To settle a bet, is there a small town or village in Kent, England that has a paper making museum?

McGruff

The trouble with me looking for anything in England is I don't know where it is when I find something. Gorgeous little place, but I don't think it's Kent. http://www.thecumbriadirectory.com/Town_or_Village/Beetham/Beetham.php HERON CORN MILL & Museum of Paper Making By Waterhouse Mills, Beetham, Milnthorpe Fully working 18th century corn mill, 14ft breast shot wheel, Lowder type arrangement of stones. Exhibition of 900 years of milling on the site, gallery showing history of bread making. Museum of papermaking shows history of papermaking, ancient and modern, by various methods. 1 mile south of Milnthorpe on the A6, entry at the start of Beetham village signed with brown & white signs. 6 miles north of J35 of M6 to large roundabout, then take A6 north. NGR: SD 496 799 Contact: Administrator, Tel: 015395 65027 Sat 11am - 5pm Sun 11am - 5pm http://www.windmillworld.com/uk/millsdaypast.htm Museums Heron Corn Mill In 1988, to commemorate 500 years of paper making in England, the barn on the site was refurbished to house the Museum of Paper Making, adding another dimension to the site. Paper making is an important local industry, established over 250 years ago on the opposite bank of the river. http://www.baph.org.uk/web_links.htm Heron Corn Mill on the banks of the river Bela in Beetham; South Cumbria, close to the Lancashire border, is one of the few working mills in the area. A facinating visitor attraction, the fourteen-foor high waterwheel powers all the machinery. Also, on the Heron Corn Mill site is the Museum of Papermaking. An important local industry, papermaking was established in the area over 250 years ago on the opposite bank of the river. http://www.heronmill.org/ Mar 03 06, 9:53 AM

satguru

I am struggling, there are many paper museums, and though I haven't found one in Kent, if anyone can tell you these guys can http://www.baph.org.uk/conferences/2001_conference.htm British association of paper historians Wonder if there's an Andrex museum as well... Mar 03 06, 11:38 AM

DerekT

Thanks for the responses indicating, so far, that there is no Paper/Papermaking Museum in Kent now, however, could one have existed about 30 years ago near Snodland? Mar 03 06, 3:26 PM

DerekT

Update on this question. I tried an old paper industry friend who was born and raised in Kent. He says it was in St. Mary Cray near Snodland but the contents were moved to extend the paper industry exhibit in the Manchester Museum of Science and Technology. Mar 19 06, 10:44 AM

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