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Bayliss, Jones and Bayliss

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June 1880.
1881
1881
June 1888. Iron wheelbarrows.
June 1888. Steel railing.
December 1889.
1893.
1896.
1899.
September 1902.
February 1904.
1905.
February 1905
September 1905.
November 1909.
Metal fence post.
1911. Lock-Nut.
June 1911.
June 1911.
1919. Fencing and gates.
1921.
November 1927.
April 1928.

of Wolverhampton and King William Street, London. [1]

1826 Company founded.

1876 Exhibitor at the Royal Agricultural Show at Birmingham with cast iron vases, hurdles and continuous fencing. One of the largest exhibitors at the show. [2]

1901 Became public company. The company was registered on 12 June, to acquire a business of ironmasters and engineers of the firm of the same name. Directors are: William Bayliss (Chairman), Edwin Jones, Samuel Bayliss, William Edwin Jones, Robert Murray Hyslop and Horace William Bayliss. Employing 1,800-2,000 people. [3] [4]

1925 Became private company.

1928. By this date they are owned by Guest Keen and Nettlefold. Reference is made to the late William Bayliss, his brother Samuel Bayliss and his two sons Percy S. Bayliss and Frederick W. Bayliss. [5]

1932. Samuel Bayliss dies. [6]

1946 British Rollmakers Corporation acquired the rollmaking interests of Bayliss, Jones and Bayliss Limited.

1961 Engineers and manufacturers of railway fasteners, transmission line steelwork, rock bolts, mining roof support, fencing and gates and components for motor industry and railway electrification steelworks. 1,522 employees. [7]

See Also

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Sources of Information

  1. The Engineer 1880/10/01
  2. The Engineer of 21st July 1876 p58
  3. The Stock Exchange Year Book 1908
  4. The Times, Saturday, Jun 22, 1901
  5. The Times, Thursday, Jun 28, 1928
  6. The Times, Wednesday, Jun 29, 1932
  7. 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE