Furnival and Co
Maker of printing machinery of Reddish, Stockport (originally at 52 Ogden Street, Fairfield Street, Manchester).
1869 'IMPORTANT TO TOOL MAKERS. TO be SOLD, three SETS of PATTERNS for Sharp and Furnival's Patent Slot Drilling Machine, to Cut Slots up 6in. wide, and the right of making, the present owner having declined the Tool Trade. Apply to Furnival and Co., 52, Ogden-street, Fairfield-street, Manchester'[1]. Note: 1855 Patent. '2392. Thomas Beatt Sharp, also of Manchester, was the joint patentee of this machine, the patent describing "certain improvements in machinery for drilling, grooving, and slotting." [2]. See Sharp, Stewart and Co for more information.
1871 Census: Richard Furnival, master machinist, employing 40 persons, lived in Manchester with his wife Elizabeth, 33, and children[3]
1871 Liquidation/bankruptcy of Mary Mills, of 62, Ogden Street, Ardwick, and 1, Burnes street, Manchester, Letterpress and Lithographic Printer, carrying on business there under the style or firm of J. L. Mills and Co, and residing at 185, Upper Brook-street, Chorlton-upon-Medlock, Widow. Richard Furnival, of 52 Ogden-street, Ardwick, Manchester, Machinist, was the Trustee[4]
1872 Furnival's Express Cutting machine - See advert
1876 of Fairfield Street, Manchester (see advert)
1881 'TO BE LET, or SOLD, those Extensive WORKS and FOUNDRY, in the occupation of Furnival and Co., Ogden-street, Fairfield-street, London Road, within five minutes' walk of the principal railway stations: tramcars pass every few minutes.'[5]
1885 Gold medal for invention of Gill's hot or cold rolling machine
1891 Advert. Printer's engineers.
1891 Commenced building Express silent gas i/c engines ranging from 0.5 to 20 nhp.
1895 Advert
1898 Town gas engine. 0.5 hp. Exhibit at Anson Engine Museum
Platten printing press. Exhibit at Anson Engine Museum
Trimming machine. Exhibit at Armley Mill Museum
Late 1950s Crossley Brothers bought the guillotine part of the business
By 1960 the guillotine business was owned by Rhodes, Brydon and Youatt[6]
1966 Belliss and Morcom acquired Crossley-Premier Engines and Furnival and Co from the receivers of Crossley Brothers[7].