Brief history Apsley, Hertfordshire

frogmore mill, apsley, hertfordshire. surviving member of number of nineteenth century paper mills located in town. museum, paper trail.

john dickinson, inventor of new method of continuous papermaking, purchased existing mill in area in 1809. there record of paper making taking place nearby @ time. business expanded throughout victorian age coming occupy large parts of flat land in valley bottom. streets of mill workers terraced houses grew adjacent mills. housing managers built on old manor farm, higher hill towards felden, in grounds of manor estate, today known shendish manor. production peaked during second world war. site not ideal large scale papermaking in 20th century , later became warehouse , distribution centre products made elsewhere. last john dickinson warehouse closed in 1999. there national paper museum called paper trail in remaining mill buildings. paper continued made until 2006 short distance away @ nash mills global sappi group @ former john dickinson mill. closed production in 2006 continued distribution centre time. in 2011, sappi site redeveloped canal-side housing, preserving of historic structures @ site.

in 1950s adjacent town of hemel hempstead designated new town part of provision of new residential areas surrounding london , apsley became part of development, giving name new school of apsley grammar school @ bennetts end.