Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,675 pages of information and 247,074 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Caslon and Son

From Graces Guide

1792 William Caslon III, son of William Caslon II (1720-1778), late proprietor of the Caslon Foundry, purchased the foundry of the recently deceased Joseph Jackson in Salisbury Square and renamed it Caslon & Son, so that between 1792 and 1818 there were two distinct Caslon foundries in London

1807 Caslon & Son was passed to William Caslon IV

1819 William Caslon IV sold Caslon & Son to the new Sheffield foundry of Blake, Garnett and Co

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