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About us

 & 
​History
The Silk Mill House is now Redbourn Museum. It is all that remains of a steam driven silk mill, Woollams Mill, which occupied this site from 1857 to 1938. Here raw silk from cocoons was washed and “thrown” into a yarn suitable for weaving. The mill was demolished to make way for a Brooke Bond tea factory.  The new factory was built on an extended site in 1960 but this closed in 1994, the site now covered by housing. Brooke Bond generously passed Silk Mill House on to Redbourn Parish Council for use as a museum. The museum opened in May 2000 and is managed by the Trustees of Redbourn Village Historical and Museum Group Ltd and is staffed entirely by volunteers.

Trustees

John Ridgwell         Chairman, Membership Secretary, Newsletter Editor
Susan Aldridge       Curatorial Team & Events Committee
Michael Aldridge    Treasurer
James Millers           Local & Family Historian, Curatorial Team
Mark Webb               Local & Family Historian, Volunteer co-ordinator
David Forbes             Company Secretary & Legal Advisor
Cat Newley                Professional Museum Advisor, Curatorial Team
Victoria Mead           Events Committee
Pauline Ridgwell      Events Committee, Minutes Secretary

Co-opted Committee Members

Colin O'Donovan      Parish Council Liaison
Tom Finnis                 I.T.  advisor, Curatorial Team

Contact any of the above by e-mail [email protected]

Friends of the Museum
If you would like to be kept informed about events at the museum through a quarterly newsletter and receive occasional discounted admission to events, you can join the Friends of Redbourn Village Museum.  Subscriptions from Friends are an important source of income and help us to maintain free entry to the museum.  Please click on the link below for details of subscription rates and to download an application form.

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We Would Love to Have You Visit Soon! 

SILK MILL HOUSE, THE COMMON, REDBOURN,  HERTS. al3 7NB             
wHAT 3 WORDSLOCATION: OASIS.ROYAL.SHARED

Hours

Sat & Sun 2 - 5 pm 
​Closed Dec & Jan

Telephone

01582 793397

Email

[email protected]
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  • About us
  • What's On?
  • The Portico
  • Spotlight
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  • Contact Us
  • LATEST NEWS
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  • War Memorial
  • Facebook Posts