The building was originally
a mill, which had been making paper since 1795, and
stood on the bank of the river Dour opposite Mannerings
Flour Mill at
Buckland.
About 1846 it became a brewery known as Harding’s Wellington
Brewery, probably taking its name from the then Lord
Warden of the Cinque Ports, the Duke of Wellington.
The brewery was very close to the
Buckland
Brewery as can be seen from the map.
The brewery ceased production in 1890 but the buildings,
off Lorne Road, were not demolished until 1962.
