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W. and M. Bayliss and Co

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of Monmore Green, Wolverhampton

1854. W. M. Bayliss and Co (late G. Fletcher and Co), manufactures of brass and iron bedsteads, iron hurdles and all kinds of fencing.[1]

1854 'Monmore Green Chain Works. WILLIAM AND M. BAYLISS AND CO. Beg most respectfully to inform their friends and the public that they are no# carrying on the basinets of CHAIN MANUFACTURERS, at their Works as above'.[2]

1857 Patent. '2499. And William Bayliss, of the firm of W. and M. Bayliss and Co., Flat and Round Chain and Chain Cable Manufacturers, of Monmore-green, Wolverhampton, in the county of Stafford, has given the like notice in respect of the invention of "certain improvements in the manufacture of chain cable."'[3]

1858 Hollow-studded cable chain

1859 Patent. '1095. To William Bayliss, of the firm of W. and M. Bayliss and Co., Flat and Chain Cable, and Iron Hurdle and Fencing Manufacturers, of Monmore-Green, Wolverhampton, in the county of Stafford, for the invention of "improvements in the manufacture of iron hurdles and fencing."'[4]

1861 Patent. '1526. And William Bayliss, of the firm of W. and M. Bayliss and Co., Flat and Chain Cable and Iron Hurdle and Fencing Manufacturers, of Monmore-green, Wolverhampton, in the county of Stafford, has given the like notice in respect of the invention of "certain improvements in chain-harrows for harrowing land."'[5]

1862 'the chain works of Messrs. Bayliss and Co., at Wolverhampton'[6]

c.1868 Appears to become Bayliss, Jones and Bayliss

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Sources of Information

  1. Staffordshire Advertiser - Saturday 25 February 1854
  2. Wolverhampton Chronicle and Staffordshire Advertiser - Wednesday 02 August 1854
  3. The London Gazette Publication date:10 November 1857 Issue:22060 Page:3754
  4. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/22266/page/2049 The London Gazette Publication date:20 May 1859 Issue:22266 Page:2049
  5. The London Gazette Publication date:22 October 1861Issue:22558Page:4195
  6. Grantham Journal - Saturday 18 October 1862