Wrought Iron Brands
This section relates to wrought iron makers' brands and trademarks which were often marked on wrought iron sections and plates.
Baldwins of Wolverhampton: see Baldwins entry for their numerous brand names.
W. Barrows and Sons of Bloomfield and Tipton: Brand B.B.H. reflected the earlier company name, Bradley, Barrows and Hall.
Minerva: Isaac Jenks of Minerva Works and Beaver Works, Wolverhampton.
Earl of Dudley's Round Oak Works: Brand: a crown surrounded by the letters L W (alongside top of crown) and R O (below crown).
Bradley of Stourbridge: Crown above letters S B.
John Bagnall and Sons: Crown above letters I B.
Madeley Court Works: S.C. followed by lion.
New British Iron Co: Letters NB and IC above a lion.
Robert Crawshay, Cyfarthfa Iron Works: W.C.
Philip Williams and Sons, Oak Works, Wednesbury: Picture of bishop's mitre above letters WO.
Brown and Freer (late Hunt and Brown) of Leys Iron Works, near Stourbridge: crown above letters HB, and picture of a phoenix above 'BEST HB'.
Chillington Iron Co: CC crow, LB crown, CHILLINGTON
Darlaston Steel and Iron Co: Picture of a cockerel; No. 1 'CHAMPION'; No.2 'L crown DARLASTON'; No.3 'SAMUEL MILLS'; No.4 G.F. crown G.F.; No.5 LLOYD'S DARLASTON; No.6 LLOYD'S CHARCOAL; No.7 L crown STEEL; No.8 diamond with X inside STEEL
Henry Hall, Old Level Works, Brierley Hill: crown LEVEL crown; HALL'S BB crown
William Lee and Co, Gospel Oak Works: anchor with G to left and O to right.
Shelton Iron, Steel and Coal Co: SHELTON followed by a crown and GRANVILLE followed by a crown.
Tredegar Iron Co: T.I. CO
Kinnersley and Co of Clough Hall Iron Works, Kidsgrove: TK to left of crown.
Birchills Hall Iron Co, Walsall: picture of a globe superimposed on a horizontal scroll; B.I.C. above SWAN above SPC above BILSTON
Samuel Groucutt and Sons, Bilston: crown above SG&S
Sevann, Coates and Co: CARGO FLEET
W. and J. S. Sparrow and Sons, Bilston: SPARROW XXX
Lee and Bolton, Hyde Iron Works, Stourbridge: crown L&B
Lloyds and Co, Middlesbrough: LINTHORPE
Midland Iron Co, Rotherham: crown above MIC
Molineux, Bull's Bridge Iron Works, Morley: picture of bull's head and BRAND W.M. & Co.
Parkgate Iron Co, Rotherham: PARKGATE followed by two crowns.
Pearson and Knowles Coal and Iron Co, Warrington: crown above B F for bars and plates, crown above W I W for sheets and hoops.
Wilden Ironworks, Stourport (see also Baldwins): Brand BALDWIN-WILDEN with various suffixes; UNICORN-CHARCOAL TIN; ARLEY (crown) TIN; STOUR COKE TIN.
See Also
Sources of Information
'Rivington's Building Construction' by By Percy Major Smith, p.294ff.