Fieldhouse, Kelley, Elliott and Co
Printing machine makers
of Wharfedale Foundry, Otley
1866 Dissolution of the Partnership between John Elliott, Peter Elliott, John Crossfield, John Wilkinson Spencer, John Fieldhouse, John Cowman, John Kelley, and Esau Cort, carrying on business at Otley, in the county of York, as Ironfountlers, Engineers, Millwrights, and Printing Machine Makers, under the style or firm of Fieldhouse, Kelley, Elliott, and Company so far as regards John Kelley. All debts settled by John Elliott, Peter Elliott, John Crossfield, John Wilkinson Spencer, John Fieldhouse, John Cowman and Esau Cort, who will continue to carry on the business, under the style or firm, of Fieldhouse, Elliott, and Company.[1]
Later to become Fieldhouse, Crossfield and Co[2] which was put into voluntary liquidation in 1932[3]
An example of the Wharfedale Machine can be found in the Otley Museum. The museum's machine is one of the originals, dating back to 1862. It was presented by the late Mr. James Stott, former sales director of Dawson, Payne and Elliott, reassembled and restored to working order.