Temple Mills
Other Business Names:
- Baker, Abraham
- Berisford, John
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Stratford, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
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Chemical production
Dyes & pigments production
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Chemical production
Explosives & fuses production
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Food & tobacco processing
Seed crushing
Notes:
Industrial site in Leyton, north Stratford, East London, established as large water mills in medieval times for grain grinding. In 17th century use changed when in c1610s converted by the tenant, Abraham Baker, d1642, to the manufacture of oil from rapeseed and blue starch for cloth washing. On his death leased by John Berisford when converted to gunpowder production until c1650, supplying Parliamentary forces. For rest of century used variously for gunpowder, guns and canon and, from 1691, for grinding woods to produce dyes
Publications:
- Temple Mills as an industrial site in the 17th century by Fairclough, Keith
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Baker, Abraham
- Berisford, John
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Stratford, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
- Chemical production Dyes & pigments production
- Chemical production Explosives & fuses production
- Food & tobacco processing Seed crushing
Notes:
Industrial site in Leyton, north Stratford, East London, established as large water mills in medieval times for grain grinding. In 17th century use changed when in c1610s converted by the tenant, Abraham Baker, d1642, to the manufacture of oil from rapeseed and blue starch for cloth washing. On his death leased by John Berisford when converted to gunpowder production until c1650, supplying Parliamentary forces. For rest of century used variously for gunpowder, guns and canon and, from 1691, for grinding woods to produce dyesPublications:
- Temple Mills as an industrial site in the 17th century by Fairclough, Keith