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English Glass Statistics’. The Year 1850.

As of the 5TH of January 1850 there is nearly 40,000 people employed in the manufacture of glass in the United Kingdom. The total value of their production is £1,680,000 see chart

Glass production for the year ending 5th January 1850
Number of Tons Produced
VALUE £
Flint Glass
20,000
£1,000,000
Plate Glass
3,000
£280,000
Crown Glass
12,000
£280,000
Bottle Glass
23,000
£150,000
Total
58,000
£1,680,000
Common Glass Bottles Exported in the Year Ending 5th of January 1850.

There is 23,000 tons of bottle glass produced in the United Kingdom and it is interesting that just over half of the production is exported, see chart.

Bottle Glass Exports for year ending 5th of January 1850.
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Country
Tons.
 Country
Tons.
East Indies
1,969
 Mauritius
289
West Indies
1527
 China
268
Australia
1366
 Russia
272
United States
1218
 W. Coast Africa
150
North America
1029
 Turkey
105
Brazils
776
 Egypt
53
Portugal
690
 Prussia
41
B. North America
530
 Hanseatic Towns.
20
Channel Islands
505
 Gibraltar
28
Cape Of Good Hope
292
 Other Places
527
 
.
 Total 11,655 Tons.
.
Vide Parliamentary

Papers, No 372, Session 1850
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The Main Bottle Manufacturers.

England -Wales – Scotland – Ireland

Year Ending 5th of January 1850.

Number of furnaces ?

Name of Bottle Glass Manufacturers. Locality 5TH January 1850
.
John Watson & Son. Glasgow, Scotland
2
Barron, Price &Co. Glasgow, Scotland
2
Carson & Warren. Glasgow, Scotland
1
Stewart & Sandford. Alloa Scotland

3
Edin. & Leith G. Co. Leith Scotland
7
Harley Bottle Co. Hartley, Northumberland
4
Thatcher & Co. Leamington on Tyne
1
Todd & Co. Newcastle on Tyne
2
John Smith & Co. Newcastle on Tyne

1
Ridley, Brothers. Newcastle on Tyne
2
Coulthard & Co. Newcastle on Tyne
1
Cookson & Co. Newcastle on Tyne
2
Cuthbert &Co. Shields on Tyne
4
Fenwick & Co. Sunderland on Wear
2
Featherston. Walker. Sunderland on Wear
5
Scott & Co. Sunderland on Wear

3
Ayres Quay Bottle Co. Sunderland on Wear
4
W. Kirk. Sunderland on Wear
1
Meek, Spencer, Wilson. York, Yorkshire
2
Williamson & Co. Layerthorpe Yorkshire
1
Not Working Hull Yorkshire
1?
Aire & Calder Bottle Co. Castleford Yorkshire
5
Roberts & Brown. Castleford Yorkshire
1
Jepson & Co. Castleford Yorkshire
3
Sykes & Co. Castleford Yorkshire
1
Thatcher. Ferry Bridge Yorkshire
1
John Kilner. Thornhill Lees Yorkshire
3
John Bower & Sons. Leeds Yorkshire
2
France & Co. Leeds Yorkshire
1
Scott, Roberts, & Co. Leeds Yorkshire
1
James Taylor. Leeds Yorkshire
1
Woolfall & Percival. Manchester Lancashire
1
Newton Bottle Co. Manchester Lancashire
1
F. Dixon & Co. St. Helen’s Lancashire
1
Not Working Thatto-heath Lancashire
1?
J. Cunnington & Co. Liverpool Lancashire
2
Not Working Warrington Lancashire
2?
Dealey & Son. Stourbridge Shropshire
2
Westwood & Moore. Stourbridge Shropshire
1
Whitehouse & Co. Swansea, South Wales
1
Ricketts & Co. Bristol , Somersetshire
2
Powell & Co. Bristol , Somersetshire
1
Dublin Glass Bottle Co. Dublin Ireland
1
  Total 43 (3? not working).
87

Plate Glass Manufacturers in The United Kingdom

Year Ending 5th of January 1850.


As of the 5th of January 1850 there are six main glass manufacturers of Plate Glass in the United Kingdom.

Plate Glass Manufacturers Districts 5TH January 1850
British plate Glass Co. Ravenhead, St. Helen’s.
R.W. Swinburn & Co. South Shield Newcastle.
Thames Plate Glass Co. Blackwall London.
Union Plate Glass Co. Pocket Nook, St.Helen’s.
London & Manchester Plate Glass Co. Sutton, St. Helen’s.
Brimingham Plate Glass Co Smethwick, Brimingham
The Main Manufacturers of Flint Glass United Kingdom

Year Ending 5th of January 1850.

Nameof Flint Glass Manufacturers. Districts 5TH January 1850 Operating Dates
Apsley , Pellett, & Co. London .
J. Powell & Sons. London .
Not Working. Plymouth .
H. Ricketts & Co. Bristol .
Powell (Brothers) & Co. Bristol .
Tutbury Glass & Co. Tutbury .
Geo. Bacchus & Son. Birmingham .
Rice Harris. Birmingham .
W. Gammon & Son. Birmingham .
Lloyd & Summerfield. Birmingham .
S. Shakespear. Birmingham .
G. J. Green. Birmingham .
Monument Lane. Birmingham .
Thomas Hateley. Birmingham .
Joseph Parsons. Birmingham .
H. Sephton. Birmingham .
James Stevens. Birmingham .
Charles Buttle. Birmingham .
John Clarke. Birmingham .
Alexander Graham. Birmingham .
Rufford and Walker. Stourbridge .
John Davies & Co. Stourbridge .
M. &W. Grazebrook. Stourbridge .
Thomas Sedmore. Stourbridge .
Joseph Stevens. Stourbridge .
E. & J. Webb. Stourbridge .
Thomas Webb. Stourbridge .
W. H. B. Richardson & Co. Wordsley .
William Hodgetts. Wordsley .
Badger, Brothers. Dudley .
Horner & Renaud. Dudley .
Edward Page. Dudley .
Steven & Williams. Bierly Hill .
S.&C. Bishop & Co. St. Helen’s .
G. Sherwood & Co. St. Helen’s .
G. Royle & Co. St. Helen’s .
Joseph Bate & Co. St. Helen’s .
Alderson, Perrin, & Co. Warrington .
Thomas Robinson & Co. Also listed in a Book (1849) as Robinson & Son. Warrington .
Molyneux& Webb. Manchester .
Percival& Yates. Manchester .
W. Robinson & Co. Manchester .
Not Working. Barnsley .
W. C. Beatson & Co. Rotherham .
Henry Blum. Rotherham .
John Bower & Son. Leeds .
Manchester Flint Glass Co. Leeds .
James Taylor. Leeds .
Lonsdale & Cross. Leeds .
S. T. Newington. Leeds .
Meek, Spence, & Co. York .
Wright, Brothers. Newcastle .
Joseph. Price. Newcastle .
Alexander Elliot. Newcastle .
James Angus. Newcastle .
Barber & Pallister. Newcastle .
J. G. Dodds & Co. Newcastle .
James Johnson. Newcastle .
A.& R. Cochrane & Co. Glasgow .
Geddes & Co. Glasgow .
Winchester & MC Gibbon. Glasgow .
John Ford. Edinburgh .
Thomas & Fraser. Edinburgh .
    .
The Manufacturers of Crown and Sheet Glass United Kingdom

Year Ending 5th of January 1850.

Name of Crown & Sheet Glass Manufacturers. Districts 5TH January 1850
Chance & Son. Birmingham
R. & W. Pilkington. St. Helens
R. Hadland. Eccleston Crown Glass Co. St. Helens
T. & W. Stock & Co. Newton
Joshua Bower & Co. Leeds
James Hartley & Co. Sunderland
Wearsmouth Crown Glass. Sunderland
Tyne and Tees Crown Glass Co. Newcastle
Northumberland Crown Glass Co. Newcastle
John Douglas. Newcastle
South Tyne Glass Co. Newcastle
R. W. Swinburn & Co. South Shields
Coathupes & Co. Bristol
John Dix & Co. Bristol
John Hall & Sons. Bristol
Joseph Whitehouse. Bristol
Barron, Price, & Kidston. Not working at present. Glasgow
Hull Crown Glass. Hull
Baggott Street Co. Birmingham
Old Swan Glass Works. Liverpool
West’s New House. Eccleston
Dumbarton Crown Glass. Dumbarton
Belfast Crown Glass Co. Belfast
Ring’s End Works. Dublin
Imports and export of foreign glass United Kingdom

Year Ending 5th of January 1850.

Foreign Glass -types Imported for the year ending.............. 5th January 1850.
Imports
Re-Home Market Sales
Exported
 
Tons.
Tons.
Tons.
Coloured
1,278
896
384
Silvered
91
24
83
Painted
3
2
1
White
21
10
10
Flint, cut
32
20
12
Ornamental
328
94
254
Total
1,753
1,045
744
Reference

Used:

http://www.google.ie/books?id=ZtQpAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false

Statistics of British commerce: By Braithwaite Poole 1852

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