a correspondent says:
I came across the following in papers for the Newellite Glass Tile Company formed in 1898 and based at 19 Shenton Street, Old Kent Road.October 1912 - "The loss shewn is almost entirely attributable to a contract undertaken by the Company for Tiling the Woolwich Tunnel under the engineers to the LCC."My grandfather held shares in the company and one of the owners, John Tyrrell Newell was a relative of his. The company eventually folded and was dissolved in 1921.I would be interested to know if any record of the contract would be in any archives or if you could point me in any direction to find out more.
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Responding to the entry below having watched just recently an episode of the Secrets of the London Underground – Channel 5 in which glass tiles were featured with the manufacturer as being based in Shenton Road, London SE Bermondsey area. This intrigued me as having lived in Bermondsey as a child (school and young adult) witnessed much of the changes to that area and had to investigate.
Searching through old OS maps 1871, 1894 and 1914 I had thought the glass works to have been on or adjacent to the Thames but having remembered that the Shard Arms was in the Old Kent Road close to the Grand Surrey Canal changed my search and indeed found Shenton Road on all three editions and close and on the same side as Bird in Bush Road and Green Hundred Road. The area has of course changed and Shenton Road is now no longer in existence but now blocks of flats next to the Kwik Fit tyre outlet.
The old OS maps show Shenton Street as terraced properties on both sides of the road so 19 would or could have been the residential address for a glass works which was located very close to the canal at a junction with Glengall Road and Latona Road – both of which are still in existence and just a short walk between the two places. In many respects it would make sense as the probability of transport to and from the glass works – materials and finished products may have been by the canal and its relatively safe transport medium.
If this post is still live then I hope this entry helps?
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