John James Royle




John James Royle (1850-1919) of Royles.
Inventor and Engineer of Dalham Engineering Works, Manchester. [1]
Of 27 King Street West, Manchester[2]
c.1901 John J Royle (Royle's Patents) had moved to larger premises in the fork of Great Bridgewater Street and Chepstow Street, immediately north of the pub Peveril of the Peak. Goad's Insurance Plans for Manchester, Sheet 22 dated 1886, updated c.1901, shows that Royle’s occupied a four storey building which incorporated a mechanics’ shop, pattern store, showroom, warehouse, packing room, and contained a test boiler and a gas engine. This building survived until at least 1964 [3]
The business developed and became Royles.
1919 Died