Anaglypta Co
of Queen's Mill, Darwen and Great Russell Street, London, WC. Later of Potters Mill, Darwen. Now Corringham Road, Gainsborough, Lincs.
Thomas Palmer was the London Manager of the pioneering Lincrusta-Walton embossed wall covering businesss. He conceived a cheaper and more flexible embossed paper alternative to Lincrusta. This was rejected by Frederick Walton, so Palmer left, obtained a patent, and set up his own business in 1887, using brand name Anaglypta, derived from the Greek, meaning ‘raised cameo’.
Palmer set up production at Storeys Mill in Lancaster, showcasing the first products at the 1887 Manchester Exhibition. Initially trading as th Anaglypt Company.
1893 'A PATENT ACTION. An action brought Mr. Thomas John Palmer against Sir Thomas Storey, and Messrs. Edward Storey, Herbert Lushington Storey, and Isaac Henry Storey, came on for hearing yesterday the Queen Division, before Mr. Justice Wright, sitting as an additional judge of the Chancery Division. ....'[1]
1894 'QUEEN-STREET MILL.— We hear that the patent for the manufacture of anaglypta has been sold to a firm at Darwen. It will be remembered there was dispute between the patentee (Mr. Palmer) and Messrs. Storey Bros., and the aid of the law was invoked. The result is as we have stated. A firm has acquired the patent rights, and the works now affording employment to a considerable number of people in Lancaster will most likely be transferred to Darwen. There is thus prospect of Queen-street Mill being once more idle. The removal will probably take place about September.[2]
By 1894 the business employed 100 people and relocated to Potters Mill, Darwen.
1899 Became part of the Wall Paper Manufacturers Ltd.
The business continued to grow and thrive throughout most of the 20th century, adapting to meet the changing styles and requirements of the time.
See Anaglypta website.
For detailed information, see here [3]