
Easting / Northing | 518600, 261892 |
Longitude / Latitude | -0.26279378151894, 52.24202202246 |
National Grid Reference | TL186619 |
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River Great Ouse. |
melgibbs |
Wednesday 18th of March 2015 06:59:55 PM |
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Papermaking started around 1804 by Fourdrinier (H&S) & Gamble. Sold to Matthew Toogood in 1808. Shut and reopened several times before becoming St. Neots Paper Mill Co., Ltd. in 1888. By 1923 two machines, one 69 ins. and one 60 ins. using both water and steam. Products were: T.S. Superfine Writings, Banks, Loans, Charts, Drawings, Fine Envelope Papers, Typewriting Papers (Plain and Tinted), etc. Stopped paper making paper 1939 except Wiggind Teape move production from Dover during WW2. Leased to Samual Jones 1950 manufacturing gummed labels. http://www.bernardoconnor.org.uk/Publications/Stneots/Industrialdev.htm |
Chris |
Monday 1st of August 2016 06:59:14 PM |