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Horton and Son (of Southwark)

From Graces Guide
1868.
April 1870.

of Steam Boiler Works, 63 Park Street, Southwark, London, S.E.

and of Oil Street, Liverpool

Boiler makers

1836 Thos. Whitehouse, of Westbromwich, currier, & Daniel Horton, of New Park-street, Southwark, engine boiler maker, executors of Isaac Horton, late of Westbromwich, engine boiler maker, deceased[1]

Presumably the firm was also a successor to Horton's and Ashton of Oil Street, Liverpool and New Park Street, Boro.

1836 Dissolution of the Partnership between Daniel Horton and Richard Ashton, as Iron Boiler Manufacturers, at New Park-street (heretofore called Maid-lane), Southwark, by mutual consent, as from the 25th day of December instant; all debts owing from the said partnership will be discharged by the Daniel Horton, by whom alone the said business will in future be carried on.[2]

1837 Dissolution of the Partnership between Daniel Horton and Richard Ashton as Iron Boiler and Pan Manufactures, at Oil-street, Liverpool, in the county of Lancaster; Daniel Horton will in future carry on the said business[3]

1853 Patent by Isaiah Kendrick, Foreman to Messrs Horton and Son, of Southwark, in the county of Surrey, in respect of the invention of " improvements in steam-boilers."[4]

1865 Dissolution of the Partnership between Isaac Horton and Isaiah Kendrick, carrying on the trade of Engineers and Boiler Makers, at Oil-street, Liverpool, under the style or firm of Horton and Son. All debts and accounts will be paid and received by the said Isaac Horton, by whom the business will be carried on.[5]

1868 At the time of his death, Joseph Ramswell had been in the employment of the business for more than 70 years

1886 Dissolution of the Partnership between Isaac Horton, George Horton, and Daniel Horton, carrying on business as Steam Boiler Manufacturers, at No. 63, Park-street, Southwark, Surrey, under the style or firm of Horton and Son, as regards George Horton as from the 30th day of October, 1886. The business will be continued by the said Isaac Horton and Daniel Horton[6]

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Sources of Information

  1. Perry's Bankrupt Gazette 23 July 1836
  2. The London Gazette 3 January 1837
  3. The London 2 January 1838
  4. London Gazette 21 June 1853
  5. London Gazette 13 October, 1865
  6. London Gazette 11 February 1887