Naylor Brothers (of Birstal)
of Scholes and Cleckheaton; also of Tenter Lane, Leeds; contractors, stone masons and merchants
1857 The firm of John, George and Godfrey Naylor of Upper Lane, Cleckheaton were brickmakers and stone quarry owners. George Naylor of Scholes, a member of the firm of John, George and Godfrey Naylor, was a contractor, brickmaker and quarry owner.[1]
1867 "NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the PARTNERSHIP heretofore subsisting between us, the undersigned JOHN NAYLOR, GEORGE NAYLOR, and GODFREY NAYLOR, carrying on the businesses of Contractors, Stone Masons, Merchants, and Maltsters, at Scholes and Cleckheaton, in the parish of Birstal, in the county of York, or elsewhere, under the style or firm of Naylor Brothers, was, on the Ninth day of May last, DISSOLVED by mutual consent, so far as regards the said John Naylor ; and that all debts owing to and from the said firm will be received and paid by the said George Naylor and Godfrey Naylor, who will in future carry on the said businesses on their own account, under the said style or firm of Naylor Brothers.".... [2]
1874 Dissolution of the Partnership between George Naylor, Godfey Naylor, and George William Naylor, carrying on the business of Contractors, at Scholes and Cleckheaton, in the parish of Birstal, in the county of York, or elsewhere, under the style or firm of Naylor Brothers, so far as regards the said Godfrey Naylor ; all debts owing to and from the said firm will be received and paid by the said George Naylor and George William Naylor, who will in future carry on the said business on their own account[3]
1879 Contractors for the Denby Dale stone viaduct.[4]
1880 Naylor Brothers completed the stone viaduct at Denby Dale "- the Denby Dale firm who lost £8000 on the contract to build the viaduct ... The master builder who made the viaduct possible was Mr George William Naylor ..."[5]
The discovery of a rich seam of clay led to the formation of a clay brick and pipe factory.
1880-2 Contractors for the Holbeck (Farnley) Viaduct
1888 "The contract for the construction of the London and North-Western Company's new line from Buxton to Hindlow has been let to Messrs Naylor Brothers, of Denby Dale, Huddersfield."[6]
1890 Naylor Brothers founded their Denby Dale clay pipe works[7]
1893 George Wilfred Naylor was recorded as a contractor in the Commercial entry for Kirkburton in Kelly's Directory, West Riding
1894 Naylor Brothers, Tenter Lane, Leeds, advertised for workers[8]
1895 "... remaining portion of the Buxton and Ashbourne Railway, from Parsley Hay to Ashbourne, has this week been let to Messrs. Naylor Brothers, Leeds, who constructed the Buxton and Parsley Hey section of the line, and are engaged upon the Buxton District Council’s ..."[9]
1900 "Sale of Contractors’ Plant, ... have been honoured with instructions Naylor Brothers, Huddersfield ... LEEDS, to sell by Auction, on Thursday 16th the Whole of the Valuable CONTR(actors) PLANT and MATERIALS"[10]
1903 Naylor Brothers, Huddersfield, the contractors for the new railway between Levenshulme and Wilmslow.[11]
1909 Naylor Brothers, Huddersfield, were contractors for part of the widening of the Euston to Watford Railway.[12]
1931 Dissolution of the Partnership between George Wilfred Naylor, John Francis Naylor and William Naylor, who carried on business as Builders' Merchants and Sanitary Pipe Manufacturers, at Denby Dale, under the style or firm of Naylor Brothers, so far as concerned John Francis Naylor.[13]
1932 Dissolution of the partnership between George Wilfred Naylor and William Naylor, who continued to carry on business as Builders' Merchants and Sanitary Pipe Manufacturers, at Denby Dale under the style or firm of NAYLOR BROTHERS, as concerns the George Wilfred Naylor by reason of his death. All debts due to or owing by the said late firm will be received and paid respectively by the said William Naylor, who will continue to carry on the said business under the style or firm of Naylor Brothers as heretofore.[14]
1960 Naylor Brothers (Denby Dale), Ltd., Denby Dale, near Huddersfield.[15]
1993 Denby Dale and Cawthorne-based clay pipe manufacturer Naylor Brothers (Clayware) Limited; managing director Mr Allan Naylor presented long-service awards/[16]
2020 Naylor Brothers (Denby Dale), Ltd was a registered company[17]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ 1857 Post Office Directory, West Riding
- ↑ Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Saturday 6 July 1867
- ↑ London Gazette 3 April 1874
- ↑ Huddersfield Chronicle 17 September 1879
- ↑ Huddersfield Daily Examiner 08 August 1979
- ↑ Huddersfield Chronicle 04 August 1888
- ↑ Huddersfield Daily Examiner 30 August 1988
- ↑ Yorkshire Evening Post 20 June 1894
- ↑ Derby and Chesterfield Reporter 13 December 1895
- ↑ Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer 31 July 1900
- ↑ Manchester Evening News - Tuesday 29 September 1903
- ↑ The Engineer 1909/08/13
- ↑ London Gazette 1931
- ↑ London Gazette 26 August 1932
- ↑ Birmingham Daily Post - Tuesday 25 October 1960
- ↑ Huddersfield Daily Examiner 01 June 1993
- ↑ The London Gazette 10 March 2020