Frogmore Paper Mill
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| Coordinates | 51°44′19″N 0°28′07″W / 51.73849°N 0.468591°W ⧼validator-fatal-error⧽ |
| Owner | The Aspley Paper Trail |
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Frogmore Paper Mill is a working paper mill situated in Apsley, Hertfordshire, near Hemel Hempstead. It is on an island in the middle of the River Gade,[1] an off shoot from the Grand Union Canal, where boat trips are regularly run.[2] It is the oldest surviving mechanical paper mill in the world.[3][4]
History[edit]
It is unsure how long there has been a mill on the current site, but it is recorded as being a corn mill in 1086 in the the Domesday Book.[5] In 1289, the mill was used for fulling, removing oil and other impurities from cloth and textiles.[2] It had become a paper mill by 1774.[5] The world's first mechanised paper machine was established at Frogmore in 1803 by Sealy and Henry Fourdrinier with assistance from Bryan Donkin. It allowed continuous automated production of paper rolls, though the £60,000 costs meant that the Fourdrinier brothers were bankrupted by 1810.[6][5][7]
For most of the 19th century, the mill was owned by the Grand Junction Canal, predecessor of the Grand Union Canal.[2] In 1851, the chemical production of paper from wood (now known as soda pulp), used in newspapers, began at the mill.[5] From 1853 to 1887 it was linked to Two Waters Mill, also near Hemel Hempstead.[5][8] In 1890, the British Paper Company was founded and took over operations at the mill; it fully purchased the premises in 1929.[2]
The mill is now run by The Apsley Paper Trail, a charitable organisation, now operating as a visitor, education and community use centre. It employs 11 staff full-time.[9] It has been used for various theatrical productions, including the rock musical Rent.[3][10]
References[edit]
Citations
- ↑ "Paper trail to revolution - the history of Frogmore Mill". Hertfordshire Life. 28 January 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Cooper 2015, p. 46.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "First look at RENT at the World's Oldest Papermill". Broadway World. 10 July 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
- ↑ "Frogmore Paper Mill". Visit Southeast England. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 "Frogmore Paper Mill". The Aspley Paper Trail. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
- ↑ Hills 1988, pp. 96-97.
- ↑ HALS 1998, pp. 2-3.
- ↑ HALS 1998, pp. 5,8.
- ↑ "'Future looks bleak' for historic paper mill after planning refusal". Hemel Today. 22 July 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
- ↑ "Review of Jonathan Larson's RENT at Frogmore Paper Mill". London Theatre. 13 July 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
Sources
- Cooper, John (2015). Hertfordshire's Historic Inland Waterway: Batchworth to Berkhamsted. Amberley Publishing. ISBN 978-1-445-65298-6. Search this book on
- Hills, Richard Leslie (1988). Papermaking in Britain 1488–1988. Athlone Press. ISBN 978-1-474-24128-1. Search this book on
- Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies (Report). National Archives. December 1998. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
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