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The Quarterly No 52, October 2004
Notes on the Early History of Wiggins Teape - Ashley
Teape
A series of notes, produced in 1986 by the great-great-great grandson of the
original Teape in the Wiggins Teape partnership, provides much useful
information on the early history of the firm, particularly with regard to its
origin. Painstaking research undertaken in a number of libraries and archives
has completely altered the authorised history that has been presented as fact
for over a century.
7 pages, illustrated, appendices
Bath Conference 1999
 The History of Bathford Mill - Michael Tabb
There is a mill recorded at Bathford in the Domesday Book, but it is not
until around 1809 that papermaking appears here. The history of the mill is
traced through various owners and changes up until the date of the article. The
mill adopted the name of Trevarno Mill in the eighteenth century and was
retained well into the twentieth century.
7 pages, illustrated
Papermaking in Fiction - Peter Bower
Short article giving examples of novels set in papermaking backgrounds,
mostly of the early twentieth century. A more detailed appraisal is given of one
of the more recent examples - June Wyndham Davies' 'To the Ends of the Earth',
published in 1996.
1 page, illustrated
The Turner Family and Chafford Mill No 389 - Sarah
Tanner
Researching the firm of RT Tanner & Co, wholesale stationers and paper
merchants, turned up a family connection to the Turners of Chafford Mill, Kent.
This led the author to research the Turner family and their business at Chafford
from the earliest known date of 1796 till financial problems forced them out of
business in 1905.
3 pages, illustrated
 The Development of Modern Photographic Papers - Colin
Harris
From how the paper industry responded in the early days to the particular
paper needs of photography, via the technical advancements of coated papers in
the twentieth century, to responses to needs for papers for digital imaging.
4 pages, illustrated
Papermaking in the Manchester Region - Richard
Hills
The area around Manchester developed into one of the most important
papermaking regions of the country, second only to that of London. The region
covered in this brief sketch is based roughly on a radius of fifteen miles
around the centre of Manchester. It is bounded on the north and east by the
Pennine hills but does not venture into the Ribble valley. The mills of the Dee
estuary and North Wales are not covered either.
7 pages, illustrated
Davies' Notes on Chinese Arts and Inventions - transcribed
by Sandy Thompson
A short transcription taken from a late Georgian manuscript, republished in
the Victorian era, about the Chinese, by the then Governor of Hong Kong. The
extract is limited to only those parts dealing with printing, papermaking and
ink manufacture.
3 pages
A Survey of the Time between the Making of Writing Paper and its Use -
Peter Bower
An extract from ongoing research entitled 'A Century of Paper', performed in
the Archives of The Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures
and Commerce. Concentrating on correspondence for the most part dated and
geographically located, the archive provides an almost unparalleled basis for
identifying changes in papermaking practice and design, and in paper usage, over
the period 1754-1851. Notes are given on 137 papers examined, with appendices
giving papermakers, paper mills, watermarks and time between making and use of
the papers.
17 pages, appendices
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No 52, October 2004