Alston, L. (2013). Glemsford Silk Mills, Chequers Lane, Glemsford, Suffolk GFD 021:Heritage Asset Assessment. Ipswich: Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service. https://doi.org/10.5284/1023442. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Glemsford Silk Mills, Chequers Lane, Glemsford, Suffolk GFD 021:Heritage Asset Assessment
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Series:		 Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 Glemsford silk mill was built in 1824 by Alexander Duff as part of the tax-induced movement of the silk industry from London. Duff's family business was based in Spital Square, and his new factory was designed to process raw silk into yarn. The tithe survey of 1841 describes the site as a 'silk manufactory, house and garden' owned and occupied by Duff along with nearby Hill Farm. The dwelling house attached to the southern end of the mill was occupied by its manager. The machinery was powered by a waterwheel supplied from a large headwater pond and the principal building was an imposing three-storied structure under the same roof as the surviving house but with an additional basement floor. This picturesque mill remained largely unaltered until 1960, and some of its machinery is preserved in the Science Museum at South Kensington. By the mid-20th century the site was owned by Stephen Walters and Sons Ltd., silk weavers of nearby Sudbury, and was used to prepare yarn for the coronation robes of Queen Elizabeth II. The three-storied range was demolished in 1960 and of the Georgian structure only the manager's house survives. The northern wall of a large single-storied shed also remains to the north-east, and a mid-19th century extension survives to the west of the house. A stream which flows in a 19th century culvert beneath the dye house floor probably represents the by-pass channel, but archaeological evidence of the wheel pit may be preserved beneath the present concrete.
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Author:		 L Alston
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Publisher:		 Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Suffolk HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2013
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Site: GFD 021 Glemsford Silk Mills
Parish: GLEMSFORD
District: Babergh
County: Suffolk
Country: England
Location - Auto Detected: Sudbury
Location - Auto Detected: Hill Farm
Location - Auto Detected: Spital Square
Location - Auto Detected: South Kensington
Grid Reference: 583070, 248840 (Easting, Northing)
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UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) NONE (Find)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) Manufactory (Monus)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SILK MILL (Monument Type England)
Georgian (Auto Detected Temporal)
1960 (Auto Detected Temporal)
1841 (Auto Detected Temporal)
Mid20th Century (Auto Detected Temporal)
1824 (Auto Detected Temporal)
19th Century (Auto Detected Temporal)
BUILDING SURVEY (Event)
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OASIS Id: suffolkc1-151585
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Note:		 SCCAS client report, soft bound, A4, colour
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Created Date:		 25 Nov 2016