ENGLAND
Kent | |||
John Gray | Little Hollies Bonnington, Ashford, Kent TN24 7AZ |
0123 372 0696 phone for appointment |
Pens crafted from wood or many varieties with brass or silver ferrules. |
London |
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The British Library |
96 Euston Road London NW |
0171 412 7000 Mon/Wed/Thur/Fri 9.30-6pm Tues 9.30-8pm Sat 9.30-5pm Sun 11-5pm |
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L Cornelissen & Son Ltd. | 105 Great Russell St., London WC1B 3RY |
0207 636 1045 | |
Falkiner Fine Papers Ltd. | 76 Southampton Row, London WC1B 4AR |
0207 831 1151 | |
J. Hewit & Sons Ltd. | Unit 28, Park Royal Metro Centre Britannia
Way LONDON NW10 7PR |
Phone: +44 (0) 20 8965 5377 Opening Hours: Mon - Thurs08.30 -4.30pm Friday 8.30 - 4.30pm |
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Maggs Brothers |
50 Berkeley Square, London W1X 6EL |
0171 493 7160 | Maggs have been selling manuscripts and antiquarian books for 150 years and five generations of Maggs brothers. It is one of the very few places where you can buy medieval illuminated manuscripts 'off the peg' (go to the first floor and ask to be shown what is in the drawers). |
Royal Academy of Arts | Burlington House Piccadilly, London, W1V 0DS | 0171 300 8000 | |
Victoria & Albert Museum | Cromwell Road, South Kensington London SW7 2RL | 0207 9422 000 | Manuscripts and decorative arts |
Manchester | |||
Blot's |
14 Lynhurst
Avenue Prestwich Manchester M25 0GF |
0161 720 6916 | Pen & Ink Supplies |
Oxford | |||
Pens Plus | 70 High Street Oxford OX1 4BD |
(01865) 241174 | Pens. Dealers & repairers of vintage and modern writing equipment. |
Somerset | |||
Wookey Hole Papermill |
Wookey Hole, Wells, Somerset, BA5 1BB | 0174 967 2243 Open 7 days a week closed 17-25 December inclusive. Summertime: 10.00am (first tour) 5.00 pm (last tour) Wintertime: Please phone for details |
Fine handmade papers since Shakespeare's day. Visitors can watch the skilled Vatman and his assistant, the Coucher, making paper in the traditional way. Visitors can also have a go at making some paper themselves. |
Sussex | |||
Ditchling Museum | Church Lane, Ditchling, Sussex, BN6 8TB | 012 7384 4744 Apr-Oct Tue-Sat & Bank Holiday Mondays 10.30-5.00 Sunday 2.00-5.00 Closed Monday except for groups Winter Months Open weekends and Bank Holidays until 4.30 (Weekdays by appointment only) Complete closure mid-January to mid-February |
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The Edward Johnston Foundation | The Old School House, Ditchling Museum, Church Lane, Ditchling, Hassocks, West Sussex BN6 8TB |
0127384 4505 |