Bayliss, Jones and Bayliss Ltd.
Other names: William Bayliss (1826), W & M Bayliss, Bayliss, Jones and Bayliss (from 1859)
Active: 1826 - 1968
Function: Art metal workers
History or description: "Bayliss, Jones and Bayliss was founded by William Bayliss in 1826. He established the firm in Cable Street, Wolverhampton. The premises were named the Victoria works and a small rolling mill foundry was installed. His brother Moses, a nut and bolt maker from Darlaston, joined the venture and the merged companies became known as W & M Bayliss. In 1859, Edwin Jones, an iron trader from south Wales, joined them making the company Bayliss, Jones & Bayliss Ltd. The company were best known for their fences and gates, but they also produced an enormous range of other metalwork. In 1922 the GKN Group of Companies negotiated the purchase of Bayliss, Jones & Bayliss Ltd. As a subsidiary of GKN, the company kept its own name and the Bayliss family continued manage the concern. By 1953 the firm employed about 1,500 people. The firm kept its name until 1968."
This history is quoted from the website 'Black Country History' where there are further records and details about Bayliss, Jones and Bayliss Ltd. See for example: http://blackcountryhistory.org/collections/getrecord/GB149_P_3137/ (accessed 2 October 2012). The project is grateful to Connie Wan at Wolverhampton Art Gallery for drawing attention to this site and the company history online.
Locations
Business located at Victoria Works Monmore Green Wolverhampton England | View on map
1921 (Presumed)
Located at Victoria Works Monmore Green Wolverhampton England | View on map
1930 (Circa)
Descriptions of Business or Institution
Listed under Art Metal Workers Kelly's Directory of Staffordshire, 1921 Kelly's Trades Directories
1921
Listed under Art Metal Workers The London Directory, 1930 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1930
p.201
Listed as 'Art Metal Worker'
Sources
Kelly's Directory of Staffordshire, 1921 Kelly's Trades Directories
July 1921
p. 679.
The London Directory, 1930 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1930
p.201
Citing this record
'Bayliss, Jones and Bayliss Ltd.', 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_1240497213, accessed 27 Sep 2023]
