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Description

In 1912 the mill was owned by Walter Bock and Henry Coley, who had purchased it about three years earlier from Oliver Austin. It was situated in Stewart Street, Foxton, just south of the Borough boundary.

Identification

Object type
Image
Date
1912
Digitisation ID
2007N_Fx38_FLA_0626
Held In
Coolstore

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flax industry,
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