B. Boothby and Son

of Nottingham

1823 Advertising for Moulders for Benjamin Boothby and Co at the Rutland Foundry, Nottingham. Apply to B. Boothby Junr. at Bridghouses, Sheffield.

1837 Bankrupt. '... issued forth against Benjamin Boothby the elder and Benjamin Boothby the younger, of the town and county of the town of Nottingham, Ironfounders, Copartners, Dealers and Chapmen...'

1837 'A valuable and extensive IRON FOUNDRY BUSINESS and STOCK-IN-TRADE, together with a STOVE-GRATE and FENDER and KITCHEN RANGE MANUFACTORY, the same having been carried on up to this time, for peremptory SALE by PUBLIC TENDER, on account of the Assignees of the Estate of B. Boothby and Son, Rutland Foundry, Nottingham. THE STOCK-IN-TRADE consists of Bright and Black Register and Half-Register Stoves. Bronzed and Black Fenders, Hot Air Stoves, Bronzed Hat and Umbrella Stands, Kitchen Ranges, improved Cooking Apparatus, &c., &c.; together with unfitted Register and Half-Register Stove Metal and Shop Castings, viz.. Bushes. Pipe Boxes, Doors and Frames, Pol Grates, Grate Bars, Sash Weights, &c., &c. The FOUNDRY IMPLEMENTS consisting of wood and Metal Patterns, Moulding Boxes, Core Barrels, Turning Boards, &c,. &c., are of the best construction, and of great variety; adapted to the local Trade of Nottingham, in the supply of Castings, for the use of Gas Works, Collieries, Bleachers, Dyers, Lace Dressers, Machine Makers. Builders. &c. ; and also for the general Trade Shop Goods with Retail Ironmongers, with whom an extensive Trade has been carried on, in most the Counties of England and Ireland. The CUPOLAS, with PATENT BLOWING MACHINES are capable of Melting Five to Six Tons of Iron Daily; and the Foundry is fitted-up with powerful Cranes, and a superior constructed Drying Stove, for Loam work; the whole admitting of the employ of from Forty to Fifty Sand Moulders. ,The Stove Grate and Fender, Hot Air Stove, and Kitchen Range Manufactory, has been fitted within the last ten Years, at immense cost, and includes as extensive a variety of Patterns of the most modern Designs as possessed by any other similar establishment. The TOOLS, comprising Lathes, Drilling Machines (by power). Screw Machines. Screw and Fly Punches, Draw Bench, Grinding Stones. Glazers, Buffers, Brushes, etc., are all the newest and most approved construction; together with the Smiths’ Hearths. Bellows. Anvils. Shears, Vices. &e. are all good repair, and sufficient for the employ of Thirty to Forty Workmen, in this branch of the Business.'

Premises taken by B. Cort and Co

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