Andrews
Barber
Barrett
Bell
Boon
Bowles
Burrell
Chapman
Claydon
Connor
Downes
Eggar
Ellis
Eycott
Gollop
Gunner
Law
McGeary
May
Martin
Mead
Mortimer
Norman
Poulter
Purvey
Simpson
Smith
Strutt
Synan
Taylor
Walker
Watson
Westwood
Woods
The
following is reproduced by kind permission of
THE
BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF PAPER HISTORIANS
Banknote Manufacture at Laverstoke Mill
Banknote manufacture at Portals, Laverstoke Mill, Hampshire from the Illustrated London News, December 30, 1854. A curious, and perhaps unique, combination of making paper by hand and machine: couching the hand-formed sheet onto a travelling felt, which is then passed through a press section and dried using a steam-heated drying cylinder.
Sir William Congreve's Triple Paper Experiment
Hand made, White
& Red, White & Blue, wove with line marks. 1818 Laverstoke
Mill, Hampshire.
Four samples were produced in the search for the 'inimitable' bank
note. They show signs of destructive testing by the Bank of England
to find out how they were made.
Sample a - has an interesting centre piece, which shows dark blue against
dark backgrounds and disappears when backlit.
Sample b - here the red note is printed inside the paper.
Samples c and d - use the design of the £5 watermark introduced in 1801,
although their printed value is £1.