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CP Davies
Catalogue reference: MILL/DAV
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This record is about the CP Davies dating from 1793-2004.
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- MILL/DAV
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Title (The name of the record)
- CP Davies
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1793-2004
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Description (What the record is about)
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A unique archive consisting of press cuttings, photographs and manuscript notes, arranged in over 100 boxes in the basement store. It centres on Kent and Sussex mills, but there is also a substantial coverage of other UK and European mills. The collection also contains about 200 books on mills and milling, which are not yet catalogued.
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Catalogued
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- University of Kent: Special Collections & Archives
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Davies, C.P.
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 44 m/1,491 items
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Available for consultation at the University of Kent's Special Collections & Archives reading room, Templeman Library, University of Kent, Canterbury, CT2 7NU (specialcollections@kent.ac.uk).
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- Cuttings, photographs, albums, letters, pamphlets, scrapbooks, negatives, glass plate negatives and books and trade catalogues
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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C.P. Davies worked for many years as Reference Librarian at Folkestone and carefully arranged the material as he acquired it. He spent a lot of time contacting millers themselves and placed their letters in the collection. A substantial part of the collection is 46 boxes of material on Kent mills, 14 on Sussex mills and 18 boxes covering the rest of the British Isles, plus photograph and postcard albums (13+), and many records (19th & 20th century) of the milling family from Dover the Mannerings.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/150aa831-8e90-44e5-98e7-ab9368cac64b/
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CP Davies