Job Thomas
Other names: Newport Marble Works, Job Thomas and Co.
Active: 1851 - 1881
Function: Master stone cutter, marble, slate and sculpture works, stone mason
Policy: Wholesale and Retail Marble, Slate and Sculpture Works. Stock of Marble, Enamelled, and Plain Slate Chimney Pieces.
Monuments, Tombs, Head Stones...
Dealer in Roman and Portland Cements, Plaster of Paris etc.
History or description: A business established by Job Thomas (c.1823-c.1884 born in Talgarth, Brecknockshire, Brecon). Job was a master stone cutter by 1851 and moved to Newport before 1861 where he established a large and successful business as a sculptor and stone merchant.
Employees, Students & Members
Numbers: 9
Period Start: 1861
Numbers: 24
Period Start: 1871
Numbers: 7
Period Start: 1881
Locations
Located at Glebe Land Merthyr Tydfil | View on map
1852
Located at Chepstow Road nr. Newport Bridge Newport | View on map
1865
Located at Clarence Place Newport | View on map
1875
Located at Stow Road Newport | View on map
1875
Associated People
Trade name of Job Thomas
1851 (Circa) - 1881 (Circa)
First in Myrthyr Tydfil and then in Newport
Descriptions of Business or Institution
Listed in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851
'Stone Cutter Master'
Listed in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1861
'Mason Employing 5 Men & 4 Boys'
Listed in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1871
'Sculptor Employing 5 Men, 8 Apprentices, 4 Labourers, 4 Boys, 2 Women, 1 Clerk'
Listed in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881
'Sculptor Employing 5 Men and 2 Boys' also his son Tom (born c.1867 in Newport) 'Sculptor Son'
Listed in Scammell and Co.'s City of Bristol and South Wales Directory
1852
Listed as Stone Mason
Listed in Webster and Co.'s Postal and Commercial Directory of the City of Bristol, and counties of Glamorgan and Monmouth
1865
Listed as Marble, Slate and Sculpture Works
Listed in Worrall's Directory of South Wales and Newport, Monmouthshire, 1875
1875
Listed as Cement Manufacturer and Merchant
Sources
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851
2004
HO107 piece 2458 folio 323 page 60
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1861
2004
RG09 piece 4013 folio 84 page 6
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1871
2004
RG10 piece 5339 folio 86 page 13
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881
2004
RG11 piece 5258 folio 49 page 14
Scammell and Co.'s City of Bristol and South Wales Directory
February 1852
South Wales p.99
Webster and Co.'s Postal and Commercial Directory of the City of Bristol, and counties of Glamorgan and Monmouth
1865
p.820 Advertisments p.11
Worrall's Directory of South Wales and Newport, Monmouthshire, 1875
1875
p.426
Citing this record
'Job Thomas', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/organization.php?id=msib1_1208433494, accessed 22 Mar 2023]
