Hele is a village in Devon, England, lying about one mile (1.6 km) SSW of Bradninch and 10 miles (16 km) NNE of Exeter, on the River Culm.

Hele
The old mill at Hele
Hele is located in Devon
Hele
Hele
Location within Devon
OS grid referenceSS9902
Civil parish
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
List of places
UK
England
Devon
50°48′47″N 3°25′48″W / 50.813°N 3.430°W / 50.813; -3.430

The village is home to a paper mill once belonging to the company Wiggins Teape, now part of the multinational company Purico Group. The Devon Valley Mill produces sausage casing paper and teabag paper under the "Crompton Paper" brand name.[1]

The mill site was originally that of a grist mill which was converted to a paper mill in 1762. It was here that John Dewdney produced the first glazed writing paper in England in the 1840s. He was also famously called upon to supply the paper for the catalogues of the Great Exhibition in 1851.[2]

The nearby railway station, now closed, used to serve Hele and Bradninch.

References

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  1. ^ "Devon Valley Mill". Retrieved 4 October 2012.
  2. ^ "Historic Bradninch". Archived from the original on 26 January 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
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