Group    From 1902  To 1933

A. B. Burton Foundry

Categories: Craft / Design

Group

Founder based in Thames Ditton.  From Exploring Surrey's Past: The foundry was established in Summer Road, Thames Ditton, in 1874 by Cox and Sons, ecclesiastical suppliers, to cast ornaments and statues in bronze, and the hand operated gantry crane, which moved the entire foundry floor to facilitate all major lifting work, was an integral part of the building constructed for this work. The business, which produced a large number of major castings, became Drew and Co in 1880, then Moore and Co in 1883, and was taken over by A J Hollinshead and A B Burton in 1897, and after the former's death in 1902 acquired the title of A B Burton, which it retained until his death in 1933. Burton's son in law, L R Tricker, closed the business and sold the foundry in 1939, when it seemed likely that it would be taken over for munitions manufacture. Thereafter it was used by London Metal Warehouses for making industrial castings, and then by Metal Centres Ltd, as a metal warehouse, until 1971/2 when it was sold to the District Council. The foundry was demolished in 1976 and the crane removed for preservation by the Surrey Archaeological Society.

Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them

This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
A. B. Burton Foundry

Creations i

Emmeline Pankhurst monument

Walker sculpted the statue, Baker designed the plinth. Unveiled by Baldwin. ...

Read More

George, Duke of Cambridge

We love that "etc." for his string of honours. Reddit have a magnificent phot...

Read More

Imperial Camel Corps

The sculptor was also a member of the corps. Unveiled by Chetwode. For anothe...

Read More

Kitchener statue

{On the front of the plinth:} Kitchener, 1850 - 1916 {On the front of the lo...

Read More

Physical Energy

{On a plaque laid into the ground in front of the statue:} George Frederic Wa...

Read More

Other Subjects

Phillips & Hopwood

Phillips & Hopwood

From Village Pumps: "Samuel Phillips was making fire engines by 1760; in 1797 the firm became Phillips & Hopwood; in 1811 it was James Hopwood; by 1818 it was Hopwood & Tilley; by 1825 Till...

Group, Craft / Design, Transport

1 memorial
David Kuhrt

David Kuhrt

Artist and poet active in 1990. His lettering business was named Novalis and his assistant on the Bentley plaques was Yolande.

Person, Craft / Design

2 memorials
Edward Massey

Edward Massey

Clockmaker. From a family of clockmakers. Baptized in 1768 in Staffordshire (which, if true, makes the birth date on the plaque wrong).

Person, Craft / Design

1 memorial
William Caslon IV

William Caslon IV

In 1816 produced the first sans-serif printing type. Great grandson of William Caslon I.

Person, Craft / Design

1 memorial
Henry Burdett
1 memorial

Previously viewed

William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare

Born and died in Stratford-upon-Avon. His birth date is usually given as the 23rd, the same date as his death, but all that is actually known is that he was baptised 3 days later, on the 26th. Even...

Person, Poetry, Seriously Famous, Theatre

45 memorials
Charles Wesley (son)

Charles Wesley (son)

Son of Charles & Sarah Wesley.

Person, Friend / family, Religion

2 memorials
Imperial Institute

Imperial Institute

Established in 1887 to promote research that would benefit the British Empire. From 1893 it was housed in a building in Exhibition Road, designed by T. E. Collcutt. This was demolished in the 1950s...

Building, Education, Science

2 memorials
John Dando Sedding

John Dando Sedding

Architect.  Born Eton. Specialised in churches and worked in an Arts and Crafts style of Gothic.  His major work is Holy Trinity, Sloane Square but this dedicated website lists 6 other churches in ...

Person, Architecture

1 memorial
Annette Mendelsohn

Annette Mendelsohn

Child & adolescent psychotherapist.  Born in London to a Belgian Jewish refugee mother. First a teacher to people with learning difficulties, then a dancer, then a career in psychotherapy.  Mar...

Person, Medicine

1 memorial