Warners', Lucas and Barrett of Norton, near Stockton-On-Tees
of London
Iron Manufacturers
1856 The large bell for the Westminster Clock Tower (commonly called Big Ben) was cast in the furnaces of Warner, Lucas and Barrett by Warner and Sons of Crescent Foundry, London.[1], and one of the quarter bells. [2]
1858 William Barrett, ironmaster, Edmund Lucas, ironmaster, of Warners', Lucas and Barrett[3]
1862 Lucas Barratt exhibited at 1862 London Exhibition.
1865 The Norton Iron Co was formed for the purpose of purchasing the plant, freehold property, stock-in-trade, and goodwill of the firm of Messrs. Warners, Lucas and Barrett, of Norton, near Stockton-on-Tees, and of working the same. The sale was largely a result of the death of Mr Lucas of the Coal Exchange who had a large holding in the firm[4]
1866 See 1866 Cleveland Blast Furnaces for detail of furnaces