Show old mai makes parchment the english Eng listi town of favant havant church six lelles from portsmouth Is the scene of an industry which if local claims be true has been curried on by the same methods and on the same site for 1000 years the parchment par climent made there was famous throughout europe in days gone by and Is still preserved in many libraries and museums in europe but it Is the united states stales that keeps the mill going at present there has been recently a great demand from america tor for english parchment to be used tor for diplomas and certificates in american universities and though the demand has been grent great enough to cause a shortage and send up the price this seems no deterrent |