Solomon Wilkes
Other names: Solomon Wilkes and Son (c.1890-c.1901)
Active: 1851 - 1901
Function: Monumental marble and stone masons
History or description: A stone masonry business based in Birmingham lasting at least three generations. Recorded in the database, are Solomon Wilkes Senior (c.1809-69), Solomon Wilkes Junior (c.1832-1908) and Richard Pilgrim Gilbert Wilkes (born c.1858).
Employees, Students & Members
Numbers: 3
Period Start: 1851
Numbers: 4
Period Start: 1861
Numbers: 3
Period Start: 1881
Locations
Address Westley Road Acocks Green Birmingham England | View on map
1886 (Presumed) - 1896 (Presumed)
Business located at 33 Green Street Birmingham England | View on map
1852 (Presumed) - 1853 (Presumed)
Business located at Highgate Place Birmingham England | View on map
1861
Business located at 139 Heath Mill Lane Birmingham England | View on map
1866 (Presumed) - 1871 (Presumed)
Business located at 135 Heath Mill Lane Birmingham England | View on map
1876 (Presumed) - 1881 (Presumed)
Business located at 136 Heath Mill Lane Birmingham England | View on map
1886 (Presumed)
Business located at 30 Heath Mill Lane Birmingham England | View on map
1890 (Presumed) - 1901 (Presumed)
Associated People
Trade name of Solomon Wilkes Senior
1851 (Circa)
Appears to have retired from the business before 1861 but this is unconfirmed
Trade name of Solomon Wilkes Junior
1851 (Circa) - 1901 (Circa)
Trade name of Richard Pilgrim Gilbert Wilkes
1881 (Circa) - 1901 (Circa)
Descriptions of Business or Institution
Listed under Stone Masons Slater's General and Classified Directory of Birmingham, and its vicinities for 1852-3. Containing Alphabetical lists of the Merchants, Manufacturuers, Trades and Inhabitants in General. Part 3, Trades A-S Slater's Trade Directories
1852 - 1853
Listed under Stone Masons Corporation General and Trades Directory of Birmingham and Wolverhampton, 1861 Corporation Directories
1861
Listed as 'Marble and Stone Masons'.
Listed under Stone Masons Morris & Co. Commercial Directory and Gazetter of Warwickshire with Birmingham, 1866 Morris & Co. Directories
1866
Listed as 'Stone and Marble Masons'.
Listed under Stone Masons The Post Office Directory of Birmingham with its Suburbs for 1871 Post Office Directory of Birmingham
1871
Listed as 'Stone and Marble Masons'.
Listed under Stone Masons Hulley's Birmingham Directory, Part 2, Alphabetical List to SAD-ZIN and Trades, 1876-77 Hulley's Birmingham Directory
1876 - 1877
Listed as 'Stone and Marble Masons'.
Listed under Stone Masons Hulley's Birmingham Directory, Trades Section, 1881 Hulley's Trade Directorires
1881
Listed under Stone Masons Kelly's Directory of Birmingham, Trades Section, 1886 Kelly's Trades Directories
1886
Listed as 'Monumental Stone and Marble Masons.'
Listed under Stone Masons Kelly's Directory of Birmingham, Trades Section, 1886 Kelly's Trades Directories
1886
Listed as 'Stone and Marble Masons.'
Listed under Stone Masons Kelly's Directory of Birmingham, with its Suburbs, 1890 Kelly's Trades Directories
1890
Listed as 'Stone and Marble Masons'.
Listed under Stone Masons Kelly's Directory of Birmingham, with its Suburbs, 1890 Kelly's Trades Directories
1890
Listed as Monumental 'Stone and Marble Masons'.
Listed under Stone Masons Kelly's Directory of Birmingham, Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire, 1896 Kelly's Trade Directorires
1896
Listed as 'Stone and Marble Masons'.
Listed under Stone Masons Kelly's Directory of Birmingham, Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire, 1896 Kelly's Trade Directorires
1896
Listed as 'Stone and Marble Masons'.
Listed under Stone Masons Kelly's Directory of Birmingham, Trades, Official and Adverts 1901 Kelly's Trades Directories
1901
Listed as 'Stone and Marble Masons'.
Sources
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851
2005
Class: HO107; Piece: 2060; Folio: 582; Page: 32; GSU roll: 87315-87316
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1861
2005
'Stone Mason Master employing 3 Men & 1 Boy'
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881
2004
Class: RG11; Piece: 3084; Folio: 118; Page: 52; GSU roll: 134173
Corporation General and Trades Directory of Birmingham and Wolverhampton, 1861 Corporation Directories
1861
p. 487.
Hulley's Birmingham Directory, Part 2, Alphabetical List to SAD-ZIN and Trades, 1876-77 Hulley's Birmingham Directory
1876 (Probable)
p. 706.
Hulley's Birmingham Directory, Trades Section, 1881 Hulley's Trade Directorires
1881
p. 741.
Kelly's Directory of Birmingham, Trades Section, 1886 Kelly's Trades Directories
1886
p. 726.
Kelly's Directory of Birmingham, Trades Section, 1886 Kelly's Trades Directories
1886
p. 726.
Kelly's Directory of Birmingham, Trades, Official and Adverts 1901 Kelly's Trades Directories
1901
p. 930.
Kelly's Directory of Birmingham, with its Suburbs, 1890 Kelly's Trades Directories
1890
p. 699.
Kelly's Directory of Birmingham, with its Suburbs, 1890 Kelly's Trades Directories
1890
p. 699.
The Post Office Directory of Birmingham with its Suburbs for 1871 Post Office Directory of Birmingham
May 1871
p. 456.
Citing this record
'Solomon Wilkes', 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=msib4_1211900269, accessed 24 Sep 2023]
