Key Words :- silk mill

Address :- Sudbury Silk Mills, Cornard Road, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 2XB
Grid Ref :- TL 88019 41012
Co-ordinates :- Lat 52.035628 , Long 0.739721
Local Authority :- Babergh District Council
Pre 1974 County :- Suffolk
Site Status :- Site extant - No Protection
Site Dates :- c1890 -

Description and History of Site:-
First power-driven silk mill in Sudbury. Built c1890 by Kipling, Dennler and Company and taken over in 1900 by Stephen Walters when Kipling Dennler became insolvent.

Alderton (1980): 'On Cornard Road a two-storey brick factory rather wider than most, 12 lights long.'

Further Reading and References:-
Alderton, David and Booker, John. 'The Batsford Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of East Anglia'. Batsford, 1980

https://sudburysociety.org.uk/unlisted-building/cornard-road-stephen-walters-silk-mill/
http://stephenwalters.co.uk/history/

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