Bell Brothers Ltd, Stockton on Tees
Other Business Names:
- Bell, Sir Isaac Lothian
- Dorman, Long & Co Ltd
- Clarence Works
- Bell, Sir Lothian
- Cleveland Railway
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Middlesbrough, Middlesbrough, Cleveland, North East, England
- Port Clarence, Stockton on Tees, Cleveland, North East, England
- Wylam, Northumberland, Northumberland, North East, England
Sectors:
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Extraction
Coal extraction
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Extraction
Iron ore extraction
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Basic metals production
Iron, steel & related alloys production
Notes:
Traced origins to 1844 and establishment of Bell Brothers by, inter alia, (Sir) Isaac Lothian Bell, 1816-1904. Initially based on ironworks at Wylam upon Tyne. 1854 established Clarence Iron Works at Port Clarence, Stockton on Tees, with offices at Middlesbrough. By 1870s had emerged as a major producer also operating coal, ironstone and limestone resources and associated infrastructure including the Cleveland Railway. Also had chemical works. In late 1880s diversified into steelmaking. Reorganised 1899 as a public company and soon after Dorman, Long & Co Ltd acquired a major interest in the business and subsequently it was fully owned by them. Isaac Bell also established on his own account important chemical works at Gateshead and salt works. He was an influential director of North East Railway Co
Publications:
- At the Works. A study of a manufacturing town (Middlesbrough). A reprint with a new introduction by Frederick Alderson by Bell, Lady
- 'Bell Brothers Ltd, 1873-1914' in T J Baldwin et al, Cash Flow and Corporate Finance in Victorian Britain. Cases from the coal industry, 1860-1914 by Baldwin, T J, R H Berry & R A Church
- Description of Messrs Bell Brothers' blast furnaces from 1844 to 1908 by Jones, G
- Description of the Works of Dorman Long & Co Ltd and Bell Brothers Ltd, Middlesbrough by Unknown
- 'Isaac Lothian Bell' in J S Jeans, Pioneers of the Cleveland Iron Trade by Jeans, James S
- Philip Webb and the Bell family by Brandon-Jones, John
- Philip Webb in the North. The architecture of Philip Webb and furnishings by William Morris, 1863-1900 by Curry, Rosemary J, & Sheila Kirk
- Philip Webb. Pioneer of arts and crafts architecture by Kirk, Sheila
- Philip Webb's industrial buildings for Bell Bros in their local context by Harrison, John K
- Salt Industry of the River Tees by Tomlin, David M
- Skelton ironstone mines of Messrs Bell Brothers in Cleveland by Chapman, Simon
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Bell, Sir Isaac Lothian
- Dorman, Long & Co Ltd
- Clarence Works
- Bell, Sir Lothian
- Cleveland Railway
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Middlesbrough, Middlesbrough, Cleveland, North East, England
- Port Clarence, Stockton on Tees, Cleveland, North East, England
- Wylam, Northumberland, Northumberland, North East, England
Sectors:
- Extraction Coal extraction
- Extraction Iron ore extraction
- Basic metals production Iron, steel & related alloys production
Notes:
Traced origins to 1844 and establishment of Bell Brothers by, inter alia, (Sir) Isaac Lothian Bell, 1816-1904. Initially based on ironworks at Wylam upon Tyne. 1854 established Clarence Iron Works at Port Clarence, Stockton on Tees, with offices at Middlesbrough. By 1870s had emerged as a major producer also operating coal, ironstone and limestone resources and associated infrastructure including the Cleveland Railway. Also had chemical works. In late 1880s diversified into steelmaking. Reorganised 1899 as a public company and soon after Dorman, Long & Co Ltd acquired a major interest in the business and subsequently it was fully owned by them. Isaac Bell also established on his own account important chemical works at Gateshead and salt works. He was an influential director of North East Railway CoPublications:
- At the Works. A study of a manufacturing town (Middlesbrough). A reprint with a new introduction by Frederick Alderson by Bell, Lady
- 'Bell Brothers Ltd, 1873-1914' in T J Baldwin et al, Cash Flow and Corporate Finance in Victorian Britain. Cases from the coal industry, 1860-1914 by Baldwin, T J, R H Berry & R A Church
- Description of Messrs Bell Brothers' blast furnaces from 1844 to 1908 by Jones, G
- Description of the Works of Dorman Long & Co Ltd and Bell Brothers Ltd, Middlesbrough by Unknown
- 'Isaac Lothian Bell' in J S Jeans, Pioneers of the Cleveland Iron Trade by Jeans, James S
- Philip Webb and the Bell family by Brandon-Jones, John
- Philip Webb in the North. The architecture of Philip Webb and furnishings by William Morris, 1863-1900 by Curry, Rosemary J, & Sheila Kirk
- Philip Webb. Pioneer of arts and crafts architecture by Kirk, Sheila
- Philip Webb's industrial buildings for Bell Bros in their local context by Harrison, John K
- Salt Industry of the River Tees by Tomlin, David M
- Skelton ironstone mines of Messrs Bell Brothers in Cleveland by Chapman, Simon