Jones Brothers and Co (of Middlesbrough)
of Ayrton Rolling Mills, Middlesbrough
John Allcock Jones, his brothers and W. S. Ayrton, of Saltburn, started the company
1870 Established the Ayrton Rolling Mills, at Middlesbrough, for the manufacture of sheets, bars, etc., as well as a cut-nail works (1872), the only works of its kind in the North of England. [1]
c.1872 Jones Brothers erected new the mills a large nail and washer factory
1881 After the company was put into liquidation, an agreement for sale, and scheme of compromise and arrangement was proposed so that the business was transferred to Jones Brothers Ltd; William Dilworth Crewdson, the younger, and Edwin Francis Jones were parties of the agreement[2]
Subsequently the firm was acquired by R. P. Dorman and Co
1899 Dorman, Long and Co acquired the Ayrton Rolling Mills.