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.
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An extract from the 1865 Ordnance Survey map showing
the Wellington and Buckland
Breweries.
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