The Paper Mills - Bridge End, Wansford, Cambridgeshire, UK
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Dragontree
N 52° 34.683 W 000° 24.836
30U E 675223 N 5828475
This is a modern sign on The Paper Mills in Wansford.
Waymark Code: WMB867
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 04/18/2011
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member bill&ben
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The sign shows a mill worker processing the paper in protective clothing. Another worker can be seen in the background against the light of a window.

This must have been the old site of the paper mills in Wansford. This website shows a picture of how it once was: visit link

A small snippet of information can be found here: visit link

'A little upstream is a building known as the Soll. It is all that remains of Wansford Paper Mills, which at one time supplied paper to The Times. It closed after an explosion in 1855 after making paper from recycled rag for 150 years.'

Date of first pub on site: After 1855

Name of Artist: Not listed

Date of current sign: Not listed
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