Monument record 11106/2 - Tobacco Mills, Handbridge

Following the demolition of the medieval fulling mill at Handbridge during the Civil War, a second mill was rebuilt and maintained by the Clothworkers guild until 1725 when they were sold and converted to a paper mill.
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Historic maps record a tobacco mill, or snuff mill on the south bank of the River Dee just to the east of the Old Dee Bridge. It probably replaced the earlier paper mill recorded in the same area in the 18th century (1)

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1872-1875, Metric Ten Foot Scale Town Plan of Chester (Maps and Plans). SCH6780.

<2> de Lavaux, A, 1745, Plan of the City and Castle of Chester (Maps and Plans). SCH5255.

<3> Lewis C.P & Thacker A.T. (eds), 2005, Victoria County History - A History of the County of Chester: Volume Vii, The City of Chester - The City of Chester, Culture, Buildings, Institutions (Book). SCH6522.