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Sussex Industrial History: Journal of the Sussex Industrial Archaeology Society, edited by Dr. Brian Austen, published 1993 (issue no. 23, Sussex Industrial History, ISSN: 0263-5151) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506527] Download PDF
Notes on Sussex Limeworks, by Paul W. Sowan, published 1993 in Sussex Industrial History (issue no. 23, article, pp.2-5, ISSN: 0263-5151) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506527] Download PDF
Abstract:During the course of my researches Into the hearthstone mining and building stone quarrying industries of Surrey, I had cause to meet the late Major Edgar Taylerson, formerly managing director of the by then wound up Dorking Greystone Lime Co. Ltd., of Betchworth In Surrey. The company, which had been Incorporated In 1865, had during Its lifetime of almost a century a remarkable history of commercial and technological flair. There were early links with Sussex Interests, including collaboration with the Sub Wealden Gypsum Co. Ltd., with which company the 'Dorking Greystone' exchanged locomotives, and developed a trade-marked brand of wall plaster (Sirapite - the word is derived from 'Paris'!). The Dorking company built one of the earlier limeworks hydrating plants at Betchworth in 1924, and appears at least within Surrey and Sussex to have been seen as something of a pioneer to whom requests for advice were often sent. At this date, It was still the general practice for limeworks to send lump or ground quicklime to their customers, which customers had then to hydrate the material for themselves. There were predictable accidents when consignments were sent off, inadequately sheeted, in rainy weather!
On the commercial front, in addition to collaboration with the Sussex gypsum mines, the 'Dorking' company was a prominent voice in the some-time Greystone Limeburners' Association, and files relating to that body contain material relevant to the study of limeworks throughout the home counties. And the directors at Betchworth operated a programme of buying-up or considering for purchase smaller works in Kent, Surrey and Sussex, or converting privately operated concerns Into subsidiary or associated limited companies. One such was the firm of George Newington & Co. Ltd., of Giynde in Sussex. Finally, the 'Dorking' company, which at Its peak of development before the Second World War had a staff In excess of 50 persons, and workshop and laboratory facilities, provided advice, contracted for repair works, and provided a chemical analysis service.
On the commercial front, in addition to collaboration with the Sussex gypsum mines, the 'Dorking' company was a prominent voice in the some-time Greystone Limeburners' Association, and files relating to that body contain material relevant to the study of limeworks throughout the home counties. And the directors at Betchworth operated a programme of buying-up or considering for purchase smaller works in Kent, Surrey and Sussex, or converting privately operated concerns Into subsidiary or associated limited companies. One such was the firm of George Newington & Co. Ltd., of Giynde in Sussex. Finally, the 'Dorking' company, which at Its peak of development before the Second World War had a staff In excess of 50 persons, and workshop and laboratory facilities, provided advice, contracted for repair works, and provided a chemical analysis service.
Mills of Forest Row, by M. F. Tighe, published 1993 in Sussex Industrial History (issue no. 23, article, pp.6-12, ISSN: 0263-5151) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506527] Download PDF
Abstract:Forest Row Is a Victorian creation. Before this the present parish lay within East Grinstead, and was covered by a number of manors, of which Brambletye and Maresfield were the most important. Today there is virtually no visible evidence of the five mill sites here Identified. This paper endeavours to set out what can be established of their past.
- Pock Hill Windmill
- Cluttons Hill Windmill, Ashurst Wood
- Brambletye Mills
- Brambletye Forge
- Tablehurst
Machine Tool Manufacture in Sussex, by Hugh Fermer, published 1993 in Sussex Industrial History (issue no. 23, article, pp.13-31, ISSN: 0263-5151) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506527] Download PDF
Abstract:An Interesting facet of Sussex Industry is the story of the only Large scale machine tool manufacturer in the area. This is CVA Jigs Moulds & Tools Ltd. which became K&T CVA then KTM and still exists at Hollingbury as FMT.
Estate Buildings at Brook House, by Pat Bracher, Ron Martin and W. R. Beswick, published 1993 in Sussex Industrial History (issue no. 23, article, pp.32-37, ISSN: 0263-5151) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506527] Download PDF
Abstract:Brook House is a substantial mansion largely built during the last quarter of the nineteenth century by the Clarke family. The following articles outline the history of the family and the business that they operated. This is followed by detailed surveys of two notable estate buildings, a game larder and a gas house. To conclude there is a description of an acetylene gas producing plant formerly at Horam Church Hall which would have been similar to the one at Brook House which has not survived.
Some Notable Windmill Authors & Historians of the Past, by Nick Nicholas, published 1993 in Sussex Industrial History (issue no. 23, article, pp.38-40, ISSN: 0263-5151) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506527] Download PDF
Abstract:A Sussex Mill bibliography was published In Sussex Industrial History 22 (1992). Readers may find the following brief biographies of some of the more notable writers Included In the listing of some interest.
- MARJORIE I. BATTEN
- ALLEN CLARKE, 1836-1935
- WILLIAM COLES FINCH
- STANLEY HARMAN FREESE, 1902-1972
- HERBERT EDWARD SYDNEY SIMMONS, 1901-1973
- CHARLES SKILTON
- ALFRED W. TIFFIN
- REX WAILES, 1901-1986
- KARL WOOD, 1888-1958
- STUART P. B. MAIS, 1885-1975
- ROBERT THURSTON HOPKINS