Henry Doulton and Co, pipe makers and brick agents, High St, Lambeth, London
Large scale manufacturer of stoneware and vitrified pipes. Samples in the London Science Museum
1846 Henry Doulton, having learnt about the pottery business from working in the family partnership of Doulton and Watts, left home to start his own branch of the business, making ceramic pipes for the sanitary market. It was the first factory to provide such products, meeting the rising demand for effective sanitation[1].
1848 acquired additional premises in Dudley, and subsequently works in Smethwick and Rowley Regis.
1849 Doulton married Sarah, daughter of John L. Kennaby. They settled at 7 Stockwell Villas, Lambeth, where they had three children: Sarah Lilian, Henry Lewis, and Katherine.
1851 The workmen, and their wives, of both Doulton and Watts and Henry Doulton and Co of Lambeth Potteries were treated to a visit to the Great Exhibition[2].
1852 Glazed stoneware, drain and water pipe and terra cotta manufacturers, of 63 High St, Lambeth[3]
1873 Medals of merit at the Vienna Exhibition for H. Doulton and Co of Lambeth Pottery and Doulton and Watts of 28 High St, Lambeth[4]
1891 Brick agents, sanitary earthenware makers, terra cotta manufacturers, of 61 High St, Lambeth, and Warwick Rd, Kensington[5].
1895 Drain, pipe and brick agents, of 43 High St, Lambeth[6].
At some point the 3 businesses of Doulton and Watts, Henry Doulton and Co and the independent pipe works owned by Henry's brother, John Doulton junior, were brought together.
1899 On 1 January Doulton and Co became a public company, incorporating various Doulton companies including presumably Henry Doulton's. The drain pipe factories at Lambeth and Rowley Regis were the largest in the world[7].