E. J. and J. Pearson
of Stourbridge, Worcs
Manufacturer of firebricks and fireclay goods at the Delph Works, Brierley Hill, which was their main centre of operation. They also owned the Crown Works, Amblecote; and Tintam Abbey Mines and Works at Brierley Hill. The combined output of these three sites in 1903 was approximately three-quarters of a million firebricks per week. The Company also produced speciality bricks and tiles used in the construction of pottery kilns; glass house pots; gas retorts; crucibles; linings of blast furnaces; etc.
1860 Company founded
1871 Partnership change. '...the Partnership heretofore existing between John Pearson, William Pearson, and Edward Jewkes Pearson, in the trade or business of Fire Brick Manufacturers, at the Delph Tim tarn Abbey Works, in the parish of Kingswinford, in the county of Stafford, and carried on under the style of E. J. and J. Pearson, has been dissolved from the 20th day of July last past, so fur ns regards the said Edward Jewkes Pearson; and in future the business will be carried on by the said John Pearson and William Pearson, on their separate account...'[1]
1872 J. W. Thomas ( -1902) joins as MD
1898 Became a private company
1902 [[C. W. Thoms) (son of above) become MD
1957 Acquired J. T. Price and Co - the combined group was named Price-Pearson Refractories