From the https://www.kentonline.co.uk By Amy Tregenna, 10 September 2022.

The Wheatsheaf (and the Papermill)

The Wheatsheaf was in the old Mill Street, which no longer exists. The pub was built by Charles Townsend Hook, who had taken over the Snodland paper mill in 1854 at the age of 22. The pub was built in 1868, outside the mill entrance, to serve the increasing number of workers in the town. It was let to the Wateringbury brewers F. Leney and Sons for 21 years, but after Charles died, his sisters, who were big advocates for the Temperance movement, closed the pub.

The only landlord during this time was William Mills. He and his wife Emma had 13 children who lived at The Wheatsheaf.

In place of where the pub once stood is the Smurfit Kappa Townsend Hook Paper Mill. The paper mill was expanded over the years and the pub was therefore demolished.

Another pub named The Papermill is believed to have been sited near to the paper mill in what was once Mill Street. Similarly, it only had one tenant, a Mrs Jane Munt. She is thought to have been the landlady there between 1744 and 1759.