The following collection of articles about paper mills and papermaking in Dorset and Somerset are taken from back issues of SDNQ. A number of the articles were written for SDNQ by Alfred Henry Shorter, who was widely acknowledged for his pioneering work on the history of the British papermaking industry.
For further information:
The Mills Archive
British Association of Paper Historians (BAPH)
Papermakers UK – an historical archive for UK papermaking
Dulcote Mills, Somerset
Wansbrough Paper Mill, Somerset
Wookey Hole Paper Mill, Somerset
Publications by A.H. Shorter:
The historical geography of manufacturing industry in the south-west of England in the nineteenth century, with special reference to the paper-making industry (University of Manchester, 1948)
Paper mills and paper makers in England, 1495-1800 (Paper Publications Society, 1957)
Water Paper Mills in England (SPAB, 1966)
Papermaking in the British Isles: An Historical and Geographical Study (David & Charles, 1971)
Studies on the history of papermaking in Britain; edited by Richard L. Hills (Variorum, 1993)
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