Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,259 pages of information and 244,500 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

John Chambers (1805-1869)

From Graces Guide

c.1805 Born in Ecclesfield, son of Thomas Chambers (1771-1814) and Sarah nee Hoole[1]

1851 Ironmaster [2]

Head of Newton, Chambers and Co

1868 Samuel Plimsoll visited Continental ironworks in company with John Chambers of Newton, Chambers and Co of Thorncliffe and Chapeltown Ironworks and Collieries[3]

1869 Died[4]. Succeeded by his son Arthur Marshall Chambers


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Sources of Information

  1. Family tree on Ancestry.co.uk
  2. 1851 census
  3. The Times Feb. 10, 1868
  4. Family tree posted on Ancestry.co.uk