Key Words :- Tomlinsons Manor Flint Glass Stairfoot

Viewing the Site :- From the public road

Address :- Wombwell Lane, Stairfoot, Barnsley, South Yorkshire
Grid Ref :- SE 374 053
Co-ordinates :- Lat 53.543017 , Long -1.437087
Local Authority :- Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
Pre 1974 County :- Yorkshire - West Riding
Site Status :- Site extant - No Protection
Site Condition :- Site in alternative industrial use
Site Dates :- 1891 - 1950s

Description and History of Site:-
Currently (2023) A & B Services garage unit.
Operated by Tomlinson & Co Ltd with 2 x 10-pot coal fired furnaces. Raw materials were shipped in via the adjacent Dearne & Dove Canal until 1934 when the canal ceased operations, following which road transport was used. Despite the presence of a nearby railway line, there was no siding into the factory. Glass vessels were produced for a range of pharmaceutical, medical, toiletry, laboratory glassware and medical businesses, also marbles used as glass bottle-stoppers.

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