Kenrick, Arthur, & Sons Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Kenrick, Archibald
- Anglo American Tin Stamping Co
- Baldwin Son & Co Ltd
- Birmingham Hollowware Co
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- West Bromwich, Sandwell, West Midlands, West Midlands, England
Sectors:
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Fabricated metal products manufacture
Hardware & hollowware production
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Fabricated metal products manufacture
Ironmongery production
Notes:
Established 1791 by Archibald Kenrick, 1760-1835, formerly a buckle maker, who then established an iron foundry making wide range of goods for domestic and building use, eg nails, door furniture and coffee mills. Diversified into tinned hollowware especially cooking utensils, etc, which benefited from technical innovation, especially in enamelling. Developed as a major hardware business. Incorporated 1883 when one of two largest businesses in their field. Acquisitions included Anglo American Tin Stamping Co, Baldwin Son & Co Ltd and Birmingham Hollowware Co. Gave up hollowware production 1950s. Subsequently focused on builders' and domestic ironmongery and were especially noted for castor production. Continues
Publications:
- Chronicles of a Nonconformist Family. The Kenricks of Wynne Hall, Exeter and Birmingham by Kenrick, W Byng (ed)
- Failings and achievements. Some British businesses, 1910-80 by Coleman, Donald C
- 'Family and failure. Archibald Kenrick & Sons Ltd, 1900-1950' in B Supple (ed), Essays in British Business History. The development of the firm by Church, Roy
- Kenrick Catalogue of 1876. Decorative household metalware by Unknown
- Kenricks in Hardware. A family business, 1791-1966 by Church, Roy
- Power, Profits and Patriarchy. The social organization of work at a British metal trades firm, 1791-1922 by Staples, William G, & Clifford L Staples
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Kenrick, Archibald
- Anglo American Tin Stamping Co
- Baldwin Son & Co Ltd
- Birmingham Hollowware Co
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- West Bromwich, Sandwell, West Midlands, West Midlands, England
Sectors:
- Fabricated metal products manufacture Hardware & hollowware production
- Fabricated metal products manufacture Ironmongery production
Notes:
Established 1791 by Archibald Kenrick, 1760-1835, formerly a buckle maker, who then established an iron foundry making wide range of goods for domestic and building use, eg nails, door furniture and coffee mills. Diversified into tinned hollowware especially cooking utensils, etc, which benefited from technical innovation, especially in enamelling. Developed as a major hardware business. Incorporated 1883 when one of two largest businesses in their field. Acquisitions included Anglo American Tin Stamping Co, Baldwin Son & Co Ltd and Birmingham Hollowware Co. Gave up hollowware production 1950s. Subsequently focused on builders' and domestic ironmongery and were especially noted for castor production. ContinuesPublications:
- Chronicles of a Nonconformist Family. The Kenricks of Wynne Hall, Exeter and Birmingham by Kenrick, W Byng (ed)
- Failings and achievements. Some British businesses, 1910-80 by Coleman, Donald C
- 'Family and failure. Archibald Kenrick & Sons Ltd, 1900-1950' in B Supple (ed), Essays in British Business History. The development of the firm by Church, Roy
- Kenrick Catalogue of 1876. Decorative household metalware by Unknown
- Kenricks in Hardware. A family business, 1791-1966 by Church, Roy
- Power, Profits and Patriarchy. The social organization of work at a British metal trades firm, 1791-1922 by Staples, William G, & Clifford L Staples