Catalogue description J Davy and Co (Elsecar) Ltd, iron founders

This record is held by Barnsley Archive and Local Studies

Details of SY/309/B
Reference: SY/309/B
Title: J Davy and Co (Elsecar) Ltd, iron founders
Description:

Records of the Elsecar Foundry, general ironfounders and manufacturers of cast iron goods
Date: 1869-1971
Held by: Barnsley Archive and Local Studies, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Creator:

J Davy and Co (Elsecar) Ltd, Sheffield, iron founders
Physical description: 6 Series
Access conditions:

Records are open for consultation unless otherwise indicated
Immediate source of acquisition:

On abolition of South Yorkshire County Council on 31 March 1986, the records passed from South Yorkshire County Record Office, by agreement of the four South Yorkshire District Councils, to the custody of Sheffield Archives as lead authority. They were then transferred to Barnsley Archives
Subjects:
  • Elsecar, Brampton Bierlow, Wath upon Dearne, West Riding of Yorkshire
  • Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire
Administrative / biographical background:

The business was started about 1869 by Jonathan Davy who had previously worked as a moulder at Newton Chambers in Chapeltown, and was known as J. Davy & Co. After Jonathan Davy's death in 1889 the business was carried on by his three sons, Edmund, Fred and Jonathan, and his son-in-law, Joseph Sheldon. In 1908 it became a limited company under the name of J. Davy & Co., (Elsecar) Ltd. Subsequently it always remained a family business until it was wound up in 1980

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