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The History of the Royal Gunpowder Mills
300 years of history surround this amazing site and all it offers...
Documentary evidence shows that gunpowder was produced in the Waltham Abbey area from at least the 17th Century. Later the Royal Gunpowder Mills became the leading English producer. The Waltham Abbey Mills showed off their superiority at trials on Marlborough Downs in 1809/10. Powder from six private gunpowder suppliers, Faversham and Waltham Abbey was used to fire a shell from a naval mortar with Waltham Abbey’s going the furthest.
Today the Royal Gunpowder Mills has been described as probably the most important site in Europe for the story of the explosives industry and so it is appropriate that the Gunpowder Plot exhibition is housed in this an old gunpowder production building.
With 21 buildings of major historical importance, each one has a different story to tell...
A time line of the Royal Gunpowder Mills from start to finish...
A more in-depth look at the history of the Royal Gunpowder Mills...
A project to preserve all records and images associated with the mills
The Royal Gunpowder Mills site is an important industrial monument containing one of the most extensive ranges of industrial archaeology in the country....
See how the site has
progressed through the ages and the important research it made...
The history of our intriguing narrow gauge railway system...
The labyrinth of canals on site and how they were used...
Books on sale in the shop...
Book a talk on the mills. Plenty of different talks to choose from...
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