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The mill was started in 1843 and opened and began production on 15 January 1844, with one machine. Three years later a second machine was installed, and the business was so successful that a third machine was installed in 1855. The machines were known as "74", "66" and "60", the widths of the paper
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Although the merger did not take place until 1890, the mill had supplied paper to
Wiggins and Teape from 1847, and in an old diary kept by Mr. T. B. Parke, there is an entry for February of that year, which reads "Am now making double cap ordered by Wiggins & Teape".
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Preston, Bolton and Liverpool newspapers. The firm continued as a family concern until 1890 when it combined with
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Methodist Church was built by Thomas Blinkhorn Parke in 1852 as a day school and chapel combined. It was opened on 13 June 1852, by Revd Joshua Priestly. Two days later, Miss Dutton of Coventry arrived to take up the post of schoolmistress.
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produced. The quality and variety of the paper improved, and in 1849, tissue paper was made, followed in 1856 by coloured tissue.
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624:Memories of Old Withnell Fold
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498:Listed buildings in Withnell
482:Withnell Fold Primary School
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1194:Categories
1129:Hurst Hill
1124:Healey Nab
1119:Great Hill
1083:Rake Brook
1063:Anglezarke
1051:Reservoirs
993:Topography
894:Bretherton
884:Anglezarke
728:Bretherton
599:3 November
504:References
401:Lancashire
359:53°42′07″N
348:Lancashire
301:North West
289:Lancashire
277:Lancashire
202:North West
184:Lancashire
109:Lancashire
1134:Noon Hill
1032:R Lostock
1000:Waterways
964:Rivington
959:Mawdesley
929:Eccleston
874:Adlington
823:Rivington
813:Mawdesley
778:Eccleston
738:Brinscall
687:Adlington
464:Education
393:Blackburn
362:2°35′20″W
296:Ambulance
236:Post town
1042:R Yarrow
1022:The Goit
984:Withnell
974:Wheelton
879:Anderton
867:Parishes
853:Withnell
838:Wheelton
713:Anderton
701:Villages
519:(1982).
492:See also
158:District
148:Withnell
131:SD612231
18:Withnell
954:Hoghton
924:Cuerden
919:Croston
914:Coppull
899:Brindle
803:Hoghton
773:Cuerden
768:Croston
763:Coppull
733:Brindle
692:Chorley
407:History
397:Chorley
343:England
320:Chorley
240:CHORLEY
218:England
212:Country
166:Chorley
1098:Yarrow
1027:R Chor
949:Heskin
939:Heapey
934:Euxton
798:Heskin
788:Heapey
783:Euxton
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