Clayton and Co (Penistone)
of Westhorpe, Penistone
See also Clayton and Co.
1895 Established
John George Dixon and Herbert Fitzroy Clayton established Dixon Clayton and Co. in West Yorkshire in 1895. They were electrical and mechanical engineers, railway fog-signal manufacturers, at Penistone and at Milnsbridge, near Huddersfield. They also designed and built lorries and buses under name Karrier Motors.
In 1899, The Dixon/Clayton partnership was dissolved. Herbert Fitzroy Clayton and his sons renamed the businesses Clayton & Co (Huddersfield) Ltd and Clayton & Co (Penistone) Ltd.
By 1930 Electrical activities at Penistone ceased but the Fog Signal remained in production.
Herbert Fitzroy Clayton died in 1935 but the family continued to run Clayton & Co (Penistone) Ltd until 1988 when control passed to Dudley Arthur Swift and Ian Phillips Benn.
After trading under the original name of Clayton & Co (Penistone) Ltd for 110 years, the business became the Clayton Penistone Group.
The above information is condensed from the Clayton Penistone Group website.