.During the 11th century much of the land at Bartons Mill was owned by Christ Church Priory. The mill site was the centre of barley collecting and malting. Following the dissolution the site passed to the crown and then a series private owners. It is not known what the buildings were then used for up to the end of the 17th century.

By the end of the 17th century a flour mill and a paper mill were working on the site. By 1795 the Kingsford brothers became the occupiers of the site and the mills remained in the family into the 20th century. In 1951 fire destroyed the 'New Mill' after which the buildings were used for animal feed production. A range of new buildings were added in the late 20th century before redevelopment in the early 2000s

In 2006 a building survey was carried out on all the remaining indistrial buildings on site prior to redevelopment. (1)

<1> Wessex Archaeology, 2006, Barton Mill, Canterbury, Kent: Assessment Report on Archaeological Excavation and Proposals for Post-excavation Analysis and Publication (Unpublished document). SKE29474.

<2> Canterbury Archaeological Trust Ltd, 1998/2006, BARTON MILL BARTON LANE, STURRY ROAD, CANTERBURY, KENT An assessment and record of a fire damaged building.(revised 2006) (Unpublished document). SKE52479.

<3> Canterbury Archaeological Trust Ltd, 2006, Barton Mills, Barton Mill Road, Canterbury: a summary of the documentary sources (Unpublished document). SKE52480.

<4> Wessex Archaeology, 2006, Post-Excavation Assessment Report at Barton Mill, Canterbury, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE51912.

<5> CgMs, 2006, Former Barton Mill site, Barton Mill Road, Canterbury (Unpublished document). SKE51918.