Thomas W. Cross and Co
of Hunslet Road, Leeds
1849 - "NOTICE is hereby given, that the Partnership lately subsisting between us, Thomas Wells Cross and James Chappel, of Leeds, in the county of York, American Pail Manufacturers, heretofore carrying on trade under the style or firm of Cross and Chappel, at Leeds aforesaid, was this day dissolved by mutual consent; and that all debts owing to the.said partnership are to be received by the said Thomas Wells Cross; and all persons to whom the said partnership stands indebted are requested to send in their respective accounts to the said Thomas Wells Cross, in order that the same may be examined and paid by him; and the said business will in future be carried on by the said Thomas Wells Cross on his own private account.—Dated this 5th day of December 1849." [1]
1853 - Thomas Wells Cross & Co. Manufacturers of American Pails. Washington Works, 27 Hunslet Road, Leeds.[2]
1853 - Patent 557 of 1853. Thomas Wells Cross, pail manufacturer, for the invention of a portable fire engine. [3] [4]
1861 - The census (April) shows T W Cross's brother-in-law, Thomas Frederick Grayburn as manager of the firm.
1861 - Thomas Wells Cross died 18 Sep 1861.[5] Notice says they had been in business 13 years and would continue unchanged.[6]
1862 Advert - "Fire! Fire! Fire! No Manufactory, Public Building, or Gentleman's Mansion should be without one of CROSS and CO'S PATENT FIRE ENGINES. They have fully established their reputation as the best machines extant, and combine simplicity, and durability. Manufactured only by Thomas W Cross & Co., Fire Engine Makers to the War Department, Washington Works, Leeds. Washing, Wringing, and Mangling Machines; Pails, Round and Oval Tubs, Perambulators, Invalid carriages, Knife-boards, Water Filters, &c. Manufactured at Cross & Co.'s, Washington Works, Leeds. Sole Agent for the East Riding of Yorkshire and East Lincolnshire — Wm. Grayburn, 1 Pier Street, Hull." [7] Note, William Grayburn was another of T W Cross's brothers-in-law.
1866 - Thomas Wells Cross & Co. Pail, perambulator and fire engine manufacturers. Washington Works, Hunslet Road, Leeds.[8]
1866 - On 11 Apr 1866, a Deed of Trust for the benefit of creditors was entered in the court of bankruptcy. Debtor - Thomas Frederick Grayburn, of Leeds, in the county of York, Pail, Fire Engine, and Perambulator Manufacturer (trading under the firm of T. W. Cross & Co). [9]
1866 - All the plant, machinery, stock in trade and other effects of the pail, bucket, perambulator and fire engine manufactory at Washington Works, Hunslet Road, recently carried on by T W Cross & Co., to be sold. [10]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The London Gazette 11 Dec 1849
- ↑ White's Directory of Leeds, etc. 1853
- ↑ The London Gazette 18 May 1853
- ↑ English Patents of Inventions, Specifications 1853, 557
- ↑ Leeds Times - 21 Sep 1861
- ↑ Leeds Evening Express - Saturday 21 December 1861
- ↑ Hull Daily News - 1 Nov 1862
- ↑ White's Directory of Leeds, etc. 1866
- ↑ The London Gazette - 4 May 1866
- ↑ Hull Advertiser - Saturday 14 April 1866