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Monument record TQ 67 SW 605 - Northfleet Paper Mills, (Kent Kraft Mills) Site of
Summary
Triangular parcel of land to the North of Galley Hill Road and west of Lower Road. By the later 19th the Northfleet Paper Mills were established on site, with the Britannia Cement Works directly to the east. The paper mill works comprised a linear arrangement of buildings with an integrated tramway, occupying the centre of the site. By the 1930s the paper mills were rebuilt, adopting much the same footprint as the older works and generally the site was enlarged (south) to include the Kent Kraft Mills (paper sacks), the British Vegetable Parchment (BVP) Mill and the Thames Tar Distillery to the north.
The layout of the former mills (as mentioned above), particularly the axis of the main buildings and internal roadways/tramway are generally preserved within the modern Kent Kraft Estate. The Kent Kraft mills, the BVP mill, the Tar Distillery and the bulk of the New Northfleet paper mill have been lost, although the westernmost section of the papermill survives.
Location accurate to 2m based on available information
Location
Grid reference | Centred TQ 6082 7501 (472m by 122m) |
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Map sheet | TQ67NW |
County | KENT |
District | DARTFORD, KENT |
Civil Parish | SWANSCOMBE AND GREENHITHE, DARTFORD, KENT |
Map
Type and Period (2)
Full Description
<1> Eve, David., 1999, The Cement Industry in Kent: Results of a Sites and Monuments Record Enhancement Project 1996 - 98 (Unpublished document). SKE12011.
<2> Essex County Council, 2003, Aggregates Levy Survey Industrial Sites, KN575 (Unpublished document). SKE12009.
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Finds (0)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (1)
- Non-Intrusive Event: Aggregates Levy Survey: Industrial Sites (EKE8258)
Record last edited
Oct 10 2019 2:19PM