Barrows and Hall
Ironmasters of Bloomfield Ironworks, Tipton
History of businesses which used Bloomfield Ironworks:
- Partnership of Joseph Hall, Thomas Lewis, and others (1830-1834)
- Bradley, Welch and Hall ( -1834)
- Bradley, Barrows and Hall (1834-1844)
- Bramah, Barrows, and Hall (1844-1846)
- Barrows and Hall (1846- )
- W. Barrows and Sons (c1862-1868+)
- William Barrows and Sons ( - 1896 - )
- Bailey, Barrows and Hall (1932- )
1846 After the death of John Joseph Bramah, Bramah, Barrows, and Hall was presumably dissolved
1847 Agreement that the partnership of Joseph Hall and William Barrows should continue until 1858.
1848 400 tons of iron were made weekly
1848 Boiler explosion at Bloomfield Works. Two killed (Mr Millington and William Perry)[1]
1850 Listed as 'Barrows and Hall, iron masters, Bloomfield Iron Works, Tipton' [2]
1851 Employing 1,000 men and Joseph Hall is the Iron Master [3]
1851 Listed under Iron Masters as 'Barrows and Hall, Tipton Upper Green and Bloomfield Iron Works, and Factory Bridge Works' [4]
1862 Continued business without further formal agreement until Hall died in 1862.
1863 Legal dispute over what could be included in the value of the business and whether it could be disposed of as a going concern [5].
1868 W. Barrows and Son were operating Bloomfield (sic) iron works, as well as Factory and Tipton Green according to "The Iron Trade in South Staffordshire and East Worcestershire" [6]. A total of 97 puddling furnaces and 10 rolling mills.
1932 Bloomfield Ironworks was re-named as Bailey, Barrows and Hall
See Also
Sources of Information
- A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848) by Samuel Lewis