James Lee Norton
1823 Baptised in Clayton West with High Hoyland[1], son of John Norton, stone miner[2]
1853 James Lee Norton, of Ludgate Hill, in the city of London, Gentleman, gave notice in respect of the invention of "improvements in instruments or apparatus for measuring and indicating the distance travelled by carriages, and in the means, of transmitting motion thereto from the running wheels."[3]
1854 James Lee Norton, of Holland-street, Blackfriars, in the county of Surrey, Gentleman, patented "Improvements in turnstile counting apparatus"[4]
1855 Dissolution of the Partnerships between Joseph Hynde Browne, James Lee Norton, and Frederic Hayter, of Holland-street, Blackfriars, in the county of Surrey, as Patent Wool Manufacturers, and also the partnership between the said Joseph Hynde Browne and James Lee Norton, in Holland-street aforesaid, as Manufacturers of Patent Indicators and Turnstyles, by the retirement of Joseph Hynde Browne.[5]
1857 Patents to James Lee Norton, of the Imperial Works, Bromley by Bow, in the county of Middlesex, for the invention of " improvements in steeping or washing and rinsing machines", and to James Lee Norton, of the Imperial Works, Bromley by Bow, in the county of Middlesex, for the invention of "improvements in separating animal from vegetable fibres."[6]
1860 Patent application by James Lee Norton, of 38, Belle Sauvage-yard, Ludgate-hill, in the city of London, in respect of the invention of " improvements in apparatus for drying wool and other fibres" and also in respect of the invention of " improvements in apparatus for drying wheat, barley, and other grain and seeds."[7]
1862 Spanish patent on "Improvements in pump construction"
1864 Patent to James Lee Norton, of Belle Sauvage Yard, Ludgate Hill, in the city of London, and William Ainsworth, of Stockport, in the county of Chester, for the invention of " improvements in looms for weaving."[8]
1867 Spanish patent on "Improvements in the deepening of wells and in the equipment used for this purpose."
1867 Patent application by James Lee Norton, of Belle Sauvage-yard, Ludgate-hill, in the city of London, in respect of the invention of "improvements in drying malt and also brewers and distillers grains and spent hops" and in respect of the invention of "improvements in machinery for washing and drying wool and other materials."[9]
1867 Patent to James Lee Norton, of Belle Sauvage-yard, Ludgate-hill, in the city of London, and George Hawksley, of Montrose-villas, Caledonian-road, in the county of Middlesex, Engineer, in respect of the invention of "improvements in apparatus and means for burning combustible liquids, vapours, and gases to obtain heat and light therefrom."[10]
and many more patents
1868 Award for tube well pump
1871 James L Norton 48, manufacturer of patent machinery, lived in Woking with Sarah Norton 49[11]
1878 Bankrupt[12]
1879 of No. 146, Buckingham Palace-road, in the county of Middlesex, Patentee of Inventions
1885 Died; buried in Clayton West with High Hoyland.
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ Parish record
- ↑ 1841 census
- ↑ The London Gazette 15 Nov 1853
- ↑ The London Gazette 30 October 1857
- ↑ London Gazette 6 July, 1855
- ↑ London Gazette 6 Feb 1857
- ↑ London Gazette 7 May 1861
- ↑ London Gazette 26 Aug 1864
- ↑ The London Gazette 24 September 1867
- ↑ London Gazette 31 Dec 1867
- ↑ 1871 census
- ↑ The London 23 July 1878