Frogmore Mill & the British Paper Company
Frogmore Mill has a long history, with a water mill first recorded on the site in the thirteenth century. As one of the mills in [...]
From Rags to Riches
The increasing demands for more paper during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries led to shortages of the rags needed to produce the paper. [...]
Papermaking in the UK
The first recorded paper mill in the United Kingdom was Sele Mill near Hertford, owned by John Tate. Founded around 1488, this mill was visited [...]
The Cylinder Mould Machine
Meanwhile, in 1809 at Apsley Mill next door to Frogmore Mill, John Dickinson installed and patented a different kind of paper machine. Instead of pouring [...]
The Fourdrinier Paper Machine
By the end of the 18th century the new industries being pioneered in Britain were creating more and more demand for paper upon which the [...]
The ‘Secret’ Spreads North
From its introduction into Europe, the ‘secret’ of papermaking slowly made its way northward hampered by a variety of political, economic and religious vested interests [...]
Paper Moves Westward
It was not until the 3rd century that the secret art of papermaking began to creep out of China, first to Vietnam and then Tibet. [...]
A Thousand Years From East to West
Paper as we know it today first appeared in China nearly two thousand years ago. Although our word ‘paper’ is derived from the papyrus used over [...]
