The firm of Rylands Brothers Limited was founded in the seventeenth century by John and William Rylands, the first named having been born in 1619. They and their immediate descendants employed weavers in the neighbourhood of Culcheth, near Warrington, to weave linen thread into fabrics which were sold in Manchester, even then the leading English market for Linen cloth.
In the year 1805, Mr. John Rylands of this firm, which was then known as John Rylands and Son, introduced the manufacture of wire into Warrington on the site of Battersby Lane works. The business later passed into the hands of Mr. John Ryland's three sons, and finally in 1868 the firm was converted into a private limited company as Rylands Brothers Limited.
The production of wire in Great Britain is an ancient industry, and up to the latter half of last century was largely drawn from puddled iron. The invention of the acid and basic processes for the production of mild steel was followed by a continuous and indeed amazing increase in its use. The world's consumption of steel in the early seventies of 1800’s was less than two million tons per annum, a figure which grew steadily during the following 4c, years to over seventy million tons, and in the year 1929 reached nearly 120 million tons per annum.
Ryland Brothers of Warrington, Cheshire, manufacturers of wire and wire products.
1805 Company founded.
In 1843, the wire-drawing passed to Ryland's sons, John, Thomas Glazebrook,
and Peter. It became Rylands Bros. Ltd. in 1868.
The Rylands family were prominent in Warrington town - mayors etc..
1868 Incorporated as a limited company.
1869 Private company.
1910 Pearson and Knowles Coal and Iron Co, which had had an "acquaintanceship" with Rylands Brothers for some years and supplied feedstock to the company, purchased Rylands Brothers.
1914 Wire manufacturers. Specialities: iron and steel wire, wire netting and wire ropes of every description.
1930 As a result of the amalgamation of the Pearson and Knowles group of companies with the Wigan Coal and Iron Co, 2 new companies were formed to hold the coal and steel interests separately. The iron and steel business, the Lancashire Steel Corporation, would hold the interests in Rylands Brothers.
1937 Listed Exhibitor - British Industries Fair. Iron and Steel Wire and Wire Products. Galvenized by "Crapo" Process. Barb Wire, Wire Strand. "Rylink" Chain Link Fencing, "Rylock" Hinged Joint Fencing, Mattress Wire, Wire Nails in all sizes.
1961 Manufacturers of wire, wire netting, wire nails, barb wire, woven wire fencing and chain link fencing.
1967 Nationalisation of Lancashire Steel which became part of British Steel.
1973 British Steel sold its carbon- and mild-steel wire-making activities at Warrington (Rylands and Whitecross) and at Middlesbrough (Dorman Long) into a new company Rylands-Whitecross, jointly owned by Tinsley Wire Industries and British Ropes.
The company is now a subsidiary of Carrington Wire.
Carrington wire closed its Battersby Lane premises in 2005, at which time planning permission was given to the luxury apartments that now stand on the old works site.
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