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Heritage: Southampton's link to bank note production and Bombay gin - In-Common - Southampton

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By Martin Brisland. Today, I use Apple Pay and rarely use paper money. The move to a cashless society is recent and, for centuries, cash was the main means to enable trade. Its usage is connected to Huguenots from France who first arrived in Southampton in the 16th century. Our area has fast-flowing Hampshire chalk streams which provide energy and water for papermaking. In 1700 there were ten paper mills in Hampshire, nine making brown paper and…
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In-Common broke the news in on Sunday, July 20, 2025.
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