A view from the south east showing the Mill Street elevation of the Abbey Mill

Date:
11 Aug 1950
Location:
Abbey Mill, Mill Street, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire
Reference:
AA76/01494
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Description

The Mill by this time is presenting itself as a cafe, restaurant and tourist attraction, stressing its role as "Abel Fletcher's Mill" in the popular Victorian novel "John Halifax Gentleman" which was of considerable importance to the Town's tourist trade at the time. A note on the reverse of the print reads: "Abel Fletcher's mill in the famous novel John hallifax Gentlemen, now a show place. Round the corner on the right are the cottages where Sally Watkins lived, with whom John Halifax lodged when apprenticed to Abel Fletcher."

Content

This is part of the Series: TED01/02 Photographic Negatives by Theodore Edmondson; within the Collection: TED01 Edmondson, Theodore

Rights

© Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Photographer: Edmondson, Theodore

Keywords

Georgian Watermill, Georgian Corn Mill, Cafe