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Silk Mills in Hertfordshire

The book Industrial Archaeology of Hertfordshire: has a useful account of the silk mills of Hertfordshire and identifies mills at Baldock, Hatfield, Hitchin, Redbourn, Rickmansworth, St Albans, Tring and Watford. An extract from this book, and also a extract relating to child labour, are quoted on the web page Silk Mills at Watford.

SILK THROWSTERS

Evans D. & Co. (J. Akers, manager) Brook street, Tring
Shute T.R. Rookery Silk Mills, Watford
Woollam J. & Son, Abbey Silk mill, St Albans & at Redbourn

Post Office Directory, 1866


4th January 1842. --- There was this morning another fire at Tring silk mill, and the damage is estimated at £3,000 or £4,000. [Local Occurrences]


The Silk Mill at Tring 
From Around Tring - The Second Selection

212 people in Tring had silk related occupations in the 1881 census.


See The Silk Mills at Watford


 
The Old Silk Mill, St Albans  
A Hartmann postcard posted in 1904


Lullingstone Silk Farm  
Ayot House  
Ayot St Lawrence  
Feeding the Silk Worms

[Mid 20th century?]

It is now situated at Compton House, Sherborne, Dorset.

 

 
Ayot House

 
Silk Moth

December 2009 - thumb images of Lullingstone Silk Mill