Bayliss Jones and Bayliss

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Bayliss, Jones & Bayliss was a Wolverhampton firm which manufactured nuts and bolts, iron fencing, and spikes and fasteners. It had been founded by William

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Bayliss Jones and Bayliss Bayliss, Jones & Bayliss was a Wolverhampton firm which manufactured nuts and bolts, iron fencing, and spikes and fasteners. It had been founded by William Bayliss (1803-1878) who inherited his father's smithy in 1825. In 1839 he bought property in Cable Street, Monmoor Green, where the Victoria Works was constructed. He diversified into chain making for mines and shipping, and iron fencing. Following the breakdown of a short-lived business partnership, he moved to Wolverhampton and combined his firm with that of his brother, Moses Bayliss (1816-1894) who was a nut and bolt maker in Darlaston. The joint business was known as W.& M. Bayliss of Victoria Works, Monmore Green and Providence Works, Darlaston. It also had a London office at Eastcheap. In 1859, Edwin Jones (1833-1904) joined the business following his marriage to William Bayliss' daughter, Jane, and the partnership became known as Bayliss, Jones & Bayliss. Edwin Jones moved to London to run the office there The Victoria Works expanded through the later nineteenth century and by 1880 was producing fish bolts, chair spikes, railway fastenings and nuts. The nut and bolt section supplied railway companies, and in 1896 they purchased North & Wrights Monmoor Ironworks nearby in Cable Street which gave them their own puddling furnaces and rolling mills. The business was floated in 1901 under the chairmanship of William Bayliss (son of the first William Bayliss), and was taken over by GKN in 1920 although management remained in the hand of the Bayliss family. It found itself in difficulties during the early 1920s with the manufacture of spikes, fish bolts, lock nuts and fasteners for the railways suffering more than the fencing business. GKN had taken over F.W.Cotterill, a large bolt making firm in Darlaston, and recruited its managing director, Thomas Swift Peacock. He rationalised Bayliss, Jones & Bayliss by equipping the firm with a new screw rolling shop and reorganising the bolt works for efficiency. A new mill for the conversion of billet into bar was installed at the Monmoor Iron Works in 1927-1928 in an effort to reduce costs. Nevertheless, orders fell, and only recovered in the mid-1930s. By 1953 the firm employed about 1,500 people and provided a leisure and sporting facilities including a canteen, bowling green, sports ground and courts, and children's playground. Much of the company's work during this period was for local government, supplying iron railings. It also supplied balustrading to span bridges over Britain's new motorways. The 1953 Wolverhampton Official Handbook lists a wide range of products manufactured by the company, including iron fencing; nuts and bolts, screw spikes, and other fastenings for railways; equipment for overhead telegraph and telephone lines; fabricated steelwork; general forgings; agricultural equipment including tractor toolbars and agricultural implements; and welded steel machinery frames. The firm kept its name until 1968. Timeline 1826 Company founded. 1876 Exhibitor at the Royal Agricultural Show at Birmingham with cast iron vases, hurdles and continuous fencing. One of the largest exhibitors at the show. 1901 Became public company. The company was registered on 12 June, to acquire a business of ironmasters and engineers of the firm of the same name. Directors are: William Bayliss (Chairman), Edwin Jones, Samuel Bayliss, William Edwin Jones, Robert Murray Hyslop and Horace William Bayliss. Employing 1,800-2,000 people. 1925 Became private company. 1928 By this date they are owned by Guest Keen and Nettlefold. Reference is made to the late William Bayliss, his brother Samuel Bayliss and his two sons Percy S. Bayliss and Frederick W. Bayliss. 1932. Samuel Bayliss dies. 1946 British Rollmakers Corporation acquired the rollmaking interests of Bayliss, Jones and Bayliss Limited. 1961 Engineers and manufacturers of railway fasteners, transmission line steelwork, rock bolts, mining roof support, fencing and gates and components for motor industry and railway electrification steelworks. 1,522 employees. 1968 The factory was reorganised, and much of the plant and buildings were brought up-to-date. Large sums of money were invested in the site, which became known as GKN Machinery Limited. The new company was formed following the merger of several GKN companies, including Bayliss, Jones & Bayliss Limited, and Peco Machinery Limited. The 1,450 skilled workforce became engaged in the design, development and manufacture of a wide range of new engineering products. Many of the company's traditional products were still produced, such as fencing and heavy machinery, and the new company was divided into four divisions.

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