William Caxton was an English merchant, diplomat and writer. He is thought to be the first person to introduce a printing press into England in 1476, and as a printer to be the first English retailer of printed books.
William Caxton
Printer's mark of William Caxton, 1478. A variant of the merchant's mark
A page from the Brut Chronicle (printed as the Chronicles of England), printed in 1480 by Caxton in blackletter
Caxton's 1476 edition of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
Hadlow is a village and civil parish in the borough of Tonbridge and Malling in Kent, England. It is situated in the Medway valley, north-east of Tonbridge and south-west of Maidstone.
St. Mary's Church
Hadlow Tower
Bourne Mill
The converted maltings