CASTLETON PAPER MILL

This mill was apparently founded in the late 1850's and run by Robert Hughes in partnership with John Riley.

In 1860 the mill was reportedly producing "browns, glazed browns, small hands and marble papers." It probably closed as a paper mill in 1860.

Sources:

Hughes, Ian Alexander Hughes, A Family of Papermakers (privately published, Melbourne, Vic., 1979)

The Paper Mills Directory ("The Stationer", London, England 1860)

Newspapers:

Lancashire "Manchester Guardian"

London "London Gazette"