Barnards Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Barnard, Charles
- Joy, Matthew
- Barnard & Bishop
- Barnard, Bishop & Barnards
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Norwich, Norfolk, Norfolk, East of England, England
Sectors:
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Mechanical engineering
Agricultural, forestry & garden machinery, implements, etc, production
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Fabricated metal products manufacture
Metal casting
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Transport equipment production
Motor vehicle bodies production inc trailers, caravans, etc
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Fabricated metal products manufacture
Wire products inc rope manufacture
Notes:
Established c1827 by Charles Barnard, d1871, and Matthew Joy as ironmongers and colourmen. From 1846 known as Barnard & Bishop and from 1859 as Barnard Bishop & Barnards. By 1840s ironfounders specialising in fine wrought ironwork, wire netting and agricultural implements. 1908 incorporated as Barnards Ltd. Post 1945 briefly diversified into bus bodies production. Acquired in 1955 by Sheffield based Tinsley Wire Industries Ltd, later known as TWIL. Traded separately until 1991
Publications:
- [History of Barnards Ltd] by Unknown
- Barnards. A retrospect by Unknown
- 'Barnards Ltd' in J Gurney-Read, Trades and Industries of Norwich by Gurney-Read, Joyce
- 'Messrs Barnard, Bishop & Barnards, Norfolk Ironworks, Norwich' in G Measom, Official Illustrated Guide to the Great Eastern Railway (Cambridge) by Measom, George
- Norfolk Ironworks, Norwich by Unknown
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Barnard, Charles
- Joy, Matthew
- Barnard & Bishop
- Barnard, Bishop & Barnards
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Norwich, Norfolk, Norfolk, East of England, England
Sectors:
- Mechanical engineering Agricultural, forestry & garden machinery, implements, etc, production
- Fabricated metal products manufacture Metal casting
- Transport equipment production Motor vehicle bodies production inc trailers, caravans, etc
- Fabricated metal products manufacture Wire products inc rope manufacture
Notes:
Established c1827 by Charles Barnard, d1871, and Matthew Joy as ironmongers and colourmen. From 1846 known as Barnard & Bishop and from 1859 as Barnard Bishop & Barnards. By 1840s ironfounders specialising in fine wrought ironwork, wire netting and agricultural implements. 1908 incorporated as Barnards Ltd. Post 1945 briefly diversified into bus bodies production. Acquired in 1955 by Sheffield based Tinsley Wire Industries Ltd, later known as TWIL. Traded separately until 1991Publications:
- [History of Barnards Ltd] by Unknown
- Barnards. A retrospect by Unknown
- 'Barnards Ltd' in J Gurney-Read, Trades and Industries of Norwich by Gurney-Read, Joyce
- 'Messrs Barnard, Bishop & Barnards, Norfolk Ironworks, Norwich' in G Measom, Official Illustrated Guide to the Great Eastern Railway (Cambridge) by Measom, George
- Norfolk Ironworks, Norwich by Unknown